Pike Lake State Park is a public recreation area located in the midst of the wooded hills of
Pike County, five miles south of the village of
Bainbridge, in the southern part of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
. The
state park contains a small lake with surrounding state forest, campground, and cabins. The site was developed by members of the
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
in the 1930s and became a state park in 1949.
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References
External links
Pike Lake State Park
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Pike Lake State Park Map
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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State parks of Ohio
Lakes of Ohio
Protected areas of Pike County, Ohio
Protected areas established in 1949
1949 establishments in Ohio
Civilian Conservation Corps in Ohio
Nature centers in Ohio
Bodies of water of Pike County, Ohio