6 Free Swimming Holes near French Gulch, CA 96033
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Brandy Creek Beach
Whiskeytown
6.7 miles SEThe busiest swim beach on Whiskeytown Lake: a long sandy shore with a roped swim area, summer store and kayak rentals, 8 miles west of Redding. An NPS entrance pass is required ($25 per vehicle for 7 days).
Camp, Kayak, Swim
Stoney Creek Swim Area
Weaverville
15.2 miles NWA small, sheltered Forest Service swim beach on a Stoney Creek inlet of Trinity Lake's Stuart Fork arm, 14 miles north of Weaverville. $10 per vehicle, open May 20 to Sept. 12 while lake levels allow.
Swim
Stuarts Fork Swimming Hole
Trinity Center, California
21.1 miles NWStuart Fork next to the trailhead parking in Trinity County offers a quiet local swimming hole at the edge of California's Trinity Alps wilderness.
Swim
Willow Creek Area
Olympic Valley, California
26.7 miles WSwim near Olympic Valley, California
Swim
Forest Glen
Forest Glen, California
42.7 miles SWCamp and Swim near Forest Glen, California
Camp, Swim
Middle McCloud Falls
McCloud
49.7 miles NEA 50-foot waterfall on the upper McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest with a big, cold plunge pool. Free to visit, reached by trail from Lower Falls or a short descent from the Middle Falls overlook.
Camp, Hike, Swim
