1. Re: Can anyone recommend any beaches near Pittsburgh?

Even though Pittsburgh is the city of Three Rivers, there's not much swimming in them. There's a bad undertow on parts, plus they're not the cleanest (way better than they used to be though).

Your best bet "Not too far from the city" would be a waterpark.

Sandcastle is one that is about 20 minutes outside the city - http://www.sandcastlewaterpark.com/. I've heard nice things from people that live in Pittsburgh but have not been there myself (not a swimmer). There are probably reviews on here of this.

Another waterpark is Soak Zone, which is part of Idlewild Park located about 1 hr outside Pittsburgh. The waterpark is a pretty big section of a larger traditional amusement park. We used to live near this park - even had season passes a few years - and while I've walked through it at least 10 times I've never actually swum. Again, I've heard great things - more positive than Sandcastle. There should be reviews on this on here also that will give you more detail.

If you're looking for non-pool water places, there is also Conneaut Lake, which is about 1.5 hours north of Pittsburgh. There's a public beach that is part of a small amusement park there. They had to ban swimming there last year because of inability to insure (the place has had a lot of financial troubles), but I understand that they're opening this year so the beach, as well as other amusements, will be available. The latest information would be on their website at http://www.conneautlakepark.com/.

There's also some other lakes up that way but I don't know the details - perhaps another poster can speak to those.

I hope this helps.

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