Your browser (Internet Explorer 7 or lower) is out of date. It has known security flaws and may not display all features of this and other websites. Learn how to update your browser.

X

Ohio.gov / search

Inland Lakes

No Motors Allowed

Green Pine Lake (Punderson State Park)

Kiser Lake (Champaign County)

Stump Lake (Punderson State Park)

6-HP Limit

Ohio Power Recreation Area- Lake #40 (Morgan County)

Walborn Reservoir/Myers Lake (Stark County)

"Electric Motor Only" Lakes

Adams Lake (Adams County)

Amanns Reservoir (Morrow County)

Amicks Reservoir (Morrow County)

Archbold Reservoir (Fulton County)

Barnesville Res. #2, #3, or #4 (Belmont County)

Beaver Creek Reservoir (Seneca County)

Bellevue Reservoirs (Huron County)

Belmont Lake (Belmont County)

Big Island Wildlife Area (Marion County)

Bresler Reservoir (Allen County)

Caldwell Lake (Ross County)

Cambridge Reservoir (Guernsey County)

Cinnamon Lake (Ashland County)

Circleville Canal (Pickaway County)

Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area (Jackson County)

Crooksville Reservoir 1 & 2 (Morgan County)

Crooksville Reservoir 3 (Perry County)

Cutler Lake (Muskingum County)

Darke Wildlife Area (Darke County)

Deer Creek Lake (Stark County)

Deer Creek Wildlife Area (Pickaway, Fayette, Madison counties)

Delaware Wildlife Area (Delaware, Morrow, Marion counties)

Delta Reservoir 1 & 2 (Fulton County)

Deshler Reservoir 1, 2, & 3 (Henry County)

East Branch Reservoir (Geauga County)*

Fallsville Wildlife Area (Highland County)

Ferguson Reservoir (Allen County)

Findlay Reservoir #1 (Hancock County)

Findley Lake (Lorain County)

France Lake (Hardin County)

Grand River Wildlife Area (Trumbull County)

Hammertown City Reservoir (Jackson County)

Hargus Lake (Pickaway County)

Hebron Canal (Licking and Fairfield counties)

Hinckley Lake (Medina County)

Indian Creek Wildlife Area (Brown County)

Ismond Pond (Columbia County)

Jefferson Lake (Jefferson County)

La Due Reservoir (Geauga County)*

Lake Alma (Vinton County)

Lake Hodgson (Portage County)

Lake Hope (Vinton County)

Lake Sue (Williams County)

Lake Vesuvius (Lawrence County)

Lost Creek Reservoir (Allen County)

Madison Lake (Madison County)

Miller Blue Hole (Sandusky County)

Mineral Springs Lake (Adams County)

Mogadore Reservoir (Portage County)*

Mt. Gilead Lakes (Morrow County)

New Lexington City Reservoir (Perry County)

New London Reservoir (Huron County)

Nimisila Reservoir (Summit County)

Norwalk Lower Reservoir (Huron County)

Oak Hill Reservoir (Jackson County)

Oberlin Reservoir (Lorain County)

Oldaker Pond Wildlife Area (Highland County)

Orwell Pond Wildlife Area (Ashtabula County)

Ottoville Quarry Wildlife Area (Putnam County)

Paulding Ponds Wildlife Area (Paulding County)

Paulding Reservoir (Paulding County)

Pike Lake (Pike County)

Pine Lake (Vinton County)

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Area (Ross County)

Powers Reservoir (Crawford County)

Punderson Lake (Geauga County)

Raccoon Creek Reservoir (Sandusky County)

Roosevelt Lake (Scioto County)

Ruff Pond Wildlife Area (Columbiana County)

Salem Reservoir (Columbiana County)

Slope Creek Reservoir (Belmont County)

Spring Valley Wildlife Area (Warren County)

Stewart Lake (Ross County)

Stonelick Reservoir (Clermont County)

Swanton Reservoir (Lucas County)

Timbre Ridge Lake (Lawrence County)

Tranquility Wildlife Area (Adams County)

Trimble Wildlife Area (Athens County)

Turkey Creek Lake (Scioto County)

Upper Sandusky Reservoir (Wyandot County)

Van Buren Lake (Hancock County)

Van Wert Reservoir (Van Wert County)

Walhonding Canal (Coshocton County)

Waterloo Wildlife Area (Athens County)

Waterloo Lake (Jackson And Pike Counties)

Wellington Reservoir (Lorain County)

Wellington Upground Reservoir (Lorain County)

Wellston Lake (Jackson County)

Willard Reservoir (Huron County)

Wolf Creek Wildlife Area (Morgan County)

Woodbury Wildlife Area (Coshocton County)

*These lakes do not allow any other type of motorized propulsion onboard.

10-HP Limit

Acton Lake (Butler & Preble Counties)*

Beach City Lake (Tuscarawas County)

Burr Oak Lake (Morgan County)*

Charles Mill Lake (Richland County)

Clark Lake (Clark County)

Clendening Lake (Harrison County)

Clouse Lake (Perry County)

Cowan Lake (Clinton County)

Dow Lake (Athens County)

Forked Run Lake (Meigs County)

Fox Lake (Athens County)

Grant Lake (Brown County)

Greenfield Lake Wildlife Area (Fairfield County)

Guilford Lake (Columbiana County)

Highlandtown Lake Wildlife Area (Columbiana County)

Jackson Lake (Jackson County)* †

Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area (Harrison County)

Knox Lake (Knox County)*

Lake Ann (Williams County)

Lake Cable (Stark County)

Lake La Vere (Williams County)

Lake Logan (Hocking County)

Lake Mel (Williams County)

Lake Rupert (Vinton County)*

Leesville Lake (Carroll County)

Meyers Lake (Stark County)

Monroe Lake (Monroe County)

Oakthorpe Lake (Fairfield County)

Odell Lake (Holmes County)

Lakes on Oxbow Lake Wildlife Area except Oxbow Lake (Defiance county)

Piedmont Lake (Belmont County)

Rockmill Wildlife Area (Fairfield County)

Rupert Lake (Vinton County)*

Rush Creek Reservoir (Fairfield and Perry counties)

Rush Run Lake (Preble County)

Sippo Lake (Stark County)

Veto Lake (Washington County)

Wills Creek Reservoir (Coshocton County)

Wolf Run Reservoir (Noble County)

Zepernick Lake Wildlife Area (Columbiana County)

*Boats with higher horsepower are permitted at these lakes as long as they are operated at idle speed/no wake.
†Two-year pilot program ending in the fall of 2016.

20-, 25-HP Limit

20 HP

Pymatuning Lake (Ashtabula County)


25 HP

Atwood Lake (Carroll County)

Austin Lake (Jefferson County)

Outhwaite Reservoir (Crawford County)

250-, 399-, 400-HP Limit

250 HP

Springfield Lake (Summit County)


399 HP

Seneca Lake (Guernsey County)

Tappan Lake (Harrison County)


400 HP

Portage Lakes (Summit County)

Unlimited Horsepower with "No Wake" Speed Limit

Acton Lake (Preble/Butler Counties)

Aldrich Pond Wildlife Area (Sandusky County)

Aquillla Lake Wildlife Area (Geauga County)

Burr Oak Lake (Morgan County)

Clearfork Reservoir (Richland & Morrow Counties)

Fulton Pond (Fulton County)

Harrison Lake (Fulton County)

Jackson Lake (Jackson County) †

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (Wyandot County)

Knox Lake (Knox County)

Lakes on La Su An Wildlife Area (Williams County)

Lake Rupert/Wellston Wildlife Area (Vinton County)

Lake Snowden (Athens County)

New Lyme Wildlife Area (Ashtabula County)

Oxbow Lake Wildlife Area (Defiance County)

Resthaven Wildlife Area (Erie and Sandusky counties)

Ross Lake Wildlife Area (Ross County)

Shreve Lake Wildlife Area (Wayne County)

Spencer Lake Wildlife Area (Medina County)

St. Joseph River Wildlife Area (Williams County)

Tycoon Lake Wildlife Area (Gallia County)

Wayne H. Carr Lake (Paulding County)

Wingfoot Lake (Portage County)

†Two-year pilot program ending in the fall of 2016.

Unlimited Horsepower/ No Restrictions

Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County)

Berlin Reservoir (Portage County)

Buckeye Lake (Fairfield County)

Caesar Creek Reservoir (Warren County)

C.J. Brown Reservoir (Clark County)

Deer Creek Lake (Pickaway County)

Delaware Lake (Delaware County)

Dillon Reservoir (Muskingum County)

Eastwood Lake (Montgomery County)

Grand Lake St. Marys (Auglaize County)

Harsha Lake (Clermont County)

Indian Lake (Logan County)

Lake Loramie (Shelby County)

Lake Milton (Mahoning County)

Lake White (Pike County)

Michael J. Kirwan Lake (Portage County)

Mosquito Lake (Trumbull County)

Nettle Lake (Williams County)

O'Shaughnessy Reservoir (Delaware County)

Paint Creek Lake (Highland County)

Pleasant Hill Lake (Richland County)

Rocky Fork Lake (Highland County)

Salt Fork Reservoir (Guernsey County)

Related Links

Ohio State Park Lake Drawdowns - When and why park lake levels are lowered during the off-season

Ohio's Canals - ODNR's canal site, with historic information and downloadable maps

Government Printing Office: Navigation, Maps & Atlases

Lake Conditions

WaterAlert - choose from a variety of water conditions - level, quality, etc. (USGS)

Water Temperature for limited lakes in Ohio (USGS)

Water Temperature Data - Un-edited; from US Army Corps of Engineers

Livelakedata.com for Buckeye Lake and Grand Lake St. Marys

Travel Conditions

  • www.OHGO.com - Traffic and construction updates from the Ohio Dept. of Transportation