Richmond Park Pool — Local services in Grand Rapids

Amazing community/city swimming pool (within Richmond Park) in Grand Rapids! The slide and the 2 diving boards are great attraction for kids. The very large area for gently slopped kiddie splash/pool is great for little toddlers.

There is plenty of poolside space to lay down beach towels or folding chairs. A several benches located along the fences all facing the pool as well as covered picnic tables within the perimeter of the pool.

There were about 9 life guards (including 2 dedicated to the water slide) on active duty as well as supervisors and others circled the pool periodically.

The pool has 5-min break every half an hour which also includes lifeguards position change. I believe this is a well adopted protocol of the public pool safety.

I’d recommend to check their open swim hours before you head over (below is summer 2019). We had a good time being there for 3 hours and it wasn’t very crowded on Friday afternoon, but I’d imagine that the pool might be more crowded on hot days or weekends. I was surprised to see it opens only 12-4 on Sunday.

I’d recommend this pool to anybody due to the safety & cleanliness through out the poolside.

I think GR’s Parks & Recreation did a great job with 2013 Parks Millage and this pool shows the improvement.

Open Swim Hours

MONDAY 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

TUESDAY 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

WEDNESDAY 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

THURSDAY 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

FRIDAY 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

SATURDAY 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

SUNDAY 12:00...

While I love the pool & park itself, the customer service is not okay at all. Some of the staff can be be quite rude sometimes. A lot of young snobby kids who don’t seem to know any manners. I understand that the lifeguards are probably beyond stressed out having to basically babysit demon kids lol, but I feel like there should be no excuse for the young people at the front desk. There is desperate need of an attitude adjustment from some folks. I try to ignore it and kill em with kindness...but it can definitely put a damper on your experience. Other than that, it is a wonderful place to bring your family for some fun. Just be prepared for...

Sure would be awesome if you were open when your hours say you were open instead of not letting people in or letting people purchase pool passes because you shut your system down early in anticipation of closing.

Here with my kid looking forward to a quick dip but guess I'll turn around and walk her sad ass home so you can close early.

Literally saw you pick up the computer and take it to the back when we walked in.

Boooooo

P.s. my son was beat up by an older kid one time here, an employee saw it, and nobody did anything. Went to the pool and asked about it when I got home from work, they confirmed they saw the whole thing...