15 Free Swimming Holes near Shady Oak Beach
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Round Lake Park Beach
Eden Prairie
4.1 miles SWFree, unguarded city swimming beach on Round Lake in Eden Prairie's Round Lake Park, next to a free splash pad, fishing pier and loop trail. Open Memorial Day to Labor Day, with occasional closures for bacteria.
Hike, Swim
Deephaven Beach
Deephaven
5.1 miles WDeephaven's largest city beach, a sandy swim area with a swimming dock and summer lifeguards on St. Louis Bay of Lake Minnetonka. Swimming is free, but the beach lot requires a city parking sticker.
Swim
Wayzata Beach
Wayzata
6.0 miles NWWayzata Beach is the City of Wayzata's free public sand beach on Wayzata Bay of Lake Minnetonka, with a swimming dock, playground and picnic areas, open mid-June to mid-August with no lifeguard on duty.
Kayak, Swim
Cedar Lake Ice Hole
Minneapolis
6.0 miles NEA permitted winter plunge hole cut in the ice on the west side of Cedar Lake, maintained by Endurance United volunteers. Free, waiver required, no lifeguard, and cold shock is the real danger.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Cedar Lake Point Beach
Minneapolis
6.3 miles NEA free, lifeguarded summer sand beach on a wooded point on Cedar Lake's west shore in Minneapolis, run by the park board and popular with kayakers and open-water swimmers.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Lake Harriet Southeast Beach
Minneapolis
6.3 miles EFree sand beach on the southeast corner of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, run by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. No lifeguards; open 6 am to 10 pm, with weekly summer bacteria testing.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Bde Maka Ska 32nd Street Beach
Minneapolis
6.6 miles EA free, unguarded sand beach on the east shore of Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, run by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and open 6 am to 10 pm daily.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Excelsior Public Beach
Excelsior
6.8 miles WFree, unguarded city swimming beach in The Commons on Excelsior Bay of Lake Minnetonka, open daily 7 am to 8 pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with a buoyed swim area and paid street parking nearby.
Swim
Lake Ann Beach
Chanhassen
6.9 miles SWFree, unguarded city beach on the south shore of Lake Ann in Chanhassen's Lake Ann Park, on a quiet non-motorized lake with paddle rentals in summer.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Silver Lake Park
Columbia Heights
13.6 miles NEColumbia Heights' only city swimming beach, a small free strip of sand on the northwest shore of Silver Lake at 4305 Stinson Blvd NE, next to Silverwood Park. No lifeguard on duty.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Lake Gervais County Park
Little Canada
18.8 miles EFree, unguarded Ramsey County beach on the southwest shore of 234-acre Gervais Lake in Little Canada, with a buoyed swim area from late May through Labor Day, a fishing pier and a playground.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Phalen Regional Park Beach
Saint Paul
19.1 miles ESaint Paul's free, lifeguarded city beach on Lake Phalen, with a splash pad, changing rooms, kayak and paddleboard rentals and free parking on the East Side.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Golden Lake Park
Circle Pines
20.7 miles NEFree city park on Golden Lake in Circle Pines with a small sand swim beach, open sunrise to sunset with no entrance fee. Unguarded, electric-motor-only lake with a fishing pier and boat launch.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Carver Lake Beach
Woodbury
22.1 miles EFree, unguarded sand beach on Carver Lake in Woodbury's Carver Lake Park, open for swimming 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with showers, restrooms and a boardwalk.
Hike, Swim
Prescott City Beach
Prescott
32.4 miles ESmall free city beach on the St. Croix River just north of downtown Prescott, Wisconsin, with a designated swim area, bathhouse and restrooms. No lifeguards; watch for boat wakes and quick drop-offs.
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