14 Free Swimming Holes near Ricketts Glen State Park
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Little Shickshinny Creek Falls
Shickshinny, Pennsylvania
13.4 miles SESwim near Shickshinny, Pennsylvania
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Worlds End State Park Swimming Area
Forksville
18.6 miles NWA one acre pool on Loyalsock Creek held back by a dam the Civilian Conservation Corps built in the 1930s, free to reach and open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. It is closed the rest of the year, there is no lifeguard, and swimming anywhere else i
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Loyalsock Creek Area
Forksville, Pennsylvania
32.7 miles WSwim near Forksville, Pennsylvania
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Hickory Run State Park
Renovo, Pennsylvania
34.1 miles SESwim near Renovo, Pennsylvania
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Roaring Brook
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
35.9 miles EA beautiful and remote swimming hole between two reservoirs, with many pools up and down the creek — slippery moss on the rocks, rugged 4WD access required, and pack out all your trash.
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Rockrun Area
Carregal do Sal, Viseu
36.2 miles WSwimming holes in beautiful Rock Run Creek in Tidaghton State Forest, Pennsylvania — a serene natural spot where bathing suits may be optional.
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Tuscarora State Park Beach
Barnesville
38.3 miles SFree, buoyed sand beach on 96-acre Tuscarora Lake in Tuscarora State Park near Barnesville. Open late May to mid-September, 8 a.m. to sunset, no lifeguards, 5.5 feet at its deepest.
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Sugar Creek
Troy, Pennsylvania
40.5 miles NWSwim near Troy, Pennsylvania
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Jim Thorpe Area
Renovo, Pennsylvania
41.7 miles SESwim near Renovo, Pennsylvania
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Gouldsboro State Park Beach
Gouldsboro
43.3 miles EGouldsboro Lake's sand beach is free and open, but unguarded: no lifeguards, tannic amber water you cannot see through, and occasional bacteria closures. Electric motors only on this 250-acre Pocono lake.
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Pirate Rock
Blossburg, Pennsylvania
45.0 miles NWPirate Rock is an off-the-grid Upper Tioga River swimming hole near Blossburg, PA — strikingly clear blue water (from acid mine drainage upstream).
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Tobyhanna Lake Beach
Tobyhanna
46.5 miles EA free, tannin-dark swimming beach on 170-acre Tobyhanna Lake in the Poconos, open 8 a.m. to sunset from Memorial Day weekend to mid-September with no lifeguard on duty. The lake will be drained for dam replacement from spring 2027 through the end of 2028
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Tobyhanna State Park Beach
Tobyhanna
46.5 miles EA free, unguarded sand beach on 170-acre Tobyhanna Lake, set at 2,000 feet on the Pocono plateau, with a 5.1 mile gravel trail circling the water. Open Memorial Day weekend to mid-September, though a full lake drawdown for dam replacement has been announc
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Beltzville State Park Beach
Lehighton
46.9 miles SEA 525 foot sand beach on Beltzville Lake, the Army Corps reservoir that flooded the Pohopoco Creek valley in 1971. Free to enter, open late May through Labor Day, no lifeguards, and worth checking for a bacteria closure before you go.
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