The Ralph S. O’Connor Center for Recreation and Well-Being, located at the Homewood campus’ North Gate, opened in 2002 and was renovated in 2021. It serves all members of the Hopkins community.
Facilities include a cardio zone overlooking the Bufano Sculpture Garden; an outdoor track surrounding Homewood Field; and an F45 studio offering fitness classes seven days a week. There’s a squash court, a cycle studio, a practice field, functional training areas, and a café.
By the numbers
- 3: Weight rooms
- 25: The length of the six-lane lap pool, in yards
- 3: Full-length basketball courts, which also host badminton, pickleball, and volleyball, and occasional roller skating
- 80,000: Size of the rec center in square feet
- 3: Multi-purpose rooms for fitness classes, dance practice, weight training, and events
- 13: The number of top rope areas in the 30-foot artificial climbing wall, which contains 3 auto-belays
- 3: Lanes in the indoor track, which overlooks the basketball courts
- 20: The height of the artificial bouldering cave in feet
