DPR Customer Service: (202) 673-7647
DPR Aquatics Office: (202) 671-1289
DPR Media Contact: John Stokes, (202) 288-7275, [email protected]
Rachel Newman (202) 340-2910, [email protected]

Washington, DC – The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) announced today that it will open all its outdoor aquatic features (18 outdoor pools, 19 spray parks and four children's pools) to kick off the 2014 summer season, starting Saturday, May 24 at 12 pm, leading into the Memorial Day holiday.  

The District’s outdoor pools will remain open for the entire Memorial Day weekend - Saturday, Sunday and Monday - from 12 pm to 6 pm. DC's spray parks will also be open for the entire holiday weekend from 10 am to 7 pm. District residents with acceptable proof of residency can swim free of charge at all DPR pools; non-District residents must pay a fee.

DPR's administrative offices, indoor aquatic facilities, recreation and community centers will be closed Monday, May 26 for the Memorial Day holiday, with the exception of the Wilson Aquatic Center (4551 Fort Dr., NW), which will operate from 9 am to 5 pm. All permitted events will take place as scheduled and all fields will be open.

Immediately following the Memorial Day weekend, all outdoor aquatic facilities will operate on weekends only (Saturday and Sunday), from 12 pm to 6 pm, until Sunday, June 22. Starting the next day, on Monday, June 23, all outdoor pools and spray parks will begin their regular summer schedules. All outdoor pools are open six days a week, and are closed one day for cleaning and maintenance. Spray parks will operate seven days a week.

The following hyperlinks contain additional information on DPR's pools and pool safety. 

•    Aquatics admission, fees and proof of residency
•     Pool rules and safety guidelines
•     DPR outdoor pools
•     DPR children's pools
•     DPR spray parks
•     DPR press release on proper pool attire

For a complete listing of DPR's outdoor and children's pools, and spray park sites, please see below:

OUTDOOR POOLS
 Ward 1
  -  Banneker Pool - 2500 Georgia Ave., NW  (202) 673-2121
Ward 2
  -  East Potomac Pool - 972 Ohio Dr., SW  (202) 727-6523
  -  Francis Pool - 2435 N St., NW  (202) 727-3285
  -  Jelleff Pool - 3265 S St., NW  (202) 462-1317
  -  Volta Park Pool - 1555 34th Street, NW  (202) 645-5669
Ward 4
  -  Upshur Pool - 4300 Arkansas Ave., NW  (202) 576-8661
Ward 5
  -  Harry Thomas Sr. Pool - 1743 Lincoln Rd., NE  (202) 541-7499
  -  Langdon Park Pool - 2860 Mills Ave., NE  (202) 576-8655
  -  Theodore Hagans Pool - 3201 Fort Lincoln Dr., NE  (202) 576-6389
Ward 6
  -  Randall Pool - 25 I St., SW  (202) 727-1420
  -  Rosedale Pool - 1701 Gales St., NE  (202) 397-1315
Ward 7
  -  Benning Park Pool - 5100 Southern Ave., SE  (202) 645-5044
  -  Fort Dupont Pool - 830 Ridge Rd., SE  (202) 645-5046
  -  Kelly Miller Pool - 4900 Brooks St., NE  (202) 724-5056
Ward 8
  -  Anacostia Pool - 1800 Anacostia Dr., SE  (202) 724-1441
  -  Douglass Pool - 1921 Fredrick Douglass Ct., SE  (202) 645-5045
  -  Fort Stanton Pool - 1800 Erie St., SE  (202) 678-1798
  -  Oxon Run Pool - 501 Mississippi Ave., SE  (202) 645-5042

CHILDREN'S POOLS
Ward 1
  -  Happy Hollow - 2200 Champlain St., NW  (202) 673-2123
  -  Park View - 693 Otis Pl., NW  (202) 576-8658
Ward 6
  -  Lincoln Capper - 500 L St., SE  (202) 727-1080
  -  Watkins - 420 12th St., SE  (202) 727-1504

SPRAY PARKS
Ward 1
  -  14th & Girard Street - 14th and Girard Sts., NW
  -  14th & Park Road - 14th Street and Park Rd., NW
  -  Columbia Heights - 1480 Girard St., NW (202) 671-0373  
  -  Harrison - 1330 V St., NW (202) 673-7760
Ward 3
  -  Chevy Chase - 5500 41st St., NW  (202) 727-7714
  -  Friendship - 4500 Van Ness St., NW  (202) 282-2198
  -  Macomb - 3409 Macomb St., NW (202) 282-2199
  -  Palisades - 5200 Sherier Pl., NW  (202) 282-2186
Ward 4
  - Fort Stevens - 1327 Van Buren St., NW (202) 541-3754
  - Lafayette - 5900 33rd St., NW  (202) 282-2206
  - Petworth - 801 Taylor St., NW  (202) 576-6850
  - Riggs LaSalle - 501 Riggs Rd., NE  (202) 576-5224
  - Takoma - 300 Van Buren St., NW (202) 576-7068
Ward 5
  -  Joseph H. Cole - 1299 Neal St., NE  (202) 442-9262
  - Turkey Thicket - 1100 Michigan Ave., NE (202) 576-9238
Ward 6
  -  Kennedy - 1401 7th St., NW (202) 671-4794
Ward 7
  -  Fort Davis - 1400 41st St., SE  (202) 645-9212
  -  Hillcrest - 3100 Denver St., SE (202) 645-9200
Ward 8
  -  Fort Greble - Martin Luther King Jr., Ave., and Elmira St., SW

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