Ohio's oldest state park. A canal feeder lake since 1826.
Buckeye Lake is Ohio's oldest state park, a 3,100-acre reservoir built in 1826 as a canal feeder lake in central Ohio, split across the villages of Buckeye Lake, Millersport, and Thornville with a boisterous waterfront-bar summer scene.
Buckeye Lake sits in central Ohio, built in 1826 as a canal feeder reservoir — the oldest state park in the Ohio system. The Boatyard's dock and live music and Papa Boo's seasonal deck anchor the lake's waterfront-bar identity; nine public boat ramps, including North Shore in the village itself, keep access easy. A 4-mile shoreline path connects the North Shore to Lieb's Island. Newark, the Licking County seat, covers the hospital about twenty minutes north.
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