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Fitness & Splash Park, 7210 Allentown Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744, Phone: 301-449-5567, Website: www.pgparks.com.  Allentown Fitness & Splash Park is an indoor/outdoor aquatic facility open year round. Racquetball courts, fitness rooms (including a cardio room and a weight room), and a hot tub are all part of the indoor facility. An observation room is also available for events and activities, including children birthday parties. Outdoor amenities include tennis courts, a basketball court, a picnic area, a gazebo and fun umbrellas (rentals available). This center offers an array of recreational programs and fitness classes including sports, dance, crafts, tumbling, day camps, and Kids Day Out programs.

Bickford  Natatorium at Prince George’s Community College, 301 Largo Road, Largo, MD 20774. Phone: 301-322-0676, www.pgparks.com.  Located in the fieldhouse on the campus of Prince George's Community College, the Bickford Natatorium includes a heated, 50-meter, indoor swimming pool; an indoor heated training pool; an indoor heated whirlpool; and locker rooms. The facility offers opportunities for public recreational swimming, lap swim, and swimming lessons. A weight room, racquetball courts, and basketball courts also are located in the fieldhouse. For information about facility fees, hours of operation, class registration, rules and regulations, or discount specials contact the facility.

Columbia Association Swim Center, Columbia Gym, Athletic Club,  and Supreme Sports Club, Columbia MD Website: www.columbiaassociation.com. The Columbia Association has three indoor pools. Non-Members can only be admitted as a guest of CA Members or a Guest of Resident Non-Members with CA Resident ID Cards.

Columbia Swim Center Splashdown, 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, Md. 410-730-7000, www.columbiaassociation.com. Two 40-foot high, 360-foot long slides that twirl and swirl you into a large swimming pool.  Those seeking less splash, but equal fun will enjoy a diving well with a one meter springboard and jungle rope swing. Splashdown admission is free to Columbia Association Package Plan Plus members, $8 for CA Members, $10 for Columbia residents not CA members and $12 for non-Columbia residents who are not CA members.

Fairland Sports and Aquatics Complex, 13820 and 13950 Old Gunpowder Road, Laurel, Md., 301-206-2359, www.pgparks.com Fairland Aquatics Center is open year-round. The aquatics center includes the following facilities: a heated, 50-meter, indoor pool with moveable floor, a heated, indoor 25-yard leisure pool with a fountain, diving board, a heated whirlpool, family changing room, locker rooms with coin-operated lockers, meeting rooms, spectator seating, an outdoor, sand volleyball court, and an outdoor deck area. Swim center passes or combo swim-fit passes are available for sale in increments of one day, one month, three months, six months, nine months or 12 months.

Gaithersburg Aquatic Center, 2 Teachers Way, Gaithersburg. MD 20877, Phone: 301-258-6345, Website: www.gaithersburgmd.gov The Aquatic Center consists of a six-lane, 25-yard main pool with a one-meter board as well as an adjacent shallow water "teach pool" area. Lockers and showers are available.

Germantown Indoor Swim Center (GISC), 18000 Central Park Circle, Boyds MD 20841 Phone: 240-777-6830, www.montgomerycountymd.gov.  A state-of-the-art facility with approximately 60,000 gross square feet. It has a competition pool, a recreation pool, and a leisure pool, as well as two separate hydrotherapy pools. Family recreational swim periods and lap swim periods are available daily.

Martin Luther King Jr, Swim Center, 1201 Jackson Road, Silver Spring MD 20904, Phone: 240-777-8060, Website: www.montgomerycountymd.gov. The swim center includes an eight-lane 25-meter stretch pool with a movable bulkhead, allowing for a separate diving area. Diving equipment includes one-and three-meter diving boards and a five-meter platform. A separate Teach Pool for children, the handicapped and seniors is housed in an adjacent wing. Also available are a hydrotherapy pool, weight and exercise room, dressing facilities and an multi-purpose room.

Montgomery Aquatic Center, 5900 Executive Blvd, North Bethesda MD 20852 Phone:  240-777-8070 Website: www.montgomerycountymd.gov. The pool features include: an 8-lane L-shaped main pool, divided into two 25-meter swim areas, a warm water leisure pool, two separate hydrotherapy pools, a 10-meter diving platform and interior water slide, an exercise room, snack bar, locker and shower facilities, saunas, lighted outdoor jogging trail and enclosed racquetball courts.

Olney Indoor Swim Center, 16601 Georgia Avenue, Olney MD 20853. Phone: 240-777-4995. Webiste: www.montgomerycountymd.gov. The facility includes a 8-lane, 25-meter pool with separate diving area has 1 and 3-meter diving boards, a shallow warm water free-form leisure pool, two hydrotherapy pools, sauna, weight and exercise room, multi-purpose room, lockers and special changing room.

The Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover MD 20785. Phone for the aquatics center: 301-583-2572. Website: www.pgsportsandlearn.com. This exciting complex integrates a learning theme with a state-of-the-art athletic training and competition venue for area athletes, and caters to the recreational needs of area residents. The centerpiece of the complex is an extensive indoor sports and learning facility. A central atrium, offering a food concession area, common core facilities, and a "Main Street" environment serves as the primary circulation space and links the venues. Facilities in the complex include a field house, fitness center, gymnastics center, aquatic center, and learning center. With both a 50-meter competition pool and a leisure pool with splash features, the Aquatic Center is the place to go for serious swimming or just splashing around. Visitors have the option of paying a daily drop-in rate or purchasing a membership. Memberships are sold in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 1-year increments.

Rollingcrest Chillum Splash Pool, 6122 Sargent Road, Chillum, Md. 301-853-9115, www.pgparks.com. Open year round, Rollingcrest Chillum Splash Pool offers aquatics opportunities for people of all ages and swimming abilities. The swimming pool is located adjacent to Rollingcrest Chillum Community Center.  The indoor pool facility includes, a heated 20 yard lap pool with a drip slide and lily pad walk, a heated family pool with beach grade entry, a tube slide, otter slide, and water play features, a heated whirlpool, a heated children’s pool with beach grade entry, water play features, an island play area, an otter slide and a tube slide, a lobby observation, locker rooms and a family changing room.

 

 

 

 

 

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