Where To Find Public Pools In The Southern Tier This Summer

Memorial Day is behind us, and summer is almost officially started. Sooner or later, Mother Nature will get with the program and it will be pool time. If you don’t have a pool in your own backyard or the neighbors haven’t invited you over yet, I’ve got you covered.

Here is a list of area pools, when they open and if they charge for use. When putting this together, I saw that there are some staffing shortages and that can cause delays in opening or remaining open so call ahead before visiting to see if they are open.

Southern Tier Area Pools

Highland Park Pool and West Endicott Park Wading Pool are open now. Weekends only through June 29th, then open every day beginning June 30th. Hours are subject to staffing and weather.

Highland Park: Daily use, child, 5 yrs & under is free for residents of the Town of Union, non resident $1. Youth, 6 - 17 yrs, resident $1, non resident $2. Adult, 18 yrs & older, resident $2, non resident $4. Season pass, Individual resident $35, non resident $50. Season pass, Family resident $75, non resident $125.

West Endicott Wading Pool is free for everyone.

City of Binghamton Pools:

North Side Pool located at Cheri A. Lindsey Memorial Park,
South Side Pool located at Webster Street Playground,
Recreation Park Pool located at Recreation Park

These three park pools are all free and open on the weekends only until June 22nd and will be open daily beginning June 23rd.

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There are two small pools and a spray pad available in the City of Binghamton:

Columbus Park Spray Pad at Columbus Park
Fairview Pool at Fairview Park
MacArthur Pool at MacArthur Park

MacArthur & Fairview Park Pool follow the same schedule as the larger pools and the Columbus Park Spray Pad is now open daily.

The Vestal Memorial Pool & Splash Pad will open the 2025 season on June 7th and season passes are available. The spray park at CFJ Park in Johnson City is now open daily.

Schnurbusch Park pool in Conklin is open daily from approximately the second weekend in June until the last week of August.

Once again, you may want to check ahead before you leave. Go here to get the latest information on all the pool parks in our area.