Monday, September 4, 2017

Review: Sunset Beach Park, Claysville, PA

GPS: 40.131623, -80.371125
Address: 4185 State Route 40, Claysville, PA 15323
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Visit Day and Time: August 21, 2017 from 11:30 am -1pm Eclipse Day
Temperature at visit:  Cloudy but warmer probably low 80s.
Crowd level: Very low, about 3-4 families in the low end and a couple more in the deep end it felt very empty (school had started back at most places and other pools in the area had already cut their hours back to weekends only or limited hours in the evening).

Pros

  • Very large pool
  • Interesting add-in features

Cons

  • The pool floor was very rough.  I always have swim shoes on my toddler but I don't generally wear them, next time we go I will have to have them for this pool.
  • Some of the add-in features were closed or not functioning.  Some of this could have been to limited visitor/staff.  The water slide was closed and the dumping water bucket was not working/running.
Cleanliness

  • The space was clean but dated.

Adult Info

  • This is a cash only location.  They have an ATM onsite.
  • There was a food concession area onsite but I never checked the prices.

Access

  • The way to get into the toddler area was a couple of awkward large steps with no rail.
  • There was a zero entry area on one side of the pool.
  • The entire pool is gated with a main entry exit area.
  • Parking is on grass with a basic gravel road down each lane.  

Restrooms

  • Stalls were very tiny, clean but dated.
Misc

  • This pool would have value as a day trip but for the cost of admission it would be hard to justify just stopping in for a couple hours.  The only reason we did was my daughter was in for Germany and we had planned to visit a different pool this day but it was already closed on the weekdays for the season.  My sister told me she always just packed a picnic lunch and they stayed for most of the day. 

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