WASHINGTON — Good news for folks looking to stay cool while out and about in the District: The city's spray parks and select outdoor pools will remain open beyond Labor Day this year.
Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), and the DC Department of General Services (DGS), made the announcement Tuesday, that select locations will remain open until Sunday, Sept. 22. Originally, all outdoor pools and spray parks were scheduled to close for the season on Labor Day.
“We are excited to provide residents outdoor pool options in addition to our indoor pools to close out the summer season,” DPR Director Thennie Freeman said. “The locations that will remain open were selected to be most equitable to residents with one pool on both sides of the city and all DPR spray parks.”
The outdoor pools listed below will remain open six days a week, from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.:
- Hearst Pool (3701 37th Street, NW)
- Oxon Run Pool (501 Mississippi Avenue, SE)
For more details on each pool, click here.
The spray parks mentioned below will remain open daily, from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.:
- 14th and Girard Street (14th and Girard Street, NW)
- Benning Stoddert Recreation Center (100 Stoddert Place SE)
- Chevy Chase Recreation Center (5500 41st Street, NW)
- Columbia Heights Community Center (1480 Girard Street, NW)
- Columbia Heights Civic Plaza (14th Street & Park Road, NW)
- Eastern Market Metro Park (701 Pennsylvania Ave SE)
- Edgewood Recreation Center (3rd and Evarts Street, NE)
- Fort Davis Community Center (1400 41st Street, SE)
- Fort Stevens Recreation Center (1327 Van Buren Street, NW)
- Friendship Recreation Center (4500 Van Ness Street, NW)
- Guy Mason Recreation Center (3600 Calvert Street, NW)
- Hardy Recreation Center (4500 Q Street, NW)
- Harrison Recreation Center (1330 V Street, NW)
- Hillcrest Recreation Center (3100 Denver Street, SE)
- Joseph H. Cole Recreation Center (1299 Neal Street, NE)
- Kennedy Recreation Center (1401 7th Street, NW)
- King Greenleaf Recreation Center (201 N Street, SW)
- Lafayette-Pointer Recreation Center (5900 33rd Street, NW)
- Macomb Recreation Center (3409 Macomb Street, NW)
- Marvin Gaye at Division Avenue (Division & Foote Streets SE)
- Marvin Gaye Recreation Center (6201 Banks Place, NE)
- Palisades Community Center (5200 Sherier Place, NW)
- Park at LeDroit (319 Oakdale Place, NW)
- Petworth Recreation Center (801 Taylor Street, NW)
- Potomac Ave Triangle Park (1216 Potomac Ave SE)
- Reservoir Park Recreation Center (North Capital Street & Channing Street, NW)
- Riggs-LaSalle Recreation Center (501 Riggs Road, NE)
- Stead Park Recreation Center (1625 P Street, NW)
- Takoma Playground (300 Van Buren Street, NW)
- Watkins Recreation Center (420 12th St SE)
- Westminster Playground (911 Westminster Street, NW)
For more details on each spray park, click here.