Stone Lab is located on Gibraltar Island, Ohio State University's Lake Erie campus hosting the oldest freshwater biological field station in the United States.

Spend you summer learning at Stone Lab, at you’ll never be the same.

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Tours of Stone Lab facilities are available from mid-June through August/September

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Stone Lab is located on Gibraltar Island, just north of South Bass Island’s Put-In-Bay.

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Stone Laboratory

We’re The Ohio State University’s island campus on Lake Erie within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) School of Environment and Natural Resources, hosting 20 college-credit courses and resume-building workshops each and every summer on our six-acre island in Put-in-Bay harbor. If you’re looking for learning outside the box – outside the classroom – you’ve come to the right place.

We offer classes from Aquatic Biology to Zoology — and plenty in between.

Our eight-week fellowship program gives college students hands-on experience with data collection and analysis.

We also offer educational field trips and group tours for visitors of all ages.

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Welcome to Ohio State’s Island Campus

If you’re a student, start by exploring our REU program or summer courses to gain hands‑on research experience on Lake Erie. Teachers and groups can choose NGSS‑aligned field trips or use our free virtual field modules to prepare and extend learning. Researchers can request lab space, mesocosms, and vessels for experiments and sampling (see facilities). Visitors and supporters can book island tours or join Friends of Stone Lab to keep this work going or support our program with our giving opportunities.