Best Swimming Lake South Bend Near Me

Jennifer Geisleman: Love this place

bartad2ret: This is a private lake leased by ITRCC from the state for their employees to use

Charles Tidey: A little chilly, but a great place for a swim

Alvin Watkins: Awesome place for sunset.. love living here....

John Rickey: Not the easiest place to get your boat in. And it’s shallow

Tom Macigewski: Ramp is steep and the lake bed is not. So you end up with your tail pipe in the water but lake is not deep enough to float your boat off the trailer. Parking is on the side of the road and is limited.

Evelyn Craig: There is no beach, park along shore and climb in and no restrooms.

Mirage Gustafson: Great place to swim and boat. Only thing I doesn’t like was the snakes! I only saw one HUGE brown snake so it won’t stop me from returning.

Ian Weaver: Shallow water. Great place to get wet and relax! Doesn't close!

Michelle Lambuth: My favorite swimming spot

Erin Peffley: Free family fun awesome times!!!!

Grant Kamp: not a bad place shallow waters for the kids... unfortunately not much of a sandy beach area a nice lake to boat and jet ski on

Deirdre Ullmer: This a decent lake, yet whomever is in charge of "the public access site" really should make it a safer area for those that want to enjoy it. It's literally like just pulling off to the side of the road (THAT HAS A 30MPH SPEED LIMIT) That is not safe! Make it a safe place to enjoy the lake! The public people that come to visit leave their trash all along side of the lake. Its not going to stay a clean lake if nothing is done about the lack of respect for it.

Dewana Betts: Not over crowded

josh fribley: Beautiful lake quite popular

Chad VanLue: I took out my 6 yr old for a morning of fishing and to explore the lake.Boat launch seemed short on parking, but there weren't that many people there so we were fine with it. Launching the boat, the depth was around 2'-3' around the area, but it was enough to get out into the deeper water.We drove around the lake at first to get a lay of the land. There were maybe 6 other boats on the water total that morning (6/10/2022). 50' from the shore the depth is around 2'-6' deep, 50'+ away from the shore and it gets quite a bit deeper. The water was very clear, and seaweed was minimal in the areas 50' and closer to shore, and mostly sandy/rocky.I caught 1 blue gill, and my 6yr old caught his own bluegill too using worms and bobbers. He was thrilled when he brought the fish into the boat, and I think it ignited an interest in fishing which is exactly what I was hoping would happen. Also, using a jula popper I had a small mouth bass jump out of the water trying to swallow my lure. I didn't land him, and no more action on the day with that lure but it was still cool to see him jump out of the water like that.Once we were ready to depart, we headed back to the boat launch where we encountered 2 full grown horses, playing out in the water at the boat launch. My son and I played catch in the water by the boat launch while the horses played and splashed in the water. Very cool experience overall. Would love to go back.

Roy Leyva: Beautiful and relaxing place to watch sunsets.

JAZZMIND.J. Juarez: It's our favorite place ❤❤❤

Johnny Stump: It's a place to get wet and cool off!

Deanna Fox: Nice place to go and hang out with friends.

Sharlene S.: Come sit by the water, splash around a little. Bring your boat. Whatever you wish

Richard “Asshole” Heritz: It's a nice place to go swimming and to hang out with friends and it's free.