Druid Hill Park Swimming Pool

Not from Baltimore: came to swim and it was straight forward and one of the cleanest public pools I’ve been to. So many things to do - not crowded at all. They hilariously made me take a test to swim in the deep end (I’m 33 and a former lifeguard) but then all was fine. Staff was friendly. Cost is FREE. What more can you ask for??? Lockers have no locks. Easy enough to hide your phone in your towel (which you can take) if you forgot a lock.

Yes! Finally, a first class pool for the community. Well designed and well organized, it is definitely state of the art and handicapped accessible. Plus, there are four large pools: a game pool with pool rain, foot spouts, mushroom rain,graduated walk-in, water basketball, and slides, a pool with swim lanes for practicing your strokes, a dive pool with small rock wall and a baby pool. You enter the pool by pool screening check walkthrough a forced pool shower across the walkway. However, there are a few buts, and they are still major considerations. 1. Entry into the pool is a diagnostic nightmare. You must register your group in advance, arrive early, and, wait about 20-30 mins with your group. Then, IF YOU ARE DRESSED IN BATHING SUIT (out there in the parking open area) YOU MAY ENTER THE POOL!!!!! Others may wait under the six umbrellas outside. Inside three lovely age and swim appropriate pools await you with lifeguards BUT there is little or no side seating, you must be in the pool or camp on wall or lawn. 2. Parking is still a nightmare. That has not been corrected, so now that we have this huge pool that everyone wants to go to, Either the park or pool needs to do something about the little peninsula of a neck that you drive into, on arrival as there is not a lot of bus or street parking. 3. Lockers rooms are there for quick in out changes but remain to be updated with locks. Otherwise, congrats Druid Hill-/ you got y’self a niiiiiiiiiiiiiice nice pool! Time to get wet, y’all! :-) This pool is a huge beautification project and improvement for the area, but still did not get 5 stars because of points above. Otherwise, it’s a cool pool! Literally, temperature wise! 😆

Went to Afram. The park was pleasant until the insects swarmed all over the crowd. I'm not understanding why the grass was not treated before the festival. I've been to other parks, and this is not an occurrence. The park management needs to consider this option when there are large activities like this that are planned.

it was pretty nice here. I came with a sibling but didn't get in because I didn't want to get my braids wet. but maintenance could be better, like I'm looking at some guy with his cheeks out right now... also a kid threw up in a bathroom and no one cleaned it up. It's pretty cheap, though and my brother had a good time so 3/5☺️

Beautiful pool but staff is so unorganized. I bunch of children running it. The adults that are there just sit back and watch. Things to note before going 1. come only in bathing suite no coverup shorts or cotton anything 2. No bags what so ever carry your towel 3 locker are free but no locks on it 4 locker rooms are dirty 5 if you have a mixed group of children be prepared to stay in one space with all of them if they don’t meet the height requirements 6 DONT LEAVE THE LOCKER ROOM WITH ANYTHING EXCEPT YOUR TOWEL!!!!