Portage Lakes State Park - SM2
Boat ramp · on Nimisila Reservoir · near New Franklin · 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
- Managed by
- ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation
- Website
- parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Coordinates
- 40.93988, -81.53227
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 - CG · 0.6 mi · Nimisila Reservoir
- Portage Lakes State Park - C 1 · 0.8 mi · Nimisila Reservoir
- Portage Lakes State Park - C 6 · 1.0 mi · Nimisila Reservoir
- Portage Lakes State Park - Turkeyfoot · 2.4 mi · Turkeyfoot Lake
- Old State Park · 2.5 mi · Turkeyfoot Lake
- Portage Lakes State Park - North Reservoir · 4.1 mi · North Reservoir
Sources
- Ohio DNR Boater and Stream Access (facility guide and paddling access) record 770002 · Public data (ODNR GIS), liability statement only; no use limitations stated
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