7 Free Swimming Holes near Clear Creek
first prev 1 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of Clear Creek Fitness Trail, Pineville, KY 40977, USA City, Zip, or Address
Gabe's Creek Falls
Big Laurel, Kentucky
31.0 miles NECLOSED. A bright blue pool ringed by short cliffs and cave-like overhangs, fed by a waterfall, on a short trail requiring careful footing on slick rock.
Swim
Elrod Falls
Thorn Hill, Tennessee
33.2 miles SESwim near Thorn Hill, Tennessee
Swim 0.7 mi
Dog Slaughter Falls
Williamsburg, Kentucky
33.5 miles WA 15-foot waterfall plunging over a mossy overhang into a bright blue pool in Daniel Boone National Forest — a shaded two-mile round trip with creek views the whole way.
Hike, Swim
Blue Hole Jonesville
Jonesville, Virginia
36.7 miles ECLOSED. This is on private property with no trespassing signs clearly displayed.
Swim
Turley Hole
Pioneer, Tennessee
39.4 miles SWSwim near Pioneer, Tennessee
Swim
Blue Heron
Stearns, Kentucky
45.7 miles WA forested swimming hole on the Big South Fork Cumberland River — shallow at the edges, deeper in the center, with a picnic area nearby and Mine 18 museum a short walk away.
Swim
Short Creek
Somerset, Kentucky
48.5 miles NWA 150-foot stretch of 56-degree spring water emerging from underground, shockingly clear against lush green woods — swim, picnic, or peek into the cave where it disappears.
Cave, Hike, Swim
