How great is this?!?! Hats off to the guide’s creator, Lily Alexander.

One note: J. Finnegan did not, in the end, open this summer, due to mechanical issues.

About this guide:

Fresh out of graduate school and under-employed, I knew I wasn’t going to be doing much traveling this summer. But who needs travel when you have 60+ public pools all over Philadelphia to choose from?! 

In an effort to try new pools (I’d previously mostly been to ones in West and South Philly), I designed a guide for myself to help motivate me.

Using Kali’s amazing pool guide and the City’s pool finder, I cobbled together the list of 62 pools that Parks & Rec opened (or plans to open) this summer. I also added some fun icons to highlight the different qualities of each of the pools. 

And when word got out that I made a pool guide, others asked for it and wanted a copy! So here it is. 

In this last month of pool season, I hope this little guide can be a resource as you go forth and explore Philly’s incredible public pool scene. 

– Lily

P.S. One of my dreams is for one of the public pools in Philly to have an outdoor ping pong table. The community pool of my youth (outside of D.C.) had a couple of tables and we would spend hours playing. If anyone knows of a pool + ping pong situation, drop it in the comments! 

And here’s the guide in a printer-friendly brochure format: