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If you re looking to cool off, you ll find one of the best swimming holes in America only 2-and-a-half hours from Rochester.
Keeping your cool in the early-season Minnesota heatwave we have going can be tough here in Olmsted County, seeing as we re one of only four Minnesota counties where there aren t any naturally occurring lakes. (That s also the case for folks living in Mower, Pipestone and Rock counties too.)
It s true. And according to this Travel Channel survey of the Best Swimming Holes in America, the swimming hole at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve near St. Cloud is one of the best in the country and it s the only swimming hole in Minnesota to land a spot on their list.
Olmsted County sure has a lot going for it, but it's missing this classic part of Minnesota which is especially noticeable during our current hot weather.