Draper Recreation Center Outdoor Pool

This pool is on the mountain side in south Draper with the most beautiful views. They have some weird open swimming hours depending on the day of the week so make sure you check the pool hours on the day you want to go. The outdoor pool is huge with 2 diving boards (1 normal height and 1 high board) and plenty of swimming lanes. They also have a large kiddie pool outside with a massive playground in it. Inside they have a massive indoor lap pool with an addition large indoor kiddie pool. The outdoor pool is completely surrounded by a lot of grassy areas, so even on the busiest of days you can usually find a spot on the grass to spread out picnic style. We went on the first day the pool opened in 2024 and because it’s a county pool, they were giving free memberships to anyone under the age of 18 under a county initiative to get more kids playing outside. So as long as you could prove you lived in Salt Lake County, all the kids got free memberships for the year.

We recently went to the Draper pool as a guest at our friends daughter's birthday party. The pool itself is huge, the kids had a great time. The only thing that I can say negative is that they are really strict about not bringing any of your own things such as floaties, or beach balls etc. Also, they won't let your kid on the diving board unless they can swim without floaties so that really upset my daughter. Also, you cannot bring any food or drinks so bring money for lunch. The fountain is a big hit, beautiful mountain scenery, fun place

Great place to go enjoy swimming, the field house, or the gym. It is pretty new and well kept. Their are indoor and outdoor options for swimming with slides and diving boards! Highly recommend if you are close.

Large pool, with both inside and outside options. Not too expensive, with it being $7/person. Person at front desk helped us out with a coupon. Lifeguards are pretty firm on rule following

The pool hours are the worst. Basically, you can go if you don’t have a job or from 5:30-6:00 when you get off work. They need to work out staffing issues and open the pool later. Who are the idiots that built a multi million dollar facility only to find out they can’t pay $10/hr to keep the pool open for normal summer hrs?!