20 Free Swimming Holes near Warren, OH
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Craig Beach at Lake Milton State Park
Craig Beach, Ohio
11.6 miles SWA 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
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
Garrettsville, Ohio
12.6 miles NWA 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
17.8 miles SWFree 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
Chestnut Run Swim Beach
Transfer
19.2 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.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Punderson State Park
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
25.4 miles NWSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
Jamestown Beach 2
Jamestown
25.9 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.
Camp, Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Pymatuning State Park Main Beach
Andover
29.3 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.
Camp, Hike, Swim
Neshannock Creek Area
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
30.1 miles SESwim near Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
Swim
Guilford Lake State Park Beach
Lisbon, Ohio
30.2 miles SA 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.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
32.5 miles NWA 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
Quarry Rock Falls
Bentleyville
33.0 miles WA 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
Buttermilk Falls Homewood
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
38.9 miles SESwim near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Swim
White Star Park
Gibsonburg, Ohio
39.0 miles SAn 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
39.0 miles SSwim near Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH, Ohio
Swim
Lakeview Beach
Portersville
41.5 miles SELakeview 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
Turkeyfoot Beach
New Franklin
42.2 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.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Fairport Harbor
43.0 miles NWA 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
Headlands Beach State Park
Mentor, Ohio
43.5 miles NWThe 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.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
Villa Angela Beach
Cleveland
45.6 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
Walnut Beach Park
Ashtabula
45.9 miles NA 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
