11 Free Swimming Holes near Ukiah, CA 95482
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Navarro Area
Lakeshore, California
26.5 miles WSwim near Lakeshore, California
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Letts Lake
Stonyford
28.5 miles EA free, motor-free 35-acre mountain lake at about 4,500 feet in the Mendocino National Forest, 19 miles west of Stonyford, with a small swim beach, a lakeside loop trail and a first-come Forest Service campground.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Harbin Hot Springs
Middletown, California
39.0 miles SEA well-established, clothing-optional hot spring retreat in Lake County with multiple pools, overnight lodging, a restaurant, workshops, and conference facilities — fees apply.
Camp, Hot Springs, Swim
Dos Rios Swimming Hole
Dos Rios, California
39.8 miles NDos Rios, Spanish for "two rivers," sits at the wild confluence of the Middle Fork and the mainstem of the Eel River in the remote backcountry of northern Mendocino County, California, roughly east...
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Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach
Healdsburg
42.2 miles SEA Sonoma County Regional Parks beach on the Russian River where a seasonal flashboard dam, craned onto a foundation in use since 1955, backs the river into a wide swimming lagoon just below the steel truss Memorial Bridge. The boards go in no earlier than
Canoe, Kayak, Swim 0.2 mi
Sunset Beach River Park
Forestville, California
47.1 miles SA classic Russian River swimming hole with a pebble beach, shallow and deep sections, Redwood Forest views, paddle boarding, fishing, and picnicking — quieter on weekdays, popular on weekends.
Kayak, Swim
Stony Gorge Reservoir
Elk Creek, California
47.3 miles NESandy beaches against oak-and-chaparral foothills frame this mid-sized low-elevation reservoir, where warm calm water is ideal for waterskiing, jet skiing, and paddling.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Swim
Patterson Point Preserve
Villa Grande
47.6 miles SA free, two-acre nonprofit preserve with two small beaches on the Russian River at Villa Grande near Monte Rio, open for daytime swimming with no lifeguards. Check posted algae and bacteria signs first.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Steelhead Beach Regional Park
Forestville
47.9 miles SSteelhead Beach Regional Park is a Sonoma County Regional Parks day use park on the Russian River north of Forestville, with a gravel bar beach, a year round canoe and kayak put-in, and nearly a mile of trails through riparian woods. There is no lifeguard
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Monte Rio Beach
Monte Rio
48.5 miles SFree public gravel beach on the Russian River just east of the Monte Rio Bridge, run by the Monte Rio Recreation and Park District. No lifeguards; loaner life vests on site and summer-only lower parking lot.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Willow Creek Environmental Campground
Duncans Mills, California
49.0 miles SA sandy-banked riverside campground on the Russian River near the California coast — cool and breezy even in summer, with kayak and tube launch access and a mix of shallow and deep swimming spots.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
