On a hot day, you can sit under a waterfall, swim in a lake, or jump in a creek at one of these refreshing natural swimming areas.

Creeks with Waterfalls

1. Taughannock Falls Creek in Taughannock Falls State Park
2. Allen Creek in Corbett’s Glen Nature Park
3. Enfield Creek in Robert H. Treman State Park
4. Buttermilk Creek in Buttermilk Falls State Park
5. Dry Creek in Fillmore Glen State Park
6. Grimes Creek in Grimes Creek

Creeks & Rivers

1. Oatka Creek at the George Bridge, plus wading under the NY-251. bridge
2. Stony Brook in Stony Brook State Park, only in the sectioned-off natural stream-fed pool
3. Cattaraugus Creek in Zoar Valley, be mindful of flashfloding
4. Niagara River in Beaver Island State Park

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Lake Ontario

1. Ontario Beach Park
2. Durand Eastman Beach
3. Fair Haven State Park
4. Hamlin Beach State Park
5. Sodus Point Beach Park
6. Wilson-Tuscarora State Park
7. Irondequoit Bay State Marine Park
8. Selkirk Shores State Park

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Finger Lakes

1. Kershaw Park, Canandaigua Lake
2. Ononda Park, Canandaigua Lake
3. Long Point Park, Conesus Lake
4. Sandy Bottom Park Beach, Honeoye Lake
5. Keuka Lake State Park, Keuka Lake
6. Seneca Lake State Park, Seneca Lake
7. Sampson State Park, Seneca Lake
8. Cayuga Lake State Park, Cayuga Lake
9. Taughannock Falls State Park, Cayuga Lake
10. Long Point State Park, Cayuga Lake
11. Myers Park, Cayuga Lake
12. Emerson Park, Owasco Lake

Other Lakes

1. Green Lakes State Park
2. Darien Lakes State Park
3. Red House Lake, Allegany State Park
4. Quaker Lake, Allegany State Park
5. Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake
6. Verona Beach State Park, Oneida Lake
7. Oneida Shores, Oneida Lake
8. Evangola State Park, Lake Erie
9. Woodlawn Beach State Park, Lake Erie

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Not-so-natural swimming areas

Though the topic of this article is Natural Swimming Areas, I thought it fair to mention that many of our public parks have places to cool down, in the form of pools and water slides.

Pools

Watkins Glen State Park

Letchworth State Park

Fort Niagara State Park

Water Parks

Seabreeze

Darien Lake

Roseland

Thunder Island

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