Park Village Pool

Tied in with the City of Thornton Recreation Facilities, I discovered the Park Village Pool at the beginning of the summer after checking out the City website, wondering if there were any others pools in the area similar to the one located on 95^th Avenue that I’d ridden by so many times, but never bothered checking out due to the fact that it always seemed overcrowded, in addition to it having a lot of waterslides and those giant dumping watering cans and mega buckets and what not for little kids.
Turns out that Park Village Pool is within walking distance of my residence, so it’s been a great place to trek to, as the heat’s been insane this summer.
An initial $ 5 fee will get you registered in the system and you’re given small, medium and large ID cards that make you eligible for resident rates at any of the City’s facilities if you’re a Thornton resident, although it’s pretty much open to anyone. Modest $ 2.75 per day resident rate, and I believe season passes are available for around $ 75. Nonresident/​public rates run a bit higher. A big plus is that it’s located right in front of the RTD Route 92 bus line.
Lots of grassy, shaded and non-​concrete areas, and there appears to be a separate wading pool for little kids.
Very friendly staff members and lifeguards, and never a problem getting a chair. I think they’ve got some planned activities throughout the week, as I accidentally showed up an hour before the open swim period began one day earlier in the summer, walking smack dab into the middle of a senior citizens water aerobics/​synchronized swimming class! lol
Hot showers in the locker room, which appears to be very well maintained. Several diving platforms, and the lap lane ropes are cranked out quite frequently.
Only downers are that there’s almost always at least one little unruly, punk ass kid in the crowd spoiling everyone’s ride, with parents that either stay silent or aren’t around, but that’s to be expected at a facility like this. I still think I was a lot better off here than at the 95^th Avenue pool. Also, they’ll close for the day if there’s even a remote chance of rain in the forecast, as I got skunked on a couple of sessions, both being when the sun was out full bore — the place was locked up tight. It seems like a lot of business gets wasted that way. The telephone number is a voice recording/​info line, so you can’t really call ahead to verify if they’re open or not.
Definitely the nicest public pool I’ve been to for the most part, keep up the great work!