Open year ‘round, Lazy Island Lake is a vacation getaway at a private lake located in northwest Ohio. Off the beaten path, and formerly Klingler’s Beach, our secluded and peaceful get away destination includes a fully furnished cozy lake cottage / lodge located on the water’s edge. The cottage / lodge has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, kitchen, sun porch and deck. We have satellite TV. The 10 acre lake has great catch and release fishing for bass, perch, bluegill and other sport fish. We provide a paddle boat and fishing boat. Our secluded location provides beautiful sunrises, sunsets and great star gazing! Enjoy a campfire, the nature trail, our horseshoe pits and the beach area. Ask about our RV sites.
Lazy Island Lake is a great solution for family vacations and family reunions, a weekend get away for one or more couples, scrap book weekends, etc.
We are also a lodging solution for business travelers in the Defiance, Van Wert and Paulding county Ohio area. Also consider us as an offsite location for your business retreats or manager meetings.
History of the Property:
In the early 1920’s entrepreneur Harold Klingler initiated the dig of his gravel and sand pit so as to provide such materials to build new and expand existing highways in Paulding and surrounding counties. The workmen were allowed to stay on the property during the digging season and lived in Klingler’s bunkhouse (such bunkhouse, with its knotty pine walls, still exists as the living room portion of today’s lodge).
When the gravel portion of the pit started filling with water, Mr. Klingler envisioned his next opportunity and used the remaining sand on the property to create a beach and picnic area. He constructed a bath and shelter house from native timber. June 16, 1940 was opening day at “Klingler’s Beach” and the admission charge on opening day was 10 cents! For the next 20+ years Klingler’s Beach became “the” swimming & fishing hole and picnic spot for residents from Paulding and surrounding counties in northwest Ohio. Klingler’s Beach closed its doors to the public in the late 1960’s and the property became the personal residence and farm of a decedent of Mr. Klingler.
Reopened as Lazy Island Lake in April, 2006, this vacation getaway destination is now a getaway lodge off the beaten path!
- For Reservations or Information call 419-796-0441 or 260-348-4256, or e-mail us at Randy@LazyIslandLake.com or mike@riebee.com