About
Nelson Pool, located at 2290 6th St, Oroville, CA 95965, USA, is a public outdoor swimming facility managed by the Feather River Recreation and Park District. It serves as a community hub for recreational activities, offering opportunities for open swim, lap swimming, and swim lessons, primarily operating during the warmer summer months.
Specific, consistently published pool temperatures for Nelson Pool are not readily available. As a public outdoor recreational pool, it is generally maintained at a comfortable temperature for swimming, often subject to ambient weather conditions and general heating for user comfort during its operational season.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? The Oroville pool is largely praised as a refreshing, family-friendly facility with attentive lifeguards, clean water, and a fun splash pad. Recent updates (as of 2025) indicate that front flips are now permitted from the diving boards and the water slide is operational, addressing previous disappointments. Reviewers highlight the friendly staff and excellent swim instructors. The pool also features a working chair lift, improving accessibility, though there's a desire for further enhancements for children with disabilities. Overall, it's considered a great value and enjoyable for all ages.
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Accessible Entrance
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Listing Reviews
June 5th, 2025Emilia Erickson
EDITED FOR 2025: Front flips are allowed from the diving board now! So happy to report that! Also the slide has been running, so that’s fantastic. Such a refreshing family fun place! Updating to 5 stars! Great pool in Oroville! Lifeguards we’re very attentive. The water felt refreshing and cool on a super hot summer day. Our family went there so my athletic teenagers could do flips off the diving boards. Well for some reason they don’t allow any flips of any kind. I was disappointed since diving boards are designed to safely launch a person into supervised, safe, deep water and I would rather they do front flips there, where it’s safe, instead of rocks at our beautiful rivers. Besides that little hiccup, we had a great time jumping and diving off the boards. The slide wasn’t in operation either, and that was a minor disappointment for my younger kids. The splash pad/zero depth feature is fantastic and really fun for the kids. All around, a fun time for the family, reasonably priced, and it would be 5 stars if everything was working (and if they let my kids do safe, front flips off the beautiful diving boards)
June 16th, 2025Ryann Urquhart
Love this place. My little one loves the splash pad area.
August 2nd, 2025Tracy Velasquez
Great for all ages clean water and friendly staff
July 22nd, 2025Dawn Garibay
We had a fantastic swim instructor Logan.
June 4th, 2024Alexi
The pool has a working chair lift which makes it accessible for some wheelchair users. I hope that the entire premises becomes more accessible in the future since there are not many options in this area for children with disabilities.
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
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| Monday | 1:15 – 4:15 PM |
| Tuesday | 1:15 – 4:15 PM |
| Wednesday | 1:15 – 4:15 PM |
| Thursday | 1:15 – 4:15 PM |
| Friday | 1:15 – 4:15 PM, 5:00 – 8:00 PM |
| Saturday | 1:15 – 4:15 PM |
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