7 Free Swimming Holes near Lincoln Memorial University
first prev 1 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of Tex Turner Arena, 330 Mars/DeBusk Pkwy, Harrogate, TN 37752, USA City, Zip, or Address
Clear Creek
Lebanon, Kentucky
11.0 miles NA wide, level three-mile multi-use trail following a beautiful creek on a former railroad route through forest — open to hikers, bikers, horses, ORVs, and anglers, with swimming allowed in the creeks.
Hike, Horseback, Mountain Bike, Swim
Elrod Falls
Thorn Hill, Tennessee
25.0 miles SESwim near Thorn Hill, Tennessee
Swim
Blue Hole Jonesville
Jonesville, Virginia
33.8 miles ECLOSED. This is on private property with no trespassing signs clearly displayed.
Swim
Gabe's Creek Falls
Big Laurel, Kentucky
35.2 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
Turley Hole
Pioneer, Tennessee
36.9 miles SWSwim near Pioneer, Tennessee
Swim 0.7 mi
Dog Slaughter Falls
Williamsburg, Kentucky
40.7 miles NWA 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 Heron
Stearns, Kentucky
49.3 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
