Swimming in Olney Pond?

Submitted by asdfwaevc t3_yn02te in providence

Last time I went I remember signs that say no swimming outside of the roped area, does anyone actually care? Are there reasons I shouldn't besides that? Finally, are there lakes in the area that swimming anywhere is pleasant/allowed?

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VeganBullGang t1_iv6mv2q wrote

Careful, you don't want to get a swiminal record

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RandomChurn t1_iv6f3mo wrote

Lincoln Woods

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asdfwaevc OP t1_iv6fpce wrote

That's Olney pond!

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RandomChurn t1_iv6gicd wrote

🤣 sorry!

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asdfwaevc OP t1_iv6i0l9 wrote

All good haha I could have specified. Do you know, have you seen people swimming in the lake there outside the ropes before?

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split-top_gaming t1_iv6uy2j wrote

A few lakes, including Lincoln woods and spring lake have had dangerous levels of algea over the last few months now

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fluorescent-grey t1_iv74prf wrote

You’re technically not supposed to swim outside of the beach but I do it sometimes in the summer after work, in the opposite end of the pond. Only once did a teenage park ranger row by and nicely tell me that swimming wasn’t permitted outside of the beach area (my friend had a sparkly inner tube so I imagine that made us more visible from afar) so we got out and that was that.

So basically, no it’s not allowed but if you’re discreet about it you should be fine.

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