- Place
- Tauragė District Municipality
- Region
- Tauragė Region
- Type
- public beach and active recreation area beside Skaudvilė Reservoir
- Address
- Eastern shore of Skaudvilė Reservoir, Skaudvilė
- Coordinates
- 55.41033, 22.57470
- Visit duration
- 1-3 hours; longer for swimming or an active day outdoors
- Best time
- a warm dry day after checking water quality, weather and on-site notices
Skaudvilė Beach, Skaudvilė Reservoir Beach
The Ančia became a 26 ha reservoir in 1975
VLE records that damming the Ančia through Skaudvilė in 1975 created the 26 ha Skaudvilė Reservoir. This explains why locals and listings use both Ančia Dam and Skaudvilė Reservoir for the same body of water.
It is not a natural lake: water levels and shoreline conditions depend on the hydraulic structure and the river regime. Keep away from dam machinery and any possible outlet structures.
A recreation zone developed on the eastern shore
The Skaudvilė Eldership chronology records that a recreation, leisure and wellness zone opened beside the reservoir in 2018. The designers described an approximately 4.5 ha strip on the eastern shore extending from housing and a rolling pine grove towards the Ančia inflow.
The design included walking paths, street furniture, beach facilities, children's play and sport areas, a skate space, separate parking, lighting and accessibility measures. Inspect the condition of individual facilities after each season rather than assuming every element remains available.
Two officially named beach points
A 2026 municipal nature-monitoring table lists Skaudvilė Beach I and Skaudvilė Beach II separately. This page uses the southern Beach I coordinate, 55.41033, 22.57470; the second point lies farther north at 55.41207, 22.57650.
The beach is therefore not a single patch of sand defined by one pin. On arrival, choose the section of shore whose access, facilities and number of visitors best suit you that day.
Check swimming conditions on the day
Tauragė District Municipality includes Skaudvilė Reservoir among the bathing places it tests. A sample taken on 2 July 2026 met the HN 92:2018 limits for E. coli and intestinal enterococci, and inspectors saw no visible waste. One result does not describe the whole season, so find the newest notice before swimming.
The public outdoor space has no general admission fee or fixed closing time. Even so, swim only where permitted, never dive into unchecked water, supervise children closely and check for ticks after spending time in grass.
