Swimming Holes Northeast

by Pancho Doll

Discover sparkling and secluded pools in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Virginia, and West Virginia. This guide features 98 gorgeous swimming holes, from wide river bends to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965768619
• ISBN13: 9780965768610
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Running Water Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A SLASH for those who love water & nature

Great reference for anyone (particularly those living in the NE) who loves both water & nature...

Some of the best uncrowded places in the Northeast......

A great guide revealing some of the best of the last uncrowded places in the Northeast. I've been to about thirty of the swimming holes in the book, and it amazes me how often I'll have these incredible places to myself. The quality of the book is pretty good. Pictures give you an honest picture of the quality of the swimming hole, and each one is rated on a scale by the author, which helps to easily identify the cream of the crop. I own the other Day Trips with a Splash editions as well (California, Southeast, Southwest, etc.). All very good.

Find the Perfect Swimming Hole

This book will be popular with hikers and anyone wanting to discover new nature sites. I found out about it from Reader's Digest. The author lives out of his truck and travels around searching out these places. He has 4 books out already. This brings back memories of swimming in the creek as a kid. He used icons to denote if it's an easy hike or a 3 hour expert trek to the spot. Other icons alert you to which ones are suitable for the whole family, if it's crowded, if you can take your dog, or if it might be private enough for skinny dipping. Here's how he ranks the sites: Fair - A swimming hole rated as fair just makes the basic requirements of being reviewed -- at least six feet deep and no man-made structures visible. It probably has a low expectation of privacy. Good - This is a place that, although it has merits, it's also got some liabilities like heavy visitorship or little vertical description. Excellent - To get an excellent rating a swimming hole must have some compelling vertical feature like a fall or a jumping rock. Privacy is likely, which suggests the most you would expect to find is one other group. Classic - This is a place that possesses the Holy Trinity of height, depth and privacy. Tall, vertical rock gives a sense of enclosure above the waterline and produces a fat deep end.