6 Free Swimming Holes near Riverside Drive Area
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Richmond Downtown Area
Purcellville, Virginia
5.9 miles ESwim near Purcellville, Virginia
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Bear Creek Lake State Park Beach
Cumberland, Virginia
39.8 miles WSand beach on the 40-acre lake at Bear Creek Lake State Park, tucked inside Cumberland State Forest between Richmond and Lynchburg, with camping, cabins and 30 miles of trail.
Camp, Hike, Kayak, Mountain Bike, Swim
Swim Beach at Lake Anna State Park
Mineral
41.3 miles NA groomed sand beach on the public side of Lake Anna, with a buoyed swimming area, a bathhouse and a seasonal snack bar at the end of the state park road. Swimming is unguarded and free; only parking is charged.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Jamestown Beach
Williamsburg
47.6 miles SEJamestown Beach Event Park is James City County's free public beach on the James River, a quarter mile of sand and breakwaters about a mile and a half from Historic Jamestowne. There are no lifeguards, and the James River Association posts fresh bacteria
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Twin Lakes State Park
Green Bay
48.4 miles SWTwin Lakes State Park has a free, unguarded swimming beach on fifteen-acre Goodwin Lake, open year round for the price of seven dollars to park. Swimming is prohibited on the park's other lake. Both were dammed in the 1930s by a Black CCC company, then ru
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Nottoway Falls
Crewe, Virginia
48.7 miles SWNottoway Falls' wide cascade offers generous swimming space at the base, with parking discreetly available near the boat ramp — water can run low in summer.
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