6 Free Swimming Holes near Big Foot Beach State Park
first prev 1 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of Big Foot Beach State Park near Lake Geneva City, Zip, or Address
Kettle Moraine Area
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
19.7 miles NWSwim near Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Swim
Kettle Morain South Trail Head
Dousman, Wisconsin
25.5 miles NOver 30 miles of connected mostly single-track trails through the Southern Unit of Kettle Moraine State Forest — the John Muir and Emma Carlin systems linked by a connector trail.
Camp, Cross-country Ski, Hike, Swim
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Zion
33.6 miles EIllinois Beach State Park splits into two units along six and a half miles of Lake Michigan, and the public swimming beach is in the south unit, not the eroding north one. Admission and parking are free, there are no lifeguards, and the lake stays cold in
Camp, Hike, Swim
Waukegan Municipal Beach
Waukegan
34.7 miles SEA mile of free public Lake Michigan sand on Waukegan's north lakefront, open dawn to dusk year-round with no lifeguards; summer weekend parking is $20 for cars without a city sticker.
Swim
McKinley Beach
Milwaukee
43.8 miles NEMcKinley Beach reopened in May 2024 after a nearly four-year closure that followed four drownings in 2020 and a $1.1 million rebuild that hauled in some 12,000 cubic yards of sand to bring the swimming area back to waist depth. It is open for swimming wit
Hike, Swim
Rosewood Beach
Highland Park
44.0 miles SEGuarded Lake Michigan swimming coves in Highland Park's Rosewood Park. Free for park district residents, $10 a day for non-residents plus paid parking, lifeguards 10am to 6pm from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
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