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Swimmable water near you

1,325 USGS sensors are reporting a live water temperature right now, the newest reading from August 23, 2026 (2 hrs ago).

Clear location
  • Cold · below 60°F · 218
  • Cool · 60–69°F · 484
  • Comfortable · 70–86°F · 545
  • Warm · above 86°F · 78
  • You

A map of the United States with one coloured dot per USGS sensor reporting a live water temperature. The readings are listed below.

Nearest live readings

The closest USGS sensors currently reporting a water temperature, nearest first.

  1. POPPLE RIVER NEAR FENCE, WIUSGS gauge · Wisconsin · 26 ft³/s
    63°F30 mi2 hrs ago
  2. ESCANABA RIVER AT CORNELL, MIUSGS gauge · Michigan · 309 ft³/s
    62°F33 mi2 hrs ago
  3. FR-34/14E/03-0656USGS gauge · Wisconsin
    45°F47 mi3 hrs ago
  4. PESHTIGO RIVER AT PESHTIGO, WIUSGS gauge · Wisconsin · 414 ft³/s
    72°F47 mi3 hrs ago
  5. M BR ESCANABA R AT US HWY 41 NR HUMBOLDT, MIUSGS gauge · Michigan
    61°F53 mi3 hrs ago
  6. MIDDLE BRANCH ESCANABA RIVER AT HUMBOLDT, MIUSGS gauge · Michigan · 9 ft³/s
    60°F54 mi3 hrs ago
  7. OCONTO RIVER NEAR OCONTO, WIUSGS gauge · Wisconsin · 286 ft³/s
    69°F60 mi3 hrs ago
  8. SALMON TROUT RIVER NEAR BIG BAY, MIUSGS gauge · Michigan · 5 ft³/s
    55°F73 mi3 hrs ago

Nearest swimmable spots

Rated, photographed water destinations within 25 miles — pair one with the nearest sensor reading above before you go.

Menominee River4.7(217)

Menominee River

River · Wisconsin

The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 116 miles long, draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan.

11 mi from your location

About this map

Every pin is a live reading from a USGS real-time monitoring station, captured in a daily snapshot. Colours follow the site’s cold-water-safety thresholds and describe the water at that one sensor — usually a river or stream gauge, not a swim beach — so treat them as a guide to what the water is doing nearby, not a verdict on a specific spot. Readings are provisional and can be revised by the USGS. Your location only sorts this page: the coordinates appear in the address bar (rounded to about a mile) and are not saved to an account or our database.

Conditions are for general information only and can change quickly. Always judge the water in person and follow posted advisories and local guidance before swimming or paddling.