Caesar Creek State Park

Caesar Creek State Park
Blue waters
Caesar Creek State Park is located in Ohio
Caesar Creek State Park
Caesar Creek State Park
Location in Ohio
Caesar Creek State Park is located in the United States
Caesar Creek State Park
Caesar Creek State Park
Caesar Creek State Park (the United States)
LocationClinton, Greene & Warren counties, Ohio, United States
Coordinates39°29′30″N 84°02′21″W / 39.49167°N 84.03917°W / 39.49167; -84.03917[1]
AreaLand: 4,700 acres (1,900 ha)
Water: 2,830 acres (1,150 ha)[2]
Elevation843 ft (257 m)[1]
Established1978
Administered byOhio Department of Natural Resources
DesignationOhio state park
WebsiteCaesar Creek State Park
Caesar Creek Lake
Caesar Creek Lake is located in Ohio
Caesar Creek Lake
Caesar Creek Lake
LocationWarren / Clinton counties, Ohio, United States
Coordinates39°29′07″N 84°03′55″W / 39.48528°N 84.06528°W / 39.48528; -84.06528 (Caesar Creek Lake)[3]
Lake typeReservoir
Primary inflowsCaesar Creek
Primary outflowsCaesar Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Max. width1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Surface area2,830 acres (1,150 ha)
Shore length136.3 miles (58.4 km)
Surface elevation797 ft (243 m)[3]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties.[2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake.[2] The total park area, including the lake, is 7,530-acre (3,050 ha).

Fossil collection is allowed at Caesar Creek State Park with the following restrictions: No tools allowed, no fossil collecting for commercial use, all fossils kept must fit in the palm of your hand, and all fossil collection must take place in the designated fossil collection zone.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Caesar Creek State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference odnr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Caesar Creek Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Louisville District > Missions > Civil Works > Recreation > Lakes > Caesar Creek Lake > Fossil Collecting". www.lrl.usace.army.mil. Retrieved March 20, 2021.