Fassnight Park and Pool

03/30/2026

📢 Now Hiring for Parks! 🌳 Learn more and APPLY NOW: ParkBoard.org/Jobs 🔗

📢 Now Hiring for Parks! 🌳 Summer 2026 is around the corner, and we're looking for passionate individuals to join our team! ☀️ Part-time and seasonal positions across various departments. There's something for everyone! Learn more and APPLY NOW: ParkBoard.org/Jobs 🔗

03/02/2026

☀️ Do YOU want Fassnight Pool to be open more days this summer? We need lifeguards to make that happen!

It's almost time for the first 2026 Lifeguard Training sessions! 🛟 Gain essential lifesaving skills and earn your American Red Cross Certification, required for Park Board Lifeguard employment ❤️⚡️

📅 3-Day Sessions: Select Dates, March 16-June 28, 2026
📞 Call 417-891-1616 for details.
📝 Sign up today. Register in person at Chesterfield or Doling Family Center, or online at ParkBoard.org/Aquatics 🔗

🛟 2026 American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Sessions 🏊‍♂️💦 3-Day courses, Select Dates, March 16-June 28

Gain the skills and confidence to provide lifesaving emergency care! 🛟 American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification includes a swim test, water & land rescue techniques, first aid, CPR and AED training. ❤️⚡ Certification is required for employment as a Park Board Lifeguard.

✅ REGISTRATION REQUIRED in person at Chesterfield or Doling Family Center, or online: ParkBoard.org/Lifeguards 🔗

Age: 15 yrs. & up 💵 $185/Family Center Member, $200/Non-Member (Scholarships may be available - ParkBoard.org/Scholarships)
📍 Location/Time: Varies (Call for details.) ⏰

📅 Session Dates:
💧 Session 1: March 16-18
💧 Session 2: March 20-22
💧 Session 3: March 27-29
💧 Session 4: April 10-12
💧 Session 5: April 24-26
💧 Session 6: May 1-3
💧 Session 7: June 5-7
💧 Session 8: June 26-28

🚨 Register at least 10 days before your session begins! Sessions may be canceled if the class minimum is not met. ⚠️ Call 417-891-1616 for more info 📞

10/15/2025

On this day … In 1924, the City of Springfield purchased 28 acres of land from the Fassnight family, who stipulated that the park retain their name. The park was part of early efforts to create a formal park system - Springfield-Greene County Park Board. The Fassnachts immigrated from Germany to the area in the 1860s. They eventually changed it to the “Americanized” version of Fassnight.

In 1927, the first public swimming pool was constructed, along with a Spanish-style two-story fieldstone bathhouse, gates, and a pavilion (designed by Professor Hiland D. Kelley of Southwest Missouri State Teachers College, now MSU). The pool is the county’s oldest and largest! In 1934, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) added the iconic native stone bridges and walls that still cross Fassnight Creek. The city’s growth led to the construction of Parkview High School on adjacent land (previously the Fassnight home) in the mid-1950s, named so because of its “view of the park.” In 1978, the Fassnight Park and Pool was nearly demolished, but public resistance saved the historic pool and bathhouse from modernization.

Fun Fact: It had one of the first softball fields in the area!

08/15/2025

☀️Yes, it's HOT!
🏊Fassnight Pool is open this weekend!
• Saturday, Aug. 16, 1-8 p.m.
• Sunday, Aug, 17, 1-6:30 p.m.
Reopening Aug. 23-24 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1!
Other place to cool off: https://www.parkboard.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=383

08/01/2025

📢 The 2025 Park Board Outdoor Pool season is coming to an end! Aug. 9-10 is the final weekend of regular operations 📅
✅ After that, Fassnight Pool stays open WEEKENDS ONLY (Sat.-Sun., 1-6:30 p.m.) through Labor Day (Mon., Sept. 1) ☀️ Learn more at ParkBoard.org/Aquatics 🔗

07/10/2025

Fassnight Pool is closed Thursday, July 10, and Friday, July 11.

We're sorry, but Fassnight Pool is closed Thursday, July 10, and Friday, July 11, due to unscheduled maintenance. Silver Springs Pool is open! McGee-McGregor Wading pool at Phelps Grove Park is also open, for kids age 6 and under only, with an adult. Check the schedule at ParkBoard.org/Aquatics

07/10/2025