Dismals Canyon, a privately-owned nature preserve in Phil Campbell, Alabama, features two swimming holes, one with man-made docks at the top of the canyon and another beneath Rainbow Falls at the ...

Michael Kelsey climbs down a narrow crack in Squeeze Fork of Blue John Canyon. ... As abruptly as the Black Hole had constricted, it opens up. Swimming gives way to a slog through sugary sand in ...

Little River Canyon in DeKalb County, of course. The swimming hole at the nature preserve near Fort Payne was named to a HuffingtonPost.com list from cheapflights.com of 11 great swimming holes ...