43 Free Swimming Holes near Barre Falls
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Leominster State Forest
Princeton, Massachusetts
10.9 miles NEOver 135 acres of surface water across five ponds in Leominster State Forest, with lifeguarded swimming at one pond, plus hiking, biking, and permitted rock climbing. Fees apply.
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Lake Dennison Recreation Area
Winchendon
15.0 miles NA DCR-run state recreation area in Winchendon with a sandy beach on Lake Dennison, a wooded Army Corps lake. Summer parking is $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for others.
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Coes Pond Beach
Worcester
15.5 miles SEWorcester's lifeguarded city beach on Coes Reservoir, officially the John J. Binienda Memorial Beach, with a bathhouse, free summer kayak and paddleboard loans, and trails around the pond. No admission fee.
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Regatta Point Beach
Worcester
17.3 miles SEA small guarded swimming beach on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, part of DCR's Quinsigamond State Park, with lifeguards in summer and a daily DCR parking fee of $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for out-of-state plates.
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Doane Falls
Royalston, Massachusetts
17.7 miles NWSwim near Royalston, Massachusetts
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Lake Wyola State Park
Shutesbury
21.4 miles WDCR's Carroll A. Holmes Recreation Area has a lifeguarded sand beach on the northwest shore of quiet Lake Wyola in Shutesbury, with a seasonal $8 (MA) or $30 (out-of-state) parking fee.
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Royalston Falls
Royalston, Massachusetts
22.8 miles NWSwim near Royalston, Massachusetts
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Puffers Pond
Amherst, Massachusetts
25.0 miles WSwim near Amherst, Massachusetts
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Contoocook Beach
Jaffrey
25.5 miles NContoocook Beach is the Town of Jaffrey's sand beach on 344-acre Contoocook Lake, with a buoyed swim area, a bathhouse and concession stand, and Mount Monadnock filling the skyline across the water. Swimming is free for everyone, but the parking lot is re
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Sandy Pond Beach
Ayer
25.6 miles EAyer's lifeguarded town beach on Sandy Pond, a 73-acre kettle pond. Residents swim free; non-residents pay $8 a day ($5 for children) during the summer season.
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WWII Memorial Beach
Marlborough
25.6 miles EMarlborough's lifeguarded city beach on Fort Meadow Reservoir, open daily in summer from 11 am to 6:45 pm. Free for Marlborough residents; non-residents pay a $20 daily parking fee.
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Dean Pond
Monson, Massachusetts
25.8 miles SWSwim near Monson, Massachusetts
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Hopkinton State Park Upper Beach
Ashland
28.7 miles SEThe unguarded reservoir beach above the dam at Hopkinton State Park, separate from the guarded Main Beach below it, with 8 dollar resident parking and boat rentals on the water.
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Lake Mashapaug
Union, Connecticut
29.4 miles SSwim near Union, Connecticut
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Edward MacDowell Lake
Peterborough
32.4 miles NA free, Army Corps-run day-use park on a 165-acre flood-control lake in Peterborough, with a small sand swim beach (no lifeguards), picnic shelters, a car-top boat launch and wooded trails.
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Green River Swimming and Recreation Area
Greenfield
32.4 miles WGreenfield's municipal swim area on the Green River, where a low dam backs the current into a cold, slow pool with a sand beach, a WPA era bathhouse and lawns full of shade trees.
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Greenfield Area
Southwick, Massachusetts
33.7 miles NWSwim near Southwick, Massachusetts
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Pisgah State Park
Hinsdale, New Hampshire
34.0 miles NWA clothing-optional swimming area at Kilburn Pond inside Pisgah State Park — separate from the park's Pisgah Reservoir, so be sure to head to the right body of water.
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Heart Pond Beach
Chelmsford
34.3 miles EFree, unguarded town beach on 91-acre Heart Pond in South Chelmsford, open dawn to dusk to residents and non-residents, right beside the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
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Wayland Town Beach
Wayland
34.3 miles ELifeguarded town beach on the North Pond of Lake Cochituate in Wayland, with a roped swim area, boat rentals and a picnic grove. Day passes are $5 for residents and $10 for non-residents.
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