north pennisula recreation center

A neat water park pool that I enjoy on those rainy days. Worth the visit but call ahead for open swim hours!

This is a great pool to go for a swim. Lap lanes, diving pool, diving board, water slide (additional charge), hot tub. Men's and women's changing rooms with lockers (one time use/non-refundable), showers, restrooms and a family changing room. If you're not going to swim but watch your kids there is a seating/viewing area. BEWARE....if you come on a Saturday or Sunday you might not find a place to sit in the viewing area. Many locals hold children's birthday parties there and it can be jammed. It actually makes it Iunenjoyable. In addition to the pool there is an exercise room, wallyball rooms, outdoor field, hiking trails, small playground outside the pool and then the best playground a stone's throw from the pool at the separate rec center building. Their playground is awesome for little ones. They have a small skateboard park, an indoor gym, indoor swing gulf, teen center, rental banquet room, commercial kitchen, and the Nikiski Community Library. It's probably the best rec center in all of the Kenai Peninsula.

What can I say? I would swim here everyday!! As it was, it's a 12-mile drive, but worth it. The water is a comfortable warm, unlike the high schoo in Ketchikan. The people there are nice. And I adored the hot tub. If you're overweight, don't worry! Jump in the water. No one is there to judge you. They are just happy to see you there! Definitely handicap accessible in and out of the water.