5 Free Swimming Holes near Emma Carlin Trail
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Kettle Morain South Trail Head
Dousman, Wisconsin
6.0 miles NEOver 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
Kettle Moraine Area
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
9.9 miles SWSwim near Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Swim
McKinley Beach
Milwaukee
35.8 miles EMcKinley 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
Frost Woods Beach
Monona
42.1 miles WA small, free, unguarded City of Monona beach on shallow Wiicawak Bay, about 80 feet of sand in heavy woods at the 5800 block of Winnequah Road. Warm, murky bay water tested weekly for E. coli and blue-green algae from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Zion
48.5 miles SEIllinois 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
