Julius Boehm Swimming Pool

The new upgrades put this pool at one of the best in the area. The water is crystal clear, the swim deck is easy on your feet, and the shower facilities are a huge improvement.
My only suggestions are to add a swim suit water extractor, a weight scale, and towel hooks to each of the shower rooms.
Oh, and the staff are wonderful too!
Rick West

There is not a lot of parking here. But they have a lot of open swim hours and it’s cheap to drop in for those hours. The staff is ok. Not overly friendly, but they do answer questions.
One of my kids is doing the diving class. It’s a short class, but she has fun. And it’s pretty cheap as well.
There are dressing rooms/​bathrooms. Upstairs has a viewing balcony. It’s hot up there with the heat blowing. And it’s loud when a lot of kids are swimming.
But we like this place and are enjoying the pool for open swim and classes.

Busy, loud and old facility. With the amount of kids in the pool, I found myself on high alert in the germ department. There is an insane number of classes going at once, almost 2 per lane.
While in the pool with my youngest, a bandaid floated by me and made me want to run for the hills. No «street shoes» are allowed right around the pool but the hard uneven surface of the floor, makes walking barefoot uncomfortable, almost painful.
They ask the parents to sit on the upper level on the benches/​bleachers during swim lessons. If you have a little one in a stroller, you have to carry the stroller up a flight of steps as there is not an elevator. I find this annoying. The spectator section/​seating is not handicap accessible or stroller friendly. Either let parents sit poolside with strollers or bring this ancient facility into modern times and make it accessible.
The locker rooms are atrocious. There are bricks of the little square lockers and benches with hooks. There are a couple bathroom stalls and signs asking you not to use them as changing rooms. There is one shower stall with a curtain which says its reserved for people with special needs. While I am not looking for luxurious accommodations at the public pool, these lockers are sub par and disgusting. Bandaids and other randomness on the floors, the entire locker room smells like urine, too few bathroom stalls and absolutely no where to change if you have an ounce of modesty. It looked like it could be a prison shower room. My 4 year old doesnt mind but I wouldn’t even use this locker room personally. I’d walk over the the community center.
Having already prepaid for swim lessons, we will finish them but I absolutely will not step foot back into this old and dated facility. I feel like the locker rooms are inadequate, spectator seating is not easily accessible for everyone and the facility does not look or feel clean.
It’s too bad the facility is such a shame because I feel like the swim classes are decent and are priced good. My 4 year old’s swim instructor is great. The facility overshadows the lessons which seem to be decent. It’s s shame

Our family frequents the pool mostly for high school swim meets. The pool has a good setup for multipurpose use, allowing public swim during swim meets. The pool itself is quite nice with six lanes, diving end, and separate pool area for lessons and exercise classes. Public seating is better than most pools, and natural lighting is a big plus for ambiance and photography. Limited parking is an issue at peak times. Facilities for swimmers are bare bones. Not particularly family friendly for families with younger kids. In my opinion Life Guarding standards are iffy and could be more disciplined, particularly during busy times. King County would do well to invest in this aging facility which is in extremely high demand and serves many local swim teams. It adds a lot to quality of life for families in King County and the Issaquah area.

We take swim lessons here and I was surprised that there really aren’t any family rooms to dress and undress, which is hard since I have little one’s of both genders. The lessons are reasonably priced and the pool area is kept warm. They have a lot going on at once with swim team practice on one side and swim lessons on the other in every lane. It get’s pretty crowded.

Crowded, noisy, hot and completely lacking in locker room amenities, this pool is only for the die-​hard. There are only EIGHT cold-​water showerheads in the women’s locker room!
The swimming teachers seemed more interested in barking commands than in helping the kids learn, and the swim team coach was shouting at those teenagers too, making the place echo like a canyon. I’d skip this pool. Bellevue’s public pool is MUCH nicer.