Spring Hill RECenter

Disgusting facilities. Check it out before you buy any kind of membership. Showers are at best a trickle, and the bathrooms, filthy. Pool is crowded and management reserves the right to shut it down completely, without prior notice and without regard to the posted schedule if better paying customers (read: high school swim teams) decide to practice that day.

This gym is great, but here is ONE downside. The front desk people, there are two Persian or middle eastern employees that think they are hot shit. Really annoying, I wouldn’t care if they simply said «hi» and have a good night. But they have this phony passive aggressive interest.
Losers lol.

The new renovations have been taking a while, but they have made the place much better.
Pros
–Cheap
–Large gym
–Tons of modern equipment
–Adequate pool
–Renovation has improved locker room showers, gym, and added a basketball court, and a running area.
Cons
–Disgusting locker rooms-​toilet paper everywhere
–Pool has to much chlorine-​I smell like the ocean after
–Construction :/​
Overall it’s a 3.5, but I can’t rate 3.5.

My boy is 3yrs old and this was his first experience of going to school. Earlier days were a bit challenging at the preschool but Ms Sushma handled it very well. I saw a lot of kids crying and throwing a fit since it was their first time too but she was very patient and made them adjust well to the surrounding. My son loves his teachers. Ms. Sushma and Ms. Jackie are wonderful in handling kids and am glad my kids first experience was a good one. He’s learning a lot and now knows to write his ABCs.
The preschool has 2(Tue & Thu) or 3(Mon/Wed/Fri) or 5 days a week option. It’s affordable and the timing is from 9am to 1pm. The drop times are flexible but pick ups are a must at 1pm. They also take kids swimming 2 days a week i.e. Thu & Fri. They are also taken out regularly to play. Although it’s a small set up, its the teachers that make all the difference.
If you are looking at a decent not overpriced wholesome preschool in mclean, this definitely is the one.

Great ukulele class taught by professional musician and dancer, Carol Takafuji is a terrific teacher — students make fast progress! Bring a music stand and your instrument and join the fun!

Another place visited just for the pool — children’s swim classes actually. By the time we registered, it was the only RECenter left that offered a class at the time that I wanted. The classes and intructors were pretty good but with Providence and Oak Marr being must closer to me, I wouldn’t drive out to McLean to just to use this facility. I don’t really have any complaints for this place, it is just not as convenient for me.
Spring Hill Recreation Center is a 44, 062 square foot facility that houses a heated indoor 25-​Yard by 25-​meter swimming pool with ramp and two one-​meter diving boards, a poolside spa, beach and wading areas, saunas, and locker rooms with showers.
On the Main Level — the preschool classroom, a mezzanine with an overlook to the pool and a huge dance studio.
On the Lower Level — a Racquetball/​Walleyball court with glass back walls, a multi-​purpose activity room, a Fitness Room featuring a FitLinxx Circuit, and more.

$ 8 for Fairfax Country residents and $ 10.50 for non residents.
We come here to swim laps. The locker facilities could be a litlte cleaner. I found a brownie in one of the lockers. Gross! Pool wise, it’s clean and we have never really had to wait for a lane (we usually come after work on the evenings or in the afternoons during the weekend). When they have classes they may shut down a couple of the lanes. They also have two racquet ball facilities but in addition to the entrace fee, you have to pay another fee to reserve the courts. BUMMER! If you have a monthly pass or rec package, then this fee is waived. Just an FYI.

Ya know what, Spring Hill is not too shabby. And i mean that. I use it for the weight room and though its free weight section could be a little more extensive it is what it is. Never taken a spin-​class there but judging by at least the equipment and space it looks good.
The place is never crowded. its clean, the sauna’s F’n hot and overall pretty good for what it is. And really isn’t a workout what you put into it and not the facilities. my .02 cents on Spring Hill. give it try!

rating for pool: 1
rating for facilities: 4
average: 2.5
overall, pretty decently managed so I’ll round up to a 3
Ever since they switched the pool from a chlorine to UV system, my partner keeps getting sinus infections. Oakmar is the next closest FFX county pool, but it seems silly to burn that much gas (& time) just to swim.
The whirlpool is still chlorine based.
I’ve only swam there when it was still chlorine & the locker rooms often smelled like pee. I’ve avoided the pool & locker rooms since 2008.
The fitness room is pretty good– extensive range of cardio & weight machines.

Our family has attended classes in the outdoor fields, pool and studios. We’ve found it to be clean and well-​maintained. The swimming and Kung Fu classes are well organized and well taught. The soccer and t-​ball classes that we’ve attended have not been as well organized and taught. The playground outside is great for after class.
My principal complaints are:
* soccer and t-​ball classes have not been well-​organized or taught
* parking can be difficult on Saturday mornings
* studios are too small for some of the more popular classes
The County seems to recognize the parking issue. It has placed staff in the parking lot at busy times to facilitate finding a space, which has helped. Also, a bond was recently approved by the voters to improve the parking.

Alright let’s get it out of the way with the possibility of sounding snobby, a public pool is a public pool, it will always have that funny smell, and you may find some glob of hair floating in your lane, but with that being said Spring Hill is the best public pool in Fairfax and possibly Northern Virginia. I’ve swam in a few pools in the public rec centers and this one is the cleanest, has the least smells, and the clearest water. There are always a few classes going on, but I’ve never had a problem finding a lane, and the people that come there to swim don’t use it as the ol’ watering hole like some other pools *cough*Providence*cough* but use it as a lap pool which is exactly what I want and use it for as well. So this is the best pool, for cheap access to the water to do your laps.
I only use this facility for its pool, I belong to another gym, but the gym seems pretty accommodating too. Mostly senior citizens there, so the free weights are always available.