21 Free Swimming Holes near Ravenna, OH 44266
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Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
13.9 miles EA 600 foot public swim beach on the east shore of Lake Milton, in the village of Craig Beach, where an amusement park with a roller coaster stood a century ago.
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Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
15.5 miles NEA privately owned quarry park with strikingly blue-green water, a swimming beach, cliff jumping, and camping — see the website for current pricing and available events.
Swim
Mill Creek Day Use Area
Berlin Center
16.5 miles SEFree Army Corps of Engineers picnic area on Berlin Lake near Berlin Center, Ohio, where swimming is allowed from the shoreline. There is no designated beach and no lifeguard.
Swim
Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
19.6 miles NWA tiered shale cascade on the Aurora Branch of the Chagrin River at Quarry Rock in Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation, Bentleyville. Free entry, wading at your own risk, no lifeguards.
Hike, Swim
Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
20.5 miles NA natural waterfall tumbles right through the center of town in a riverside park where you can actually swim — a rare and charming small-city attraction year-round.
Swim
Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
20.5 miles SWA free 900-foot sand beach on Turkeyfoot Lake at Portage Lakes State Park in New Franklin, south of Akron. No lifeguards, daylight swimming only, and boats share the lake.
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Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
20.7 miles NSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
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Guilford Lake State Park Beach
Lisbon, Ohio
30.9 miles SEA 600 foot public beach on the northwest side of Guilford Lake, a 396 acre reservoir dug in 1834 to feed the Sandy and Beaver Canal.
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Villa Angela Beach
Cleveland
34.0 miles NWA free, lifeguarded 900-foot Lake Erie sand beach in Cleveland Metroparks' Euclid Creek Reservation on Cleveland's east side, beside Euclid Beach Park and the mouth of Euclid Creek.
Hike, Swim
Edgewater Beach
Cleveland
34.5 miles NWFree, lifeguarded Lake Erie swimming beach in Cleveland Metroparks' Edgewater Park, about 2.5 miles west of downtown Cleveland, with a 1,000-foot marked swim area and skyline views.
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Wallace Lake Beach
Berea
34.9 miles NWA free, lifeguarded summer swim beach on Wallace Lake, a flooded 1941 sandstone quarry in Cleveland Metroparks' Mill Stream Run Reservation, a short walk from downtown Berea.
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Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Fairport Harbor
41.6 miles NA 21-acre Lake Metroparks beach on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River, with a marked swim area, summer lifeguards 11 am to 7 pm, daily E. coli testing and $2 to $3 gate parking.
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Headlands Beach State Park
Mentor, Ohio
41.7 miles NThe longest natural sand beach in Ohio, a mile of open Lake Erie shoreline east of Mentor with rare dune plants behind it and a lighthouse at the end of the breakwall.
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Chestnut Run Swim Beach
Transfer
41.8 miles EUnguarded sand beach on a quiet cove of Shenango River Lake, run by the Army Corps of Engineers off PA Route 846 near Transfer. No admission fee; restrooms open in summer.
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Huntington Beach
Bay Village
42.6 miles NWGuarded Lake Erie swimming beach below the bluff in Cleveland Metroparks' Huntington Reservation in Bay Village, with sand pockets between stone breakwalls and free entry and parking.
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Atwood Lake Park Beach
Mineral City
42.8 miles SA sand beach on a 1,540 acre flood control lake in eastern Ohio, open to anyone who pays the $5 to $10 gate fee at Atwood Lake Park. MWCD samples the water weekly, and there has not been a bacteria advisory here since July 2022.
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Jamestown Beach 2
Jamestown
46.7 miles NESmall, free public sand beach on the southwest shore of Pymatuning Reservoir in Pymatuning State Park, just south of the Jamestown Marina. Open late May through Labor Day, no lifeguards, and subject to occasional E. coli closures.
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White Star Park
Gibsonburg, Ohio
47.7 miles SEAn 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
The Tubbs
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
47.7 miles SESwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
Pymatuning State Park Main Beach
Andover
47.8 miles NEA free 500-foot sand beach on Pymatuning Reservoir just south of the Ohio 85 causeway near Andover, run by Ohio State Parks, with showers, a changing house and volleyball courts.
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