Parks & Recreation

Birchdale is a great neighborhood pool located in Dale City featuring a full-service concessions area, a diving board, and a gated baby pool for our small swimmers. A local family favorite!

Closed for the season, we'll see you again in 2026!

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Chinn Aquatics & Fitness Center Swim Lessons Temporarily Offered at Birchdale Pool
The Chinn Aquatics and Fitness Center will undergo a major renovation of the natatorium beginning August 11, 2025, with an anticipated reopening date in December 2025. During this time, the entire natatorium will be closed (this includes all pool, spa areas, and programming. During August and September, swim lessons will be offered offiste at Birchdale Community Pool located at 14730 Birchdale Ave., Dale City. Register using the links below:

• Synchronized Swimming
• Preschool 1
• Preschool 2
• Preschool 3
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3
• Level 4
• Level 5
• Level 6
• Teen/Adult Beginner

Graham Park is a charming outdoor pool featuring zero depth entry, water spray and dumping water bucket features. Perfect for a quiet summer day at the pool.

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Fun water features and various small water slides can keep little ones entertained for hours, while parents can appreciate the sun, or the shade, in any of our numerous lounge chairs. 

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Veterans Pool is a great option for anyone wanting the taste of a waterpark! We’ve got a few slides, some buckets and other splash features that will keep you entertained all afternoon.

The 50-meter outdoor pool at Veterans Memorial Park features two two-story slides, graduated entry with water features for the little ones and adjacent bathhouse with concessions close by.

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SplashDown Waterpark is 13 acres of fun in the sun for kids of all ages with a tropical twister slide, two fast cannonball waterslides, two 4-story waterslides a 25-meter lap pool and a 770 ft. Lazy River. Toddlers will enjoy pint-sized slides, bubblers and fountains, along with making sand castles on Big Kahuna Beach! There are five concession areas, a souvenir shop and lockers available.

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Waterworks Waterpark at Andrew Leitch Park is not your everyday pool. There are two fast slides, jungle walks and has a zero-depth pool entry. Toddlers will enjoy a wading pool with slides and bubblers just the right size. There is a concessions area and lockers are available.

Closed for the season, we'll see you again in 2026!

The Aquatics Center at Chinn Aquatics & Fitness Center features a diving board, an outdoor sun deck, two 12-person hot tubs, two dry saunas (note: round spa has reopened). Our main 40-meter heated pool has eight 25-yard lanes available for lap swim and a shallow water area for *family/recreation swim and classes. Our heated therapeutic/leisure pool is zero-depth with gradual entry and a maximum depth of 3'8". There is also a slide and a mushroom water feature. Our professional on-site Lifeguard staff is certified at the highest level, through Ellis and Associates.

For open recreational swim options please check out SplashDown Waterpark and Waterworks Waterpark or one of the outdoor community pools.

The Aquatics Center at Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center features a 25-yard heated indoor pool with gradual entry ramp, open swim and lap swim times available and a 16-person Whirlpool.