10 Free Swimming Holes near Janesville, WI
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Lions Beach
Janesville
1.0 miles SEFree, 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
Kettle Moraine Area
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
17.7 miles ESwim near Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Swim
Lake Kegonsa State Park Beach
Stoughton
22.7 miles NWThe 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
Lower Spring Lake Beach
Palmyra
26.0 miles NEFree 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
Bartel's Beach
Lake Mills
27.8 miles NBartel'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
Frost Woods Beach
Monona
30.4 miles NWA small, free, unguarded City of Monona beach on shallow Wiicawak Bay, about 80 feet of sand in heavy woods at the 5800 block of Winnequah Road. Warm, murky bay water tested weekly for E. coli and blue-green algae from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Big Foot Beach State Park
Lake Geneva
30.7 miles EA 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
Kettle Morain South Trail Head
Dousman, Wisconsin
33.0 miles NEOver 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
Madison Area
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
45.3 miles NWSwim near Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Swim
Muskego Park
Muskego
45.6 miles EWaukesha 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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