Caesar Creek State Park

Caesar Creek State Park is located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties.  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  lake.  The total park area, including the lake, is .  The park has  of hiking trails and  of bridle trails.

The Army Corps site states:
Congress authorized Caesar Creek Lake under the Flood Control Act of 1938. The Louisville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed, built, and operates Caesar Creek Lake.
During the fall and winter months, the lake level is lowered to prepare for the storage of heavy spring rainfall. If heavy rains occur, surface water runoff is stored in the lake until the swollen streams and rivers below the dam have receded. Once they can handle the discharge of the stored water without damage to lives or property, the extra water is released.

The dam is an earth and rock fill dam  high and  long.  The Army Corps site is an area of .  The watershed above the dam has an area of .  Construction started in 1971 and was finished in 1978.

The site is in the Warren County townships of Massie and Wayne.

Flooding of New Burlington 
The construction of the Caesar Creek Lake flooded the small farming village of New Burlington, Ohio in 1973. The history of the community was collected through stories, letters, and journals in the book New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village by John Baskin.

Amenities
Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village - a collection of over 15 log cabins and other structures that are open during special events. The village is maintained and operated by a private non-profit organization.  The buildings include a Quaker meetinghouse, a broom shed, a pioneer school house, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, toll house and many family houses.
 Caesar Creek Nature Center - Adjacent to the Pioneer Village, the nature center features exhibits on the area's cultural and natural history.  Nature education programs are offered year round, including campouts, hikes and a maple syrup program.

Sources
John Baskin.  New Burlington:  The Life and Death of an American Village.  New York:  W. W. Norton, 1976.  
Ohio.  Department of Natural Resources.  Division of Geological Survey.  Excursion to Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County, Ohio. By Douglas L. Shrake.  Geological Survey Guidebook No. 12.  Columbus, Ohio:  The Department, 1992
United States Department of Agriculture.  Natural Resources Conservation Service.  Caesar Creek Watershed, Miami Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area : Clinton, Greene, and Warren Counties, Ohio.  Fort Worth, Texas: The Service, 1995.
United States.  Department of the Army.  Corps of Engineers.  Louisville District.  Final Updated Environmental Impact Statement:  Caesar Creek Lake Project, Ohio. Louisville, Kentucky: The Corps, 1974.
Art Weber.  Ohio State Parks.  Saginaw, Michigan:  Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995.  .

References

External links

Caesar Creek State Park Nature Center Association of Caesar Creek
Caesar Creek State Park Ohio Department of Natural Resources 
Caesar Creek State Park Map Ohio Department of Natural Resources 
Caesar Creek Lake ODNR Division of Wildlife
Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Caesar Creek Lake Louisville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Category:Protected areas of Warren County, Ohio
Category:Protected areas of Clinton County, Ohio
Category:Protected areas of Greene County, Ohio
Category:State parks of Ohio
Category:Reservoirs in Ohio
Category:Nature centers in Ohio
Category:Protected areas established in 1978
Category:Education in Warren County, Ohio
Category:Bodies of water of Warren County, Ohio
Category:Bodies of water of Clinton County, Ohio
Category:Bodies of water of Greene County, Ohio
Category:1978 establishments in Ohio