Reservations, Fees & Passes
There are no camping areas at Beach City Lake.
Picnic sites are located in the Day Use Recreation Area at Beach City Dam.
Beach City Lake is within the Upper Tuscarawas section of the Muskingum Area. It was authorized by Section 4 of the Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1938, as amended by Section 4 of the FCA of 1939. Primary project purposes are flood damage reduction, recreation, and fish and wildlife. Land includes 299 fee acres and 7,818 flowage easement acres. Corps of Engineers recreational facilities include a day use area. The dam was completed September 1936 and serves a drainage area of 300 square miles. The dam is a rolled earth-fill with impervious core, 64 ft. tall, 5,600 long, 35 ft. wide at the top and 370 ft. wide at the base. The spillway is an uncontrolled saddle at the right abutment of the dam. The intake structure contains six 7 x 15 ft. gated sluices discharging through twin 18 ft. x 13.5 ft. semi-circular concrete conduits through right abutment into a stilling basin. A control weir, with two stop log gates, maintains minimum pool. Other structures include three rolled earth-fill levees and a pump station to protect Brewster, Ohio and one small industrial levee to protect Industrial Silica Co. at Dundee. Brewster Levee 1 is located one-half mile south of Brewster, OH and is 25 ft. tall, 550 ft. long, 8 ft. wide at the top and 103 ft. wide at the base. Brewster Levee 2 is located just southeast of Brewster and is 20 ft. tall; 1,015 ft. long, 14 ft. wide at the top and 110 ft. wide at the base. Brewster Levee 3 is located just east of Brewster and is 6 ft. tall; 440 ft. long, 8 ft. wide at the top and 40 ft. wide at the base.
Recreation Opportunities
Visitor Center
There is no visitor center at Beach City Dam. The project office can offer assistance.
Boating
Due to the effects of sedimentation, boating is limited and a public boat launch ramp no longer is available. For more information, you can call MWCD (330) 343-6647 or visit their website at mwcd.org
Camping
There are no camping areas at Beach City Lake.
Day-use
Picnic sites are located in the Day Use Recreation Area at Beach City Dam.
Fishing
Fishing is permitted at the Beach City Lake Day Use Area and below the dam.
Hunting
Hunting is very popular on the land surrounding the lake
Marinas
There is no marina at Beach City Lake.
Swimming
There are no designated swimming areas at Beach City Lake.
Trails
There are no marked hiking trails at Beach City Dam, but hiking is permitted within surrounding woods.
Rules & Regulations
General Policies
A full list of Federal regulations that apply to all US Army Corps of Engineers properties can be found in Title 36 of the United States Code (USC). Title 36, The Rules and Regulations that Govern Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects
Firearms
Possession of firearms in a federal facility, including locks, dams, power plants, ranger stations, buildings, switchyards, recreation facilities, warehouses, and offices is strictly prohibited. This prohibition includes the storage or transporting of a personally owned firearm in controlled access parking areas or Government vehicles, heavy equipment, boats and vessels under the operational control of the District regardless of its location. Exceptions for Federal employees are only allowed for Federal law enforcement officers or where possession of a firearm is specifically authorized by law.
Fireworks
Fireworks, along with explosives, firearms and other weapons are prohibited on Government Property. Detailed information can be found in Title 36, The Rules and Regulations that Govern Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects, Section 327.13.
Contact
Beach City Lake
5449 State Route 250 N.W.
Beach City, OH 44608
pa2@usace.army.mil
330-878-7391