Spillway Recreation Area Beach

USACE Pittsburgh District day-use fee schedule applies to lake facilities generally: minimum $5 per vehicle or $2 per adult for walk-in/bike-in visitors, with a $40 annual pass covering daily use for a calendar year (children under 16 free); the source did not confirm whether this fee is collected on-site at Spillway Beach specifically.

Sandy reservoir beach with no lifeguards on duty, according to one visitor; the lake is heavily used for powerboating, water-skiing, and jet skiing, so young swimmers share open water with boat traffic. One secondhand description additionally mentions 'shallow swim zones suitable for children and adults' but this detail could not be independently confirmed.

No significant hike is required. The swimming area is close to parking and access.

This is the lake-wide day-use fee schedule published by USACE; the source does not confirm whether it is specifically collected on-site at Spillway Beach, nor whether parking is a formal lot or roadside pullout, so those details are left unconfirmed.

Recreation.gov's official gateway page for Youghiogheny River Lake calls it a 16-mile-long reservoir 'popular for powerboating and water-skiing'; visitors likewise describe waterskiing and jetskiing as common activities on the lake near the swim beach.

USACE requires life jackets be worn by anyone in the water in the dam's discharge/tailwater area; the beach has been subject to closure by the Corps when water testing detects harmful algae blooms.

Spillway Recreation Area Beach is on Youghiogheny River Lake, a natural reservoir verified in USGS hydrography data.