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 in the U.S. state of Ohio, with a total surface area of about. About 2,200 of these lakes are or greater, with a total surface area of. These 2,200 include both public and private lakes. The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated that Ohio has 5,130 lakes totaling. The difference in the number of lakes estimated by USEPA and ODNR is likely related to numerous small ponds not detected on the 1:100,000 scale maps.

Great Lakes

One of the five Great Lakes is partially within Ohio.
Name
GNIS ID #
and link
Coordinates
Surface area
Counties
Lake ErieAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake
Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa

Natural inland lakes

There are 110 natural inland lakes in Ohio with a surface area of or larger.

Artificial inland lakes

There are 113 artificial inland lakes in or partially within Ohio, with a surface area greater than.
Name
GNIS ID #
and link
Coordinates
Surface area
County or Counties
Acton LakeButler and Preble
Alum Creek LakeDelaware
Atwood LakeCarroll and Tuscarawas
Barbertown Wolf Creek ReservoirSummit
Beach City LakeTuscarawas
Beaver Creek ReservoirSeneca
Beaver LakeColumbiana
Belmont LakeBelmont
Berlin ReservoirPortage
Big Island Wildlife Area ReservoirMarion
Bresler ReservoirAllen
Brown LakeClark
Buckeye LakeFairfield, Licking, Perry
Bucyrus Reservoir #4Crawford
Burr Oak LakeAthens and Morgan
Caesar Creek ReservoirClinton and Warren
Charles Mill LakeAshland and Richland
Cinnamon LakeAshland
Clear Fork ReservoirMorrow and Richland
Clendening LakeHarrison
Cowan LakeClinton
Deer Creek LakePickaway
Deer Creek ReservoirStark
Defiance Power Dam ReservoirDefiance
Delaware LakeDelaware
Dillon LakeMuskingum
Dow LakeAthens
East Branch ReservoirGeauga
East ReservoirSummit
Eastwood LakeMontgomery
Evans LakeMahoning
Ferguson ReservoirAllen
Findlay Reservoir #1Hancock
Findlay Reservoir #2Hancock
Forked Run LakeMeigs
Grand Lake St. MarysAuglaize and Mercer
Grant LakeBrown
Griggs ReservoirFranklin
Guilford LakeColumbiana
Hammertown LakeJackson
Hargus LakePickaway
Harsha LakeClermont
Highlandtown LakeColumbiana
Hoover ReservoirFranklin
Independence Dam ReservoirDefiance
Indian LakeLogan
Jackson LakeJackson
Killdeer ReservoirWyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #7Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #8Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #9Wyandot
Kirwin ReservoirPortage
Kiser LakeChampaign
Knox LakeKnox
LaDue ReservoirGeauga
Lake HamiltonMahoning
Lake HodgsonPortage
Lake HopeVinton
Lake LaComteHancock
Lake La Su AnWilliams
Lake LoganHocking
Lake LoramieShelby
Lake MedinaMedina
Lake MiltonMahoning
Lake MohawkCarroll
Lake RockwellPortage
Lake RupertVinton
Lake SnowdenAthens
Lake VesuviusLawrence
Lake WhitePike
Lake WaynokaBrown
Leesville LakeCarroll
Long LakeSummit
Lost Creek ReservoirAllen
Madison LakeMadison
McKelvey LakeMahoning
Meander Creek ReservoirMahoning and Trumbull
Metzger ReservoirAllen
Mogadore ReservoirPortage
Mosquito Creek LakeTrumbull
Mount Orab #1Brown
New London ReservoirHuron
Newport LakeMahoning
Nimisila ReservoirSummit
North Branch Kokosing LakeKnox
North ReservoirSummit
Ohio Power Recreation LakesMorgan
O'Shaughnessy ReservoirDelaware
Paint Creek LakeHighland and Ross
Piedmont LakeHarrison
Pine LakeMahoning
Pleasant Hill LakeAshland
Pymatuning ReservoirAshtabula and Crawford
Resthaven Wildlife Area PondErie
Roaming Rock LakeAshtabula
Rocky Fork LakeHighland
Ross LakeRoss
Rush Creek Lake #6-AFairfield
Salt Fork ReservoirGuernsey
Senecaville LakeGuernsey and Noble
Snider Ditch LakeTrumbull
Stonelick ReservoirClermont
Tappan LakeHarrison
Tycoon LakeGallia
Veterans Memorial ReservoirHancock
Veto LakeWashington
Walburn ReservoirStark
Wellington Upground ReservoirLorain
West ReservoirSummit
Willard City ReservoirHuron
Wills Creek LakeCoshocton
Winton Woods LakeHamilton
Wolf Run ReservoirNoble