17 Free Swimming Holes near Berea, OH 44017
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Wallace Lake Beach
Berea
0.5 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
Huntington Beach
Bay Village
9.6 miles NWGuarded 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
Edgewater Beach
Cleveland
10.4 miles NEFree, 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
Villa Angela Beach
Cleveland
21.2 miles NEA 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
Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
23.1 miles EA 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
24.5 miles EA 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
Main Street Beach
Vermilion
26.8 miles WVermilion's free city beach on Lake Erie at the north end of Main Street, with a sandy swim area, a new comfort station with restrooms and showers, a kayak launch and the Vermilion Lighthouse replica.
Kayak, Swim
Clare-Mar Lakes Campground
New London, Ohio
29.1 miles SWA 75-acre lake surrounded by 220 acres of rolling terrain, with 1,000 feet of sandy beach, swimming, boating, fishing, and planned activities for the whole family near Wellington, Ohio.
Camp, Canoe, Swim
Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
31.8 miles SEA 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
Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
33.8 miles ESwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
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Nickel Plate Beach
Huron
35.7 miles WCity of Huron public sand beach on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Huron River. Shallow sandbar swimming, $7 parking fee, no lifeguards and a red flag warning system for rip currents.
Kayak, Swim
Lake Front Park
Huron
36.3 miles WSmall, free city beach on Lake Erie at the end of Park Street in Huron, Ohio, just west of the Huron River mouth. Shallow water, playground and restrooms, open dawn to dusk, no lifeguard.
Kayak, Swim
Headlands Beach State Park
Mentor, Ohio
39.9 miles NEThe 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
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Fairport Harbor
40.3 miles NEA 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
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
42.6 miles EA 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
Kelley's Island State Park
Kelleys Island, Ohio
47.2 miles WLake Erie's Emerald Isle offers unique geological, ecological, and archaeological features alongside recreational hiking, beaches, and picturesque landscapes on 677 acres.
Camp, Hike, Mountain Bike, Swim
Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
48.6 miles EA 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
