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Parking pinWater Pin Approx.
Access
Public river access
Parking
Calm
Walk Time
2–5 min
Trail Difficulty
Very easy
Nearby Spots
- Pinch Rock River Access20 mi awaySwimming HolesPinch Rock River Access is a named White River public-access page with clearer system fit than a generic sandbar because it has a real site identity, tubing and paddling relevance, and a known stair-down arrival. It is a strong river-day addition for the White River corridor.View Guide
- White River 2 (South Royalton–Sharon corridor)20 mi awaySwimming HolesWhite River 2 in the South Royalton–Sharon corridor is a broader river-access authority page that helps organize a corridor people already use without a lot of structured guidance. It fits best as a calm river-day page with practical mapping value.View Guide
- Lake Pleiad3.2 mi awaySwimming HolesLake Pleiad is a Vermont swim-access page in the Breadloaf / Green Mountains with a short-hike lake swim page with a Long Trail trailhead start and stronger backcountry-lake identity than a roadside dip. It works best as an honest scout-first river, quarry, pond, or gorge stop rather than an overhyped secret-spot page.View Guide
- Lake Dunmore / Branbury Swim Area8.8 mi awaySwimming HolesLake Dunmore / Branbury Swim Area is the public beach and shoreline swim setup at Branbury State Park, with easy lake access, broad family appeal, and a strong fit for travelers already heading toward Falls of Lana or the Moosalamoo side of Vermont. It is more beach-and-lake than hidden swimming hole, but the access is real, the setup is dependable, and the scenery carries the stop.View Guide
- East Middlebury Gorge9.8 mi awaySwimming HolesVT-125 Otter Creek gorge context—swim not recommended in guide copy; USGS 04282500 is basin proxy only, not pool depth inside the gorge.View Guide
- Warren Upper Pools11 mi awaySwimming HolesWarren Upper Pools are the calmer ledge-and-pocket pools above the main Warren Falls drops, giving you the same Mad River corridor with a little more room to spread out. They are still slick, still river-driven, and still not a casual high-water swim, but they can work as the scout-first alternative when the main falls feel crowded.View Guide