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DPR Announces the 2014 Spray Parks, Outdoor & Children's Pools Closure Schedule

Sunday, August 10, 2014

DPR Customer Service: (202) 673-7647
DPR Aquatics Office: (202) 671-1289

Media Contacts

John Stokes (DPR), (202) 288-7275
Rachel Newman (DPR), (202) 340-2910
Kenneth Diggs (DGS), (202) 580-9361

(Washington, DC) - The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) released the Outdoor Aquatic Facilities Closure Schedule for the 2014 summer season.

DPR will implement the first phase of Outdoor Pool closures starting on Sunday, August 10, 2014.

  • All Outdoor Pools will close in waves beginning on Sunday, August 10, 2014.  Pools will close for the season at 6 pm on their respective Sundays.

  • All Children's Pools will close for the season at 6 pm on Sunday, August 17, 2014.

  • All Spray Parks will close for the season at 7 pm on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2014. Please note that select spray parks will undergo renovations after September 1.
  • East Potomac Outdoor Pool will close for the season at 6 pm on Sunday, October 19, 2014.

Below is the comprehensive closure schedule for the 2014 season. 
 Pools are listed by type (Outdoor, Children's and Spray Park) and then by date. 
Please call DPR's Aquatics office at (202) 671-1289 should you have additional questions or need further assistance.


Outdoor and Children's Pools Closure Schedule

Closing at 6 pm on Sunday, August 10 for the season:

Ward 5

  • Langdon Park Pool  (2860 Mills Avenue, NE)
Ward 7
  • Kelly Miller Pool  (4900 Brooks Street, NE)
Ward 8
  • Douglass Pool (1921 Fredrick Douglass Court, SE)


Closing at 6 pm on Sunday, August 17 for the season:

Ward 1
  • Happy Hollow Children's Pool (2200 Champlain Street, NW)
  • Park View Children's Pool (693 Otis Place, NW)
Ward 5
  • Harry Thomas Sr. Pool (1743 Lincoln Road, NE)
Ward 6
  • Lincoln Capper Children's Pool (555 L Street, SE)
  • Watkins Children's Pool (420 12th Street, SE)
Ward 7
  • Benning Park Pool (5100 Southern Avenue, SE)

Closing at 6 pm on Sunday, August 24 for the season:

Ward 2
  • Jelleff Pool (3265 S Street, NW)
  • Volta Park Pool (1555 34th Street, NW)
Ward 5
  • Theodore Hagans Jr. Pool (3201 Fort Lincoln Drive, NE)
Ward 6
  • Randall Pool (25 I Street, SW)
Ward 7
  • Fort Dupont Pool (830 Ridge Road, SE)
Ward 8
  • Anacostia Pool (1800 Anacostia Drive, SE)
  • Fort Stanton Pool (1800 Erie Street, SE)

Closing at 6 pm on Monday, September 1 for the season:

Ward 1
  • Banneker Pool (2500 Georgia Avenue, NW)
Ward 2
  • Francis Pool (2435 N Street, NW)
Ward 4
  • Upshur Pool (4300 Arkansas Avenue, NW)
Ward 6
  • Rosedale Pool (1701 Gales Street, NE)
Ward 8
  • Oxon Run Pool (501 Mississippi Avenue, SE)

Closing at 6 pm on Sunday, October 19 for the season

Ward 2
  • East Potomac Pool (972 Ohio Drive, SW)

Spray Parks Closure Schedule

Closing at 7 pm on Monday, September 1 for the season:

Ward 1
  • 14th & Girard Street Spray Park (14th and Girard Street, NW)
  • 14th & Park Road Spray Park (14th Street and Park Road, NW)
  • Columbia Heights Spray Park (1480 Girard Street, NW)
  • Harrison Spray Park (1330 V Street, NW) 

Ward 3

  • Chevy Chase Rec. Ctr. Spray Park (5500 41st Street, NW
  • Friendship Spray Park (4500 Van Ness Street, NW);
  • Macomb Spray Park (3409 Macomb Street, NW)
  • Palisades Spray Park (5200 Sherier Place, NW);
Ward 4
  • Fort Stevens Spray Park (1327 Van Buren Street, NW)
  • Lafayette Spray Park (5900 33rd Street, NW)
  • Petworth Spray Park (801 Taylor Street, NW)
  • Riggs LaSalle Spray Park (501 Riggs Road, NE)
  • Takoma Spray Park (300 Van Buren Street, NW)
Ward 5
  • Joseph H. Cole Spray Park (1299 Neal Street, NE)
  • Turkey Thicket Spray Park (1100 Michigan Avenue, NW)
Ward 6
  • Kennedy Spray Park (1401 7th Street, NW)
Ward 7
  • Fort Davis Spray Park (1400 41st Street, SE)
  • Hillcrest Spray Park (3100 Denver Street, NW)
Ward 8
  • Fort Greble Spray Park (ML King Jr. Avenue and Elmira Street, SW)

To contact DPR Aquatics Division, call (202) 671-1289 or 
online at DPR Aquatics Activities or DPR Aquatics Facilities.