Listing correction
Devils Hole: Swimming Prohibited
Community Park Vicinity, Cedar Grove, NJ
Do not swim here
Do not swim, bathe or wade at this river feature; use authorized municipal pool facilities under their separate rules.
We previously described this location as a swimming spot. That recommendation was incorrect. We have removed it from our swimming recommendations, directory results, and swimming maps. This page remains available to correct that information for anyone following an older link.
Do not treat older directions, photographs, or reports of people swimming as permission to enter the water. Check the managing authority's current notices and obey all posted access restrictions, including any park or trail closures.
Do not plan a swim at Devils Hole
Devils Hole is the Peckman River feature beside Community Park in Cedar Grove, not the Fairy Hole in Great Meadows. The township’s published recreation code prohibits swimming, bathing and wading in municipal recreation-area waters, except in municipal pools. The old swimming description is not a current invitation to enter this river.
Leave the historical shortcut behind
The archived route describes parking behind a supermarket in an employee lot and passing a cargo container. That is not an authorized visitor entrance. Do not follow it, cross neighboring property or approach the water under a bridge. Use only lawful public routes and obey current barriers and signs.
Choose a managed pool for swimming
Cedar Grove Community Pool is a separate municipal facility with its own eligibility, season and guest fees. Check its current admission rules directly rather than assuming a Devils Hole visit includes pool access. A paid or staffed alternative is different from an unrestricted riverbank.
A shore visit still needs care
If you choose an authorized park walk, remain on permitted paths and keep away from the water’s edge and steep banks. Do not jump, dive, wade or try to assess a pool by looking through the surface. An attractive waterfall photograph does not show submerged obstacles or establish water-entry permission.
What is and is not established
The township’s environmental inventory identifies Devils Hole along Community Park. It does not establish today’s depth, water quality, a bathing season or services at the ravine. Park or pool facilities elsewhere are not amenities at a river entry.
Township sources
Read Cedar Grove recreation code, section 205-7 and check the separate community pool information for a swimming alternative.
Visitor questions
Can I swim or wade at Devils Hole in Cedar Grove?
No. The township recreation code prohibits swimming, bathing and wading in municipal recreation-area waters except municipal pools. Do not use the historical river approach as an exception.
Where is this Devils Hole?
The township environmental inventory identifies it beside Community Park on the Peckman River in Cedar Grove. It is not the Fairy Hole in Great Meadows.
Can I park in the old supermarket employee lot?
No authorized visitor arrangement is established by that old instruction. Use lawful public parking for an independently permitted park visit.
Is Cedar Grove Community Pool included in this visit?
No. It is a separate municipal facility with its own admission eligibility, season and guest fees.
Are there verified changing facilities at the ravine?
No current bathing-service inventory is established there. Do not transfer municipal pool facilities to the river.
Can children visit for a park walk instead?
Choose an authorized park route, supervise children closely and stay away from the water and steep banks. That does not authorize wading.
Official sources
Rules checked: