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Takoma Recreation Center
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| Official Web site: |
http://app.dpr.dc.gov/dprmap/details.asp?cid=84 
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| Address: |
300 Van Buren Street, N.W.
, Takoma Park
, Washington
, DC
, UNITED STATES
(Postal Code: 20011)
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| Telephone: |
(202)
576-9533.
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Admission:
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Visitors (adult):
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Residents Free. Non-residents $4.00, SC(55) $3.00. Cash is not accepted; bring a credit card. [June, 2010]
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Facilities:
(Full-size, year-round)
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Pool:
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50m x 25y,
indoors,
84ºF (29ºC). |
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Diving equipment:
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1m and 3m boards, 5m platform. |
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What's On:
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Masters swim team:
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The DCRP Masters Swim Team.
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The District of Columbia Aquatic Club.
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Locator:
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Notes:
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The pool opened in March, 2005.
Current schedule information can be found on the DC Dept. of Parks & Recreation Web site.
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Reviews:
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The staff is friendly and helpful; the facility is modern; and the pool is large. Before 3 PM, the facility is often quite empty. Even in the evenings, there is minimal lane sharing necessary. Lanes are 25m long (lap swimming is cross-wise). Unlike other DC pools, you can secure the lockers with your own lock; no quarter is necessary to lock locker. It’s a beautiful pool.
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Data source:
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The information for this listing was cobbled together from a couple of Web sites.
(The "Data source" may have contributed the initial, basic information used to create this listing but, in most cases, that information will have been added to over time by a number of other sources - most often, other swimmers. We can't acknowledge the source of each bit of information, but we are grateful to all contributors.)
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Other useful sites: |
Art Hutchinson's Lap Swimming Etiquette 101.
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Sensitive to chlorine byproducts in pool water? See Chlorine-Free Swimming. |
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