The pool Clearfield
Clearfield's city pool and recreation center
The Clearfield Aquatic Center, a pool, a lazy river, and a full fitness side
This is Clearfield's city recreation center at 825 South State Street, and it is really two places under one roof. On the water side you get an indoor leisure pool built around a lazy river, a lap pool and a hot tub, with an outdoor splash pad for the summer. On the fitness side there is an indoor track, basketball courts and a weight room. It sits right next to North Davis Junior High and shares a gym with the school, which is the one quirk worth knowing before you go.
The short answer
The Clearfield Aquatic and Fitness Center is the city's recreation center at 825 South State Street, a short drive south of downtown on the east side of State Street. It is really two places under one roof. On the water side you get an indoor leisure pool built around a lazy river, a lap pool for swimming lengths, and a hot tub, with an outdoor splash pad that runs in the summer. On the fitness side there is an indoor track, basketball courts, a weight room, cardio equipment and a full schedule of classes. It sits right next to North Davis Junior High and shares a gym with the school, so the courts and the indoor track open to the public outside school hours. Prices and the daily schedule move with the year and the school calendar, so check the city for the current details before you go.
What's inside
The water side and the fitness side, under one roof
Start with the water, because that is what most families come for. The heart of it is an indoor leisure pool built around a lazy river, the kind you float rather than swim, which is a genuinely easy afternoon with young kids. Alongside it there is a lap pool if you want to actually swim lengths, and a hot tub to thaw out in afterward. This is a leisure pool first, not a competition venue, so you will not find it running regional swim meets, but for open swim and a lazy afternoon it does the job well. In the summer the outdoor splash pad opens up, which is the free-form water play that little ones tend to like best.
The other half of the building is a full fitness center, and it is the part people forget the pool comes with. There is an indoor track, which matters more than it sounds in a place with real winters, since it lets you walk or run laps out of the cold and the wind. Add basketball courts, a weight room and cardio equipment, plus a schedule of group fitness classes, water aerobics, yoga, spin and senior classes among them, and personal training if you want it. There is also on-site childcare, so a parent can get a workout or a swim in while the kids are looked after for a stretch.
On cost, the center works the way most city rec centers do. You can pay for a single visit, priced by age, or take out a monthly membership, and Clearfield residents pay a lower membership rate than people coming in from outside the city. Because municipal recreation prices get reviewed every year, I am not going to print a number that goes stale; check the city for the current day pass and membership rates when you are ready to go.
The details
Planning your visit
A few things worth knowing before you go
The one quirk to plan around is the school next door. Because the building shares a gym with North Davis Junior High, the basketball courts and the indoor track are reserved for students during school hours and open to the public the rest of the time. If courts or the track are the reason you are going, aim for evenings, weekends or the summer break. The pools, the weight room and the cardio equipment are not tied to the school day in the same way, so open swim and a workout are available when the courts are not.
Two smaller things catch first-time visitors. The first hour of the morning is set aside for members, so a day-pass visitor is better off arriving a little later, once the doors open to everyone. And the splash pad is the only seasonal piece; the lazy river, lap pool, hot tub and indoor amenities run year round. Since the full daily schedule shifts with the season and the school calendar, the honest move is to confirm the current hours with the city rather than trust a timetable you saw online.
Before you go
- Courts and the indoor track are open to the public outside school hours, so plan those visits for evenings, weekends or summer.
- The first hour of the morning is member time; a day pass is best used a little later in the day.
- The outdoor splash pad is a summer feature; everything else is indoors and open through the winter.
- Prices and the daily schedule change year to year, so confirm current rates and hours with the city before you go.
A bit of history
It opened in 2005, built right alongside the school
The center opened in 2005, put up next to what was then a brand-new North Davis Junior High. That is the whole reason the two share a gym and a weight room to this day, and why the courts and the track still hand priority to the school during the day. It is an unusual arrangement, but it is a practical one, and it is the kind of thing worth knowing about a building before it becomes part of your week. The junior high is named here only because it shares the building; how the district assigns any address to a school is a separate question, and the district's own boundary tool is the place to answer it.
The pool came out of the same early 2000s stretch of city building that also improved Bernard F. Fisher Park a short drive away, so if the pool and that park feel like part of one civic push, that is because they were. Between the two, Clearfield ended up with a proper indoor pool and a big neighborhood park within a few minutes of each other, which is a lot of everyday recreation for one city this size.
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Quick answers
The Aquatic Center, answered
It is Clearfield's city recreation center at 825 South State Street, on the east side of State Street just south of downtown. Under one roof you get the water side, an indoor leisure pool with a lazy river, a lap pool and a hot tub, and the fitness side, an indoor track, basketball courts, a weight room and cardio equipment, with an outdoor splash pad for the summer. It sits right next to North Davis Junior High and shares a gym with the school.
On the water side, an indoor leisure pool built around a lazy river, a lap pool for swimming lengths, and a hot tub, plus an outdoor splash pad that runs in the summer. On the fitness side, an indoor track, basketball courts, a weight room, cardio equipment, and a schedule of group fitness classes with personal training. There is on-site childcare so parents can use the facility.
Admission is charged per visit by age, and there is a monthly membership with a lower rate for Clearfield residents. Municipal recreation prices are reviewed every year, so check the city for the current day pass and membership rates before you go rather than relying on a figure you read anywhere else.
The pools and fitness side are open year round indoors, but the daily schedule shifts with the season and with the school calendar next door, and the first hour of the morning is set aside for members. Rather than trust a fixed timetable, confirm the current hours with the city before you plan an early start or a specific class.
It is a leisure pool built around a lazy river rather than a tall-slide water park. The water is the lazy river, the lap pool and the hot tub indoors, plus an outdoor splash pad for younger kids in the summer. If a big waterslide is the whole point of the trip, this is not that kind of pool, and it is worth setting expectations before you drive.
The center runs aquatic programming and water fitness classes alongside its open swim time. Learn-to-swim sessions, age groups and registration windows change through the year, so ask the city for the current class schedule if swim lessons are the reason you are signing up. That is the surest way to catch the sessions that fit your family.
Yes. The leisure pool, lazy river, lap pool, hot tub, indoor track and courts are all indoors, so they run through the winter. The one seasonal piece is the outdoor splash pad, which is a warm-weather feature and closes for the colder months. An indoor track is genuinely useful here for walking or running out of the January cold.
Yes. The center offers on-site childcare for young children so parents can swim or work out while they are there, with a time limit on each visit. The exact ages and the length of a session are set by the city and can change, so confirm the current childcare details when you buy a pass or a membership.
Because the building was put up next to North Davis Junior High and shares a gym and weight room with the school. During school hours the students have the courts and the indoor track, and they open to the public outside the school day. If the courts or the track are your reason for going, plan on evenings, weekends or the summer break.
A pool, a track and a splash pad, a few minutes from home
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