6 Kayaking Areas near Great Seal State Park
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Pike Lake State Park Beach
Bainbridge
21.2 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
25.1 miles SWA 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
31.8 miles SWSouth 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
41.1 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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Fairfield Beach, Buckeye Lake State Park
Thornville
45.0 miles NEThe south shore public swimming beach at Buckeye Lake State Park near Thornville, one of two designated beaches on Ohio's oldest state park lake. Free parking and free entry, no lifeguards, open Memorial Day to Labor Day, with a buoyed swim area, shelter
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Strouds Run State Park Beach (Dow Lake)
Athens, Ohio
48.2 miles E700-foot sand beach on 161-acre Dow Lake at Strouds Run State Park, four miles east of Athens and Ohio University in the wooded hills of southeast Ohio.
Camp, Hike, Kayak, Mountain Bike, Swim
