{"id":199197,"date":"2026-05-21T20:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199197\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:16:16","slug":"wittenburg-access-swim-beach-in-bethlehem-to-open-may-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199197\/","title":{"rendered":"Wittenburg Access Swim Beach in Bethlehem to open May 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wittenburg Access Swim Beach in Bethlehem will open for the summer on Saturday, May 23. The beach area will be open six days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed on Wednesdays for maintenance) from Memorial Day through Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>As a special treat for opening day on May 23, there will be two food trucks (Paw Paw\u2019s Smash Burgers and Rita\u2019s Ice) with items available for purchase. Char Fresh Grill will be on-site on Sunday, May 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexandercountync.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Wittenburg-Access-Swim-Beach-2.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Wittenburg-Access-Swim-Beach-2.jpg\" alt=\"aerial photo of a beach area and parking lot\" width=\"1280\" height=\"816\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16752\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A park attendant will be on duty with concessions available, including drinks, snacks, pre-wrapped sandwiches, and more. No lifeguard will be on duty.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the swim beach, the revamped Wittenburg Access Area features outdoor showers, a changing area, restrooms, concessions, a park office, picnic shelters, a fishing pier, boat access, a nature trail, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Wittenburg Access Area, located at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/h1Q4GvBEXrnPKoQZ7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">175 Wildlife Access Road in Bethlehem<\/a>, is owned by Duke Energy. In 2019, Alexander County leased the property for 40 years with the goal of enhancing recreational opportunities in Alexander County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wittenburg Access Swim Beach in Bethlehem will open for the summer on Saturday, May 23. The beach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-199197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}