fireworks

Below, you can find some helpful information and site rules to help ensure the evening remains enjoyable for everyone involved. Thank you for your compliance.

Rules and Information

• The fireworks are hosted jointly by the cities of Maumee and Perrysburg – not by Fort Meigs Historic Site.
• The fireworks will be set off at Orleans Park. 
• The Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge (Maumee-Perrysburg Bridge) and Maumee-Western Reserve Road will be closed starting at 7:30 p.m. on July 3.
• The interior fort grounds are accessible after 3:00 p.m. on July 3
• There will be no public access to the Fort Meigs Visitor Center or buildings within the fort.
• The fireworks will commence at dusk.
• Paid public parking is allowed in the Fort Meigs parking lot on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • A fee of $10 per parking spot is due upon entry, cash only.
  • The parking lot will be closed when full.
  • Grass parking is dependent on weather.
  • Parking fee proceeds are used for the care and upkeep of Fort Meigs Historic Site
• Food vendors are only permitted by invitation only. Any vendors without invitations will be removed from the property.
• Pets must be on a leash AT ALL TIMES.
• Please keep off of the earthworks inside of the fort. They are original to the 1813 fortification. 
• Clean up after yourselves. Please leave our site better than you found it!