15 Free Swimming Holes near Richmond Heights, OH 44143
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Villa Angela Beach
Cleveland
3.7 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
Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
10.4 miles SEA 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.
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Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
11.1 miles SEA 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.
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Edgewater Beach
Cleveland
12.7 miles WFree, 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.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
16.8 miles SESwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
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Headlands Beach State Park
Mentor, Ohio
18.3 miles NEThe 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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Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Fairport Harbor
18.7 miles NEA 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.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Huntington Beach
Bay Village
22.4 miles WGuarded 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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Wallace Lake Beach
Berea
22.5 miles SWA 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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Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
29.5 miles SEA 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.
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Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
40.4 miles SA 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.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
40.6 miles SEA 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.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Walnut Beach Park
Ashtabula
43.4 miles NEA free city-run sand beach on Lake Erie at Ashtabula Harbor, with summer daytime lifeguards, a concession stand, playgrounds and a birding trail behind the dunes.
Hike, Swim
Main Street Beach
Vermilion
45.2 miles WVermilion's free city beach on Lake Erie at the north end of Main Street, with a sandy swim area, a new comfort station with restrooms and showers, a kayak launch and the Vermilion Lighthouse replica.
Kayak, Swim
Mill Creek Day Use Area
Berlin Center
46.1 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.
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