DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial close of lake-recreation season, and the official end of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ weekly beach ...
Gifford Pinchot State Park in Warrington Township has banned swimming from the campground beach along Pinchot Lake due to elevated levels of coliform bacteria. According to a social media post by the ...
"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...
CHARLEVOIX, MI - One of Michigan’s largest inland lakes has been named among 25 other lakes in the country as the best for swimming. Lake Charlevoix is on the Reader’s Digest list, in no particular ...
There have already been 45 drownings in the Great Lakes this year. Four of the drownings happened in Lake Superior. As we’re entering August, which is one of the deadlier months for people and ...
YORK, Pa. — Two Central Pennsylvania state parks have prohibited swimming at their beaches after water tests found elevated bacteria levels. Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County said Thursday ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10)– A spring-fed quarry lake will soon become a public swimming facility at the newest State Park in Kingston. According to New York State Parks, Lake Sophia is part of a $75.6 ...