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Swimming the Finger Lakes

Jul 17, 2023
Explore Finger Lakes
1 min

There's no better way to enjoy the lakes than to get in, bask in the sun warmed water and be one with nature. Here is a fairly comprehensive list of public swim areas in the region. As always, if there isn't a lifeguard on duty, the best wisdom is to not swim at that location.

Great Non-Lake Swim Areas

Stony Brook State Park (Steuben County)
Robert H. Treman State Park (Tompkins County)
Buttermilk Falls State Park (Tompkins County)
Eagle’s Cliff Falls (Schuyler County)
Fillmore Glen State Park (Moravia)
Grimes Glen Park (Ontario County)
Green Lakes State Park (Onondaga County)
 
 
Cayuga Lake
Cayuga Lake State Park (Seneca County)
North Point at Taughannock Falls State Park (Trumansburg)
Frontenac Park (Union Springs)
Harris Park (Cayuga)
 
Keuka Lake
Red Jacket Park (Penn Yan)
Indian Pines Park (Penn Yan)
Keuka Lake State Park (Branchport)
Depot Park (Hammondsport)
Champlin Beach (Hammondsport)
 
Canandaigua Lake
Ontario County Beach Park
Deep Run Park
Onanda Park 
West Lake School House Park
Kershaw Park (Canandaigua)
Lakefront Park (Canandaigua)
Vine Valley Beach (Middlesex)
 
Owasco Lake
Emerson Park (Auburn)
 
Skaneateles Lake
Clift Park (Skaneateles)
 
Seneca Lake
Clute Memorial Park (Watkins Glen)
Smith Memorial Park (Hector)
Sampson State Park Beach (Romulus)
Seneca Lake State Park (Geneva)