Descriptions of each water park & wading pools in
Coquitlam and what it has to offer!

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Blue Mountain Park
975 King Albert Avenue - Central Coquitlam

Blue Mountain Park has something to offer everyone. Set in amongst an urban forest, you'll find a variety of park amenities from quiet picnic areas to sports facilities and tennis courts. This park has an impressive spray park, wading pool and playground for children including a wheelchair accessible playground. Enjoy the many amenities that this park has to offer or simply lounge on the grass under the shade of a tall douglas fir.

Recreation Facilities: Baseball field, Outdoor Pool, Picnic spot, sportsfield, playground, water spray park, washrooms

Spray Park: Opening on May 20, 2006

10:00a.m. - 8:00p.m daily
Operates on demand using push button system
weather permitting

Wading Pool:

Opening on June 11, 2006
11:30a.m. - 7:30p.m. daily
weather permitting

Burns Park
802 Edgar Street - Central Coquitlam

Burns Park is a smaller neighbourhood park situated in Central Coquitlam, which provides residents with a playground and spray park to enjoy.

Recreation Facilities: Playground, water spray park

Eagle Ridge Park
2635 Runnel Drive

Built mainly under the hydro right-of-way corridor in Eagle Ridge, this park has features to meet almost every leisure need. Swimmers and tennis players can enjoy facilities at the corner of Guildford Way and Lansdowne Drive which also provides a playground for children to enjoy. The right-of-way area of this park has a playground off Harrier Drive, but is also home to a number of soccer fields, a baseball field, and a lacrosse box.

Recreation Facilities: Lacrosse, basketball, Playground, sports field, washrooms, tennis courts, pool

Wading Pool:

Hours of Operation:
June 29 - September 4, 2006
1:00pm - 5:00pm Monday to Friday
6:00pm - 8:30pm Monday to Friday
12:30pm - 8:30pm Saturday & Sunday

Mackin Park
1046 Brunette Avenue

A beautiful park located in historic Maillardville, Mackin Park offers visitors many amenities to enjoy. Three softball fields and one Little League baseball field are key features of this park in the summer. On almost any evening, one can stop by to watch a game being played. In the winter, the two Class A fields are home to many soccer, football, and cricket teams. If organized sport is not your leisure choice, one can enjoy the perimeter trail for taking a leisurely stroll around the fields and along Nelson Creek. There are two tennis courts and one practice court for users to enjoy and children can frolic away an afternoon playing in the playground or enjoying the children's wading pool in the summer.

Recreation Facilities: Baseball, tennis courts, sport field, playground, outdoor pool, picnic shelter, trails, washrooms

Wading Pool:

Opening on June 2, 2006
11:30a.m. - 7:30p.m. daily
weather permitting

Mundy Park
641 Hillcrest Street

Mundy Park, Coquitlam's largest park, is a stunning example of an urban nature forest. Located in west Coquitlam, this park is home to some of the best urban nature trails in the Lower Mainland. Visitors can enjoy a long, leisurely stroll under the forest canopy lost in the tranquility of nature at its best. The Mundy Park trail system incorporates a loop trail around Mundy Lake and passes by Lost Lake on the east side of the park.

Visitors can take self guided nature walks through the park with assistance from a publication available through the Leisure and Parks Services office. In addition to the jogging and walking opportunities the trails provide, Mundy Park has many other amenities to offer visitors. There are two combination Class A soccer and softball fields, a combination B soccer and softball field, a Little League baseball field, and a Class A soccer and senior baseball field. In addition, there is a lacrosse box and outdoor swimming pool, as well as a large picnic area and playground for children. Visitors also have the opportunity to try their hand at frisbee golf on the nine hole course located near the ponds on the west side of the park. Mundy Park is a location not to be missed!

Recreation Facilities: Baseball, lacroose, sport field, playground, outdoor pool, trails, washrooms

Panorama Park
1481 Johnson Street

Located on Westwood Plateau, Panorama Park provides visitors with two softball and a Class A soccer field overlooking the City Centre area. Lit tennis courts allow users to play well into the evening, while families can enjoy a picnic next to the playground and children can cool down in the spray park operating in the summer season.

Recreation Facilities: Baseball, sport field, playground, pinic,
water spray park, tennis courts, washrooms

Spray Park:
Opens May 20 to September 4, 2006
Hours of Operation

11:00am to 5:00pm - 7 days week

Rochester Outdoor Pool
1390 Rochester Avenue
Phone: 604-933-6027

Rochester Outdoor Pool is a 25yd X 10yd heated outdoor swimming pool. The pool is ideally suited to small children and their families as the depth is only two and a half to five feet deep. It has heated showers and change room facilities. This pool is a great location for playing out in the sun or having a picnic. There is an enclosed grass area and picnic tables for public enjoyment. Our food concession has the old favorites like pop, freezies, chips and chocolate bars as well as healthy choices such as granola bars, juice and fruit leather. Swimming lessons are offered here as well as public swim opportunities.

Wading Pool:
Opening on June 29, 2006
12:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. daily
weather permitting

Spani Outdoor Pool
655 Hillcrest Street
Phone: 604-933-6027

Spani Pool is a heated outdoor swimming pool featuring eight 25 metre lanes and a dive tank with two one meter springboards. These features are suitable for competitive swimming which make this pool the ideal home for the Coquitlam Sharks Swim Club. Spani is located in the midst of Mundy Park and is surrounded by grass and trees. The main tank is three feet deep in the shallow end and five feet six inches in the deep end, with an adjacent diving tank that is 10 feet deep. Although outdoor, Spani lacks none of the necessities: warm showers, separate changeroom facilities and a Sharks sponsored concession. Swimming lessons , diving lessons, and swim camps are offered here as well as public swim opportunities.

Wading Pool:
June 5 - June 28
Mon - Fri: 6:30p.m. - 8:00p.m.
Sat & Sun: 12:30p.m. - 8:00p.m.
June 29 - September 1
Mon - Fri: 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. & 6:00p.m. - 8:30p.m.
Sat & Sun: 12:30p.m. - 8:30p.m.

Please note: Pool closures on July 22, 23 & Aug 5,6,7 due to swim meets.

Town Centre Park
1299 Pinetree Way

Coquitlam's City Centre is highlighted by Town Centre Park and Lafarge Lake. This park development has just completed phase 2 of its master plan and features three Class A fields in addition to a state of the art lit artificial turf field. The centerpiece of this park is the award winning stadium featuring a first class soccer/football field, rubberized eight lane running track, and track and field facilities. Children can enjoy the tot lot year round, while the water spray park is open during the summer to keep everyone cool. If rollerblading, jogging, or walking are more to one's liking, then the asphalt walkways around Lafarge Lake and the east arboretum/meadow are the perfect facility for you. Tennis players can enjoy the use of eight lit courts year round. With the continued development of this park, it is sure to become one of the best park facilities in the Lower Mainland.

Recreation Facilities: Baseball, Fishing, roller hockey, running track, tennis courts, sport field, playground, trails/walkways, washrooms, water spray park, washrooms

Water Park:
Opens May 20 to September 17, 2006
Hours of Operation
10:00am to 8:00pm - 7 days a week

Public transit

BC transit buses - Go to www.coastmountainbus.com for maps, schedules and other information. Also use www.mapquest.ca for exact directions to the location.