Big Stacy Pool

The water is too warm for cool summer swim. The dressing rooms and bathrooms are clean. But there is always a lot of using bad language and we have had lots of beach towels token

OMG!!! Ive been coming to this pool for about 5 years or so. I know what to expect. There are some lively homeless people that hit this pool. Ive seen fights between several homeless people and had to ask multiple people to stop screaming profanities in my kids ears.
Last Sat took the freaking cake! I decided not to swim this day (thank god) but i took my 4 kids plus 3 neighbor kids down to go swimming. My kids are ass holes so I cant dump them and run, i gotta keep an eye on them or they will drown each other… I see a homeless man enter the pool wearing multiple pairs of shorts. Hummmm… then i watch him remove 1 pair or shorts and proceed to wash them in the pool. Hummmmm… then i watch him get out of the pool, walk over to his huge pile of stuff and start hanging his laundry out to dry. HUMMMM… I see him drape socks, undies, shorts & his shirts all over the grass, the fence & 1 of the 3 benches… so all of his stuff was wet from pool washing!!!
Meanwhile the lifeguards are teaching a class or something so no one notices him doing this!!! I saw him wash 1 pair of pants but the pile indicated he had been there a while so i don’t understand how the lifeguards didn’t see this! I might need to invest in an above ground pool or something cause that’s just beyond nasty.

Great free place to either take your kids for a dip or just go swim laps. I love to wear my speedo and sun bathe in the grass. Also, if your homeless you can shower in the free showers.

I imagine on a hot summer day this pool is a nightmare of bodies and heat. It is warmed by an underground spring so can get very warm i was told. This time of year it is around 79 – 80. There were a lot of kids, and young parents. It has been here since the 40’s. Best part… it’s FREE. Warm shower after a swim; who could ask for more? Great Travis Heights area.

I always enjoy swimming here. I’d give it 5 stars except the water is too warm during the summer. Today I swam 800 meters. My cheeks were burning red from overheating due to the water temp that I couldn’t swim the 1000 m as planned. However, we did run in to some friends… in fact, most trips to this pool involve running into friends or at least some interesting characters to talk to, which is always nice. The pool always seems cleans and the hours are great. Also, it’s free! Best time to swim here is Oct-​May.

A wonderful Austin secret. The water is a comfortable temp, not over-​chemicalized and relatively quiet. Nice for a few laps, or relaxing for a bit. shhhhhhhhh…

We stumbled upon Big Stacey’s pool because Barton Springs pool was closed for cleaning. There was roughly 15 – 20 ppl at any given time of our 2.5 hr visit. The red ants are viscous!!! If they had chairs, tables, or any type of seating other than the 3 hard benches it’d be worthy of a 5 star review.
There are 4 lap lanes, a deep end, and a shallow end. Water was extremely cold, but refreshing on a hot Texas day. The pool is free and open to the public so you really can’t beat it. Other than a few shady characters that had came by to use the bathroom for their daily shower rather than being there to use the pool it was a very enjoyable day!

One of the strangest life events happened at this pool and I am still confused about it till this day… In 5^th grade, I was swimming at the pool with my best friend at the time and his family. When we were leaving, I could not find my shirt, so I went to the bathroom stall where I changed into my swim suit and I saw it on the floor…
The only problem was that there was log of human shit laying on top of my white T-​Shirt… This was very puzzling for me to see being in 5^th grade…
Obviously it was a problem considering it was my only T shirt I had so it made it difficult considering we might need to go to another public place after we left, but rather then thinking about this problem, I had to analyze how this went down and it’s very humerus to think about the process in which the terd sandwich culprit had to go through to follow through on his mischievous plot…
First of all, this is a public bathroom, and there had to be other people in the bathroom when he bent his ass over my shirt while spreading his butt cheeks and letting his WW2 like projectile shit bomb all over my shirt… Did it make noise? Did anyone see the shit from under the stall not going in the toilet? Did he use my shirt to wipe his ass when he was finished? Was it a little kid that didn’t know where re bathroom was? What was going through his head when he decided to hover his ass over my shirt and let a hurricane Katrina like shit storm tear into my unsuspecting shirt (by the way, it had a skydiver on it, and it was a pretty cool short). Has this man done this to other shirts or unforgiving objects left in the bathroom?
So many unanswered questions…
Although this incident happened in 2001, it still puzzles me till this day… I am not upset about it, in fact I think it might be one of the most funny and memorable events in my life… That bring be to the reason of this post…
WHO LAUNCHED THE GRENADE BOMB TERD ON MY SHIRT???
If you or anyone you know have any information on this mystery, I would really like to know… Hell, I’d possibly want to be his friend, he’s probably a very funny guy!
Description of the T-​Shirt:
–White
–Blue letters going vertical down the right hand front side
–sky diver over lapping the letters mid shirt
Note: para shoot not fully opened
That is about it! Please respond back to this post with any information on the mysterious shirt shit prankster of Stacy pool. And also note to never leave your shirt in a public restroom.
As far as the pool goes… It’s alright, a little crowded, there’s several better public pools out there that you don’t run the risk of getting your shirt shitted on.
Thanks for you help!!!
–West Budreau

Big Stacy is FREE… Yahooooo, i dont know that there is a municipal swimming 3 min away from my place. AWESOME. the temp was just perfect, my eyes didnt turn like zombie, clean, little much grass area. Parking will be pain if it is busy for sure, be ready for that beside that i loved it.

Its a great neighbourhood pool. They have 3 dedicated lanes for swinners and each lance has to be shared by 2 swimmners. They also have an open area which is great for family & kids. I’ve visited only once and was there at 3 pm on a thursday afternoon, to my suprise this place busy. The life guard did mention that the place gets busy during evenings and weekends.
Its a great place for people who like to actually swim but you have to figure out a time when its not busy.

This is actually a pretty fantastic little
pool. There are three lap lanes that can support two swimmers, so 6 people could be lap swimming at any given time. The rest of the pool is open area. If you don’t like lots of kids, maybe this isn’t for you though. There are a decent amount of families here. That aside, the pool is clean and the temperature is perfect.
Unexpected side note: if you have Time Warner Cable, there’s actually a free hotspot you can access wifi from here.

Parking sucks during the summer but thankfully I mainly go here when the weather is below 60… so November until February or March.
The pool is heated by a hot water spring fed well which during the winter keeps the water around 80. They turn the heat off around mid march and once it becomes hot outside, the water becomes like bath water. It is very possible to sweat during the summer.
There is also a large homeless population that uses the free showers and they tend to loiter. I haven’t had any issues but I have heard of people who have.
Its a great place to go to when the sane people are keeping warm but once it warms up, I say try Deep Eddy or Barton Springs.

When my friend, an Austin local, suggested «Deep Eddy» and «Big Stacy» as the two pools to check out in Austin, I thought he was joking. It sounded a little like awful high school nicknames. Or maybe a few titles for bad porn.
But alas, Big Stacy (I guess that’s what the locals call it?) is a cool, clean pool with a few lanes for laps, and a nice, small grassy area to sunbathe. I wouldn’t exactly call it a tourist attraction – it’s nothing more than a pool with lanes – but it’s a great place to cool down from the intense Texas heat.
I love that this is free, clean, and a chill spot to hang with friends on a sunny afternoon. I went on a weekday around 2, so I can’t attest to how crowded it gets on other days, but there were maybe 10 people here at most when I went. So ample space for swimming /​lounging.

Free swimming for the win!!!

A free, heated pool with long hours. How can you not like this place?
Shhh, don’t tell anyone.

If you’re averse to the heavily chlorinated pools at 24 Hour Fitness or Golds Gym, you might want to consider Stacy Pool.
This pool is FREE, open year round and comfortably heated. The chlorine levels are pretty low compared to the gyms.
Parking can be hard at times. Be sure to use your parking brake so your vehicle doesn’t roll down the hill into the creek.
If there are lots of swimmers in the pool, try to ask them if you can circle swim or lane split. If they are nice, and usually they are, they will try to make space for you in their lane. Just be careful not to run into them if you’re a bad swimmer like me.
There are two separate bathrooms/​changing areas. One of them has a single shower and some lockers nearby and they are also heated in the winter. As others have noted, sometimes the bums hang out here too much so if they’re taking awhile I just tell them to hurry up.
They sometimes do safety checks on the hour when the lifeguards rotate and everyone has to get out of the pool.

I didn’t like it much when I went to swim there today — it was VERY crowded, some swimmers were selfish and wouldn’t «circle swim», instead expecting a crowd of 5 – 10 others to wait while they split the lane with someone else and swam two lengths at a time, stopping to rest for a few minutes in between. I found this pathetic.
On the plus side, there were some nice people there and the pool itself is fairly nice and decently clean. The water was too warm for me, but most people would probably find it suitable.
I know I am biased because this was my first time going there and I’m an experienced swimmer, but I was really surprised at the number of positive reviews on here and felt obligated to chime in.
I probably won’t be returning to Stacy. I wish that Deep Eddy pool was still open this winter and not closed for renovations. Other better lap swimming pools include the Northwest Municipal Park pool and Balcones Park pool, both of which are closed for the season.

I love swimming laps here! The environment is peaceful, with lots of nice shade trees, and the regulars are usually pretty cool about sharing lanes on busy days.
The downside is the chlorine– there is *way* too much of it. If I forget my goggles, my eyes burn for about 24 hours after swimming. You’ll also want to bring a swim cap to keep your hair from frying.
Thank you, Austin, for this awesome, free place to swim!

It doesn’t get much better than a FREE pool close to my house where I can swim laps or just float around and play YEAR ROUND and always the perfect temp.
The parking lot tends to get a bit crowded but there is ample street parking. My boyfriend and I are not pro swimmers at all but started swimming laps here regularly and the fellow lap swimmers are very gracious and willing to share their lanes with newbies.
I heart you, Big Stacy Pool!

Well kept pool, open year around. Free, year round. It makes the floating bandaids not so bad. But, the cool crowd that comes here, the older Austin hippies, with tons of stories, that’s what really makes this place.
Changing rooms are heated.

Hands down, a major factor and contributor as to why I choose to live in 78 704. First of all, here is a pool that is ran by the city that is open YEAR around. It’s clean, it’s never super crowded (unless it’s 110 degrees outside) and you always run into someone you know. Sure, you might find your fair share of bums enjoying the freeness of the pool and a clean shower, but hey, it’s a public pool so they get the same rights we do. And did I mention it is FREE?!
My favorite time to go is actually right before they close, or in the winter when most people don’t even dare to step outside to go for a walk. Usually you can get a lane to yourself, have a nice uninturupted swim and enjoy the WARM water. (Yes, the water is warm in the winter… supposedly it is spring water that is pumped in.?) Avoid first thing in the morning… that is usually when the hard-​core workout crew comes in. Also, look ahead for the swim team schedule in the summer, I believe they take over most of the pool in the early summer afternoons…

When I think of municipal pools I typically think of the overly chlorinated, slightly dirty, loud, and hectic scenes spent at many a swimming pool party from my childhood.
Not entirely the case here at Big Stacy Pool. We walked into the pool (without having to pay an entrance fee-​love the free) and found a spot on the small but not yet crowded lawn. We were there early, so we got to enjoy some quiet before noon time hit and in came the kiddies.
Today the pool was half swimming lanes, half free-​play. In the mornings, it’s all swim lanes. After baking for a bit, we hit the water to cool off. I was expecting frigid waters a la Barton Springs but was pleasantly surpised. The water was juuuuust right! And it’s only slightly chlorinated so no red eyes, either.
My only complaint is that the surrounding trees block a lot of the sun on the small lawn. So, if you’re looking to get a tan, get there early, and head to the North side of the lawn where the sun seems to shine most.

Big Stacy Pool is probably my most favorite location in all of Austin.
It usually isn’t ever crowded, plenty of space for your towel, for you to swim, AND you can bring food in and chomp on a sandwich in between laps.
It’s naturally warm and it’s clean and fresh and lovely.
I take everyone that comes and visits me to this pool and they love it.