California is packed with wild, beautiful places to swim— if you know where to look. Here’s where to find them. No resort pass or beach sticker required.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore known for its sandstone cliffs and quiet, sandy beaches, but the Lake Superior park offers a variety of activities for those planning to visit this summer. The ...

ALGER COUNTY, MI -- The sunshine is bringing us closer to days out on the water, whether that’s casting a line or just enjoying the view. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has expanded its ...

When the lake levels have remained unchanged, these extremely smooth rock surfaces generate distinct single-repeat echoes, which accurately copy the given sounds, forming auditory mirror images ...

Escape the desert heat in Arizona at this mile-high lake and campground that has hundreds of miles of hiking trails and ...

Situated on the eastern side of Lake George, Shelving Rock Falls is a 50-foot cascade that runs over rock formations of varying sizes. The hike to get to the falls is moderate and should be ...

"It is a continental-size lake stored in the rocks at ... Within Oregon, the High Cascades, whose volcanic rocks date back 8 ...

Researchers sought to recapture the sensory experiences of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Finland's Lake District by investigating ... The echoes reflect off the same smooth rock surfaces where ...

Lake Erie Fluorescent Mineral Hunters founder Justin Lynn coined the term “neolites” for Lake Erie’s UV light-activated rocks. Lynn lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where he managed ...

Table Rock Lake covers more than 43,000 acres, with nearly 800 miles of shoreline, in southwestern Missouri. Visitors enjoy the natural diversions of swimming, boating, fishing and even scuba ...

Several scenic parks include Canyon Falls, Lake Huron Roadside Park ... The river slides nearly 30 feet over a large chute of smooth black rock into a box canyon and then proceeds downstream.