18 Free Swimming Holes near Bernville, PA 19506
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Blue Marsh Lake Swim Beach
Bernville
5.0 miles SEThe Dry Brooks swim beach at Blue Marsh Lake is a free, unguarded Army Corps of Engineers swimming area on a 1,147-acre reservoir northwest of Reading. A mown lawn runs down to sand and rounded pebble, the entry is shallow and gradual, and buoys mark the
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Willow Springs Park
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
9.0 miles SWA commercially operated quarry with crystal-clear, very deep water, a swimming beach, dive platforms, and a festive New Year's Polar Bear Swim tradition — fees apply.
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Hamburg Hole
Hamburg, Pennsylvania
11.2 miles NESwim near Hamburg, Pennsylvania
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Mount Gretna Lake
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
23.2 miles SWMount Gretna Lake packs serious fun into a commercial beach day — rope swing, 15-foot high dive, canoes, July 4th fireworks, and a food stand all included with admission.
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Tuscarora State Park Beach
Barnesville
26.1 miles NFree, buoyed sand beach on 96-acre Tuscarora Lake in Tuscarora State Park near Barnesville. Open late May to mid-September, 8 a.m. to sunset, no lifeguards, 5.5 feet at its deepest.
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Jim Thorpe Area
Renovo, Pennsylvania
32.7 miles NESwim near Renovo, Pennsylvania
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West Vincent
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
33.1 miles SEWest Vincent is a quiet, uncommercialized French Creek swimming hole near Phoenixville, with a rope swing and little rock islands for sunbathing.
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Swatara
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
33.7 miles WSwim near Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
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Beltzville State Park Beach
Lehighton
38.9 miles NEA 525 foot sand beach on Beltzville Lake, the Army Corps reservoir that flooded the Pohopoco Creek valley in 1971. Free to enter, open late May through Labor Day, no lifeguards, and worth checking for a bacteria closure before you go.
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City Island Beach
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
42.8 miles WSwim near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Dutch Springs
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
45.4 miles NEA 47-acre freshwater lake set up specifically for SCUBA diving — with submerged platforms, vehicles, aircraft, and a variety of fish, plus surface swimming and snorkeling for non-divers.
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Hickory Run State Park
Renovo, Pennsylvania
46.3 miles NESwim near Renovo, Pennsylvania
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The Gorge
Delta, Pennsylvania
47.0 miles SSwim near Delta, Pennsylvania
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Yellow Breeches Creek
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
48.1 miles SWSwim near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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Quaker Race Beach at Gifford Pinchot State Park
Wellsville
48.3 miles SWThe public swim beach at Gifford Pinchot State Park, on the north shore of 340-acre Pinchot Lake in York County. Free, ADA accessible, no lifeguards, open late May to mid September.
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Gifford Pinchot State Park
Lewisberry
48.8 miles SWGifford Pinchot State Park has one sanctioned swim spot, the gently shelving sand beach at Quaker Race Day Use Area on 340-acre Pinchot Lake, open late May to mid-September with no lifeguard on duty. The park is free to enter, but the beach has closed in
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Brandywine River
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
49.0 miles SESwim near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
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Little Shickshinny Creek Falls
Shickshinny, Pennsylvania
49.5 miles NSwim near Shickshinny, Pennsylvania
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