Swimming Pool
Sports Activity Location

ARC Pool

Activities and Recreation Center, 201 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

121 Reviews

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Spacious swimming pool inside or outside, with different water levels, where lessons are common.

The main 50-meter lap pool at the ARC Pool is generally maintained at a temperature of 80-82°F (26.7-27.8°C). The facility also typically includes a hot tub, which is kept much warmer, usually around 102-104°F (38.9-40°C).

What are people saying (AI review summary)? The ARC pool generally receives positive feedback for its cleanliness, maintenance, and size, offering many lanes suitable for lap swimming, especially during off-peak hours. There are conflicting opinions on the pool's temperature, with some finding it a bit cold and others deeming it appropriate for lap swimming. A notable drawback is the overcrowding and lane closures that occur during lessons and activities, which are not clearly scheduled in advance. A significant negative concern raised is an experience of judgment and disapproval from the front desk, making the facility feel unwelcoming and discriminatory towards individuals based on perceived gender and sexuality.

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  • Accepts Credit Cards
  • Accessible Entrance

Reviews

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rajesh dani July 10th, 2022
rajesh dani

The ARC pool is wonderful. It is so neat and clean well maintained. The facilities are just too good.

Yu Di September 2nd, 2018
Yu Di

The pool is good and much bigger than the one in CRCE. You can do lap swimming of different speed, but if there is too many people it becomes impossible and that's the main issue. I have never seen the pool actually overcrowded apart from the times when there are swimming lessons and other activities. At those times rhey close too many lines and all the people go to one or two which are open. And it is never clear when are those lessons before you actually come to the pool and see the board with all the lines closed. The only way I could check it before was by literally checking every single group fitness class and comparing the times after not being able to exercise several times.

Kan Suddhapas January 10th, 2019
Kan Suddhapas

The temp is a bit too cold. There are a lot of lanes available. If you don't go there at peak hours, you are likely to have an entire lane. Definitely better than CRCE

Sonya McClain June 16th, 2017
Sonya McClain

The pool is very nice and a good temperature for lap swimming, but it's odd that there is a deep part in the middle. It is clean on the pool deck and the locker rooms are well cleaned.

Coby Dulitzki June 20th, 2017
Coby Dulitzki

This is not a place for people who are different. Though this may be a perfectly suitable gym for the cookie cutter majority of the student body, for those of us that veer from the norm (particularly in gender and sexuality) we seek solace from judgement in our fitness centers, and yet I was met with judgement and disapproval from the front desk when the gay boy from Philly asked about the zumba class. There was no effort to meet me or to understand me, only to judge me. I haven't felt this humiliated since the judgments of my kindergarten peers (who, by now, have learned how to treat others that are different from them). Do not go here if you don't want to be judged, there are a number of really nice gyms in the area that are much more accommodating to people of all walks of life. I will not be returning.

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Opening Hours

Sunday 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Monday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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