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The Harry L. Coomes Recreation Center, located at 300 Stanley St, Abingdon, VA, is a comprehensive community facility offering a variety of recreational amenities for all ages. It features an aquatic center with both competition and leisure pools, a gymnasium, a fitness room equipped with cardio and weight machines, a group exercise studio, an indoor track, meeting rooms, and a child care room.
The aquatic center at the Harry L. Coomes Recreation Center maintains its 6-lane, 25-yard competition pool at a comfortable 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The leisure pool is kept at 86 degrees Fahrenheit, and a hot tub is available at 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? The facility receives mixed reviews, with the playground consistently garnering high praise as an exceptional, diverse, and imaginative space catering to all age groups, featuring numerous amenities like swings, climbing walls, a zip line, and musical instruments, with upcoming renovations promising further enhancements. However, the pool experience and its management face significant criticism. Many patrons report issues with lifeguard professionalism, describing them as overly strict, inconsistent, disrespectful, and unprofessional, often leading to questionable and prolonged pool closures due to unverified "thunder," alongside poor communication. Additionally, the showers are a major point of contention, providing only scalding hot water with management offering an unhelpful response. Despite these drawbacks, positive aspects include the pool's affordability (a $20/month family pass), the enjoyment it brings to children, and convenient amenities like a swimsuit spinner, in addition to the highly-rated large playground and basketball area.
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March 20th, 2025Kara Evans
Our family has enjoyed this playground since my childhood. It's an exceptional facility, offering diverse play areas and imaginative features such as tunnel-like passages. The design caters to all age groups, and revisiting it with my children evoked fond memories. Amenities include swings, climbing walls, rocking boats, a sandbox,bridges, a small zip line, musical instruments, and intricate wood carvings. Ample seating is provided with picnic tables and benches. Upcoming renovations promise further enhancements and exciting new play experiences.
July 17th, 2025Jordan Phillips
The pool is hands down the worst public pool I’ve been to. My daughter is 10 and the life guards are way over the top. My daughter jumped off the diving board and got yelled at by the life guards for not using a ladder and she never once didn’t use the ladder. Life guards could be heard talking about how they wish a storm would roll in to close it for the day. She Also got yelled at by the life guards for walking too fast. Will never return.
September 10th, 2025Kamama Sinasta
Showers have only super hot water. So skin is burned. Management said pipes are reversed so nothing can be done. Fix it so people can manage temperature of water in shower. Excuse is BS!
July 9th, 2025Kait Mccoy
Very disappointed today with how the pool is managed. Arrived at 3:30 and there happened to be a passing storm in the distance. So naturally for everyone’s safety they started a 30 minute “pool closed” timer. I left at 5:15 because the children that lifeguard the pool claimed to have kept hearing thunder and continued to restart the 30 minute timer each time they supposedly heard thunder. I understand the need for precaution but me, along with everyone else heard NO thunder. Furthermore I didn’t understand how the lifeguards could’ve heard any thunder, based on the fact they were all huddled up talking loudly, and playing/dribbling a ball together. When any patrons would ask how much longer until the pool would be open, the young lifeguards would be short and disrespectful by saying “I don’t know, I haven’t been inside to check” This is unacceptable. I suggest there needs to be an announcement made over the intercom or a digital clock posted outside for paying patrons to know the status. I also watched the ball that the lifeguards were playing with, almost hit someone while they were walking to the bathroom. Then, that SAME ball was tossed over the pool-fence into the parking lot into on coming traffic. Unacceptable behavior for the TOA employees.
May 5th, 2025Layken Jones
I live about 2-3 miles from here, My kids & I walked here all the time last summer, It was hardly ever packed , maybe once or twice, we had walked in, and every single lounge chair and table and chairs were took, even in the kiddy pool area, as that's where I have to go anyway. The price is just 20$ for a month pass, for myself & 2 kids. I have a 5 year old and 11 year old, and they both love it, the only couple things I would say anything about is wishing they had more of an actual snack bar. They would let the kids were floties to go down the slide, even if they just seen how good the kid can swim .even without floaties in the kiddie area pool. He just wasn't quite ready to take it the all the way off in the big pool area yet. Other then that it is pretty fun place to take them during summer. They have a huge playground, biggest one around. They have big basket it call area, that I take them to play in whenever they make us get out of the pool for about 15 -20 minutes to clean it, and for the lifegrauds to jump and cool off in a second. They have huge locker rooms and showers, and this spin thing that you put your wet clothes/swim suits in and it will spin them almost dry , so you don't have to put any wet clothes in your bag , going home. I will be returning this summer.
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | 1:30 – 6:00 PM |
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| Monday | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Thursday | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Friday | 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Saturday | 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
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