There are two places to bathe or wade in the Little Muskingum River on the Road Fork and Whipple Sections. They're both on federal property in the Marietta Unit - Wayne National Forest. The first is at the Ring Mill on the Road Fork. The road in results in a cul-de-sac. Just north of the cul-de-sac, there's a fisherman's access on the north side. The river there usually maintains a depth of a couple feet or so.
The second site is in Whipple's Little Muskingum River Flats. Down on that mile, the place that I know of is if one were hiking Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail heading clockwise/ westbound, there's a usually dry steam bed that ejects into the river early in the flats from that direction. One could use it to get down into the river. But this one's not as good because the river tends to be very shallow here in the summer.
A good bath in the river should make you feel clean. If your in there, while your at it, you can do a little laundry too. The Little Muskingum might have hard metals in it. There are former mines on it's fingers, streams and fork. so I do not recommend purifying or filtering it for oral consumption. It has a south westernly flow that meets the Ohio River at the Census Designated Place of Reno (where the NFS field office is for the Marietta Unit).
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