13 Free Swimming Holes near Wildwood Park
first prev 1 next lastShowing Swimming Holes within 50 miles Distance miles of Wildwood Park near Louisville, Ohio City, Zip, or Address
Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
17.0 miles NWA 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
Mill Creek Day Use Area
Berlin Center
18.9 miles NEFree Army Corps of Engineers picnic area on Berlin Lake near Berlin Center, Ohio, where swimming is allowed from the shoreline. There is no designated beach and no lifeguard.
Swim
Guilford Lake State Park Beach
Lisbon, Ohio
20.3 miles EA 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
Atwood Lake Park Beach
Mineral City
20.8 miles SA 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
Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
24.6 miles NEA 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
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
35.2 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
The Tubbs
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
38.8 miles ESwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
White Star Park
Gibsonburg, Ohio
38.8 miles EAn 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
Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
40.1 miles NA 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
41.4 miles NA 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
Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
42.7 miles NSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
Wallace Lake Beach
Berea
47.3 miles NWA 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
Buttermilk Falls Homewood
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
49.1 miles ESwim near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
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