The University Club of Washington, D.C.

Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

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Updated April 14, 2020.

Facility Overview

Facility Name
The University Club of Washington, D.C.
Address
1135 16th Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20036
UNITED STATES
Telephone
(202) 862-8800 for membership information.

Adult Admission Price & Policy

Drop-in/Casual
Single-swim admission is not available to the general public.

Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards

Pool 1
20y x 25f, 4 lanes, indoors, 82ºF (28ºC).

Location

GPS
38.904900, -77.035975

Teams That Use This Facility

We have no web links or contact information for teams that train at this facility.

Facility Notes

This is one of those very exclusive clubs that require sponsorship by a current member for a new member to join. It has reciprocity agreements with 180 other, similarly exclusive clubs around the world, e.g., the New York Athletic Club and the Olympic Club in San Francisco. The club has a private hotel, but it is for members, guests sponsored by members, and people who belong to clubs with reciprocity.

Facility Reviews

The pool is what I would call an "old style pool". It is a much smaller space than the New York Athletic Club but, if you can imagine that pool in a much more compact space, lower ceilings, and smaller, you get the picture. You can barely walk around the pool to the opposite end to pick up a pull buoy or whatever.

It is 20 yards long and has four lanes that are roped off from each other. It opens at 6 AM and closes at 10 PM. I think it would be difficult to share a lane, given how narrow the lanes are, even circle-swimming. But circling swimming probably won't ever be a problem, since it just isn't busy. There were three people when I swam at 7 AM and that was considered busy by the staff. The temperature was 82 degrees.

All in all, it's a decent place to swim (in the context of when you are travelling somewhere).
[May, 2017]