Draper Recreation Center

I’m so glad that Draper city spent millions of dollars to redo this pool. Without we would have the old center- and now look at what we have! Worse hours, horrible service, and higher entry prices. We are so blessed! If you’re ever feeling discouraged about where your tax dollars are being spent I really encourage you to come check this place out. You’ll wait 15 minutes to buy a day pass while a teenager sits on their phone and their manager watches from an office- you’ll spend $7 to enter the pool where it will be closed early because the lifeguards swear they have an app that told them there’s a lighting within 100 miles. You’ll notice there’s not a cloud in the sky but they have to follow this new policy!

Fabulous facility with multiple areas for sports and recreation, indoors and outdoors. Great playground adjacent to the facility with beautiful views of Draper and the valley.

TL:DR Overall, the gym looks nice and the machines it has are fancy and seem expensive. It really falls flat with the poorly designed changing/shower area and a bad weight room culture. I want to start off by saying that all the staff I interacted with were great and kind. They went out of their way to make sure I knew of common issues that occurred with the type of billing plan I was switching to. It's an alright gym. I mainly used the weight room and locker room. It feels weird that they don't have a normal locker room. They have an area with lockers to take off outer layers in the case you have your swimsuit under them, but they don't have a shared locker room to fully change. The best they had were a handful of private single use rooms with a toilet and a shower. Those rooms only had one wobbly bench to set bags on or sit on. The floors were soaking we so you wouldn't want to set bags down on them, so you were stuck standing trying not to slip on the wet floor. It's awkward to take a shower in one of those rooms since there aren't many other changing rooms and you're taking one up for 10-15 min. Also, if everyone is supposed to shower before swimming, how does a handful of showers accomplish that? It's also wild that their sinks get clogged simply from brushing your teeth. At that point, just replace the sinks. The weight room has amazing views. Unfortunately it was smoggy when I was working out, but I'd imagine the valley views being incredible on a clear day. I've seen other county gyms having a weight room attendant to make sure wipes are stocked at all times and ensure people aren't camping out on the machines. There wasn't a gym attendant when I was there and all but one of the gym wipe dispensers were empty and people were getting more screen time than exercise time in there. The machine camping is such a big problem because they have so few machines. They have 4 leg machines which is disappointing from the start, but to add insult to injury, one was broken. For such a fancy gym, it seemed like there was a lot of broken equipment.

Went here while visiting my wife's family so the kids could use the pool. Great price, only $4 a kid. People at the front desk were nice. Facility was huge and very clean. Tons of lifeguards.

My kiddo is in swimming lessons and has done so well. They are in small groups but still very attentive. Bless the teachers here as some kids can be wild. As my oldest is doing whim lesson they have a massive slide indoors and play place for water play. My two year has a blast as we wait and he plays in the water. I have also worked out here and they have come a long way with their weight room. They also have indoor sports for kids as well with a giant indoor soccer field. I highly recommend checking it out and bringing the whole family down for a nice outing and workout.