15 Free Swimming Holes near Guilford Lake State Park Beach
first prev 1 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of Guilford Lake State Park Beach near Lisbon, Ohio City, Zip, or Address
Mill Creek Day Use Area
Berlin Center
15.6 miles NFree Army Corps of Engineers picnic area on Berlin Lake near Berlin Center, Ohio, where swimming is allowed from the shoreline. There is no designated beach and no lifeguard.
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The Tubbs
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
18.7 miles ESwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
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White Star Park
Gibsonburg, Ohio
18.7 miles EAn Ohio quarry swimming spot with fine white sand and brilliantly clear teal-blue water — unlike anything else in the state, with depth visible right to the buoy barriers.
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Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
22.6 miles NA 600 foot public swim beach on the east shore of Lake Milton, in the village of Craig Beach, where an amusement park with a roller coaster stood a century ago.
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Atwood Lake Park Beach
Mineral City
27.2 miles SWA sand beach on a 1,540 acre flood control lake in eastern Ohio, open to anyone who pays the $5 to $10 gate fee at Atwood Lake Park. MWCD samples the water weekly, and there has not been a bacteria advisory here since July 2022.
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Buttermilk Falls Homewood
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
29.0 miles ESwim near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
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Raccoon Creek State Park Beach
Clinton
32.7 miles SEA free 500-foot sand and turf beach on 101-acre Raccoon Lake, with no lifeguard and a posted season of late May to mid-September. The park tests the water weekly and has closed swimming for elevated E. coli in each of the last two summers.
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Neshannock Creek Area
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
32.7 miles NESwim near Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
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Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
36.4 miles WA free 900-foot sand beach on Turkeyfoot Lake at Portage Lakes State Park in New Franklin, south of Akron. No lifeguards, daylight swimming only, and boats share the lake.
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Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
36.5 miles NA privately owned quarry park with strikingly blue-green water, a swimming beach, cliff jumping, and camping — see the website for current pricing and available events.
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Little Sewickley Creek
Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
39.4 miles SESwim near Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
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Chestnut Run Swim Beach
Transfer
41.3 miles NEUnguarded sand beach on a quiet cove of Shenango River Lake, run by the Army Corps of Engineers off PA Route 846 near Transfer. No admission fee; restrooms open in summer.
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Lakeview Beach
Portersville
41.7 miles ELakeview Beach is the free, 656-foot sand swim beach on the North Shore of Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park near Portersville, open daily Memorial Day to Labor Day with no lifeguards.
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Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
48.3 miles NSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
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Thorn Creek
Renfrew, Pennsylvania
49.3 miles ESwim near Renfrew, Pennsylvania
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