15 Free Swimming Holes near East Troy, WI 53120
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Kettle Morain South Trail Head
Dousman, Wisconsin
10.8 miles NOver 30 miles of connected mostly single-track trails through the Southern Unit of Kettle Moraine State Forest — the John Muir and Emma Carlin systems linked by a connector trail.
Camp, Cross-country Ski, Hike, Swim
Lower Spring Lake Beach
Palmyra
11.1 miles NWFree village swim beach on Lower Spring Lake in Palmyra, Wisconsin, with a small sand beach, buoyed swim area, playground and pavilion. No lifeguard; staffed weekends in summer.
Swim
Muskego Park
Muskego
14.4 miles NEWaukesha County's Muskego Park has a roped, unguarded swim beach on a small pond, open sunrise to sunset from mid-May through late September. A $7 county daily vehicle permit or annual membership is required.
Camp, Hike, Swim
Kettle Moraine Area
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
14.7 miles WSwim near Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Swim
Big Foot Beach State Park
Lake Geneva
15.2 miles SA narrow, shallow-entry state park beach on Buttons Bay of Geneva Lake just south of downtown Lake Geneva. No lifeguards; a Wisconsin state park vehicle pass is required ($13 daily with Wisconsin plates).
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Grant Park Beach
South Milwaukee
29.8 miles EFree, unguarded Lake Michigan beach in Milwaukee County's Grant Park in South Milwaukee, with soft sand, free parking, a seasonal grill in the 1937 pavilion, and summer E. coli testing.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Lions Beach
Janesville
31.6 miles WFree, unguarded city swim beach on Lions Pond, a former gravel pit in Janesville, open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day, with weekly E. coli testing.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
McKinley Beach
Milwaukee
32.3 miles NEMcKinley Beach reopened in May 2024 after a nearly four-year closure that followed four drownings in 2020 and a $1.1 million rebuild that hauled in some 12,000 cubic yards of sand to bring the swimming area back to waist depth. It is open for swimming wit
Hike, Swim
Bartel's Beach
Lake Mills
32.9 miles NWBartel's Beach is a free, unguarded city swim beach on the east shore of Rock Lake in Lake Mills, with a marked swim area, sandy bottom, playground and picnic grounds a short walk from downtown.
Hike, Swim
Eichelman Beach
Kenosha
33.3 miles SEFree, sheltered Lake Michigan beach in Eichelman Park on Kenosha's 3rd Avenue lakefront, a pocket of sand between rock breakwaters with calm wading water. No lifeguards.
Swim
Pike Lake Beach
Hartford
36.4 miles NSand swimming beach with a buoyed, shallow swim area on Pike Lake in the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Pike Lake Unit east of Hartford. No lifeguards; a Wisconsin state park vehicle pass is required.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Zion
39.2 miles SEIllinois Beach State Park splits into two units along six and a half miles of Lake Michigan, and the public swimming beach is in the south unit, not the eroding north one. Admission and parking are free, there are no lifeguards, and the lake stays cold in
Camp, Hike, Swim
Waukegan Municipal Beach
Waukegan
41.9 miles SEA mile of free public Lake Michigan sand on Waukegan's north lakefront, open dawn to dusk year-round with no lifeguards; summer weekend parking is $20 for cars without a city sticker.
Swim
Lake Kegonsa State Park Beach
Stoughton
43.7 miles WThe DNR's designated swim beach on Lake Kegonsa, on the lake's northeast shore near Stoughton. No lifeguards, a bathhouse next to the sand, and a state park vehicle pass ($13 daily with Wisconsin plates) required.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Port Washington South Beach
Port Washington
49.3 miles NEPort Washington's city-run Lake Michigan beach south of the power plant, free and open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Cold open-lake water, no lifeguards found, and a tiny lot that fills fast.
Kayak, Swim
