Beat the heat at the pool!
September 7, 2011
Pools are a great place to cool off during a heat wave. This week, with 90+ degree weather expected, two PP&R pools will be open.
Open through next Friday
Monday through Friday: 11 am - 1 pm lap swim and parent/preschool swim, 4 - 7:25 pm lap swim
Saturday and Sunday: 12 - 1 pm lap swim and parent/preschool swim; 1:10 - 4:25 open play swim; 4:30 - 6:00 family swim and lap swim
Adults $4
Kids $2.50
2 and under free
Open this Saturday and Sunday
Noon - 6 pm
Adult $5
Kids $3.50
2 and under free
Photo: This great photo of Sellwood Pool is from flickr user russelldavies. Thanks!
Splash pads around the city are also open. "Not only do they make the hot days more tolerable," writes the Oregonian, "but they pull people into the park. It's like a modern - and more colorful - version of the time-honored tradition of running through the sprinkler. Urban renewal in the form of water." Splash pads at the following parks are currently open:
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Columbia - North Lombard + Woolsey |
Essex - SE 79th + Center |
| Earl Boyles - SE 112th + Boise | Elizabeth Caruthers - 3508 SW Moody |
| Farragut - North Kerby + Farragut | Grant - NE 33rd + US Grant Place |
| Kenton - 8417 North Brandon | McCoy - North Trenton + Newman |
| Northgate - North Geneva + Fessenden | Peninsula - 700 North Rosa Parks Way |
| Pier - North Lombard + Bruce | Raymond - SE 188th + Raymond |
| Stark Street Island - SE 106th + Stark | Woodlawn - NE 13th + Dekum |