South Davis Recreation Center

Pool review. It was our first time here today. It’s pretty a great deal. $ 10 for three of us. 2 adults and a two-​year-​old. She was free. I’m not sure what else the $ 10 covered since all we were interested in was swimming. You’re free to use the outdoor and the indoor pool. Even the big yellow slide. THAT was fun! I did notice they had a big lap pool, that may be included. I had a big problem with the cleanliness of the facility. The bathrooms and locker rooms were gnarly. I know everything is wet all the time, but ugh! When we were going from the outside pool to the indoor pool, the cement was blazing hot so we used the hallway inside. Thank goodness they have an alternative route, but I was shuddering and almost gagging at the slimy feeling under bare feet. I couldn’t walk fast enough.
I had to use the bathroom and the floors were wet, but smelled like urine. So understandably wet floors from swimmers, all of a sudden made me feel like I was walking puddles of pee. I’m not sure what it is about B-​town residents and visitors, but there must be a no-​flush pledge with the local «loggers» I wasn’t made aware of. Every dang toilet had a surprise. They need to get full time employees just to flush after people.
Last note, I’m a lake swimmer and it’s been a while since I’ve ventured into a public pool, but I thought the water seemed very cloudy. I don’t remember pools being cloudy. Yikes.
I’m gong to really think of our experience today and decide if we’ll spend some time there this summer. But if we find another facility that seems cleaner, I don’t mind driving farther.

Nice skating rink and pool. We visit family in Utah a few times a year, and stop in here no matter what season. Great value and a nice place to let the kids play.

Went to the pool only!
We went for a visit with family and were supet impressed. Nice little splash area with ankle deep-​water for the little ones or non swimmers. Sweet lazy river and basket ball shooting area pool for better swimmers. plus an indoor waterslide and next to that a jacuzzi!
Outside is a huge splashpad and pirate ship with water activities and more to do for the little ones :-)
Large changing rooms with lots of showers and a suit dryer (try it) — no more going home with a soaked swimsuit!
I can’t wait to become memebrs so we can enjoy the rest of the center!

Pool only review here, I haven’t experienced any other part of this facility.
I’ve been here twice now to swim with some friends, and on both visits I had a really fun time. The pool is pretty awesome. Outdoors, there is a shallow pool with a pirate ship. Indoors, there is a shallow kiddy pool with a water playground. There’s also a lap pool and a lazy river. There is a big slide for kids of all ages, and it actually gets fast enough to get your heart pumping a bit! The kiddy pool, lap pool, lazy river, and slide outlet are all indoors, and they’re all connected.
There is a nice big jacuzzi indoors as well, which they actually keep open for an hour after the pool closes. (The pool usually closes at 9, jacuzzi at 10.) It’s a nice way to relax and cap off a long swim.
Depending on the time of day and what day it is, there can be lots of little kids here, but they mostly stick to the kiddy pool. Teens and young adults mostly hang out in the lap pool, where there’s a basketball hoop.
Lots of lifeguards walking around and keeping an eye on everyone. This is probably one of the safer places one can go to swim.
The locker rooms are clean and well-​equipped, the showers have soap and hot water. There’s also a nifty little machine that dries off your swimsuit. Everything is included in the price of pool admission.
The only qualm I have with this place is that the pool isn’t very deep at any point. The lap pool is the deepest part and I don’t believe it gets any deeper than five feet.
For swimming, the cost is $ 5 per adult (I think kids’ prices are cheaper). I feel like this place is worth every penny, and worth the drive out from Salt Lake City.

Fun place with plenty to so, swimming pool, work out center, kids pool area, basketball, rock walls and ice skating. Not kept very clean but good prices.

Nicely equipped community rec center. Nice gym, basketball, racquetball and exercise equipment. Ice skating rink is a bonus. The men’s hockey locker room is beyond fowl smelling. Take ten Jr. High boys lockers rooms, concentrate the odor and you still don’t match the intensity to the maldorous hell of SDCRC men’s hockey locker room

Wasn’t too bad, lots to do and at a good price.

We enjoy the rec center but the locker rooms and the bathroom/​shower areas are DISGUSTING! Always wet, stinky and dirty. Also the child care is terrible the girls are snotty little brats who talk bad about the children in their care. They constantly complain about their job and are always watching stuff on their phones with headphones in. Despite these few things it’s a pretty good place.

The rec center has treated us well for many years now. We come here to play, exercise, attend birthday parties, take classes etc. Two of the ankle biters have taken multiple swimming lessons here, each time with excellent teachers. It’s a great deal, at less than $ 4 per lesson. We’ve also utilized their off-​site soccer and tball programs, again with awesome results.
The main drawbacks I have are with the cleanliness of the locker rooms. They are pretty nasty. Does that just come with the territory? I don’t know but I absolutely hate using them. The changing stalls need something better than the thin curtain that exposes you if you even breathe on it.
Other than that, you’ll have a great time at this rec center. I recommend buying a punch pass if you come twice a month, but consider getting the full blown membership if you plan on coming more often than that.

My family has been here twice. It’s a well equipped facility, staffed well, and with helpful and friendly front desk employees. There’s certainly plenty to do for the family at SDRC, and daycare is available throughout the week, though calling ahead to verify vacancy is wise.
My 3 stars is mostly due to how well the facility is kept. For how many employees there are, the pool area and locker rooms can get yucky, and more often than not needs attention. Just today, the outside pool area had smashed food all over the concrete floor, some of which carried over inside through the hallway to the locker rooms. EW! Food + smashed + wetness = grossness. (Granted, I’m a neat freak, so take the latter paragraph as you will.)

The Rec Center is a staple if you live in South Davis County. It’s great to take the family Swimming, Ice Scating. They have races and Triathlons. The rec center is definitely a family friendly environment. So if you are going to the gym and expect to not see kids, this is not the place. However, the staff is very friendly. The Spin, Aerobics, and Water Aerobics Classes are great. I only mark them down one star because the equipment, in particular the spin bikes, need to be replaced and updated.

The Rec Center is great for what it is, A COMMUNITY REC CENTER!
I have spent time at the Rec Center at various times of the day. Early morning it is mostly adults with a few teens working on their basketball game. Late morning it is full of adults and seniors working out and a handful of tots taking swim lessons. After school and early evening it gets crazy with a ton of kids in a whole variety of lessons and programs. During the summer it is always crazy with kids; IT IS A COMMUNITY REC CENTER!
Overall I think the South Davis Rec Center fulfills its mission to provide fitness opportunities to its local community ! If you don’t like kids find a place to workout that doesn’t cater to families. I personally workout at Gold’s and take the kids to the Rec Center for almost everything else.
There is no point in ripping on the place for being good at what it is.

A good place to go to for families who are looking for things to do. Swimming, ice skating, racquetball, basketball, a mini-​track, and a gym. It is pretty crowded and chaotic, although a good bargain. There are also random swim meets or hockey games so I have gone sometimes and had to turn around and go home because the rink was closed, etc.

My whole family has a full pass here for how much you ask? Well let me expound upon this for you. golds will take you to the cleaners so you can work out with a bunch egotistical narcasists, Anytime is awesome if you want to just use weights or do cardio anytime you’d like (which is usually what i’m at the gym for so this has suited me very well. But South Davis has like 3 pools of which 2 are in doors. One in door pool has a huge slide my boy will go on about 40 times in 1 hour. the other pool has 3 diving boards going into 14ft of deep crystal clear water. Besides swimming, they have a great gym to workout, they have racquetball courts, playgrounds outside, a friggin ice skating rink that is also used for a Hockey League. For the price there is absolutely no gym in the valley that can compete especially that crappy rip off they call Gold’s Gym.

What can I say, this place is infested with unmonitored children. This isn’t a rec center where you can go get your swell on, it’s day care for the families in Bountiful. If you are serious about your own personal fitness, go to a real gym.
The staff isn’t that friendly either — but I can’t really blame them since they are monitoring children running amuck. Once my membership expires, I’m going to look for a new gym.

The pools are great — very spacious. Locker rooms are just ok — pretty wet and mucky.
The group fitness classes are awesome! Good equipment and fun!
Cardio machines aren’t too bad.
This place is very affordable — especially for families!
The daycare isn’t great. The employees don’t interact with the kids. And it’s expensive if you have more than one child. They should do a monthly pass plan or something to make it more affordable.
The outdoor pool is great!
The Rec Center does some great events for holidays and fun runs!

The indoor pool slide is so much fun! It makes me giggle like a kid. The center offers a variety of things to do. Ice skating, basketball, lap pools, recreational pools, track, work out machines, weights, …
In the summer months, the outside water playground is great. It has a pirate ship with a slide and water fountains to cool you off.

This place rocks. Its more than a fitness center. They are always providing killer classes, fun community events, and plenty of athletic teams/​competitions to be part of.

I just got a membership at Gold’s Gym in Bountiful because I can’t stand working out here. The prices may be good, especially for families, but this is NOT a good place to work out. This place is so overcrowded all of the time, there are never any racquetball courts available and the weight room and cardio machines are always packed.
The bathrooms are DISGUSTING. They are pretty far away from the workout area, closer to the pools, and are always soaked with water. It’s impossible to change from your work clothes to gym clothes without getting your feet and socks wet. They smell horrible because of the constant moisture. They should really have a separate bathroom for those who are there not to swim.
And the KIDS. This is the main reason I have stopped going here. Kids are everywhere, screaming, yelling. Running around soaking wet, getting water everywhere. Even though they «aren’t allowed» upstairs in the weight area, that doesn’t stop them.
So this place may be a dream to a family who only wants to use the pools/​ice skating. It’s a nightmare to the childless adult who wants to use the gym equipment. So just beware.

The rec center is overall a great place to play or workout. The membership prices are pretty cheap (about $ 400 for a couple for a year). The pools are awesome. They have 1 side for kids with a water slide, playland and basketball hoops and another side with diving boards and a lap pool for adults (though sometimes kids do end up in the lanes, they are out rather quickly when they see an adult swimming in the same lane). Locker rooms are big with a couple changing stalls, lots of private showers and a bathroom. There is a steam room which is always empty. The weight-​lifting area is adequate, but there are usually a bunch of people there so it makes the area seem smaller than it is. I’ve never missed a workout because of crowding though. The cardio area sucks. There aren’t enough machines and someone is always waiting for the next open spot. They have an indoor running track, which is nice. I’ve never checked out the ice rink, but it’s huge and there are always people ice skating. There are a couple racquetball courts and 1 aerobics room. The aerobics classes are awesome. There is something for everyone (step class, yoga, spin, zumba…). The only downside to this place is 1) the only bathroom in the entire joint (after you pay to get in) is in the locker room. NO ONE likes to walk into the damp, smelly locker room to use the bathroom. 2) there are always a million kids running around. Even though there are signs all over saying children shouldn’t be in the cardio/​weight area, they always are. All-​in-​all, the rec center is a great place to workout because they offer tons of other things that a normal gym just can’t deliver.