The Lure of New York’s Secret Swimming Holes The Lure of New York’s Secret Swimming Holes
The New York Times
Tucked into forests and often unmarked on maps, swimming holes offer relief from increasingly hot summers but also pose risks for adventure seekers.
Sometimes the sound of running water is the only hint that an elusive swimming hole is nearby.
New York has an untold number of them, tucked under bridges, beneath highways, along hidden forest paths and in rivers, gorges, waterfalls and chasms.
The Adirondacks are dotted with them, throughout the otherwise mountainous and rural landscape. If a car is pulled off into the forest along an unmarked road, a swimming hole is bound to be just through the trees.
Along the Ausable River, behind the town hall in Keene, N.Y., Mary Pikul, 48, spent the morning splashing around with her twins, Emmie and Elle, 5; their older sister, Ever, 8; and two of their friends.
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