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List of lakes of Ohio. The following is a list of lakes in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres. [1] Of the ...
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River , whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo' , meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". [1]
Shawnee State Forest – 59,603 acres (241 km 2 ); Scioto and Adams Counties. Sunfish Creek State Forest – 637 acres (2.6 km 2) Tar Hollow State Forest – 16,126 acres (65 km 2) Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest - 15,849 acres (64.14 km 2) Waterloo State Forest (administered by Zaleski State Forest); Athens County.
Maumee State Forest: Swanton: 3,299 acres Mohican-Memorial State Forest: Ashland County: 4,541 acres Perry State Forest: New Lexington: 4,706 acres Pike State Forest: Pike/Highland counties: 12,159 acres Richland Furnace State Forest: Byer: 2,524 acres (9 km 2) Scioto Trail State Forest: Chillicothe: 9,600 acres (38 km 2) Shade River State ...
Portage Lakes State Park. / 40.96917°N 81.55694°W / 40.96917; -81.55694. Portage Lakes State Park is a public recreation area located around the Portage Lakes in New Franklin, Ohio, in the United States. The eight Portage Lakes encompass 2,034 acres (823 ha) used for boating, fishing, and swimming. [2] The Ohio Department of Public ...
A lighthouse on Grand Lake St. Marys. Grand Lake St. Marys State Park is a public recreation area located on 13,500-acre (5,500 ha) Grand Lake in Mercer and Auglaize counties, Ohio. [4] Grand Lake is the largest inland lake in Ohio in terms of area, but is shallow, with an average depth of only 5–7 feet (1.5–2.1 m).
Adams Lake State Park. / 38.81417°N 83.52667°W / 38.81417; -83.52667. Adams Lake State Park is a public recreation area that surrounds Adams Lake on the far northern edge of the village of West Union, Adams County, Ohio, in the United States. The park's 96 acres (39 ha) are equally divided between land and water and include a rare dry ...
Watershed. Tinker's Creek is the largest tributary of the Cuyahoga River, the river which flows through Cleveland and into Lake Erie. Because of its glacial history, the course of the Cuyahoga River is unusual: it rises in Geauga County, Ohio, flows southward into the city of Akron, Ohio, and then abruptly turns northward and flows into Lake Erie.