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Paint Creek State Park - Rattlesnake Ramp
Boat ramp · on Paint Creek Lake · near Bainbridge · 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
- 2
- Docks
- 3
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 72 spaces
- Car parking
- 25
- Restrooms
- Portable toilet
- Season
- All Year
- Managed by
- ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation
- Website
- parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Coordinates
- 39.27150, -83.40750
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. … Paint creek state park · all of Paint Creek Lake rule
- Horsepower: Unlimited · all of Paint 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 Paint Creek Lake · USACE
Lake level
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Normal pool follows a seasonal curve, 787.5 ft to 798.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Paint Creek Lake), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On Paint Creek Lake
Reservoir in Ohio. All launches on Paint Creek Lake.
Community
Where people who use Paint Creek Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Paint Creek State Park - (Campground) Taylor Rd.Ramp · 1.0 mi · Paint Creek Lake
- Paint Creek State Park - Deer Park Ramp · 3.4 mi · Paint Creek Lake
- Rocky Fork State Park - East Shore Drive · 5.7 mi · Rocky Fork Lake
- Rocky Fork State Park - East Shore Marina · 6.2 mi · Rocky Fork Lake
- Rocky Fork State Park - North Beach Launch Ramp · 6.6 mi · Rocky Fork Lake
- Rocky Fork State Park - South Beach · 7.4 mi · Rocky Fork Lake
Sources
- Ohio DNR Boater and Stream Access (facility guide and paddling access) record 360003 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Watercraft Motorized Lake Facilities (facility guide with amenity detail) record 360003 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife Facilities (DOW_Facilities), boat launch ramps record 893 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- OpenStreetMap n8107837695 © 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.