Largest lakes & reservoirs in Central Ohio by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 5 articles we have published for Central Ohio lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Ohio > Central Ohio > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Central Ohio, only the 5 Central Ohio lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
5,800 ac | Also known as Lewistown Reservoir Indian Lake is a 5,800-acre water playground in central Ohio’s Logan County. Named after several Native American tribes that used to inhabit this area… |
| Buckeye Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
3,173 ac | Once used for canal transportation, now a year round adventure land, Buckeye Lake in Ohio is a destination worthy of investigation. Located just a sho… |
| Delaware Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
963 ac | Also known as Lake Delaware Delaware Lake is a central Ohio reservoir designed and constructed by the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps’ Ohio Riv… |
| Apple Valley Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
511 ac | Tucked away in the gently rolling hills of Knox County in Central Ohio, Apple Valley Lake offers residents almost limitless recreation opportunities.… |
| Candlewood Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
250 ac | Candlewood Lake is a small, cozy, 1500-acre, private lake resort community situated in Morrow County, central Ohio. Though it is just an hour from the… |