swimming hole

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Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta, the water pours out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs, forming a verdant and ethereal cascade into a calm, shaded swimming hole.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

We pass a fast-food spot called Jake’s Place, and a scenic patch of land next to the sea with a sign that reads: "Ye olde swimming hole and picnic area."

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

The lake was used as a swimming hole in the past, but it has since become home to invasive snails, algae, bacteria and decades’ worth of sediment that has piled up.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Urged on by images like-minded urbanites have posted to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, the couple looked forward to floating in a picturesque swimming hole where oak and sycamore trees threw shadows over clear, serene waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

If we kept bickering, we’d never make a decision about the dead man and what it meant for the future of our swimming hole.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall