Ketchikan Parks & Recreation

★★★★★Arthur Jackson

A very pleasant place to visit. A place where people of all ages from the community of Ketchikan. I had my taxes done there. Nice indeed.

★★Juneau seaport

It is well-known that Mayo Clinic, Stanford Medical, NYU, Orange County Youth, FIFA, NBA, NFL, AAHPERD, have identified and support pre-puberty weight lifting as critical to development and lifetime health habits. From age 10, when specific permission to lift with supervision was given by staff, until we were told at age 12.7 that the minimum age was 13, we lifted 6 times per week - many times with the facility supervisor in the room. Yesterday we were told that the age is and had always been 14. And the paper instructions on the walls (they said they had only changed the color recently) now says machines and free weights are further age restricted. We are not sure if there were complaints or whatever by such as listed by other reviewers, but the fact that access to a community asset is now even more severely limited - rather than promoted with benefit of proper instruction, building of body and health habits for a lifetime is an example of how not to run a community health center.

★★★★Brooke Lever

I’ve been in Ketchikan for about a month now, and while I get that moving somewhere new—especially a remote island—comes with some adjustments, the rec center experience has been a bit disappointing. I’m a regular gymgoer, and lifting is usually how I start or end my day. The equipment is limited, which I expected, but what I didn’t expect was the atmosphere—dead silent, kind of cold, and totally antisocial. The whole space feels like you're supposed to keep your head down, pop in headphones, and ignore everyone around you. For someone who actually enjoys the gym as a social and energizing place, it’s kind of a bummer. I was excited about the sauna, but it came with extra fees—$4 just to rent a towel, no locks on the lockers unless you bring your own or rent one, and you’re walking past the pool half-naked. It’s fine, just not welcoming. Maybe it’s a rec center thing, or just small-town vibes, but getting nickel-and-dimed for outdated amenities and feeling totally disconnected while I’m there has been frustrating. I’ll keep using it while I’m here for the summer, since there aren’t many options and I already paid, but if you're thinking about joining—consider this a heads-up. *edit to say that the staff is pretty nice, and the facility is pretty clean, so I bumped it up a star because I suppose those are the things that really matter

★★★★★Alex Trugon

Honestly, for the cost of a year pass, you really do get a bang for your buck. I've been regularly coming for about two months and have no complaints. It's a clean facility with great staff at the front and plenty of things to do!

★★★★★Felix Wong

The various rooms, gym, ball courts, pool and other facilities within the recreation and aquatic centers are impeccably taken care of and managed by a dedicated staff of people. A wonderful asset to the community.