Indian Love Call on Rock River in Newfane, Vermont is a popular swimming hole for a variety of people. Where Depot Road and Route 30 meet is a fairly large parking area that can fill up quickly on a warm day. If you’re coming from the south it is on the right before the bridge where Rock River and West River meet. Here there is a swimming hole that is poplar with families with younger children. In another blog post I had called this Swimming Hole Dummerston, but now I have more information on this area.
If you are looking for a little adventure cross Rt 30 onto Depot road and bare a right to walk down the road with camps on it. This is private property so please be respectful.
Follow the path until you get to a set of ledges, which can be dangerous to cross so make sure you have sneakers or hiking boots on. I made the mistake of having sandals and ended up walking barefoot. After crossing the ledges the path leveled out for easy walking. The first swimming hole is about a half mile from the parking lot. Due to the high waters there was a creek we had to cross to reach the this swimming area, but was easy to cross.
Yes, you read the sign right, the first swimming area is clothing required due to it being the family swimming area. As you walk up the path further clothing becomes optional.
There are several pool above the family swimming area. I met a guy who informed me this has been a popular nudist swimming hole for several years. Each pool along the river has its own population from couples, gays etc. There is a sign about being respectful, no loud music and it being an inclusive area.
We opted to stay in the family swimming area which was perfect, we had a sandy beach, a couple rocks for jumping and fun rapids to float down. Surprisingly we had the swimming spot to ourselves.
Due to the rocky ledges I would not recommend this swimming hole for young children or those who can not navigate walking on rough ledges. We spent a couple hours swimming and enjoying the beautiful river.
