Media Contact Only: John A. Stokes, (202) 673-2195

The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) will open 18 outdoor swimming pools and 4 spray parks at 20 DPR locations across the District for the weekend of June 7 to June 8, 2008.  In addition, two indoor aquatic facilities will be open Saturday and Sunday 9 am - 5pm.

Outdoor pools will be open Saturday and Sunday, 12 pm - 6 pm.  Spray parks will be open Saturday from 11 am – 4 pm.

Through the support of Amerigroup’s “DC Swims Free Program”, there will are no pool fees in 2008 for District residents. 

Outdoor pools open for the weekend of June 7 to June 8 (Pool, Address, Phone):

• Anacostia, 1800 Anacostia Dr., SE, (202) 724-1441
• Banneker, 2500 Georgia Ave., NW, (202) 673-2121
• Barry Farm, 1223 Sumner Rd., SE, (202) 645-5040
• Douglass, 1900 Stanton Terrace, SE, (202) 645-5045 
• East Potomac, Ohio Dr., SW, (202) 727-6523 
• Francis, 2500 N St., NW, (202) 727-3285
• Fort Lincoln, 3201 Ft. Lincoln Dr., NE, (202) 576-6389
• Fort Stanton, 1800 Erie St., SE, (202) 645-5047
• Georgetown, 3400 Volta Pl., NW, (202) 282-0381 
• Harry Thomas Sr., 1801 Lincoln Rd., NE, (202) 576-5640 
• Kenilworth Parkside, 4300 Anacostia Ave., NE, (202) 727-0635 
• Langdon Park, Mills Ave. & Hamlin St., NE, (202) 576-8655 
• Oxon Run, 4th St. & Mississippi Ave., SE, (202) 645-5042
• Randall, South Capitol & I Sts., SW, (202) 727-1420
• Rosedale, 17th and Gale Sts., NE, (202) 727-1502
• Upshur, 14th St. & Arkansas Ave., NW, (202) 576-8661

Spray Parks open on Saturday, June 7 (Spray Park, Address, Phone):

• Columbia Heights, 1480 Girard St., NW, (202) 671-0373
• Lafayette, 5900 33rd St., NW, (202) 282-2206 
• Petworth, 801 Taylor St., NW, (202) 576-6850 
• Riggs LaSalle, 501 Riggs Rd., NE, (202) 576-6045

Indoor aquatic facilities open the weekend of June 7 to June 8 (Pool, Address, Phone):

• Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St., NW, (202) 576-9284
• William H. Rumsey Aquatic Center, 635 North Carolina Ave., SE, (202) 724-4495