Plans for a Labor Day getaway are canceled for some Texans after a storm put a popular park out of commission. Blue Hole announced its closure following a powerful storm that swept through the park on ...

Charlotte Brynn winter swimming in Lake Willoughby. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Brynn/CNS Kate Kampner is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & ...

Colorado is known for its abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities, scenic views and fun things to do. Several new rankings have highlighted Colorado's swimming holes, fishing spots and lakes as ...

A Central Texas park has earned a 2025 Traveler's Choice Award from online travel research and planning platform Tripadvisor — and it's not far from Austin. Blue Hole Regional Park is considered the ...

Looking for a way to cool off with the kids that isn't in the ocean? Luckily New Hampshire has lots of beautiful freshwater swimming spots perfect for a quiet day of fun in the water, including plenty ...

A 14-year-old drowned at the Rock Dome swimming hole in the Town of Wawarsing. New York State Police said Charief M. Spratley was swimming with friends at Rock Dome on state Route 55 on July 16 when ...

Wawarsing, NY (WRGB) — On July 16, 2025, a tragic incident occurred at the Split Rock swimming hole on State Route 55, where a 14-year-old boy drowned. The New York State Police in Ellenville ...

Little Falls in Alabama's Little River Canyon National Preserve features a 45-foot waterfall and swimming hole. Midnight Hole in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts a waterfall and deep ...

DENNING, N.Y. — A 13-year-old Brooklyn resident was hospitalized after he was rescued by state park rangers after falling unconscious due to exposure to cold water at the Peekamoose Blue Hole swimming ...

Hunting for a picture-perfect swimming hole can make you feel like Indiana Jones searching for the Holy Grail. Ask people for their favorites, and they’ll often give you confusing and vague directions ...

Somewhere in the southwestern reaches of Yosemite National Park, on a dirt-and-gravel path lined with conifers running parallel to the South Fork Merced River, I stopped hiking and squinted at my ...