Hours of Operation
2020 Season ONLY
June 15 - August 15
7 Days a Week
Two Hour Sessions
12:00pm - 2:00pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
5:00pm - 7:00pm
7:30pm - 9:30pm
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR FREEDLANDER POOL ONLY.
Hours of Operation
2020 Season ONLY
July 1 - August 15
Monday - Friday
10:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday & Sunday
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Pre-registration is not required for admission into the Sprayground, however, capacity will be limited to allow for social distancing.
In order to allow as many people as possible to utilize the Sprayground, we ask that you please limit your visit to no more than 2 hours.
Hours of Operation
2020 Season ONLY
CLOSED
Pool passes will not be sold for the 2020 season. All paid admissions into Freedlander Pool and Knights Field Sprayground will allow for UNLIMITED entry into the YMCA Ellen Shapiro Natatorium through December 31, 2020.
YMCA memberships from the Wooster YMCA location only will be honored for entry into Freedlander Pool and Knights Field Sprayground. This is only good for members of the Wooster YMCA and no other local, regional or national YMCA memberships.
If you do not have a Wooster YMCA membership, daily admission fees must be paid for anyone entering City of Wooster Aquatics facilities.
Daily Fees
*This is for admission into the pool facility
$2/Senior (Ages 65+)
$4/Adult (Ages 18-64)
$2/Youth (Ages 3-17)
Children under 3 years old are free
Christmas Run Pool
CLOSED FOR 2020 SEASON
Freedlander Pool
(330) 345-8334
400 Hillside Dr.
Wooster, OH 44691
Knights Field Sprayground
(330) 262-8468
701 Rebecca St.
Wooster, OH 44691
Freedlander Pool
- Built in 1967 - Major Benefactor - Freedlander Family, notably Herman Freedlander
- Considered one of the best pools in the state of Ohio at that time.
- 1969 - Held first Freedlander Swim meet (2010 marks 42nd annual meet)
- One of the few remaining long course swim meets in Ohio.
This pool features:
- Main pool 165' x 75' with 40'x 40' diving well
- Wading pool 100' x 25'
- Main pool depth = 3 ½' - 12'
- Diving well
- 2 - 1m Diving boards
- 1 - 3m Diving board
- Climbing wall in diving well (CLOSED FOR 2020 SEASON)
- Frog slide in wading pool
- 10 Long course racing lanes
- 20 Short course racing lanes
Knights Field Sprayground
- Built in 1968
- Fundraising effort by Alice and Don Noble
- 2007 - Underused pool converted into the new sprayground
- After the conversion attendance grew 14 fold over the old pool
Christmas Run Pool (CLOSED FOR 2020 SEASON)
Built in 1974 by the Freedlander family, this pool features:
- Depth of 2 ½’ - 10’
- 2 Flume water slides
- 2 Low diving boards
- Wading pool with a spray feature