Michigan’s summers are made for water. With more than 11,000 inland lakes and miles of Great Lakes shoreline, the state offers no shortage of spots to swim, wade or float. For many residents and ...

At the end of September, swim beach advocate Olivia Lundeen emailed each of the 11 candidates vying for a Loveland City Council seat and got nearly all of them to join her cause.

There's a recreational reservoir that Colorado residents know well, as it's open all year and offers plenty of trails, ...

Whether you're looking to camp, hike, fish, or swim, there's a perfect state resort park with just about everything you could hope for in a midwest vacation.

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial close of lake-recreation season, and the official end of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ weekly beach ...

In upstate New York, you can find state parks with stunning waterfalls and plenty of camping opportunities. But while many tourists might not immediately think of New York when they're looking for a ...

There have already been 45 drownings in the Great Lakes this year. Four of the drownings happened in Lake Superior. As we’re entering August, which is one of the deadlier months for people and ...

Residents who were hoping to use one of North Oaks’ crown jewels, the Pleasant Lake Beach, faced a series of challenges this summer as elevated levels of E. coli led ...

The closure of the pool will allow Menasha to get a jump start on demolition in preparation for a new aquatic center that ...

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WWLP) – As the heat continues, many people are finding places to swim to cool off, but some can be dangerous. On Friday, police in Becket recovered the body of a man who drowned ...