Hueston Woods Beach - Butler/Preble County, OH
N 39° 34.539 W 084° 45.440
16S E 692622 N 4383062
A quiet beach located in southwestern Ohio (Butler/Preble Counties). Facing along Acton Lake in Hueston Woods State Park.
Waymark Code: WM3RFA
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2008
Published By:
Q10
Views: 28
I've watched the downslide of this beach over the years due to cutbacks in funding. Where there was once 2 life guards on duty throughout the summer days- now there are none. The concession stand used to be very busy...now I don't remember it even being opened last summer. The shower houses for men and women are still there.
In the '80's the State Park Rangers would bring wild animals down to the beach on certain afternoons and do impromtu nature lessons. I haven't seen that in years.
I used to take breaks from graduate school, grab a towel and a book- and head out to this beach.
People still travel up from Cincinnati and from the surrounding counties to get away from it all and swim, but the beach is not as clean as it used to be. Canadian geese make quite a mess. (The park staff used to "rake" it with an apparatus hitched to a pick up truck.)
I still hope that the park will find the funds to staff the beach once again0 I'm guessing with gas prices so high- this beach will be packed on weekends with the locals this summer.
Type of beach: Artificial
Location of beach: Lake
Beach surface type: Coarse sand
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