22 Free Swimming Holes near Armstrong
first prev 1 2 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of Armstrong near Lancaster, Pennsylvania City, Zip, or Address
Mount Gretna Lake
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
15.4 miles NMount Gretna Lake packs serious fun into a commercial beach day — rope swing, 15-foot high dive, canoes, July 4th fireworks, and a food stand all included with admission.
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The Gorge
Delta, Pennsylvania
18.6 miles SSwim near Delta, Pennsylvania
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Swatara
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
24.2 miles NWSwim near Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
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Willow Springs Park
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
24.3 miles NA commercially operated quarry with crystal-clear, very deep water, a swimming beach, dive platforms, and a festive New Year's Polar Bear Swim tradition — fees apply.
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Rocks State Park
Street, Maryland
27.5 miles SSwim near Street, Maryland
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Quaker Race Beach at Gifford Pinchot State Park
Wellsville
27.7 miles WThe public swim beach at Gifford Pinchot State Park, on the north shore of 340-acre Pinchot Lake in York County. Free, ADA accessible, no lifeguards, open late May to mid September.
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Gifford Pinchot State Park
Lewisberry
28.0 miles WGifford Pinchot State Park has one sanctioned swim spot, the gently shelving sand beach at Quaker Race Day Use Area on 340-acre Pinchot Lake, open late May to mid-September with no lifeguard on duty. The park is free to enter, but the beach has closed in
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Blue Marsh Lake Swim Beach
Bernville
29.6 miles NEThe Dry Brooks swim beach at Blue Marsh Lake is a free, unguarded Army Corps of Engineers swimming area on a 1,147-acre reservoir northwest of Reading. A mown lawn runs down to sand and rounded pebble, the entry is shallow and gradual, and buoys mark the
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City Island Beach
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
31.3 miles NWSwim near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Yellow Breeches Creek
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
32.0 miles WSwim near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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Gunpowder Falls State Park
Parkton, Maryland
33.7 miles SWSwim near Parkton, Maryland
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White Clay Creek
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
38.0 miles SESwim near Landenberg, Pennsylvania
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Cascade Lake
Hampstead, Maryland
40.1 miles SWCascade Lake offers a fee-based swimming destination in the Hampstead, Maryland area — contact ahead for current conditions and amenities.
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West Vincent
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
40.7 miles EWest Vincent is a quiet, uncommercialized French Creek swimming hole near Phoenixville, with a rope swing and little rock islands for sunbathing.
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Patapsco Valley State Park
Cockeysville, Maryland
41.2 miles SWSwim near Cockeysville, Maryland
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Potomac State Park
Cockeysville, Maryland
41.2 miles SWSwim near Cockeysville, Maryland
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Beaver Dam
Cockeysville, Maryland
41.4 miles SA filled quarry at this commercial swim club features diving floats and rope swings in deep clear water — a satisfying fee-based summer destination north of Baltimore.
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Hamburg Hole
Hamburg, Pennsylvania
41.9 miles NESwim near Hamburg, Pennsylvania
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Elk Neck State Park
North East, Maryland
42.4 miles SEElk Neck State Park's sandy Chesapeake Bay beach is a scenic spot for a walk, but upper bay pollution warnings for human and animal waste were active as of 2007 — check current advisories before swimming.
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Loch Raven
Towson, Maryland
42.5 miles SA shaded lakeside corner with a rope swing and rocky cliffs is a scenic picnic stop, but keep it dry — swimming, wading, and bathing are strictly prohibited at Loch Raven.
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