Wheaton Glenmont Outdoor Pool

I like that there’s like a separate pool where u can just float around but
don’t come here during the summer when it’s hot. I literally felt like I was swimming in warm sunscreen lotion it was a nasty feeling. and then accompanied by strands of hair here and there yuck no ty. it’s also super crowded to get ready to bump into everyone. i really wish outdoor pools enforced like a cap rule if you have long hair. this is a general statement. but yeah.

Better late than never! We finally made it to the pool the weekend before labor day, and it was great. I’d put it off thinking it would be too crowded and loud, but it really wasn’t. At least not when I went.
There are several different pools. One was geared for adults, with some lap lanes, and a big open area. Another had ropes and floating obstacles for kids to climb on. Another had dumping buckets of water, waterfall, fountains shooting out of the ground, etc. And, of course, there was the standard baby pool.
The whole place had a really fun setup, and something for everyone. Way better than your standard neighborhood pool that only has water, and maybe a slide. There were different sized water slides, including some tall spiraling ones that looked like a lot of fun.
While there were chairs, they were pretty sparse for the size of the pool, so on a busy day it may be a hard to find a seat. There’s also some scattered benches, and small bleachers. The chairs also didn’t recline, which I thought was a little odd, but next time I know to bring my own — no big deal. However, I’d also suggest bringing your own toilet paper if you’re worried about diseases (see picture).
Unfortunately the second time I went, the water was pretty dirty. I ended up having to get out because too many dead bees, leaves, and small particles were engulfing me. There was some pretty grimy sludge floating around, and accumulating towards the steps to enter. Hopefully this isn’t a common occurrence; the other time I went the water was much cleaner.
Be careful for bees on the grass where the chairs are, or wear shoes! I discovered they’re easy to step on.

Great outdoor pool with a few slides for a get low price! Cleaning the water every hour is a plus! But you better come early because the line can go for miles long, and you would wanna grab a seat under the umbrella spots. You could also bring your own food and drinks or order delivery and pick it up by the fencing around the front side of the park!

We have plenty of pools to choose from in this area, but Glenmont is the way to go. The water slides give me the impression that we’re in a water park (but without the huge lines and outrageous cost). There’s a huge wading pool for infants/​toddlers, and as your kids grow bigger, they have the option of the waterfall/​mushroom and toddler slides. My kids are 9 and 12 now, and tall enough to do all the ‘big kid’ stuff — which they absolutely love. There’s a water walk and diving boards, too — plus, plenty of ‘just swimming’ room should they ever decide to put their heads down and go. And for the price, it’s a day’s entertainment that can’t be beat in this area. We love it.

This is a FANTASTIC outdoor pool. It has about 6 waterslides (2 of them are pretty big), and dual ropes course over floating objects in the water, a great kids play area, and a fun baby pool. There are also lap lanes in the adult pool area. It doesn’t get as crowded as the Martin Luther King Pool nearby. The place is in good repair. It’s a VERY nice modern pool with enough water-​park aspects to keep kids very happy.

This facility definitely has the feel of a neighborhood pool. There are three lap lanes, a large area for just goofing around in the water, diving boards, several water slides of varying sizes, and a small cross-​the-​lilypads course. There is no concession stand, so you will need to bring your own food and/​or beverage if that’s what you want to do.
However, in swimming here as a lap swimmer, I get the feeling that the county does not maintain this pool as it should. There is a lot of debris from nearby trees in the bottom of the diving well, and I have encountered quite a bit of hair floating around in the pool. Additionally, the water feels as though it has not been properly treated with chlorine. The county’s indoor pools are meticulously maintained, and normally one can detect a faint chlorine scent on one’s skin after swimming there. Coming out of Wheaton/​Glenmont Outdoor Pool, the scent on my skin is closer to that of a freshwater stream or lake rather than a swimming pool. I would love to be wrong on this, but the smell test, along with a lack of any eye irritation in the pool when swimming without goggles, leads me to think that the water is not chlorinated, nor treated with salt.
I will forgive the pool’s operators for some of the tree debris, as a storm with high winds came through the area within the past week, but the lack of sufficient chlorination and the large amounts of hair found in this pool are inexcusable.