Gladstone Municipal Pool 7011 North Holmes Street, Gladstone, MO 64118

"Pristine and large outdoor community pool located at Holmes and 70th, just north of the Gladstone Community Center, directly across from the Gladstone Police department and Gladstone City Hall. Sun-Mon 12-7 Fri/Sat 12-8 The entrance is in the front of the building at the top of stairs with a brown cupula facing west towards the Gladstone Police department. Nominal amounts of parking available in front of the pool, large parking available by turning at the fourway stop into a large parking lot situated between the community outdoor pool and the community center. Very reasonable season membership rates, current 2023 daily rates are $8, $5 after 5, and children under three are free. Spacious changing rooms with separate stalled shower and toilet facilities, but no lockers. Just take your stuff in a bag and find a place. I've heard of no issues with anyone's belongings. extensive snack bar with shaded eating area, and hundreds of white lounge chairs surrounding in both shade and sun. Expansive splash zone on concrete, huge shallow end with both zero entry and stair options, wall divider with a large free swim deep end, and three lap lanes. Two tubular water slides of varying sizes, one is quite large, one low diving board, and a rock climbing wall for jumping off into deeper water. All areas are zoned off safely, including splash zones, with buoy ropes and double lane lines. Ample amount of lifeguards with visible red swimwear and whistles, seem to change posts every 15-30 minutes. My only ding is that it is not especially ADA friendly. Wheelchair accessibility would be difficult, there is only one ADA changing area, however, the others are so small that if you are actually trying to change, you almost have to use that one. I am visually impaired and I have some crazy, embarrassing stories. Some of this is to be expected, but there is always an amount of nervousness due to multiple obstacles and inevitably striking kids that magically appear in lap lane. Everybody's been pretty cool about it when I ask for help, so honestly, not that big an issue."

"Nice inviting pool and space. At swim lessons, all instructors seem to have good rapport with the kids. Most instructors taught the entire time. Ours played pool games half the time in the older group. I would have appreciated more instruction. Also, instead of cancelling for cold weather, they kept kids out of the pool and taught “safety” then let them go early. It would have been better to cancel and notify parents, so we didn’t waste a trip."

"Nice community pool and that has recently updated some of the facility. The locker rooms have had a refresh and look very nice. They took out a lot of space in the women's and only have one shower now. But it's nice enough. The snack bar has a new bar with stools to sit at. The entrance moved around the corner."

"My family of 6 has a summer swimming pass this year. We are so happy to come here & swim. The lifeguards and staff are helpful and friendly. We love coming here each summer with our 4 kids. The pool is always clean and cold for a nice swim in the hot weather."

"First time visiting, and the second visit I bought a family pass for the outdoor pool this year. This facility has been renovated in the last 2-3 years, so I'm told! Which is great because it's very well accomodating! The layout is perfect. This place appears packed, yet there is so much space that everyone has a great time. They have 2 water slides, a diving board, swim meet platforms, a rock climbing wall and a really fun splash pad. They have a small menu, which is basically all junk food and they are asking more than it's worth in my opinion, but you can bring your own food and drinks no problem and eat in the food court area or elsewhere. Everyone is pretty clean about the privilege. They also provide lockers; not sure if you bring your own lock or not, but it's available to you. They also have large restrooms with plenty of stalls and showers to rinse or clean yourself. I recommend it!"