Ohio Rivers and Streams
70 Ohio rivers and creeks with ODNR access points, steelhead and walleye runs, booklet rules and live USGS flow.
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A
- Alum Creekstream
- Ashtabula Riversteelhead stream
- Auglaize Riverriver
B
- Big Darby Creekstream
- Big Walnut Creekstream
- Black Fork Mohican Riverriver
- Black Riverriver
- Blanchard Riverriver
- Buck Creekstream
C
- Caesar Creekstream
- Captina Creekstream
- Chagrin Riversteelhead stream
- Clear Fork Mohican Riverriver
- Conneaut Creeksteelhead stream
- Cuyahoga Riversteelhead stream
D
- Deer Creekstream
- Duck Creekstream
E
- East Branch Black Riverriver
- East Branch Rocky Riverriver
- East Fork Little Miami Riverriver
G
- Grand Riversteelhead stream
- Great Miami Riverriver
- Greenville Creekstream
H
- Hocking Riverriver
- Huron Riverriver
K
- Killbuck Creekstream
- Kokosing Riverriver
L
- Lake Fork Mohican Riverriver
- Licking Riverriver
- Little Beaver Creekstream
- Little Miami Riverriver
- Little Muskingum Riverriver
- Loramie Creekstream
M
- Mad Riverriver
- Mahoning Riverriver
- Maumee Riverwalleye run
- Mohican Riverriver
- Muskingum Riverriver
N
- North Fork Licking Riverriver
- North Fork Paint Creekstream
O
- Ohio Brush Creekstream
- Olentangy Riverriver
- Ottawa Riverriver
P
- Paint Creekstream
- Portage Riverwalleye run
- Pymatuning Creekstream
R
- Raccoon Creekstream
- Rocky Riversteelhead stream
S
- Salt Creekstream
- Sandusky Riverwalleye run
- Sandy Creekstream
- Scioto Brush Creekstream
- Scioto Riverriver
- St. Joseph Riverriver
- St. Marys Riverriver
- Stillwater Riverriver
- Sugar Creekstream
- Sunfish Creekstream
- Symmes Creekstream
T
- Tiffin Riverriver
- Tinkers Creekstream
- Tuscarawas Riverriver
- Twin Creekstream
V
- Vermilion Riversteelhead stream
W
- Walhonding Riverriver
- West Branch Huron Riverriver
- West Branch Mahoning Riverriver
- West Branch Rocky Riverriver
- White Oak Creekstream
- Wills Creekstream
Lakes and rivers pictured beside Ohio Rivers and Streams
Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0
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Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 4.0
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0
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Photo: Michael A. Orlando, CC BY-SA 3.0
Using the Buckeye rivers list, in short answers
How many Ohio rivers and creeks have pages?
70: 7 stocked steelhead streams, 3 spring walleye-run rivers and 59 with a live USGS gauge.
Which Ohio streams does ODNR stock with steelhead?
The Vermilion, Rocky, Cuyahoga, Chagrin, Grand and Ashtabula rivers and Conneaut Creek, all Lake Erie tributaries.
How many stream access points are mapped?
1,073 ODNR Watercraft access points sit along the listed streams, each with parking and launch notes.
Do the flows update?
Yes; every USGS gauge on a river page refreshes through the day and the page shows the newest reading.
Can I fish from any bank in Ohio?
ODNR maps note that stream access is only on public property or with the landowner’s permission.
Where do the walleye-run rules come from?
The ODNR booklet and the Lake Erie Fishing Guide, which set single-hook rules on the Maumee, Sandusky and Portage in spring.
Why is a stream missing here?
A stream needs a ramp, a gauge, a steelhead or walleye run, booklet rules or several ODNR access points for a page.
Are stream lengths given?
No length is printed; the federal stream-line service was unavailable when the data was gathered.
Ohio rule, record and directory pages next to the rivers list
- Every Ohio water, A to Zlakes, rivers, counties, towns and species on one list
- Ohio license and regulationsfees, exemptions and the inland limit table
- Ohio Free Fishing Daystwo license-free days a year for residents
- Ohio record fishOutdoor Writers of Ohio records by division
- Ohio fish stockingODNR stocking records and the 2026 trout releases
- Ohio water levelsUSGS lake gauges and NOAA Lake Erie stations
- Lake Erie in Ohiobasins, bays, harbors, launches and piers
- The Ohio Riverboth regulation units and the river launches
- Lake Erie steelhead streamsthe seven stocked tributaries
- Lake Erie reefs and shoalswestern basin reefs and Cleveland and Lorain artificial reefs
- Ohio boat rampsODNR launch inventory by wildlife district
- Ohio shore fishingLake Erie piers and accessible ODNR sites
- Ohio bait shopstackle counters and marinas by district
- Ohio charters and guidesLake Erie captains and inland guides
- Ohio tournamentsorganizer schedules and printed winners
- Protected Ohio fishspecies that must go back in the water