Wheat Ridge Parks & Rec

My daughter was here with YMCA and suggested we come back since it's 94 today and it was wonderful.. pool was warm lots of space to swim not to overwhelm crowds

This was a great place to get in a water workout in a warm water pool, which is our favorite. We came here to use the pool. They have a lap pool and they also have a warmer pool that includes a lazy river and a couple of lap lanes, along with the children’s play area. We were there on a weekday afternoon well swim lessons were going on, but had plenty of space to use one lap lane and the lazy river. They have a set of steps to enter by the lazy river and they have a chairlift that enters into one of the lanes. There’s also a hot tub that has steps with a rail to get in. In the family locker room there are two accessible changing rooms with a bathroom and shower, including a shower bench and adjustable showerhead. They have an automatic door opener, which is phenomenal, however, the lock is up pretty high, which makes it less accessible for wheelchair users, and short people. there are two other changing rooms in the family locker space that don’t have the automatic button, adjustable showerhead, or shower bench, or grab bars on the toilet, but are still fairly large and have space for a wheelchair user There was plenty of accessible parking and automatic doors to get into the building. The space exiting was pretty tight due to how they have the chairs arranged, somebody with a larger wheelchair may have to exit through the entry lane. We also used the steam room, there was no automatic door, but the door wasn’t terribly heavy. We’ve been to lots of rec centers in the Denver Metro area, and this is definitely one of the most accessible.

My 19 year old little sister passed away about 5 years ago. She worked here. They were so kind to put out a bench, tree, rock and flowers to honor my sister. Absolutely beautiful. The actual center is nice as well. The swimming pool is fun. Great staff. Would reccomend!!!

Clean and affordable gym. Lots of things to do. I wish the mens bathroom showers had walls or curtains. Maybe changing rooms. I don't like getting nakey in front of strangers. Kinda weird and outdated. Also I mainly joined for the hot tub. I get sore from hiking and wanted to relax my muscles. Unfortunately it's more of a luke warm tub and not really a hot tub.

Our one positive to our swim trip was the front desk staff were quick. Otherwise we will not be going back to this rec center for swimming again. The facilities were not open as the schedule says (lap swim all visit), water features were turned off like the slide, older kids running around and rough housing without life guard intervention, overcrowded, “adult swim” every hour for the one person deciding to swim laps in the leisure pool, and gross locker rooms with chipped toilet and trash/food on the floor and sink. With so many other options around, it’s worth the drive to have a clean facility with active life guards.