City of Charleston Recreation

City of Charleston Recreation is a city government office in Charleston, SC, located at 823 Meeting Street. The department manages athletics, programs, parks, facilities, and volunteering opportunities. It holds a rating of 4.60 based on 9 reviews.

The department offers a 2026 Fall Recreation Guide and a mobile app for registration. Adult swim teams serve adults over 18 at the downtown 50-meter Olympic size MLK Pool, with workouts Monday through Friday from 5:45 a.m. to 7 a.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Aquatic fitness classes focus on core stabilization, flexibility, and endurance in the deep end of the pool. Youth swim teams operate year-round at the MLK, HH, and WLS pools for athletes from the tri-county area. The developmental, non-competitive league requires swimmers to swim 25 meters non-stop, with daily practices from the first week of May through the end of June and meets typically twice a week.

Golf services are available at the Charleston Municipal Golf Course, which features a driving range with a turf strip on weekdays and grass hitting areas on weekends. The facility includes a short game complex named The Wedge, featuring a 10,000 square foot practice putting green, two bunkers, and two target greens. Instruction is provided by PGA professionals including Boykin Powers, Ted O'Rourke, Tim Calcagno, and Preston Johnson. Adult programs include Golf Ready 36, while junior programs offer seasonal camps, golf schools, and competitions such as the Junior City Championship, Fall Golf League, and Spring Skills Challenge.

City of Charleston Recreation serves the local community through diverse athletic and recreational programming in Charleston.

The office sits on Meeting Street, a main road in Charleston, near the intersection with Morrison Drive. It is located about a tenth of a mile from Mount Pleasant Street and a fifth of a mile from King Street.

BizScoreAI gives the business a Content Quality score of 75 out of 100, which means the website clearly answers customer questions and describes its pages so AI assistants can quote it directly. The Technical score is 71 out of 100, showing the site is secure and indexable so search engines can read it without errors.

Services:

• Adult Sports Leagues
• Daily and Transient Parking
• Golf Programs
• Monthly Parking Accounts (currently unavailable)
• Swim Lessons
• Tennis Programs
• Visitor Parking
• Youth Sports