Best Indoor Pools In Minnesota
Who doesn't love a quick dip in the pool for some refreshment or exercise? Being in a state full of lakes, Minnesotans naturally gravitate towards swimming as a leisure activity. With it being a northern state, however, outdoor pools and lake swims can only be enjoyed for a few short months of the year. Luckily, there is an abundance of great indoor pools that allow for swimming all year round. Get a membership, or just pop-in to use any of these indoor pools.
Inver Grove Heights Community Center
8055 Barbara Ave.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55071
(651) 450-2480
www.ci.inver-grove-heights.mn.us
Head out to the suburbs of the Twin Cities for a full day of fun at the Inver Grove Heights Community Center. The entry fee for a day of swimming is low and the potential for fun is high. Little kids and older children alike will find something fun to do here. There is a zero entry area for smaller swimmers to splash around and plenty of water-spouting obstacles to play on and around.
Edinborough Park
7700 York Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55435
(952) 833-9540
www.edinboroughpark.com
If you're interested in more of a lap pool than a water park, Edinborough Park has an 82-degree pool designed for lap swimmers. Swimmers 16-years-old and up can get a great workout in this six-lane lap pool. While kids are out playing and climbing around the park structures the pool is tucked away in a back fitness center, making it a great place to reflect and spend some time working on yourself. Master swimmers and leisure swimmers enjoy getting their workouts in here.
Oxford Community Center
270 Lexington Parkway North
St. Paul, MN 55104
(651) 642-0650
www.stpaul.gov
In a beautiful area of St. Paul, the Oxford Community Center offers a great water park and lap pool at a very reasonable price! Large water slides and smaller play structures fill the pool for kids of all ages to splash around. A zero-depth entry area also makes it easy for swimmers of all ages to get involved. Another pool in the center, the lap pool, offers a deeper area to swim and float on a raft. Life jackets are available to rent and swimming lessons are offered year-round.
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Maple Grove Community Center
12951 Weaver Lake Rd.
Maple Grove, MN 55369
(763) 494-6500
www.maplegrovemn.gov
Maple Grove Community Center not only has a great fitness facility, outdoor pool and indoor play structure, they have a great indoor pool as well. Travel to the suburbs to enjoy a fantastic indoor pool filled with water slides for tots and big kids, a rope swing and plenty of things to spray water and play on. A lap pool offers the option to swim for exercise or relaxation and the zero depth area caters to younger swimmers. Enjoy Family Fridays, where there are discounts on admission at the center.
Venetian Waterpark
11801 Fountains Way N.
Maple Grove, MN 55369
(763) 425-3800
www.venetianwaterpark.com
You don't have to stay at this Holiday Inn to enjoy their indoor pool and waterpark. The Venetian Waterpark is a fun "Venice-themed" water park, built to make you feel like you are on the Mediterranean shore. Four-story water slides provide a thrill for older kids, while the kids' pool contains everything a baby to toddler may want. Play water basketball or just swim while you are there.
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Andrea Wodele is a freelance writer who has lived in the Twin Cities for the last 10 years. Her hobbies include exercising, driving kids around, watching Minnesota sports, and reading self-help literature. Examiner.com.
