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Seasonal pools to open
It's that time of year. In the next week or so, the region's public outdoor pools will be opening.
Here's a list of the big public pools in the Triangle and when they'll open. If I'm missing your favorite, please add it in the comments.
Biltmore Pool, 701 Crown Crossing Lane: Open June 13 to Aug. 16
Chavis Pool, 720 Chavis Way: Open June 13 to Aug. 16
Lake Johnson Pool, 1416 Athens Dr.: May 23 to Aug. 31
Longview Pool, 321 Bertie Dr.: June 13 to Aug. 23
Ridge Road Pool: 1709 Ridge Rd.: May 30 to Aug. 23
Optimist Pool, 5902 Whittier Dr: Reopens June 1 after a massive upgrade.
Pullen Aquatic Center, 410 Ashe Ave., and Millbrook Pool, 1905 Spring Forest Rd., will begin their summer hours on May 18. Millbrook also will open its wading pool and sprayground on May 18.
Here is Raleigh Aquatics Summer 2009 brochure with hours of operation and more.
The city's two outdoor pools are open from June 13 to Aug. 16.
Locations: Hillside (1300 S. Roxboro St.) and Long Meadow Pool (917 Liberty St.)
Hours: 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Hillside has special free swim hours from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Long Meadows are from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays.
A.D. Clark Outdoor Pool is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The town's Web site will be updated later with more information on the schedule.
Holding Park Pool, 133 W. Owen Ave., will be open May 23 through May 25, June 6 through June 7, and open on a daily basis starting June 15. The season ends Aug. 23. Open swim times are 1 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 7 p.m. on the weekends.
The Morrisville Aquatic and Fitness Center, 1301 Morrisville Parkway, is open year-round and the pool's air-supported bubble roof is already removed, I'm told. Hours are 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Click here for Mom2Mom's Public Pools resource page for information about indoor pools.
Looking for something to do with your kids? Go to www.trianglemom2mom.com/play or visit Mom2Mom every Thursday.
Comments
Are there any sprayparks around the triangle? I had heard rumor of Durham parks having spraypark areas, but I haven't confirmed it.
Raleigh and Durham have several spraygrounds where contraptions shoot water at the kids and there are big buckets that dump water, etc., the set up depends on where you go.
The spraygrounds in Raleigh are at the Lake Johnson, Chavis, Millbrook, Ridge Road locations.
Three spraygrounds in Durham are open now and they are at:
Edison Johnson (500 W. Murray Avenue)
East End Park and E.D. Mickle Community Center (1200 N. Alston Avenue)
Forest Hills (1639 University Drive)
Another is at the Hillside pool but they won't be open until June 13.
Here's some more information about the Durham spraygrounds: http://www.durhamnc.gov/news/NewsDisplay.cfm?vNewsID=1792