Swimming Hole in Cold Spring Hollow

This wonderful, extremely chilly swimming hole is located in Cold Spring Hollow, in Shenandoah National Park just off the Riprap Trail. The water was amazingly clear - it gets to around 6 feet deep in the middle, but you can see the bottom easily.

A beautiful spot captured very well Brandon. You've got some great color and detail in this. Well done.

Regards, Tom

Thanks Tom! The color in the pool was amazing -- a green color that I've only seen in deep mountain stream water like this.

Yeah Bruce, this is a great hole to visit. If you drive up from the Valley side, it's only about a mile hike, even less than the trek to Blue Hole =) Glad you got a good deal on a house, I guess the prices are low these days. Nelson is certainly a beautiful county, lots of things to do outdoors, and plenty wineries to visit too. I'm actually done with school now, I got my MS. I have a full time job starting in January, so for the time being I'm just hanging around home. I'd love to get lunch at the Batesville Store some time!

Thanks Bruce, and sorry about the house. I'm free almost any day of the week for the next couple of months -- I'm enjoying my time off before entering the "real world" =)

Beautiful composition...great textures, reflection and contrasts, not to mention the wonderful color. Lovely photo, Brandon.

Julie

Wow!!! This photo is very beautiful. The colors are great and the place is really wonderful. Congratulations!

Greetings from Spain. Manu (Visit my photo gallery)

A very beautiful capture. Greetings, Isabel November contest

Thank you Julie, must have missed your comments the first time around. The color was my favorite part also. You should definitely hike the Riprap trail if you're ever in this part of Virginia!

Thanks Manu and Isabel, and season's greetings from the States!

Very nice place!

Beautiful.

Thanks goran and The Claw!