13 Free Swimming Holes near Pittsburgh, PA
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Little Sewickley Creek
Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
13.6 miles NWSwim near Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
Swim
Raccoon Creek State Park Beach
Clinton
21.8 miles WA free 500-foot sand and turf beach on 101-acre Raccoon Lake, with no lifeguard and a posted season of late May to mid-September. The park tests the water weekly and has closed swimming for elevated E. coli in each of the last two summers.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Thorn Creek
Renfrew, Pennsylvania
25.2 miles NSwim near Renfrew, Pennsylvania
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Ford City Area
Rector, Pennsylvania
28.8 miles NESwim near Rector, Pennsylvania
Swim 1.6 mi
Creek Falls
Scottdale, Pennsylvania
29.5 miles SEA short hike near Pittsburgh to a waterfall swimming hole with 15–20-foot cliff jumps and a swim-behind-the-falls.
Dive, Hike, Swim
Buttermilk Falls Homewood
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
31.1 miles NWSwim near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Swim
The Tubbs
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
34.4 miles NWSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
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White Star Park
Gibsonburg, Ohio
34.4 miles NWAn Ohio quarry swimming spot with fine white sand and brilliantly clear teal-blue water — unlike anything else in the state, with depth visible right to the buoy barriers.
Swim
Lakeview Beach
Portersville
36.5 miles NLakeview Beach is the free, 656-foot sand swim beach on the North Shore of Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park near Portersville, open daily Memorial Day to Labor Day with no lifeguards.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Neshannock Creek Area
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
43.2 miles NWSwim near Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
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Flat Rock
Rector, Pennsylvania
44.2 miles SESwim near Rector, Pennsylvania
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Ohiopyle Area
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
48.0 miles SESwim near Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
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Blue Hole Barronvale
Rockwood, Pennsylvania
49.1 miles SESwim near Rockwood, Pennsylvania
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