15 Free Swimming Holes near Franklin, WI 53132
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Muskego Park
Muskego
6.5 miles WWaukesha 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.
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Grant Park Beach
South Milwaukee
10.1 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
McKinley Beach
Milwaukee
13.9 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
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Kettle Morain South Trail Head
Dousman, Wisconsin
21.9 miles WOver 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
Eichelman Beach
Kenosha
24.2 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.
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Lower Spring Lake Beach
Palmyra
27.5 miles WFree 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
Big Foot Beach State Park
Lake Geneva
30.1 miles SWA 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
Pike Lake Beach
Hartford
32.4 miles NWSand 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
33.8 miles SIllinois 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
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Kettle Moraine Area
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
34.1 miles WSwim near Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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Port Washington South Beach
Port Washington
35.2 miles NPort 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
Port Washington North Beach
Port Washington
36.1 miles NFree city-run Lake Michigan sand beach below the Upper Lake Park bluff in Port Washington, reached by an 83-step stairway or a walk around the wastewater plant. Bluff slides close it at times.
Swim
Waukegan Municipal Beach
Waukegan
38.1 miles SA 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
Harrington Beach State Park
Belgium
43.8 miles NWisconsin state park with more than a mile of Lake Michigan beach near Belgium. Swimming is on the big lake only, with no lifeguard, and the 26-acre quarry lake is closed to swimming and boating.
Camp, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Bartel's Beach
Lake Mills
46.3 miles WBartel'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.
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