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“Summer is Winding Down and Outdoor Pools will be Closing”

From DPR:

“The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) has released the outdoor aquatic facilities’ closures schedule for the 2023 summer season. Outdoor pools will close in waves beginning on Sunday, August 6, 2023 and ending on Monday, September 4, 2023. Pools will close for the season at 6 p.m. on their respective day.

All spray parks will close for the season at 8 p.m. on Monday, September 4, 2023.

Below is the comprehensive closure schedule for outdoor pools listed by closure dates.

Closing at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 6 for the season:

Park View Children’s Pool (693 Otis Place NW)

Happy Hollow Children’s Pool (2200 Champlain Street NW)

Lincoln Capper Children’s Pool (555 L Street SE)

Kelly Miller Pool (4900 Brooks Street NE)

Closing at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 13 for the season:

Jelleff Pool (3265 S Street NW)

Theodore Hagans Pool (3201 Fort Lincoln Drive NE)

Woody Ward Pool (5100 Southern Avenue SE)

Douglass Pool (1921 Frederick Douglass Ct. SE)

Closing at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 20 for the season:

Volta Park Pool (1555 34th Street NW)

Randall Pool (25 I Street SW)

Kenilworth Pool (4321 Ord Street NE)

Anacostia Pool (1800 Anacostia Drive SE)

Closing at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 27 for the season:

Fort Stanton Pool (1800 Erie Street SE)

Harry Thomas Sr. Pool (1743 Lincoln Road NE)

Closing at 6 p.m. on Monday, September 4 for the season:

Banneker Pool (2500 Georgia Ave. NW)

Francis Pool (2435 N Street NW)

Hearst Pool (3701 37th Street NW)

Upshur Pool (4300 Arkansas Avenue NW)

Langdon Pool (2860 Mills Avenue NE)

Rosedale Pool (1701 Gales Street NE)

Ridge Road (830 Ridge Road SE)

Oxon Run Pool (501 Mississippi Avenue SE)”

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