From the Places2Swim editors
Places2Swim Blog
News, ideas and new features from the Places2Swim editorial team, whenever there is something to share.
From the editorial team
Website news, ideas and updates, shared when there is something to tell.
From the Places2Swim editors
Places2Swim Blog Archive
The editors’ earlier updates, preserved with their original dates. A record of the pools, places and ideas that shaped the directory.
From the archive
Website news, ideas and updates, shared when there is something to tell.
From the Places2Swim editors
The editors’ earlier updates, preserved with their original dates. A record of the pools, places and ideas that shaped the directory.
Website news, ideas and updates, shared when there is something to tell.
Places2Swim Blog
In August 2026 we corrected about 1,600 listings wrongly marked temperature controlled and kept refining the new site, with filters, photo uploads and travel tips planned. Our Pool of the Month is in Sister Bay, Wisconsin.
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In July 2026 we standardized the water temperature field in about 1,600 pool listings, with over 1,000 done and 500 to go. The Pool of the Month is Joali Being in the Maldives.
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In June 2026 we began daily meetings on the next version of Places2Swim, reached Harris County in our Texas review and added 34 listings. Our Pools of the Month are three unheated English venues.
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This combined update for April and May 2026 covers a large batch of user suggestions, the first 152 of Texas's 445 listings and a 212th country, Tristan da Cunha. The site grew by a net 51 listings.
Places2Swim Blog
In March 2026 we finished reviewing Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma and began Texas, with 18 of its 464 listings updated. The site grew by a net of 11 listings, and our Pool of the Month is in Sint Niklaas, Belgium.
Places2Swim Blog
In February 2026 we came within four listings of finishing Missouri, added a net 28 listings and set Arkansas, Oklahoma and then Texas as our next targets. The Excelsior Springs Community Center is our Pool of the Month.
Places2Swim Blog
In January 2026 we completed Colorado, reviewed Kansas and began Missouri, adding 61 listings and deleting 18 for a net gain of 43. We also began planning new pages for the next version of the site.
