South Lake Tahoe Parks & Recreation Center — Attraction in South Lake Tahoe

I visited the Parks and Recreation District to swim at the municipal swimming pool. The pool is 4 or 5 Lanes wide, with a deep end in all the lanes. Swimming was okay and the water temperature was acceptable. The locker room contains no lockers, and has tiny narrow benches on which to sit and dress. I was not very fond of the locker room. The reason I only gave it three stars, however, is the inaccessibility of the pool for physical therapy or anything other than lap swim or free time with children everywhere. They have no time that a person can just get in the pool and do their own exercise routine. Not only that, but they would not even let me in the locker room until the time that lap swim began. That means that you cannot be ready to get in the water when the lap time begins because they will not let you in the locker room to dress and prepare. This is a blatant waste of time and allows others who can walk in in their swimsuits get a lane before you. I did find the staff nice, however, and the other...

I called because I saw mixed answers about showers. The lady on the phone was very nice and told me you just had to come in before 4pm and it’s $3. I went in at 9:30am the next morning and was denied entrance because they had a kid group coming in at 10am. Why wasn’t I told that the day before? It was two grumpy old ladies who hate their jobs. You are located at a campground. Shower access should be allowed. There are all kinds of bad reviews in iOverlander as well but I wanted to give them them benefit of the doubt. Don’t even try. Other places to shower and...

Thank you Deb for going above and beyond to making sure we had a great time today! While we waited for the Pickleball court to free up we had a ton a fun playing ping pong in the long corridor. Paddles and balls were all freely available. The huge swimming pool - lots of lanes - also looked very inviting....