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Including ones for the kids
The warmer, stickier weather in the Boston area drives thoughts of cooling off. Here are 31 public and private pools to do just that.
These selections include elegant indoor affairs in some of the region’s tonier hotels as well as free spray and wading pools in state- and city-running facilities.
Check the times and the hours—and, in some cases, the fees—before heading out. And let us know if we’re missing a particularly convenient pool. We’ll be updating.
Read MoreThe pool and its surrounding lounge offer what the hotel describes as a “South Beach-style” experience, complete with entry fee.
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Boston College offers summer memberships to people not affiliated with the school.
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The luxury rental complex includes a solar-heated private pool.
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The free outdoor pool is open daily until Aug. 24.
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This pool is open daily and is free for kids under 6.
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This outdoor pool is free and open daily during the summer until Sept. 1.
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This Harvard facility offers guest and membership fees to swimmers not associated with the university.
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Cambridge charges residents modest fees for using the rec center’s pools, which are open daily.
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M.I.T. offers memberships to its pool-heavy rec center to those not affiliated with the university, but only if an applicant has an M.I.T.-affiliated sponsor.
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The free outdoor pool is open daily and is part of larger rec center.
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The free outdoor pool is open daily.
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The free outdoor pool is open daily until Sept. 1.
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The heated pool is on the hotel’s seventh floor.
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The indoor/outdoor saltwater lap pool might be the biggest of its kind in the Boston area.
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The rooftop pool on the hotel’s 12th floor opens on May 26 this season.
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Swim or lounge inside an atrium and beneath a retractable roof, next to a deck with views of the Charles. The pool is 30 feet by 45 feet. Open to hotel guests only from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
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The luxury rental includes an indoor heated pool.
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The 44-foot-long indoor pool is open to hotel guests and Four Seasons condo owners.
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The indoor-outdoor pool here charges per swimmer.
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The rooftop pool on the seventh floor is next to a cabana-filled deck.
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The spray-slash-wading pool in Boston Common’s Frog Pond opens on June 29. It’s free.
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The luxury rental includes a sixth-floor heated pool.
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The heated pool is on the luxury condo tower's 11th floor.
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The luxury condo complex includes an outdoor heated pool that it shares with the Court Square Press complex.
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The pool is open daily until Sept. 1 and has a sliding pay scale for admission.
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The heated pool is adjacent to a grilling area.
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The 45-foot, heated pool is open to hotel guests and members of the InterContinental’s spa and fitness center.
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The hotel comes with a 60-foot indoor lap pool.
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The two-building residential complex includes an outdoor pool right next to the harbor.
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The 64-unit complex includes a heated pool right next to the harbor.
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The hotel includes an indoor heated pool.
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The pool and its surrounding lounge offer what the hotel describes as a “South Beach-style” experience, complete with entry fee.
Boston College offers summer memberships to people not affiliated with the school.
The luxury rental complex includes a solar-heated private pool.
The free outdoor pool is open daily until Aug. 24.
This pool is open daily and is free for kids under 6.
This outdoor pool is free and open daily during the summer until Sept. 1.
This Harvard facility offers guest and membership fees to swimmers not associated with the university.
Cambridge charges residents modest fees for using the rec center’s pools, which are open daily.
M.I.T. offers memberships to its pool-heavy rec center to those not affiliated with the university, but only if an applicant has an M.I.T.-affiliated sponsor.
The free outdoor pool is open daily and is part of larger rec center.
The free outdoor pool is open daily.
The free outdoor pool is open daily until Sept. 1.
The heated pool is on the hotel’s seventh floor.
The indoor/outdoor saltwater lap pool might be the biggest of its kind in the Boston area.
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