Ohio / Alum Creek Lake /
Alum Creek State Park - New Galena
Boat ramp · on Alum Creek Lake · near Delaware · Ohio
Zebra mussels (latest report 2010) reported in this water (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Motors
- No horsepower limit
- Ramp lanes
- 4
- Docks
- 3
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 87 spaces
- Car parking
- 47
- Restrooms
- Flush toilet
- Season
- All Year
- Managed by
- ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation
- Website
- parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Coordinates
- 40.19696, -82.94916
Depth contours in feet from Ohio DNR. Not for navigation.
Boating rules
- Powercraft propelled by a motor with a horsepower rating in excess of ten horsepower may be operated upon the waters of the division of parks and watercraft in the following park areas. … Alum creek state park · all of Alum Creek Lake rule
- Horsepower: Unlimited · all of Alum Creek Lake rule
From the boating rules maps of Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Ohio Administrative Code 1501:47); Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Watercraft, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Alum Creek Lake · USACE
Lake level
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Normal pool follows a seasonal curve, 885.0 ft to 888.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Alum Creek Lake), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On Alum Creek Lake
Reservoir in Ohio. All launches on Alum Creek Lake.
Community
Where people who use Alum Creek Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Alum Creek State Park Kayak Launch · 1.1 mi · Alum Creek Lake
- Alum Creek State Park- Hollenback Ramp and Marina · 1.6 mi · Alum Creek Lake
- Alum Creek State Park - Cheshire · 3.2 mi · Alum Creek Lake
- Alum Creek State Park - Campground/Church · 3.4 mi · Alum Creek Lake
- Hoover Reservoir - Oxbow Road Launch Ramp · 3.5 mi · Hoover Reservoir
- Hoover Reservoir - Baldridge Boat Ramp · 4.2 mi · Hoover Reservoir
Sources
- Ohio DNR Boater and Stream Access (facility guide and paddling access) record 210006 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Watercraft Motorized Lake Facilities (facility guide with amenity detail) record 210006 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife Facilities (DOW_Facilities), boat launch ramps record 1467 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- OpenStreetMap n1729423321 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Ohio DNR Boater and Stream Access (facility guide and paddling access) and Ohio DNR Watercraft Motorized Lake Facilities (facility guide with amenity detail) and Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife Facilities (DOW_Facilities), boat launch ramps. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.