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Home > Features > Balance > World-Wide Guide to Swimming Holes > The Washing Machine, Ellenville, NY
World-Wide Guide to Swimming Holes The Washing Machine hole_name) The Washing Machine (Water_type) Stream (Location) Ver Nooy Kill, ~5 miles north of Ellenville NY (Directions) Take route 209 north out of Ellenville, NY. You will go over several metal bridges. There is a sign by one: Ver Nooy Kill. Take a left immediately after the bridge on a paved road that will soon turn to a dirt road. Follow a few minutes, the Washing Machine is on your left. (Water_temp) cold to warm (Swimmable_Months) may - sept (doc) There is a small waterfall (6 Ft) emptying into a very turbulent pool (the washing machine) which in turn empties into a deep pool for swimming and / or diving from the adjacent rocks. It is small and cozy. (size) 4, Y, N (size_com) small (beauty) 5 (beauty_com) very nice, but sometimes littered (access_com) easy to get to (safety) Y (safety_com) My kids were there at age 8 (clarity) 3 (clarity_com) Clean running stream water (from-name) Joe C
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