Lifeguard Shortage Impacts Another Lincoln Swimming Pool

Belmont City Pool

(KFOR NEWS August 5, 2022) Due to a lifeguard shortage, Lincoln Parks and Recreation is modifying the schedule for the Belmont Neighborhood Pool, 12th and Manatt streets.

For the remainder of the pool season, the revised Belmont Pool schedule is:

Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7 – closed
Monday, August 8 through Thursday, August 11 – open
Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14 – closed

Parks and Recreation has already changed the schedule for Star City Shores because of a lifeguard shortage. Star City Shores will be closed August 8th thru the 11th.

Regular hours for the rest of Lincoln’s public swimming pools are 1pm to 6 p.m. seven days a week:

Arnold Heights, 4000 N.W. 46th St., 402-441-7829
Ballard, 3901 N. 66th St., 402-441-7898
Belmont, 12th and Manatt streets, 402-441-7826
Eden, 4400 Antelope Creek Rd., 402-441-7827
Irvingdale, 1900 Van Dorn St., 402-441-7828
Woods, 33rd and “J” streets, 402-441-7782
Highlands Aquatic Center, 5511 N.W. 12th St., 402-441-7800
University Place Aquatic Center, 2000 N. 48th St., 402-441-7834
Star City Shores, 4375 S. 33rd Ct., 402-441-6670 (closed August 8-11)

The free sprayground at Trago Park, North 22nd and “U” streets, is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week through Labor Day. The sprayground at Woods Park, South 33rd and “J” streets, is closed this season due to mechanical issues.

The 2022 pool season runs through August 14.th.

For more information contact the Aquatic Office at 402-441-7960, email [email protected], or visit lincoln.ne.gov/pools.