Yosemite Pool

awesome outdoor pool!
really big and perfect for enjoying a hot summer day. they have a diving board that is open anyday when recreational swim is available. this pool open from July to August & closes down after summer (August 14 – 16) the reopens again next summer. besides that during the day’s that they are open its a very fun pool to come relax at… as well the staff is awesome and it’s always good vibes

Maybe more close to 3.5 stars, and I’ve only gone with my toddler son. When I lived in West LA I used to go to Stoner park, and the stoner pool, which was made for little kids and toddlers to have fun with all the fun splash stations. For some reason I expected some similar stuff at the Yosemite Pool. Instead the pool is just a regular pool which is not bad I suppose. The entry fee is pretty cheap as you would expect from a city pool, and the staff friendly. Bring exact change. A OK place to go to get some swimming in during the summer, but not one of the best.

Clean and friendly atmosphere. Completed my private lessons here this summer ($ 20/​lesson min. 4 lessons). Very accommodating and attentive. I went from a novice swimmer to make great progress. They also hold adult lessons that are held at 5pm for $ 20. Would I go back? Yes, but only for lessons. It’s pretty difficult/​weird practicing in a pool when it’s 97% kids and 3% adults.

Yosemite Pool is a seasonal public pool run under the auspices of City of LA Parks and Recreation Department. The pool was recently renovated and resurfaced. There is an covered observation area outside of the pool where abuelita’s and non swimmers can chill in the shade.
There are affordable/​free swim classes for children through adults as well as water polo, swim team and diving teams. The pool also reserves an area just for lap swimming, which is great.
The life guards and staff are on top of things and run a safe operation. This Summer I have seen two water rescues by the guards, and having grown up in country club culture I have to say that I am very impressed by not only their quickness, but their cool heads and coordination
Here is why I adore this pool–
$ 2.00 with library card– kids free– nice!

There is no particular entry for the Rec Center in which the pool is located so here this is.
The park is great in the morning when there is nobody there. My dog runs around without a leash and marks all things to his delight. I like the hidden Colosseum stairs in the back of the park for cardio training Balboa style. Nice!!!

Great outdoor pool. scenic mountain views, separate kid side and adult side. Not the best swimmers (kinda entertaining actually), and lanes are a little short for full on laps, but if you just want to cool down, swim a few casual laps, do a front flip off the diving board then this place is for you.

This is further away from home than Glassell Park pool so it is unlikely that I will come here often. The nice thing is that it is much less crowded than Glassell park pool. There are more teenagers hanging around on the roads riding through on skateboards, but generally, less families picnicking outside the fences or splashing around the ‘shallow end’ and trying to sneak into your lane… as they do at Glassell & Griffith Park.
In fact, if you swim laps, note that the lanes here are shorter that Glassell’s pool. In fact, are no lanes, so swim with your eyes open to avoid colliding into the guy who is doing a backstroke from one end to the other in a diagonal direction.
Because it’s less crowded, the water seems cleaner, bluer and fresher.
[Overheard at Glassel Park Pool on a very busy and hot day…
Lifeguard: Does the water seem saltier to you today?
Swimmer: «No. Do you add salt in the water?
Lifeguard: «No, we don’t add salt. But there is salt in people’s sweat.] Ew!!!
I also like that the change rooms have lots of cubicles instead of a wide open area.

So sad this pool is seasonal! I’d give more stars if it were open year round. I really liked this pool because of it’s size (huge) and location (set far back from the roads with trees and grass fields to look at). It’s really clean and a nice place to lap swim despite the screams from the kids who are generally ropped off by bouyes in the shallow end. Cleaner and newer feeling than Glassel park pool, but Glassel park pool is year round and not that bad. Can’t belive I actually PAID to swim in public pools in NY/​Brooklyn that were super gross, indoor, and a lot more crowded. LA has got it much better in terms of public pools!

this pool is better than the glassell park pool, but if you love swimming and tanning like me, don’t be stupid. make more money and live by the beach or get an apartment with a pool, because the LA pools just aren’t cutting it in my book.
okay so they are free with your los angeles pubic library card. excellent service!!! but there’s a down side. forget chairs. (i can live with it). forget playing in the shallows (i have yet to find an LA pool with a graded entrance– and too bad cuz that really helps little kids learn how to swim). and the worst and i just found this out today: you cannot untie your strings on your bathing suits girls. i wasn’t flashing anything! i have nothing to flash anyways! i was laying on my tummy, completely flat, with the strings untied so there would be no lines, and today was the first day out of many many days that i’ve been there that a lifegaurd came and told me i couldn’t.
i don’t like her! she made me feel like a nudist beach liker or a slut or something. i swear i’m neither! i don’t get it. it’s just a string. no fabric is being lifted from the area that would get me a ticket. and she also told me i couldn’t sit on the edge of the pool with my feet in the water. i don’t know why. i guess you have to stay behind some line or something.
and pay attention to the hours folks. they like to close for an hour between 3 and 4. it’s cleaner than glassell pool, and it’s newer, hence the 3 instead of 2 stars. that’s about all i have to say about that
had to edit this and knock it down a star. now that same pick on me girl has told my friend and i that we are not to wear white shirts to their pool!!! seriously the nerve. i asked «why?» because i’m seriously sick of this arbitrary bossiness and she said «in case we do a drill that means you need help» !!! geez are these rules written anywhere? have they ever even done a drill in the busy afternoon? i’ve never seen one done. ever.