About Our Pools
Ridgeland Common Pool (415 Lake Street in Oak Park)
OPENING DATE: Saturday, June 4, 2011
Ridgeland Common Pool is one of the coolest places in town offering hours of summer fun for the whole community. All visitors are sure to find what they’re looking for in one of Ridgeland Common’s many amenities which include a 50-meter pool, an age 7 and under zero-edge wading pool with a spray-play apparatus, a diving well with 1 and 3-meter diving boards, an adult sun deck, plenty of shade on the pool deck, and a concession stand. Also available at Ridgeland Common Pool is an aquatic lift for persons with disabilities for easy pool entry and exit. Ridgeland Common Pool is ADA accessible.

Rehm Park Pool (515 Garfield Street in Oak Park)
OPENING DATE: Saturday, May 28, 2011
At Rehm Pool guests will enjoy a 50 meter zero-edge pool with spray-play apparatus, a separate wading pool for ages 6 years and under and a sand play area. This facility also features a diving well equipped with drop slides, one meter diving boards and a diving tower with five and seven meter platforms. An adult sun deck and a concession stand are also available at Rehm Pool as well as an aquatic lift for persons with disabilities for easy pool entry and exit. Rehm Pool is ADA accessible.

*Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during family swim sessions.

Fees are per person (ages 1 & older)/per visit. This is a gate admission and any individual who enters the facility is required to purchase and present a pool pass or pay the admission fee. Guest Passes are available to resident Pool Pass holders.

When you purchase a season pass for the Park District of Oak Park's pool season, you save $$$! The pass gives you unlimited visits to the pool, alleviating the need to pay the $9 entry fee. On average the pool pass pays for itself within 6 visits! Pool passes are valid at both the Rehm Pool and Ridgeland Common Pool Facility and are good for all family and public swimming sessions. For lap sessions, you must purchase a lap swim pass.. For more information, click here!

Extreme Weather
The pool may close during a swim session due to extreme weather, i.e.., lightning, thunder, hail, or tornado watches or warnings. When the pool closes due to any of these factors, it will remain closed for the entire session.

Cool Temperatures
If the air temperature is 68 degrees at the beginning of an evening session, only one of the Oak Park pools will open. Ridgeland Common will open on Tuesday and Thursday. Rehm Pool will open on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If the air temperature drops below 68 degrees, the pool will close.

If the air temperature is 68 degrees at the beginning of a day session or falls to this temperature during the session, management reserves the right to close the pool(s) depending on all weather conditions.

Basic Pool Rules
(Detailed rules are posted at the pools)

• Showers are required before entering the pool.
• Non potty-trained children must wear swim diapers, plastic pants, and swimsuit in the water.
• Understand that lifeguards are on duty to enforce rules and respond to emergencies, not to supervise children. Parents are responsible for supervising their children.
• Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during family swim sessions.
• Recreational floatation devices (i.e. water wings, rings, kickboards, rafts, and inflatable animals) are allowed in the main pool during Family Swim hours only. Flotation devices are limited to 3” x 5” x 2’. Small toys and floats are allowed in the Wading Pool at all times.
• Lined swimsuits are required. Clothing such as cutoffs, workout clothing, leotards, etc. are not allowed in the pools.
• As of January 1, 2003, the Park District of Oak Park has instituted a non-smoking policy in all parks and facilities. This policy will also apply to the sundecks at the pools.

Registration for the Learn to Swim Academy
When registering please include a first and second choice class. If we are unable to accommodate you in your first or second choice class, you will be placed on a waiting list. If a space does not become available, a full refund will be issued.

Oak Park has 4 locations with splash pads open to the public every day 10am - 8pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day. These pads are located at Andersen, Field, Fox, and Longfellow Centers.

*Water wheelchairs are also available for public use during regular building hours at Longfellow Center. Please call 708.725.2722 for details.