Swimming Beach

Swimming Beach: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Swimming Beach

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Swimming Beach — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.30288, -94.72670. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Swimming Beach

• Sleepy Eye Lake · lake · Brown · ~1 km · Must-see
• Bachelor Lake · lake · Brown · ~10 km · Must-see
• School Lake · lake · Brown · ~18 km · Must-see
• Altermatt Lake · lake · Brown · ~19 km · Must-see
• Fort Ridgely State Park · fort · Nicollet · ~21 km · Must-see
• Juni Lake · lake · Brown · ~23 km · Must-see
• Hermann Monument · fort · Brown · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Holy Trinity · church · Brown · ~26 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum · museum · Brown · ~26 km · Must-see
• Brown County Historical Society & Museum · museum · Brown · ~27 km · Must-see
• Strom Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~43 km · Must-see
• Armstrong Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~43 km · Must-see
• Jeffers Petroglyphs · museum · Cottonwood · ~44 km · Must-see
• Tiger Lake Wildlife Management Area, Hansen, Sperl & Stancer Tracts · lake · Renville · ~45 km · Must-see
• Swan Lake · lake · Nicollet · ~45 km · Must-see
• St. James City Park · lake · Watonwan · ~46 km · Must-see
• Lieberg Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~46 km · Must-see
• Bullhead Lake · lake · Watonwan · ~51 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Swimming Beach

Other beaches & coast near Swimming Beach

• Marble Beach State Recreation Area · beach · Dickinson · ~123 km · Must-see
• Hiniker Pond Public Beach · beach · Blue Earth · ~73 km
• Anglers Bay Beach · beach · Dickinson · ~117 km
• McClelland Beach · beach · Dickinson · ~117 km
• Martha Yarns Memorial Beach · beach · Dickinson · ~117 km
• Harlan Beach · beach · Dickinson · ~118 km
• Sandbar Beach · beach · Dickinson · ~118 km
• Anglers Bay · beach · Dickinson · ~118 km
• East Bay · beach · Dickinson · ~120 km
• Crandalls Beach · beach · Dickinson · ~120 km

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