OhioReservoirHighland County

Rocky Fork Lake

At roughly 2,080 acres, Rocky Fork Lake is one of the lakes covered in Ohio. The lake is in Highland County. It is managed by ODNR Division of Parks & Watercraft.

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CountiesHighland County

Coordinates39.1844, -83.4397

Surface area2,080 acres

Managed byODNR Division of Parks & Watercraft

Swimming beaches on Rocky Fork Lake

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Rocky Fork Lake on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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Weather and water temperature

Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.

Weather data by Open-Meteo

A closer look at Rocky Fork Lake

No agency lists a named swimming spot at Rocky Fork Lake. Shoreline access here is likely informal. Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach.

Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none. There is no live level reading for Rocky Fork Lake. The agencies that run this water do not publish one openly, and we do not estimate what has not been measured.

Most Ohio day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim.

If Rocky Fork Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Paint Creek Lake (Ohio, 7 mi), Cowan Lake (Ohio, 28 mi) and Caesar Creek Lake (Ohio, 34 mi). In all, 35 lakes in Ohio are covered here.