Most Beautiful lakes for Swimming

[tgrace98]

Saw this on another platform. Nice to see my home lake made the list!

https://www.rd.com/advice/swimming-lakes-near-me/

[MnLakeBum]

Some beautiful boating lakes on that list but I'm surprised that Crater, Rainy, and Whitefish are on that list. I've been in all of them and the first two are damn cold and Whitefish is only warm for about 60 days. I've swum in over 100 lakes in Minnesota, and Rainy Lake wouldn't make my top 50 in the state for swimming. It is, however, one of the dozen best fishing lakes for sure.

[Bfun220]

Some beautiful boating lakes on that list but I'm surprised that Crater, Rainy, and Whitefish are on that list. I've been in all of them and the first two are damn cold and Whitefish is only warm for about 60 days. I've swum in over 100 lakes in Minnesota, and Rainy Lake wouldn't make my top 50 in the state for swimming. It is, however, one of the dozen best fishing lakes for sure.

I agree, many of these are simply too cold to be on a list of best swimming lakes.

[liquid]

Some beautiful boating lakes on that list but I'm surprised that Crater, Rainy, and Whitefish are on that list. I've been in all of them and the first two are damn cold and Whitefish is only warm for about 60 days. I've swum in over 100 lakes in Minnesota, and Rainy Lake wouldn't make my top 50 in the state for swimming. It is, however, one of the dozen best fishing lakes for sure.

Whitefish is unreal. See my post somewhere buried here.

[liquid]

Some beautiful boating lakes on that list but I'm surprised that Crater, Rainy, and Whitefish are on that list. I've been in all of them and the first two are damn cold and Whitefish is only warm for about 60 days. I've swum in over 100 lakes in Minnesota, and Rainy Lake wouldn't make my top 50 in the state for swimming. It is, however, one of the dozen best fishing lakes for sure.

Whitefish is unreal. See my post somewhere buried here.

Here’s one:

[liquid]

But Flathead...

[liquid]

Also, it’s nice to see lake George on here but Canandaigua trumps it by a mile.

Double also, where’s our lake Powell dude. Post that alien planet!

[Airbagguy]

Does everyone hate California that much? Not a single lake made the list
Sand Harbor in Tahoe, where you can swim in crystal clear 74 degree water and view snow capped mountains all at the same time.

[cmattj]

The California Delta is also misunderstood..
Do you really want to see what’s swimming underneath you?

[tgrace98]

Does everyone hate California that much? Not a single lake made the list
Sand Harbor in Tahoe, where you can swim in crystal clear 74 degree water and view snow capped mountains all at the same time.

74??? that is an ice bath. Us midwesterners do not swim unless its 80 or above.

[Airbagguy]

Does everyone hate California that much? Not a single lake made the list
Sand Harbor in Tahoe, where you can swim in crystal clear 74 degree water and view snow capped mountains all at the same time.

74??? that is an ice bath. Us midwesterners do not swim unless its 80 or above.

Hahaha! 74 is refreshing! We do have some warmer lakes, but I prefer 80 or below, plus the water is usually clearer. We have a lake 5 minutes from our main house called Englebright Lake, it’s a long narrow lake, about 5 miles from end to end. At the far end its fed by a cold feed (about 45 deg) and a warm feed (about 80 deg.) the average temp at the dam end ends up being around 72 to 74, we got use to that as a “normal” temp.

The California Delta is also misunderstood..
Do you really want to see what’s swimming underneath you?

Could be a body, lol! How about the not so clear Clear Lake

[Airbagguy]

A few pics from a warmer lake for the Midwesterners lol! This is Bullards Bar Reservoir in the foothills above Sacramento, its around 80 deg and 9500 surface acres.

[mdadgar]

A few pics from a warmer lake for the Midwesterners lol! This is Bullards Bar Reservoir in the foothills above Sacramento, its around 80 deg and 9500 surface acres.

Man, I love the floating potties. So civilized.

- Mark

[Airbagguy]

A few pics from a warmer lake for the Midwesterners lol! This is Bullards Bar Reservoir in the foothills above Sacramento, its around 80 deg and 9500 surface acres.

Man, I love the floating potties. So civilized.

- Mark

LOL! This lake has boat-in campgrounds, all the campsites have real bathrooms. We camped here before and I watched a guy boat up to the bathroom first thing in the morning, he didn’t tie up his boat and when he came out, his boat had drifted away, he had to take a swim to get it

[AsLan7]

A few pics from a warmer lake for the Midwesterners lol! This is Bullards Bar Reservoir in the foothills above Sacramento, its around 80 deg and 9500 surface acres.

Man, I love the floating potties. So civilized.

- Mark

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I was wondering what that was. Thx Mark.