Lake Area Recreation / Discovery Middle School Pool

Alexandria, MN, UNITED STATES

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Updated April 14, 2020.

Facility Overview

Facility Name
Lake Area Recreation / Discovery Middle School Pool
Address
510 North McKay Avenue
Alexandria, MN 56308
UNITED STATES
Telephone
(320) 762-3310

Adult Admission Price & Policy

Drop-in/Casual
$3.00. (Purchase your pass online HERE or call the pool.) [August, 2023]
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Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards

Pool 1
25y, 8 lanes, indoors, 84ºF (29ºC).
Diving
Two 1m diving boards.

Location

Location
From downtown Alexandria, take Hwy. 27 east to McKay Ave. Go left (north) on McKay for about 1/2 mile. The pool is on the left.
County/Region
Douglas County
GPS
45.896729, -95.353454

Teams That Use This Facility

Youth Swim
Click on the Team Name to view its website.

Facility Notes

We have no notes for this facility.

Facility Reviews

This is a very nice facility with a new pool and new locker rooms. The water temperature was perhaps 83ºF [28ºC] (it was 24ºF [-4.4ºC] outside). I swam at 5:30 AM for adult lap swim. There were no lane lines but there are painted lines on the pool floor. There were two other lap swimmers and three water exercisers - a pleasant surprise.

The first time I swam here, I did not see a lifeguard nor anyone to take any money. The second day, a fellow swimmer asked me to sign in and I realized that the teenager in the bleachers was the lifeguard, although she was in regular school clothes. She had a sign-in sheet and takes the admission fee.

There was the familiar sign of rules that says "no horseplay" - just like home.

If you're lucky and swim on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, the woman who coaches the swim team does her training there between 5:30 and 6:30 AM.
[November, 2013]