Ohio / Deer Creek Lake /
Deer Creek State Park - West Ramp
Boat ramp · on Deer Creek Lake · near Mt. Sterling · Ohio
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
- 3
- Docks
- 6
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 100 spaces
- Restrooms
- Flush toilet
- Season
- All Year
- Managed by
- ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation
- Website
- parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Coordinates
- 39.61995, -83.25067
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. … Deer creek state park · all of Deer Creek Lake rule
- Horsepower: Unlimited · all of Deer 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 Deer Creek Lake · USACE
Lake level
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Normal pool follows a seasonal curve, 796.0 ft to 810.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Deer Creek Lake), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On Deer Creek Lake
Reservoir in Ohio. All launches on Deer Creek Lake.
Community
Where people who use Deer Creek Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Deer Creek State Park - East Ramp (Harding Cabin) · 1.1 mi · Deer Creek Lake
- Elmon Richards Scioto River Access · 15.7 mi · Scioto River
- Battelle Darby Metro Park Osprey Lake Area Access · 16.2 mi · Big Darby Creek
- Mackey Ford Wildlife Area Access · 16.7 mi · Scioto River
- Madison Lake State Park · 18.3 mi · Madison Lake
- Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park Alkire Rd. Access · 19.0 mi · Big Darby Creek
Sources
- Ohio DNR Boater and Stream Access (facility guide and paddling access) record 650003 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Watercraft Motorized Lake Facilities (facility guide with amenity detail) record 650003 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife Facilities (DOW_Facilities), boat launch ramps record 6588 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- OpenStreetMap n1796595742 © 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.