Greenbelt’s indoor pool is scheduled to close on Monday, April 7, for repairs (see the January 30, 2025, issue). The current projected reopening date of the indoor pool is Monday, September 29. The city hopes to be able to keep the outdoor pool open past the usual Labor Day weekend until the indoor pool reopens. Staff are also working to open the outdoor pool early, possibly as soon as Monday, May 5, according to information on the city’s website, though the opening date is yet to be confirmed.
Additional Hours
The outdoor pool will open earlier and close later than in regular summer seasons. Its projected hours are Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with closing time extended to 8:30 p.m. between May 24 and September 8.
Passes and Rates
Daily rates and membership rates will not be impacted. However, passholders who will not use the outdoor pool can pause their membership during the closure. Pool staff say further details regarding membership pauses will be sent directly to current passholders prior to the closure date of April 7.
Activities and Programs
Greenbelt Aquatic & Fitness Center has announced they will run a modified schedule of programs utilizing the outdoor pool. They hope to include youth swim lessons, morning and evening water exercise sessions and senior swim, while also accommodating the summer season practice schedule for Greenbelt’s Municipal Swim Team. The finalized schedule of department programs will be published in the 2025 Recreation Summer Activity Guide.
The hot tub will be closed for the duration of the repairs, confirmed Assistant Director Andrew Phelan. However, the family/accessible changing room and bathroom located off the pool deck, which also serves as an all-gender changing room and bathroom is expected to be available. “At this time, we do not anticipate any access restrictions to the changing room/restroom in the indoor pool area and we hope to have it available throughout the indoor pool closure to those that wish to use that room,” Phelan told the News Review.
The fitness wing and its hours will not be impacted.
