41 Free Swimming Holes near Barre, MA
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Leominster State Forest
Princeton, Massachusetts
14.4 miles NEOver 135 acres of surface water across five ponds in Leominster State Forest, with lifeguarded swimming at one pond, plus hiking, biking, and permitted rock climbing. Fees apply.
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Lake Dennison Recreation Area
Winchendon
15.1 miles NA DCR-run state recreation area in Winchendon with a sandy beach on Lake Dennison, a wooded Army Corps lake. Summer parking is $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for others.
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Doane Falls
Royalston, Massachusetts
16.4 miles NSwim near Royalston, Massachusetts
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Lake Wyola State Park
Shutesbury
17.7 miles WDCR's Carroll A. Holmes Recreation Area has a lifeguarded sand beach on the northwest shore of quiet Lake Wyola in Shutesbury, with a seasonal $8 (MA) or $30 (out-of-state) parking fee.
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Coes Pond Beach
Worcester
17.9 miles SEWorcester's lifeguarded city beach on Coes Reservoir, officially the John J. Binienda Memorial Beach, with a bathhouse, free summer kayak and paddleboard loans, and trails around the pond. No admission fee.
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Regatta Point Beach
Worcester
20.4 miles SEA small guarded swimming beach on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, part of DCR's Quinsigamond State Park, with lifeguards in summer and a daily DCR parking fee of $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for out-of-state plates.
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Puffers Pond
Amherst, Massachusetts
21.0 miles WSwim near Amherst, Massachusetts
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Royalston Falls
Royalston, Massachusetts
21.4 miles NSwim near Royalston, Massachusetts
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Dean Pond
Monson, Massachusetts
23.8 miles SSwim near Monson, Massachusetts
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Contoocook Beach
Jaffrey
26.3 miles NContoocook Beach is the Town of Jaffrey's sand beach on 344-acre Contoocook Lake, with a buoyed swim area, a bathhouse and concession stand, and Mount Monadnock filling the skyline across the water. Swimming is free for everyone, but the parking lot is re
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Lake Mashapaug
Union, Connecticut
28.6 miles SSwim near Union, Connecticut
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Green River Swimming and Recreation Area
Greenfield
28.9 miles NWGreenfield's municipal swim area on the Green River, where a low dam backs the current into a cold, slow pool with a sand beach, a WPA era bathhouse and lawns full of shade trees.
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Sandy Pond Beach
Ayer
29.4 miles EAyer's lifeguarded town beach on Sandy Pond, a 73-acre kettle pond. Residents swim free; non-residents pay $8 a day ($5 for children) during the summer season.
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WWII Memorial Beach
Marlborough
29.5 miles EMarlborough's lifeguarded city beach on Fort Meadow Reservoir, open daily in summer from 11 am to 6:45 pm. Free for Marlborough residents; non-residents pay a $20 daily parking fee.
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Greenfield Area
Southwick, Massachusetts
30.4 miles NWSwim near Southwick, Massachusetts
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Orange Dam
Northampton, Massachusetts
30.8 miles WSwim near Northampton, Massachusetts
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Pisgah State Park
Hinsdale, New Hampshire
32.0 miles NWA clothing-optional swimming area at Kilburn Pond inside Pisgah State Park — separate from the park's Pisgah Reservoir, so be sure to head to the right body of water.
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Hopkinton State Park Upper Beach
Ashland
32.2 miles EThe unguarded reservoir beach above the dam at Hopkinton State Park, separate from the guarded Main Beach below it, with 8 dollar resident parking and boat rentals on the water.
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Edward MacDowell Lake
Peterborough
33.2 miles NA free, Army Corps-run day-use park on a 165-acre flood-control lake in Peterborough, with a small sand swim beach (no lifeguards), picnic shelters, a car-top boat launch and wooded trails.
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Glacial Potholes
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
34.5 miles WSwim near Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
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