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About Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center
Located in Albert-Oakland Park, Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center is Columbia’s largest outdoor municipal pool. It has a spacious 50-meter pool with two diving boards and a triple-loop enclosed flume slide. There is a separate water play area for kids; a bathhouse with mens, womens, and family changing rooms; concession area, and a large deck with lounge chairs and shade umbrellas.
573.474.5331 (in season)
573.874.7460 (offseason)
Facility information
Facility amenities
- Outdoor facility
- 50 meter pool
- Main pool has 9,334 surface square feet, representing 400,000 gallons of water
- Children’s water play area with sprinklers and slide
- 2,700 square feet zero-depth
- Concession stand
- Diving boards (2)
- Double loop enclosed flume water slide
- Large deck area with lounge chairs
- Large “Funbrellas” for plenty of shade
Private rentals
Enjoy a pool-side private party, family reunion, or office party in a pleasant environment. Indoor and outdoor facilities may be reserved for two hours or more after recreational swim times or other times the facilities are not in use. Outdoor aquatic facilities are available during the summer season. Indoor aquatic facilities are available year round. Reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The following applies to all aquatic facility rentals:
- Two hour minimum.
- Lifeguards are provided.
- Portable music players allowed.
- Food and drink (no alcohol) allowed. (Concessions not open for private rentals.)
- All regular facility rules are in effect.
- Children and youth groups must have one adult to every ten children.
- Everyone attending is counted, even if they do not swim.
- Reservations need to be made a minimum of two weeks in advance.
- Payment due at time of reservation.
- Rental fees are non-refundable. A reservation can be transferred to another date of up to 14 days prior to the scheduled reservation.
| CAPACITY | PRICE |
|---|---|
| 50 or less (Each additional person over 50 is $1 each) | $250 — two-hour session $168 — without children’s water play area $99 — children’s water play area ONLY |
"Leap In To" - Percent for the Art Project
Oakland Family Aquatic Center is the first city construction project to feature site specific art as the result of the Percent for Art program. The paired aluminum sculptures, entitled “Leap In To”, by Springfield, MO, artist Mark LaMair, depict two people diving into an implied pool.
The Percent for Art program is coordinated by the City’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
1999 pool renovation
Oakland Pool renovation was completed in spring 1999. The Columbia Cosmopolitan Luncheon Club generously donated $9,000
towards the purchase of the pool’s play structure.
Overall, the pool renovation project was financed with:
- $374,000 from recreation user fees
- $175,000 from the 1995 ballot to renew a quarter-cent sales tax
- $175,000 grant from MO Dept of Natural Resources Local Landmark Park Grant
- $30,000 from the City’s Public Improvement Fund.
- $55,000 from the City’s Designated Loan Fund — which will be repaid from fees collected in the Recreation Services Division
- $9,000 donation from Cosmo Club
Total pool renovation cost $818,000
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