Not For Tourists Guide to Boston 2019 by Not for Tourists

Author:Not for Tourists
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Not For Tourists
Published: 2018-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

Sports • Swimming

General Information

City of Boston Swimming: www.cityofboston.gov/bcyf/facilities.asp

Department of Conservation Resources: www.mass.gov/eea/state-parks-beaches/pools-beaches-boating

MIT Zesiger Center: mitrecsports.com/index.php/aquatics

YMCA of Greater Boston: www.ymcaboston.org

New England Masters Swimming: www.swimnem.org

Overview

With your swimming options including universities, the oldest Y in the country, and local gyms, it’s easier to skip the many poorly maintained pools of the city with their odd hours. While the city’s pools are the cheapest option (meaning free), they’re only open from mid-June to mid-August. You’ll find the city’s website provides little help in locating pools and the only way to get schedules is to call each pool directly. For serious lap swimmers, the largest indoor pool in Boston is at MIT’s Zesiger Center (Map 27), running short course all winter and changing lanes to a 50 m for the summer. Day passes are available. New England Masters maintains a comprehensive listing on swimming clubs, workout locations, and stroke clinics. There are also YMCAs scattered around the metro area.

In the summer, the DCR operates many outdoor swimming and wading pools and public beaches along the Bay and at local ponds. Their website lists the hours and locations. The most famous wading pool is the Frog Pond in Boston Common. If fighting for pool space amongst hordes of screaming children is not your thing, favorite alternatives include taking a dip in Walden Pond in Concord (get there early, as the parking lot fills up fast) and strolling the busy beaches at Revere and Wollaston, which can be accessed by the Blue and Red Lines respectively. The Standells might “love that dirty water,” but ongoing efforts to improve the once dangerous water quality of the Charles River continue, and the Charles River Swimming Club held its first ever one-mile swim in 2007 to demonstrate its safety (toxic algae postponed it in 2006), but recreational swimming is not encouraged, especially after a heavy rain. For those of you with a little extra cash burning some holes in your designer swim trunks, the Colonnade Hotel (Map 6) has a rooftop pool that has a $50 weekday pass for the public. It’s like a club scene up there though, so make sure to spray tan on some abs if you’re on the flabbier side.

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