About
Recreational facility featuring a lazy river, diving boards and a rock wall, plus a splash pad.
The main pool at the John & Carla Edwards Aquatic Center is typically maintained at a comfortable temperature, often reported around 80°F (approximately 26-27°C) during its operational season.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? The aquatic center receives high praise for its overall cleanliness, well-maintained facilities, and a variety of features including a lazy river, splash pads, diving boards, and basketball hoops, making it a popular and family-friendly destination. Lifeguards are generally described as attentive and effective, and the center offers a beneficial financial assistance program. However, a significant drawback emerges on 'day camp' days, when the facility experiences a severe lack of adequate supervision for the large groups of campers. This leads to chaotic and unsafe conditions, particularly in the splash pad and shallow areas, with incidents of bullying, aggressive behavior, property damage, and hygiene issues going unchecked. This overwhelms lifeguards, diminishes the experience for regular patrons, and raises concerns about the safety and well-being of all children present. While many appreciate the center's amenities and cleanliness on normal days, the unsupervised day camp presence is a major point of contention that negatively impacts the overall experience.
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Amenities
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Good for Children
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Accessible Entrance
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Accessible Restroom
Reviews
Listing Reviews
July 29th, 2025Paula Lappe
The outside pool area is always so clean and the life guards are mindful of the surroundings. Great place for family fun. We are new to the center and appreciate the hospitality.
June 22nd, 2025Chelsey Buckley
Place is awesome. Lazy river, small splash pad apart from the pool area and connected to the pool area. Basketball hoop, pads you can balance on; with a net over head to hang onto. We didn't go on the opposit side where it was deeper. But, if I saw correctly, there's one slide and 2-3 diving boards. Entrance fee was $9/person if you aren't a resident👍 I totally recommend this place. Very family friendly.
August 7th, 2025C W
First, the positives: The facility is very clean — from the water to the deck to the showers. Lifeguards are plentiful & overall excellent. They’re attentive, rotate frequently & are typically firm but kind with the kids. The park district offers a financial assistance program, making the pool affordable for lower-income Geneseo families which is amazing. We’ve never had an issue with theft. Most patrons are respectful & friendly, & the environment is usually great. The pool layout is smart. Most days, it’s great! If I was reviewing these days, I’d give the pool 5/5 stars. As it stands, I cannot do that. Because all of that changes when day camp is there. The lifeguards, excellent as they are, are overwhelmed — expected to monitor dozens of kids without adequate support. Their role shifts from ensuring safety to crowd control and the stress shows. Guards who normally say a calm “don’t run, buddy” start shouting “STOP RUNNING!” — not out of malice, but burnout. Guards go from managing a calm mix of parents & children to trying to keep control over 15–20 unsupervised kids each who aren’t listening to them. Chaos. The day camp staff appear to be minimal, 2 or 3 adults for dozens of kids & are usually on one side of the pool near the office. Worst is the splash pad, it has no supervision at all. No lifeguards, no camp staff, just a group of kids doing whatever they want. Parents are left to fend for their own kids, but also manage the behavior of others. Earlier this summer, our 6yo was followed around the splash pad by a group of older girls repeatedly throwing cups of water in her face, ignoring her when she said, “Please stop!” They didn’t until we intervened. Yesterday, kids tore up cardboard & jammed it into water features. They spit chewed food on the floor. One boy screamed so loudly for 10 mins that my husband & I couldn’t hear each other speak. Another kid tried to spit mouthfuls of water on our younger kids & would chase our 1-year-old away from the water table by aggressively splashing her in the face. Kids licked the water features/ground. A group of girls were kicking & twisting each others arms & later threw rocks at the splash pad, making it dangerous for barefoot toddlers. All of that was over 20 mins. Earlier this summer, I stepped on a shard of glass at splash pad. Inside the pool isn’t much better on those days. Once, I was adjusting my baby’s life jacket when a boy kicked me in the face & laughed. He swam between me & my baby & tried to stay there until my husband stepped in. No adult corrected him. Another time, a group of boys played football in the zero-depth area, hitting multiple little kids & even landing on a toddler. No supervision. We left after 20 mins that day. We’re members, but if I had paid to get in and then had to leave after 20 mins because it’s not safe - I would be furious. There’s a huge difference between lifeguards preventing drowning and actual supervision from trusted adults. If a big kid knocks a baby over, a lifeguard may not see it. A parent would correct it. That’s the issue: these kids are unsupervised in every meaningful way. I don’t blame the kids. I don’t blame the lifeguards. I don’t blame the day camp workers. This was a great idea in theory; get the day camp kids outside, let them enjoy the pool, keep attendance up on weekdays. In practice - it’s just not working. There needs to be more staff. If it’s gotten to the point where paying patrons and members are avoiding the pool on camp days — and we do — then it’s no longer working for the whole community. With adequate staffing & supervision, we could ALL be there and have a great time. If I were a parent sending my child to that day camp, I’d be upset to learn they spent the day at a splash pad with no supervision, throwing rocks, spitting water, and bullying younger kids — and no one intervened. We love this pool. We want to keep coming. This part of the system is broken & badly in need of reform for next summer.
June 15th, 2025Benjamin Thang
It was so fun and I made some pool friends there too but it's kind of small with not really many activities and I wish there could be more slides and more shallow ends for people who can't really swim that deep but overall I had a good experience and it was clean and amazing.
August 2nd, 2025Edward Alexander
Great variety of pool features for different ages and abilities, I appreciate that the free splash pad is frequently open during times when the main pools are otherwise closed.
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
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| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
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