10 Free Swimming Holes near South Boston, VA 24592
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Longwood Park
Clarksville
21.3 miles SECorps of Engineers park on the Grassy Creek arm of Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake) south of Clarksville, with a buoyed sandy swim beach in a quiet cove. Day use costs $7 per vehicle.
Camp, Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Rudds Creek Park
Boydton
25.5 miles EA Corps of Engineers swim beach on Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake) in the Rudds Creek day use area off U.S. 58, three miles west of Boydton. $7 per vehicle day use fee; Corps and federal passes accepted.
Camp, Swim
North Bend Park Beach
Boydton
33.7 miles EDay-use swim beach at North Bend Park, the largest Corps of Engineers park on Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake) near Kerr Dam. $7 per vehicle; check lake levels first.
Camp, Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Eno River Area
Durham, North Carolina
43.4 miles SSwim near Durham, North Carolina
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Sandling Beach
Creedmoor
46.8 miles SSeasonal swim beach on Falls Lake at the Sandling access of Falls Lake State Recreation Area, with a bathhouse, picnic shelters and lakeside trails. Open April to October 1; $10 per vehicle on peak days.
Hike, Swim
Twin Lakes State Park
Green Bay
47.4 miles NETwin Lakes State Park has a free, unguarded swimming beach on fifteen-acre Goodwin Lake, open year round for the price of seven dollars to park. Swimming is prohibited on the park's other lake. Both were dammed in the 1930s by a Black CCC company, then ru
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Smith Mountain Lake Beach
Huddleston
47.6 miles NWThe public swimming beach at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, a 500-foot sand beach on Virginia's second largest freshwater lake, guarded from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Virginia State Parks charges $7 per vehicle to park, plus a separate swim
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Nottoway Falls
Crewe, Virginia
47.9 miles NENottoway Falls' wide cascade offers generous swimming space at the base, with parking discreetly available near the boat ramp — water can run low in summer.
Swim
Falls Lake State Park
Wake Forest, North Carolina
49.0 miles SFour sandy swimming beaches — including Sandling, Rolling View, and Beaverdam with full facilities — make Falls Lake one of the Triangle's best summer swim destinations.
Swim
New Hope Creek
Durham, North Carolina
49.4 miles SRock-lined swimming spots along New Hope Creek come alive in spring and after rain, with some clothing-optional sections tucked into this Durham greenway.
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