Even though the weather is cold and the sun doesn’t warm us up as it usually does during the warmer months, don’t put that swimsuit away yet. Go down to one of the indoor swimming pools and spend some time splashing around and having as much fun as you would when the temperature is 95 degrees. Call for hours and any possible admission fees. Allentown Fitness & Splash Park, 7210 Allentown Road, Fort Washington, MD, 301-449-5567, www.pgparks.com. Allentown Fitness & Splash Park is a fun place for the whole family, year -round. The indoor center, open year-round, includes a heated, 25 yard, 6 lane pool with a heated training pool (2 1/2-3 feet deep), and a hot tub. Mon.-Thurs. 5:30 am-9 pm, Fri.5:30 am-10 pm, 7-10 pm (Teens), Sat.7:30am-10pm, Sun.12noon-4 pm. Bickford Natatorium at Prince George’s Community College, 301 Largo Road, Largo, Md. 301-322-0676, www.pgparks.com. Located in the field house, the Bickford Natatorium includes a heated, 50 meter, indoor swimming pool, heated training pool, and a heated whirlpool. Locker rooms are available. The facility offers opportunities for public recreational swimming, lap swimming, and swimming lessons. Hours are Mon., Wed., and Fri. 6am-9pm, Tue. and Thur. 8am-9pm, Sat. 9am-5pm, and Sun. 1-5pm. Columbia Swim Center, at the Supreme Sports Club, 7080 Deepage Drive, off Snowden River Parkway, Columbia., 410-730-7000, www.columbiaassociation.com. Offering recreational swimming, and lap swimming in the indoor pools. Hours are Mon.-Fri. 5:30am-8:30pm, Sat. & Sun. 7am-6pm. Columbia Swim Center with Splashdown, 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, Md. 410-730-7000, www.columbiaassociation.com. Two 40f high, 360f 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. On most days that Howard County Public schools are scheduled to be closed. Open Friday 7-9:30pm until the end of June. Sat.– Sun. 12–6pm, Howard County Public School Holidays Fairland Sports and Aquatics Complex, 13820 and 13950 Old Gunpowder Road, Laurel, Md., 301-206-2359, www.pgparks.com Open year round. The aquatics center includes a 50 meter heated indoor pool and a 25 yard leisure heated pool. Hours are Mon.-Fri. 4-7pm Germantown Indoor Swim Center (GISC), 18000 Central Park Circle, Boyds, Md. 240-777-6830, www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec . Hours for family recreation swim include, Mon.-Fri. 6am-8:30pm, Sat. 7am-7pm, Sun. 8am-6pm. Glenarden/Theresa Banks Complex - Theresa Banks Memorial Pool, 8615-A McLain Avenue, Glenarden, Md. 301-772-5515; 301-772-5516. Mon. & Wed. 7am-10pm, Tues., Thurs.& Fri. 6am-10pm, Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun.1-6pm. Located adjacent to the complex's community center, Theresa Banks Memorial Pool is an indoor, heated 25-yard pool with ramp entry. Open year-round, this facility also includes a spa on a tiled deck, locker rooms with coin-operated lockers, and a weight room shared with the community center. Swimming lessons are available for people of all ages and abilities. Lifeguard training classes, senior therapeutic swimming, and water aerobics classes are also offered. Contact staff at the number above for information about hours of operation, fees, classes, programs, or job opportunities for lifeguards. www.pgparks.com Martin Luther King Jr, Swim Center, 1201 Jackson Road, Silver Spring, 301-989-1206, www.montgomerycountymd.gov. Includes an 8-lane, 25 yard/meter pool with movable bulkhead, allowing for separate diving area with 1 and 3 meter boards and 5 meter platform, hydrotherapy pool. Mon.-Fri. 6:15pm-10pm, Sat. 2-7pm, Sun. 1-9pm. Montgomery Aquatic Center, 5900 Executive Blvd, North Bethesda, 301-468-4211, www.co.mo.md.us. Includes an 8 lane, L-shaped, 50 meter main pool, warm water leisure pool, two separate hydrotherapy pools for adults, 10 meter diving platform and interior water slide. Hours are Mon.-Fri. 6m-10pm, Sat. 8am-8pm, Sun. 2-6pm. Olney Indoor Swim Center, 16601 Georgia Avenue, Olney, 301-570-1210, www.rockvillemd.gov. Includes an 8 lane, 25 meter pool, separate diving area with 1 and 3 meter boards, a shallow warm water free form leisure pool, and two hydrotherapy pools. Hours are Mon.-Fri. 6am-10pm, Sat. 2-7pm, Sun. 12N-5pm. 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. Hours are 6am-9pm with specials 12-5:30pm for 48" and under, and 2-5:30pm for those 48" and up. Takoma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St., NW, 202-576-9533, www.dpr.dc.gov, Mon.-Fri. 6am-9 pm, Sat.-Sun. 9am-5pm. Turkey Thicket Community Center, 1100 Michigan Ave., NE, 202-576-9236, www.dpr.dc.gov, Mon.- Fri. 6:30am-8pm, Sat. 12N-5pm. Wayne K. Curry Sports & Learning Center, 8001 Sherrif Road, Landover, 301-583-2400, www.pgsportsandlearn.com. When the focus is on fun, the Leisure Pool is the place to relax. Water effects and tumble buckets take center stage. Swimmers can float along the Lazy River with its constant current, slide down the twisting-turning water slide, or kick back in the 18-person spa and let the warm jets of water, with temperatures ranging from 102 to 104 degrees, ease away aches and pains. Kept at a constant 84 to 86 degrees. Sun. 11am-5pm, Mon. 11am-5:30pm, Tue.-Thurs. 3-5:30pm, Fri.- |
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