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Clean public recreational area featuring a playground, a track, tennis courts and a splash area.
Specific temperature information for the pool(s) at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center is not publicly available online. However, public recreation center pools are typically maintained at a comfortable temperature, generally ranging from the low to mid-80s Fahrenheit (around 80-84°F or 27-29°C) for general recreational and lap swimming.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? This community center is highly praised for its wide array of amenities and family-friendly environment. It features a large, clean indoor pool suitable for lap swimming, a dedicated kiddie pool with a waterfall/spray park, and a relaxing whirlpool/spa. Other facilities include a wonderful year-round playground, tennis courts, basketball courts, a gym with well-kept equipment, a community garden, and a billiards table. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, attentive lifeguards, and mostly friendly staff. Free indoor parking is provided, and the indoor temperature is comfortable, often contrasting with the outside weather. While the center generally exceeds expectations, minor drawbacks include a strong chlorine smell, the need to bring your own shampoo/soap and towel, and a very warm/humid pool enclosure that can have a loud hum. Unfortunately, some outdoor areas suffer from vandalism, garbage, and graffiti.
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September 5th, 2025Brandon Hargraves
The play ground area has a water play area as well! Tennis, pool, and cooking out is also available! Parking is provided free indoors bathrooms must show I.D when rec is open.
September 16th, 2025T K
Great community center with great pool for lap swim and wading pool with waterfall for kids. Whirlpool is very nice to relax tired muscles. Need to bring your own shampoo/soap and towel.
July 7th, 2025Leem Bey
Nice place to take the family on a hot day. They have a nice indoor pool and kids pool. Parking is decent and the lifeguards are nice people.
March 12th, 2019Sheila Lo Monaco
It’s a wonderful playground it’s provides fun all year long . It’s in the same place as the community center and indoor pool in Brookland DC . Has a huge area for entertainment. Tennis court and community garden.Spray park in the summertime . I had enjoyed this place with my kids and every time we like it more. Beautiful . I wish that the vandalism would end it’s a incredible space unfortunately not everyone respect it. I have found a lot garbage and graffiti.
December 4th, 2017Michael Singletary
My experience with the recreation center is currently limited to the pool where my son goes for swimming lessons, but it has almost completely blown away my expectations. This center is clean and well-staffed with mostly friendly workers that almost always pleasantly greet us when we come in. The temperature inside is the opposite of whatever it is outside, meaning that it’s comfortable. The whole place reeks of chlorine, though, because of the very large indoor pool. The pool itself is big, clean, and safe with a number of lifeguards that are watching from their perch and others in an office close by. They all have been very attentive, never straying from their mission. There is a wonderful kiddie pool section with a spray tree so the tots can have some fun, and the entrance to this pool is a slight slope that allows kids to get in at their own pace. Within this area is the spa, which is often used and seems to be pleasant. The kiddie pool feeds into the larger pool through a narrow channel with the depth slowly increasing, giving parents and kids the option of how deep they’d like to go. There is only a couple of feet of water in the kids area, and the channel to the bigger pool area goes to 4 feet before you’re free and out in the main pool. The lane lines are tight and properly maintained, keeping swimmers from drifting too far and hitting others or moving into shallower waters. The pool is heavily chlorinated like all public pools, and the pool enclosure is very warm and humid. The pool is not hot, and my little son is chilly when he’s done with his lessons. You’ll sweat if you’re sitting out of the pool in anything more than a t-shirt and light pants. There is a very loud hum present, making it hard to talk to others around you. The locker rooms are large and clean, with nice showers to help you rinse off all of the chlorine. In addition to the swimming pool there is also a large basketball court area with clean floors, a small gym with well-kept equipment, a billiards table in the lobby, and other rooms that I have yet to explore. There’s also tennis courts outside. This is a really nice community center that you should definitely visit if you live nearby or have thought about coming!
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
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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 – 9:00 PM |
| Saturday | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
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