Swimming Quarries are Open For the Summer at Quarry Park
Stearns County Parks shared the news to their Facebook page on May 19th:
Quarry Park Swimming Quarries – Yes! They’re open!
Quarry Park is open from 8 am to one-half hour after sunset every day of the year. The two swimming quarries are open whenever the park is open.
So as long as it is within park hours, and of course the weather is permitting, you can go for a swim at Quarry Park.
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Along with the update on the quarries being swimmable, the Stearns County Parks department shared that children should always be supervised, and everyone should swim at their own risk as there are no lifeguards on duty.
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On April 27, the Centers for Disease Control released new COVID-19 safety guidelines including expanded outdoor options for small groups. Once fully vaccinated, adults can now gather outdoors unmasked, travel within the U.S. without quarantining or testing, and join limited numbers of other vaccinated people indoors without masks or distancing.
This is good news for the approaching summer as better weather will allow many to take advantage of recreational opportunities that were sorely missed last summer under necessarily tighter precautions.
Nearby outdoor recreation is abundant. Here in St. Cloud the city’s Parks and Recreation Department manages nearly 1,700 acres of parks, ranging from the massive Whitney Park complex and the showplace Munsinger and Clemens Gardens to modest neighborhood parks like Lions Park on the edge of Pantown. With almost 100 parks and two dozen trails, there is likely some city-owned green space within walking distance of most residents. Everything f