Portage Lakes State Park - C 1
Boat ramp · on Nimisila Reservoir · near Akron · 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
- Electric motors only
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 14 spaces
- Car parking
- 6
- Restrooms
- Vault toilet
- Season
- All Year
- Managed by
- ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation
- Website
- parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Coordinates
- 40.95057, -81.52653
Depth contours in feet from Ohio DNR. Not for navigation.
Boating rules
- No powercraft, except motorized watercraft propelled by an electric motor and operated at no-wake speed, are permitted to operate on the waters of the division of parks and watercraft in the following areas: … Nimisila reservoir at Portage lakes state park · all of Nimisila Reservoir rule
- Horsepower: Electric Only · all of Nimisila Reservoir 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
On Nimisila Reservoir
Reservoir in Ohio. All launches on Nimisila Reservoir.
Community
Where people who use Nimisila Reservoir talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Portage Lakes State Park - SM2 · 0.8 mi · Nimisila Reservoir
- Portage Lakes State Park - CG · 0.8 mi · Nimisila Reservoir
- Portage Lakes State Park - C 6 · 1.4 mi · Nimisila Reservoir
- Old State Park · 1.9 mi · Turkeyfoot Lake
- Portage Lakes State Park - Turkeyfoot · 1.9 mi · Turkeyfoot Lake
- Portage Lakes State Park - North Reservoir · 3.5 mi · North Reservoir
Sources
- Ohio DNR Boater and Stream Access (facility guide and paddling access) record 770003 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Watercraft Motorized Lake Facilities (facility guide with amenity detail) record 770003 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
- Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife Facilities (DOW_Facilities), boat launch ramps record 564 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
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.