San Antonio, TX
(210) 824-2595

Our story, 79 years in Alamo Heights

Same water since 1948.

Since 1948, Heights Pool has been Alamo Heights’ sunny oasis, where friendships grow and summer memories are made.

It’s not just a pool. It’s the neighborhood’s gathering place. We’d love to welcome your family into the story.

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Black-and-white photograph of the Alamo Heights pool in 1948, the deck and diving end
The pool and its deck in 1948, the summer Alamo Heights opened it.

Opening Splash Day, July 15

A day of diving contests, races and clowns.

The pool opened on July 15, 1948, with diving competitions, swimming races, clowns and water pageantry. That first day set the tone: a place for the whole neighborhood to show up and get wet.

Black-and-white photograph of a lifeguard stand beside the pool
The lifeguard stand.
Black-and-white photograph of the high dive
The high dive.
Black-and-white photograph of the poolside in the early years
Poolside, early summers.

Saved by The Pool Guy

The city-run pool was set to be filled in.

Thirty-four years ago, the city-run pool was set to be filled in. Rick Shaw, known to everyone as “The Pool Guy”, saved it. He had swum here as a boy in the late 1950s.

After a yearlong closure, the pool reopened in the summer of 1990, repainted and upgraded. Today his daughter and son-in-law, Stacy and Clayton Smaistrla, carry on his legacy with the same passion and community spirit.

“Rick has preserved what it means to be neighborly.”

Member Trey Guinn, San Antonio Report, 2019
The Olympic-size pool with a row of striped umbrellas and the tree line beyond
The Olympic-size pool and its striped deck umbrellas.
The pool at night with lit lap lanes and string lights
Lap lanes lit at night.

Generations have grown up here

The traditions that never drained out.

Heights Pool is an outdoor family swim club with an Olympic-size pool and lap lanes, a diving well with a diving board and water slide, a kiddie pool and playscape, lighted pickleball courts with no court fees, a basketball court, and POOLSIDE, our renovated grill and full bar.

  • Pool Shark ribbons

    Part of what generations have grown up on here.

  • Fourth of July coin dives

    A Fourth of July fixture at the pool.

  • Cannonball contests

    A summer staple on the deck.

  • Coin Toss

    A tradition members come back for.

  • Race a Lifeguard

    Challenge a lifeguard to a race.

  • Ice cream under the Texas sun

    A hot Texas afternoon, handled.

Elevated view of the Olympic-size pool with lane lines, loungers and umbrellas along the deck
Diving well with the board, the tall slide tower and a lifeguard chair under a striped umbrella

Come see the water for yourself.

Membership is open to everyone with no waitlist. In 2026 the pool stayed open past Labor Day for its first Off Season, running through December 13. Browse the photos, check this season’s hours and events, plan a pool party, or get in touch.

Get a season passCall (210) 824-2595

250 Viesca St, San Antonio, TX 78209