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Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Can'tRemember
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Date: July 11, 2014 09:27AM
In the early 2000's I drove with a group of friends out West (where I-66 ends) to a man made Swimming Hole. From what I can recall, it was made out of an old Rock Quarry and they had set up a beach there. There were also batting cages. In general, it was a very family friendly place. I've searched and searched for where this may have been, but can't seem to come up with anything...does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks!
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
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Date: July 11, 2014 09:51AM
The Cove?
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Splashdown
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Date: July 11, 2014 10:12AM
Splashdown WaterParks
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
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Date: July 11, 2014 10:24AM
Splashdown Wrote:
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> Splashdown WaterParks
Isn't that in Manassas?
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> Splashdown WaterParks
Isn't that in Manassas?
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
johnny ringo
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Date: July 11, 2014 10:26AM
Half Moon Beach.
Closed now...too many drownings.
Closed now...too many drownings.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Henro
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Date: July 11, 2014 12:39PM
The Cove Son.
Great place.
Great place.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
johnny ringo
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Date: July 11, 2014 01:55PM
Everybody is wrong but me...see photo.
I went there many times.
In Strasburg, off I-81
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I went there many times.
In Strasburg, off I-81
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Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
used to go there!
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Date: July 11, 2014 02:19PM
johnny ringo Wrote:
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> Half Moon Beach.
>
>
> Closed now...too many drownings.
Ahh that sucks.
How is their fault if people drown?! People drown in oceans and lakes, I guess we should shut those down too.
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> Half Moon Beach.
>
>
> Closed now...too many drownings.
Ahh that sucks.
How is their fault if people drown?! People drown in oceans and lakes, I guess we should shut those down too.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
WanttoFishit
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Date: July 11, 2014 02:35PM
I called them and the quarry is closed even for fishing. Sux too bet there are some hogs in there.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Drowning
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Date: July 11, 2014 02:40PM
Half Moon Beach in Strasburg closed in 2008 and has not reopened.
Looks like somebody drowning in 2008
STRASBURG -- Half Moon Beach is being sued for more than $24 million by the family of one of last summer's two drowning victims.
Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the drowning of Dakota Lee Hansen, 6, of Culpeper.
Her father, Edward Keith Hansen, the administrator of her estate, filed a lawsuit in Shenandoah County Circuit Court against Half Moon Beach Park Inc., Skyline Paintball, Strasburg Land LLC and Dunmore Land LLC in November.
On Tuesday, Richard D. and Stuart A. Bernstein, co-executors of the estate of Leo Bernstein, and Stanley W. Colton were added to the wrongful death suit, according to court records. Bernstein, who died last year, was president of Half Moon Beach, the filing says, Colton was secretary and both were directors.
Half Moon Beach, which featured swimming in the former quarry, did not reopen this summer.
In addition to Dakota's death, Nathaniel B. King, 26, of Marshall, drowned there July 16, 2008.
According to the lawsuit, Half Moon Beach and Skyline Paintball co-owned and co-operated Half Moon Beach Park, which was leased to them by Strasburg Land and Dunmore Land.
It says the defendants "negligently invited the general public to pay for the use of the Half Moon Beach Park amusement, recreation and swimming facility," but failed to post warning signs that would be intelligible to a 6-year-old.
The suit says Dakota was swimming in the quarry's shallow children's section, which dropped off 15-20 feet at the edge. It accuses the lifeguards of inadequacy.
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Looks like somebody drowning in 2008
STRASBURG -- Half Moon Beach is being sued for more than $24 million by the family of one of last summer's two drowning victims.
Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the drowning of Dakota Lee Hansen, 6, of Culpeper.
Her father, Edward Keith Hansen, the administrator of her estate, filed a lawsuit in Shenandoah County Circuit Court against Half Moon Beach Park Inc., Skyline Paintball, Strasburg Land LLC and Dunmore Land LLC in November.
On Tuesday, Richard D. and Stuart A. Bernstein, co-executors of the estate of Leo Bernstein, and Stanley W. Colton were added to the wrongful death suit, according to court records. Bernstein, who died last year, was president of Half Moon Beach, the filing says, Colton was secretary and both were directors.
Half Moon Beach, which featured swimming in the former quarry, did not reopen this summer.
In addition to Dakota's death, Nathaniel B. King, 26, of Marshall, drowned there July 16, 2008.
According to the lawsuit, Half Moon Beach and Skyline Paintball co-owned and co-operated Half Moon Beach Park, which was leased to them by Strasburg Land and Dunmore Land.
It says the defendants "negligently invited the general public to pay for the use of the Half Moon Beach Park amusement, recreation and swimming facility," but failed to post warning signs that would be intelligible to a 6-year-old.
The suit says Dakota was swimming in the quarry's shallow children's section, which dropped off 15-20 feet at the edge. It accuses the lifeguards of inadequacy.
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Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
used to go there!
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Date: July 11, 2014 02:44PM
That is the parents fault, If I had a 6 YEAR OLD, I would watch them like a hawk if they were swimming.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Can'tRemember
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Date: July 11, 2014 05:18PM
Thanks everyone, based on the pictures, Johnny Ringo nailed it. Half Moon Beach was the place I was thinking of.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Decrapitated
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Date: July 11, 2014 05:59PM
Yet again, a liberal ruins things for everyone else.
You let your kid go swimming and the kid drowns. That's the quarry's fault? I think almost everyone knows you can drown in water.
Wonder what the outcome of the lawsuit was?
PS- not a 6 year old on earth worth $24 mil.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/2014 06:00PM by Decrapitated.
You let your kid go swimming and the kid drowns. That's the quarry's fault? I think almost everyone knows you can drown in water.
Wonder what the outcome of the lawsuit was?
PS- not a 6 year old on earth worth $24 mil.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/2014 06:00PM by Decrapitated.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Time to the responsibilty
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Date: July 11, 2014 06:29PM
It's time for the parents of the world to be responsible for the children of the world...
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Suzie
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Date: July 13, 2015 02:45PM
This is so sad.. I use to go here in the summers as a child. Never had incidents then. Parents today should be held accountable for there children!! What a shame a great place for people to go around that area had to be closed down due to idiot outsiders that didn't watch there child. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but truth is that money will not bring back that child, but it does take away from pleasures that many people over the past 30 something years had enjoyed. Way to go.. SOMEONE should buy and REOPEN it!!!!
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Noyoudint
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Date: July 13, 2015 03:20PM
Yet again, conservatives ruin everything. Get people suckered into a good thing, make money off of it, and then fail to spend the money to take care of it. Thanks Obama.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Libtard 1
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Date: July 13, 2015 11:50PM
Decrapitated Wrote:
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> Yet again, a liberal ruins things for everyone
> else.
>
> You let your kid go swimming and the kid drowns.
> That's the quarry's fault? I think almost everyone
> knows you can drown in water.
>
> Wonder what the outcome of the lawsuit was?
>
> PS- not a 6 year old on earth worth $24 mil.
Yep, you nailed it. Liberals will piss on anyone's parade. It's the liberal judges that even entertain this type of nonsense as a wrongful death lawsuit.
Liberals are scourge of this world
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> Yet again, a liberal ruins things for everyone
> else.
>
> You let your kid go swimming and the kid drowns.
> That's the quarry's fault? I think almost everyone
> knows you can drown in water.
>
> Wonder what the outcome of the lawsuit was?
>
> PS- not a 6 year old on earth worth $24 mil.
Yep, you nailed it. Liberals will piss on anyone's parade. It's the liberal judges that even entertain this type of nonsense as a wrongful death lawsuit.
Liberals are scourge of this world
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: July 14, 2015 12:03AM
retract
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2015 12:08AM by causeican.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2015 12:08AM by causeican.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Tammy stone
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Date: July 01, 2016 08:00AM
Are u really closed still I just wanted to show my kids what happen
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
heavy metals
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Date: July 01, 2016 09:48AM
Quarries look like awesome places to swim but heavy metals in the water make it dangerous IMHO
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
FrankR.
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Date: July 01, 2016 10:16AM
heavy metals Wrote:
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> Quarries look like awesome places to swim but
> heavy metals in the water make it dangerous IMHO
Sounds fun!
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> Quarries look like awesome places to swim but
> heavy metals in the water make it dangerous IMHO
Sounds fun!
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Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Trump Lawsuits
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Date: July 01, 2016 10:19AM
Libtard 1 Wrote:
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> Decrapitated Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yet again, a liberal ruins things for everyone
> > else.
> >
> > You let your kid go swimming and the kid
> drowns.
> > That's the quarry's fault? I think almost
> everyone
> > knows you can drown in water.
> >
> > Wonder what the outcome of the lawsuit was?
> >
> > PS- not a 6 year old on earth worth $24 mil.
>
>
> Yep, you nailed it. Liberals will piss on anyone's
> parade. It's the liberal judges that even
> entertain this type of nonsense as a wrongful
> death lawsuit.
>
> Liberals are scourge of this world
Liberals? Trump is the one encouraging everybody to sue people.
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> Decrapitated Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yet again, a liberal ruins things for everyone
> > else.
> >
> > You let your kid go swimming and the kid
> drowns.
> > That's the quarry's fault? I think almost
> everyone
> > knows you can drown in water.
> >
> > Wonder what the outcome of the lawsuit was?
> >
> > PS- not a 6 year old on earth worth $24 mil.
>
>
> Yep, you nailed it. Liberals will piss on anyone's
> parade. It's the liberal judges that even
> entertain this type of nonsense as a wrongful
> death lawsuit.
>
> Liberals are scourge of this world
Liberals? Trump is the one encouraging everybody to sue people.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
FrankR.
()
Date: July 01, 2016 10:25AM
P.S. There is an awesome abandoned rock quarry in Savage, MD near the Carmax that we used to swim too. Very deep (300 feet plus). You have to hike in about a mile and sneak in under the fence. There are cliffs up to about 60 ft high that you can jump from. We tied a 6 pack of beer bottles to a string an lowered it down about 50 ft or so once, came back the next day and had some very cold beer waiting. Good, clean fun. Be safe, and don't get caught.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-09-26/news/1995269102_1_rouse-county-officials-savage
Milford Mills near Baltimore used to be awesome as well, and open to the public, but I think it too has closed.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-09-26/news/1995269102_1_rouse-county-officials-savage
Milford Mills near Baltimore used to be awesome as well, and open to the public, but I think it too has closed.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
trey
()
Date: May 10, 2018 01:23PM
I know this is pretty old but i really have to put this out there...I was there in early 2000s when i was like 10 or so. I cant remember the year, but i was there when a kid drown. It was a little black kid (i say black cuz all i can remember is how purple he was and his brother crying) no older than 6. there was one life guard on duty and 4 life guards hanging out across the lake on a dock (pretty far, too far to year us yelling apparently). the life guard on duty was bobbing around in the corner by the rocks, we thought she was just cooling off or something, but then she comes up with a body...swims over..puts him on my towel..i remember freaking out as she walked with him towards me, and got up from my towel, then she put him down on it...i dont really remember what the life guard did next but people were screaming to the life guards over at the docks while the kids older brother stood there crying and screaming "thats my brother" over and over again, it was alot going on right next to me. next thing i remember we were walking back to the car and life guards were still hanging out on the docks. we just left. and i never heard anything again...never heard about it on the news...cant find anything now...it wasnt the girl in 2008..i just want to know what happened to that kid, did he die, where's his brother at now..
if anyone has any information on what happened that day please let me know at treyr227@gmail.com
if anyone has any information on what happened that day please let me know at treyr227@gmail.com
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Natasha
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Date: March 11, 2019 07:27PM
The life of someone's child is offended ya jerk!
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Natasha
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Date: March 11, 2019 07:27PM
I meant pricless!
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
stupid parents
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Date: March 11, 2019 09:42PM
Natasha Wrote:
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> I meant pricless!
Let their kid drown, then play the ghetto lottery and get some money. To bad about the business shutting down, or everyone losing their swimming hole.
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> I meant pricless!
Let their kid drown, then play the ghetto lottery and get some money. To bad about the business shutting down, or everyone losing their swimming hole.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
truff
()
Date: March 11, 2019 09:44PM
trey Wrote:
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> I know this is pretty old but i really have to put
> this out there...I was there in early 2000s when i
> was like 10 or so. I cant remember the year, but i
> was there when a kid drown. It was a little black
> kid (i say black cuz all i can remember is how
> purple he was and his brother crying) no older
> than 6. there was one life guard on duty and 4
> life guards hanging out across the lake on a dock
> (pretty far, too far to year us yelling
> apparently). the life guard on duty was bobbing
> around in the corner by the rocks, we thought she
> was just cooling off or something, but then she
> comes up with a body...swims over..puts him on my
> towel..i remember freaking out as she walked with
> him towards me, and got up from my towel, then she
> put him down on it...i dont really remember what
> the life guard did next but people were screaming
> to the life guards over at the docks while the
> kids older brother stood there crying and
> screaming "thats my brother" over and over again,
> it was alot going on right next to me. next thing
> i remember we were walking back to the car and
> life guards were still hanging out on the docks.
> we just left. and i never heard anything
> again...never heard about it on the news...cant
> find anything now...it wasnt the girl in 2008..i
> just want to know what happened to that kid, did
> he die, where's his brother at now..
>
> if anyone has any information on what happened
> that day please let me know at treyr227@gmail.com
I now what happened. Some dumb little fucker drowned and ruined it for everyone.
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> I know this is pretty old but i really have to put
> this out there...I was there in early 2000s when i
> was like 10 or so. I cant remember the year, but i
> was there when a kid drown. It was a little black
> kid (i say black cuz all i can remember is how
> purple he was and his brother crying) no older
> than 6. there was one life guard on duty and 4
> life guards hanging out across the lake on a dock
> (pretty far, too far to year us yelling
> apparently). the life guard on duty was bobbing
> around in the corner by the rocks, we thought she
> was just cooling off or something, but then she
> comes up with a body...swims over..puts him on my
> towel..i remember freaking out as she walked with
> him towards me, and got up from my towel, then she
> put him down on it...i dont really remember what
> the life guard did next but people were screaming
> to the life guards over at the docks while the
> kids older brother stood there crying and
> screaming "thats my brother" over and over again,
> it was alot going on right next to me. next thing
> i remember we were walking back to the car and
> life guards were still hanging out on the docks.
> we just left. and i never heard anything
> again...never heard about it on the news...cant
> find anything now...it wasnt the girl in 2008..i
> just want to know what happened to that kid, did
> he die, where's his brother at now..
>
> if anyone has any information on what happened
> that day please let me know at treyr227@gmail.com
I now what happened. Some dumb little fucker drowned and ruined it for everyone.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Bijans jeep
()
Date: March 11, 2019 10:32PM
Is bijans Jeep for sale?
Yes or no?
Yes or no?
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Steve Ulicny
()
Date: September 19, 2021 01:06PM
Yes I remember it from 2000, I first went there in 1970 before it was a commercial location. I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK THERE AND EXPLORE
STEVE
STEVE
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Steve Ulicny
()
Date: September 19, 2021 01:08PM
I remember it well for the year 2000 and earlier for 1970 before it was a park
I would have go to go back there and explore.
I would have go to go back there and explore.
Re: Swimming Hole/Park at the Western End of I-66
Posted by:
Haymarket Quarry
()
Date: September 19, 2021 11:30PM
Steve Ulicny Wrote:
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> I remember it well for the year 2000 and earlier
> for 1970 before it was a park
>
>
> I would have go to go back there and explore.
Don't get in over your head. Just sayin'
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> I remember it well for the year 2000 and earlier
> for 1970 before it was a park
>
>
> I would have go to go back there and explore.
Don't get in over your head. Just sayin'