6 Canoeing Areas near Ohio University-Chillicothe
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Pike Lake State Park Beach
Bainbridge
16.6 miles SWA small sand beach with a beach house on 13-acre Pike Lake, a 1930s CCC-dug lake in Pike Lake State Park south of Bainbridge, Ohio. Free to swim, no entrance fee, open 6am to 11pm.
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Shoemaker Beach
Bainbridge
20.9 miles WA 1,000-foot sand beach on Paint Creek Lake, the Army Corps reservoir at the center of Paint Creek State Park near Bainbridge. Swimming is inside the buoys only and there are no lifeguards, and Ohio's BeachGuard system tracks the water quality all season.
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Rocky Fork Lake South Beach
Hillsboro
27.6 miles WSouth Beach is one of two free public swimming beaches on Rocky Fork Lake, run by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources about seven miles east of Hillsboro. Check the state's BeachGuard listing before you go, because this beach went under a bacteria ad
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Lake Snowden
Albany
43.6 miles EAn unguarded grass and sand swim beach on Lake Snowden, a 136-acre reservoir run by Hocking College near Albany, Ohio. Swimming is free from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with an $8 daily parking pass per vehicle.
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Cowan Lake State Park
Wilmington
48.3 miles WCowan Lake's 1,000-foot public beach is free, unguarded and daylight only, on a 700-acre reservoir with a 10-horsepower limit that keeps it quiet. ODNR begins drawing the lake down 13.5 feet on November 1 for dam rehabilitation, and water is not expected
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Cowan Lake Public Beach
Wilmington
48.3 miles WA free, unguarded 1,000-foot public beach on the south shore of Cowan Lake, seven miles from Wilmington. Ohio DNR is drawing the lake down 13.5 feet for dam rehabilitation beginning November 1, and normal water levels are not expected back until summer 20
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