Your Guide to Pools Around Rochester

Thinking about summer already? If you're considering joining a pool club, we've made the research easy for you.

• Where is it? 998 Brookwood Lane; in Rochester Hills, off Tienken Road.
• What's the cost? For a social membership (swim and tennis), the initiation fee is $750; annual dues are $650.
  
• Is there a waiting list? Yes.
  
• What's it like? There's a junior Olympic size pool and tennis courts. The club offers swim lessons.
• How to join: Call 248-651-4820 or visit www.mybrookwood.com.

• Where is it? 995 Old Perch, at the corner of Old Perch and Avon roads in Rochester Hills.
• What's the cost? There is a $375 initiation fee. Yearly dues are $585.
  
• Is there a waiting list? Yes.
  
• What's it like? The club features swimming and tennis courts, as well as basketball and sand volleyball. Swimming lessons are offered.
  
• How to join: Visit hhscswim.org.

• Where is it? 200 W. Avon Road; in Rochester Hills at the corner of Rochester Road.
  
• What's the cost? $129 a month for a family membership.
  
• Is there a waiting list? No.
  
• What's it like? There are several outdoor pools for all ages, as well as water slides and fountains. The cost includes access to the entire gym. Swim lessons are offered.
  
• How to join: Call 248-601-9400 or visit clubs.​lifetimefitness.​com/​Rochester-Hills/​11231/.

• Where is it? 455 Twin Lakes Drive; in Oakland Township, east of Rochester Road.
• What's the cost? There is a $500 initiation fee; annual dues are $850.
• Is there a waiting list? No.
• What's it like? The social membership gets you use of the tennis and swimming facilities, which feature a zero-depth children's pool and small slide, as well as a lap pool and playground.
• How to join: Call 248-650-4550 or visit mytwinlakesgc.​com.

• Where is it? 1975 W. Gunn Road; in Oakland Township, off Adams Road.
  
• What's the cost? There is a $2,000 initiation fee for a social membership; the monthly fee is $280.
  
• Is there a waiting list? No.
  
• What's it like? There's a swimming pool and a toddler pool, and the club offers swim lessons and other special pool events.
  
• How to join: Call 248-652-4283 or visit www.​thewyndgate.​com.

Other pools to consider:

• Troy Family Aquatic Center: Located of I-75 a short drive from Rochester Hills, it offers pools, a sand playground and water slides. Nonresident memberships start at $89 a month.
• North Oakland YMCA: Located on the border of Rochester Hills in Auburn Hills, the Y has only an indoor pool, but offers family memberships for $81.50 a month.
• : Newly opened on South Street in Rochester, the school offers monthly lessons for kids. The lessons start at $78 a month per child.