16 Free Swimming Holes near The Pond at Painesville Recreation Park
first prev 1 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of The Pond at Painesville Recreation Park near Painesville, Ohio City, Zip, or Address
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Fairport Harbor
2.9 miles NWA 21-acre Lake Metroparks beach on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River, with a marked swim area, summer lifeguards 11 am to 7 pm, daily E. coli testing and $2 to $3 gate parking.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Headlands Beach State Park
Mentor, Ohio
3.4 miles NWThe longest natural sand beach in Ohio, a mile of open Lake Erie shoreline east of Mentor with rare dune plants behind it and a lighthouse at the end of the breakwall.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
18.7 miles SSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
Villa Angela Beach
Cleveland
19.6 miles SWA 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
Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
21.8 miles SA 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
Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
23.7 miles SA 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
Walnut Beach Park
Ashtabula
25.3 miles NEA free city-run sand beach on Lake Erie at Ashtabula Harbor, with summer daytime lifeguards, a concession stand, playgrounds and a birding trail behind the dunes.
Hike, Swim
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
30.1 miles SA 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
Edgewater Beach
Cleveland
30.7 miles SWFree, lifeguarded Lake Erie swimming beach in Cleveland Metroparks' Edgewater Park, about 2.5 miles west of downtown Cleveland, with a 1,000-foot marked swim area and skyline views.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Pymatuning State Park Main Beach
Andover
37.3 miles EA 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
Conneaut Township Park
Conneaut
38.4 miles NEA free, unguarded quarter mile of Lake Erie sand below a wooded bluff at Ohio's northeast corner, run by a township park board and sampled weekly for bacteria all summer.
Swim
Huntington Beach
Bay Village
39.5 miles SWGuarded Lake Erie swimming beach below the bluff in Cleveland Metroparks' Huntington Reservation in Bay Village, with sand pockets between stone breakwalls and free entry and parking.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Wallace Lake Beach
Berea
40.9 miles SWA free, lifeguarded summer swim beach on Wallace Lake, a flooded 1941 sandstone quarry in Cleveland Metroparks' Mill Stream Run Reservation, a short walk from downtown Berea.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Jamestown Beach 2
Jamestown
42.7 miles ESmall, 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
Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
43.9 miles SA 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
Chestnut Run Swim Beach
Transfer
49.6 miles SEUnguarded 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
