Lake Pleasant
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Lake Pleasant Regional Park is a large outdoors recreation area straddling the Maricopa and Yavapai county border northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. The park is located within the municipal boundaries of Peoria, Arizona, and serves as a major recreation hub for the northwest Phoenix metropolitan area.
Open Water Swimming
- It is site of one of the races in the Arizona Open Water Swim Series, an open water swim series organized by David Benjes of DCB Adventures that includes 1000m, 2000m, 4000m and 5000m lake swims in Arizona including Saguaro Lake, Tempe Town Lake, Pleasant Harbor Marina and Lake Pleasant.
- It is one of the sites of the Ultimate Swim-a-Thon, a 50-state, 50-swim extreme charity swim by American open water swimmers and brothers Joseph Zemaitis and John Zemaitis from Arizona (otherwise known as the Swim Brothers). The Ultimate Swim-a-Thon calls for the completion of a marathon swim of at least 10 km in distance in all 50 states within 30 days.
Ultimate Swim-a-Thon Schedule
- Day 1 (20 July 2022), Swim 1: 10.79 km from Makaha Beach to Keawaula Beach on Oahu, State of Hawaii
- Day 2 (21 July 2022), Swim 2: 10.33 km around Big Lake in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Day 3 (22 July 2022), Swim 3: Lake Tahoe, the State of Nevada
- Day 3 (22 July 2022), Swim 4: Lake Tahoe, the State of California
- Day 4 (23 July 2022), Swim 5: Willamette River, City of Portland in the State of Oregon
- Day 4 (23 July 2022), Swim 6: Yale Lake in City of Yale in the State of Washington
- Day 5 (24 July 2022), Swim 7: Coeur d'Alene, City of Coeur d'Alene, State of Idaho
- Day 5 (24 July 2022), Swim 8: Flathead Lake, City of Elmo, State of Montana
- Day 6 (25 July 2022), Swim 9: Lake de Smet, City of Sheridan, State of Wyoming
- Day 6 (25 July 2022), Swim 10: Belle Fourche Reservoir, City of Belle Fourche, State of South Dakota
- Day 7 (26 July 2022), Swim 11: Lake Ashtabula, Valley City, State of North Dakota
- Day 7 (26 July 2022), Swim 12: Lake Minnewaska, City of Glenwood, State of Minnesota
- Day 7 (26 July 2022), Swim 13: Spirit Lake, City of Spirit Lake, Iowa
- Day 8 (27 July 2022), Swim 14: Lake Michigan, City of Kenosha, State of Wisconsin
- Day 8 (27 July 2022), Swim 15: Lake Michigan, City of Waukegan, State of Illinois
- Day 9 (28 July 2022), Swim 16: Lake Michigan, Michigan City, State of Indiana
- Day 9 (28 July 2022), Swim 17: Lake Michigan, City of New Buffalo, State of Michigan
- Day 10 (29 July 2022), Swim 18: Lake Erie, City of Conneaut, State of Ohio
- Day 10 (29 July 2022), Swim 19: Lake Erie, City of Erie, State of Pennsylvania
- Day 10 (29 July 2022), Swim 20: Lake Erie, City of Westfield, State of New York
- Day 11 (30 July 2022), Swim 21: Lake Champlain, City of Burlington, State of Vermont
- Day 11 (30 July 2022), Swim 22: Lake Winnipesaukee, City of Glendale, State of New Hampshire
- Day 12 (31 July 2022), Swim 23: Lake Sebago, City of South Casco, State of Maine
- Day 12 (31 July 2022), Swim 24: Buzzards Bay, City of Pocasset, State of Massachusetts
- Day 13 (1 August 2022), Swim 25: Narragansett Bay, City of Warwick, State of Rhode Island
- Day 13 (1 August 2022), Swim 26: Long Island Sound, City of Norwalk, State of Connecticut
- Day 14 (2 August 2022), Swim 27: Silver Bay, City of Toms River, State of New Jersey
- Day 14 (2 August 2022), Swim 28: Rehoboth Bay, City of Rehoboth Bay, State of Delaware
- Day 15 (3 August 2022), Swim 30: Summersville Lake, City of Summersville, State of West Virginia
- Day 15 (3 August 2022), Swim 31: Cave Run Lake, City of Morehead, State of Kentucky
- Day 16 (4 August 2022), Swim 32: South Holston Lake, City of Bristol, State of Virginia
- Day 16 (4 August 2022), Swim 33: South Holston Lake, City of Bristol, Tennessee
- Day 17 (5 August 2022), Swim 34: Lake Norman, City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina
- Day 17 (5 August 2022), Swim 35: Lake Wylie, City of Charlotte, South Carolina
- Day 18 (6 August 2022), Swim 36: Lake Burton, City of Clayton, State of Georgia
- Day 18 (6 August 2022), Swim 37: Lake Guntersville, City of Guntersville, State of Alabama
- Day 19 (7 August 2022), Swim 38: Choctawhatchee Bay, City of Destin, State of Florida
- Day 19 (7 August 2022), Swim 39: Bay St. Louis, City of Bay St. Louis, State of Mississippi
- Day 20 (8 August 2022), Swim 40: Toledo Bend Reservoir, City of Florein, State of Louisiana
- Day 20 (8 August 2022), Swim 41: Toledo Bend Reservoir, City of Fairmont, State of Texas
- Day 20 (8 August 2022), Swim 42: Broken Bow Lake, City of Broken Law, State of Oklahoma
- Day 21 (9 August 2022), Swim 43: Beaver Lake, City of Bentonville, State of Arkansas
- Day 21 (9 August 2022), Swim 44: Table Rock Lake, City of Branson, State of Missouri
- Day 22 (10 August 2022), Swim 45: Wilson Lake, City of Russell, State of Kansas
- Day 22 (10 August 2022), Swim 46: Harlan County Lake, City of Alma, State of Nebraska
- Day 23 (11 August 2022), Swim 47: Horsetooth Reservoir, City of Fort Collins, State of Colorado
- Day 23 (11 August 2022), Swim 48: Heron Lake, City of Rutheron, State of New Mexico
- Day 24 (12 August 2022), Swim 49: Lake Powell, City of Wahweap, State of Utah
- Day 24 (12 August 2022), Swim 50: Lake Pleasant, City of Phoenix, State of Arizona
External links
- Joe Zemaitis Inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Day 2: Flying and Swimming From Hawaii To Alaska with the Swim Brothers
- Day 1 Is In The Books. 49 States, 49 Marathon Swims To Go
- The Big Swim Memory of Joe Zemaitis
- Brothers To Swim Across America In The Ultimate Swim-A-Thon
- Ultimate Swim-a-Thon
- @SwimBrothersUSA
- Open Water Swimming
- Brothers To Swim Across America In The Ultimate Swim-A-Thon
- DCB Adventures
- Arizona Open Water Series website
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Arizona Open Water Swims website
- Saguaro Lake Marina website
- Kristin Jones Overcomes Physicality In Tempe Town Lake
