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Kiser Lake State Park is a public recreation area in Champaign County, Ohio, located four miles (6.4 km) northwest of St. Paris and 34 miles (55 km) north of Dayton. [2] The 531-acre (215 ha) state park includes 396-acre (160 ha) Kiser Lake , for which it was named, and the 51-acre (21 ha) Kiser Lake Wetlands State Nature Preserve .
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 ]
Grand Lake St. Marys was constructed in the early 19th century as a reservoir for the Miami and Erie Canal, which connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie. At one time the lake was the world's largest man-made lake. [4] The canal system thrived for about thirty years in the mid-to-late 19th century before it was replaced by the railroads. In the ...
Ohio has 110 lakes larger than five acres of land, with a total surface area of over 4,500 acres. Twenty-one of Ohio's 88 counties have natural lakes. Here are ten of the biggest natural lakes in ...
Five Rivers MetroParks provides year-round recreation, education and conservation opportunities to the Greater Dayton community. [1] The fountain at RiverScape Metropark shoots 2,500 US gallons (9.5 m 3) of water per minute toward the center of the river. The central geyser of the fountain rises from the jets 200 ft (60 m) in the air.
Atwood Lake is a reservoir located in Tuscarawas and Carroll counties in east central Ohio. The lake is formed by Atwood Dam 40°31′36″N 81°17′5″W / 40.52667°N 81.28472°W / 40.52667; -81.28472 ( Atwood Dam ) [ 3 ] across Indian Fork, [ 4 ] a tributary of Conotton
Lake Logan State Park is located in Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio. Lake Logan Dam is directly accessible off State Route 664 just southwest of the county seat of Logan. [3] Lake Logan State Park lies in the Hocking Valley, formed by the Hocking River. Lake Logan was created in 1955 with the construction of the Lake Logan Dam on Clear ...
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 ]