18 Free Swimming Holes near Mill Creek Day Use Area
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Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
7.4 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.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Guilford Lake State Park Beach
Lisbon, Ohio
15.6 miles SA 600 foot public beach on the northwest side of Guilford Lake, a 396 acre reservoir dug in 1834 to feed the Sandy and Beaver Canal.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
21.2 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.
Swim
Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
29.2 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.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
The Tubbs
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
31.2 miles SESwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
White Star Park
Gibsonburg, Ohio
31.2 miles SEAn 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.
Swim
Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
32.7 miles NSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
Chestnut Run Swim Beach
Transfer
34.1 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.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Neshannock Creek Area
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
34.8 miles ESwim near Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
Swim
Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
35.1 miles NWA tiered shale cascade on the Aurora Branch of the Chagrin River at Quarry Rock in Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation, Bentleyville. Free entry, wading at your own risk, no lifeguards.
Hike, Swim
Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
35.6 miles NWA natural waterfall tumbles right through the center of town in a riverside park where you can actually swim — a rare and charming small-city attraction year-round.
Swim
Atwood Lake Park Beach
Mineral City
36.0 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.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Buttermilk Falls Homewood
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
37.2 miles ESwim near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Swim
Jamestown Beach 2
Jamestown
43.3 miles NESmall, free public sand beach on the southwest shore of Pymatuning Reservoir in Pymatuning State Park, just south of the Jamestown Marina. Open late May through Labor Day, no lifeguards, and subject to occasional E. coli closures.
Camp, Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Lakeview Beach
Portersville
45.9 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.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Raccoon Creek State Park Beach
Clinton
46.9 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.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Pymatuning State Park Main Beach
Andover
47.1 miles NEA free 500-foot sand beach on Pymatuning Reservoir just south of the Ohio 85 causeway near Andover, run by Ohio State Parks, with showers, a changing house and volleyball courts.
Camp, Hike, Swim
Villa Angela Beach
Cleveland
49.5 miles NWA free, lifeguarded 900-foot Lake Erie sand beach in Cleveland Metroparks' Euclid Creek Reservation on Cleveland's east side, beside Euclid Beach Park and the mouth of Euclid Creek.
Hike, Swim
