Portage Indoor Pool
Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES
Adult Admission Price & Policy
Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards
20y x 30f, 5 lanes, 3f - 8f depth, indoors,
79ºF (26ºC).
Location
Teams That Use This Facility
We have no web links or contact information for teams that train at this facility.
Facility Notes
There is also a 50m x 21m, 8 lane, pool and a 25m x 16m, 6 lane diving tank with a full array of boards and platforms at this park that were built for the Pan American Games in the 1960s. Both are outdoors and operated seasonally. The outdoor pools were refurbished in 2000, and a wading pool and sun deck were added at that time. The Chicago Parks & Recreation Dept. website for the outdoor pools is HERE.
Facility Reviews
A local swimmer advises that the nearby Shabbona Park Pool is a "much better choice" for swimming than this one.
The indoor pool is warm and in a very low-ceilinged, dark, stuffy room. The outdoor, seasonal (Memorial Day to Labor Day), pool is fabulous, with ample lap swimming hours in the morning, two or three lanes during the rest of the day, and a locker room going through a badly needed renovation.
I think the indoor pool at Portage Park is great. It has a new locker room and adult swim times are much more flexible. The parking lot is a little far. At Shabbona park the pool is bigger and parking is close but the locker room for women is horrible. Also the swim times at Shabbona are not flexible. Given a choice, I will go to Portage Park. I don't get depressed when I walk in the locker room there.
[July, 2013]
[July, 2013]