FAMILY + RESORT
Green Valley Ranch Pool
The Green Valley Ranch pool is an 8-acre backyard with views of the Las Vegas Strip. Locals and visitors receive chair-side F&B service from Sandbar Grille, loungers and daybeds, private cabanas and a sand-bottom, beach-entry pool. GreenValleyRanch.com
Mandalay Bay Beach Club at Mandalay Bay
This beach club is an 11-acre aquatic playground for sunshine, swimming, splashing and soaking. Ride tides in the wave pool. Flow with the Lazy River. Lounge in a lagoon. Cool off in the shade in a cabana. Adults 21+ can walk over to the 21+ Moorea Beach Club. MandalayBay.com
Oasis Pool Deck at Fontainebleau Las Vegas
It’s 6 acres of serenity, opulence and recreational bliss and offers seven pool experiences, four bars, two restaurants, Liv Beach and a 2,300-square-foot gaming area. At the center is the family-friendly Grand Pool featuring three bodies of water connected by Bleau Isle, the pavilion bar. Gigi’s is a Mediterranean-inspired escape with cabanas and a dedicated dipping pool.
FB Slims is a bespoke poolside bar. The VIP Legacy Pool offers ultimate privacy and luxury and the resort’s largest cabanas. La Mer serves as the Oasis Pool Deck’s serenity pool. And Bleautopia is a poolside pasture featuring vintage lawn games. Some of the pool experiences are 21+. The Oasis Cinema Club continues through Sept. 1 with poolside movies. FontainebleauLasVegas.com
Palace Station Hotel Pool
Soak up the summer sun at Palace Station’s resort-style pool, where guests can enjoy the sun in chaise lounge chairs, cabanas and daybeds available for daily rental and a boutique bar perfect for sipping and staying cool. PalaceStation.com
The Palazzo Pool Deck
The Palazzo tower pool deck features seven pools. The Palazzo Cabanas can accommodate up to eight and include air conditioning, four chaise lounges, a stocked refrigerator, a 32-inch screen, misters, a ceiling fan, Internet access and a cabana host. Also available: Palazzo Premium Cabanas. VenetianLasVegas.com
Red Rock Resort Pool
With 19 private cabanas, chair-side service, poolside gaming and relaxing daybeds, the Red Rock pool offers an atmosphere for every kind of pool day for residents and visitors. Also: cocktails, salads, sushi rolls and sundaes. RedRockResort.com
The Swimmin’ Hole at Silverton
The new $10 million The Swimmin’ Hole, which opened in April, features a food and beverage venue, deluxe cabanas, daybeds, a 32-foot retractable screen atop the pool bar, fire pits with complimentary coffee from 8-10 a.m. and new restrooms. SilvertonCasino.com
Sunset Station Pool
The Sunset Station pool has everything guests need for a day filled with sun-kissed fun, including cabanas, daybeds and poolside lounge chairs for relaxation and bars for grabbing a cocktail to stay refreshed during pool day. SunsetStation.com
The Venetian Pool Decks
The pool decks were reimagined in 2022. The Venetian tower pool deck features four large pools, including three infinity pools. The Venetian tower pool deck features a splash pad for kids and a quieter spa pool for relaxation. Guests can reserve The Venetian Cabanas with Plunge Pools. VenetianLasVegas.com
WATER PARKS
For the family-friendliest water park attractions, don’t forget Wet ’n’ Wild Las Vegas, Cowabunga Bay, Lake Las Vegas Water Sports and more.
DAYCLUBS + PARTIES (21+)
Ayu Dayclub at Resorts World
One of the Las Vegas Strip’s newest dayclub destinations is turning up the heat with the Sunday activation “Any Given Sunday” showcasing top-tier talent and the city’s hottest up-and-coming artists. Also at Resorts World, the 21+ Athena and family-friendly Resorts World Pool. RWLasVegas.com
Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay
Daylight Beach Club is celebrating its 11th year of weekend partying with DJs and performing artists. The hip-hop party “Lit Sundays” is also back. Daylight’s menu includes hand-crafted cocktails, pool-side bites and VIP bottle service. DaylightVegas.com
Drai’s Beach Club at The Cromwell
Drai’s view day or night, from the 11th-floor rooftop of The Cromwell, is unparalleled. Also at Drai’s: the 30,000-square-foot deck with two big pools, five elevated pools in VIP bungalows, 15 mezzanine-level cabanas and R&B and rap acts, including Wiz Khalifa and Rick Ross. DraisGroup.com
Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas
The 60,000-square-foot Encore Beach Club is widely considered one of the best dayclubs, and who can disagree, with headliners DJs including David Guetta, The Chainsmokers and Marshmello. Remember when Kaskade was one of the first? WynnLasVegas.com
Go Pool at Flamingo
The 21+ Go Pool is one of the few dayclubs open all week long, and it offers a tropical vibe with a winding swimming pool, palm trees and waterfalls (don’t go chasing them). The free Flamingo Wildlife Habitat is nearby. GoPoolVegas.com
Liquid Pool Lounge at Aria
VIP cabanas include private daybeds, televisions and pools. A highlight of the secluded, 21+ Liquid Pool Lounge: Wednesday Dip, when locals receive comped entry, women have a one-hour open champagne bar (12:30-1:30 p.m.), and partygoers goof around on large inflatables. TaoGroup.com
Liv Beach at Fontainebleau Las Vegas
With superstar performers including Calvin Harris, Tiesto and John Summit and VIP daybed, cabana and villa options amidst a French Riviera ambiance, Liv Beach offers a dayclub experience of sun-soaked pleasure. FontainebleauLasVegas.com
Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan
With DJ headliners including Pauly D and Mike Attack, the 22,000-square foot rooftop Marquee Dayclub is a hotspot with two main pools and cabanas with dipping pools. Marquee Dome returned last year, extending the summer pool party season well into autumn. TaoGroup.com
Tao Beach at The Venetian
Tao Beach has undergone a reimaging in recent years and now offers a larger pool deck to house star headliners including Tyga and Zedd. And don’t forget the food from top-notch Tao Asian Bistro, including chilled seafood towers, oysters, Peking Duck melts and sushi. TaoGroup.com
Temptation Sundays at Luxor
Temptation Sundays is the only LGBTQ+-focused pool party in Las Vegas, and the celebration at the Luxor Pool has been around for a dozen years now. The party, which runs from May through September, is for residents and visitors, as well as non-Luxor guests. Luxor.com
Wet Republic Ultra Pool at MGM Grand
Wet Republic is one of the OGs of dayclub debauchery in Las Vegas, and it continues as one with the longest lines and biggest crowds for its headliners DJs, Steve Aoki and Tiesto among them. It’s time to get soaking wet … at Wet Republic again. TaoGroup.com
ADULTS ONLY (21+) AND LUXURY
Azilo Ultra Pool at Sahara
The 21+ private enclave Azilo Ultra Pool features in-house DJs performing on an open-air stage, a 240-foot LED video wall, cabanas, daybeds and seasonal fare including sushi, steak nachos and Impossible burgers. SaharaLasVegas.com
Bare Pool Lounge at The Mirage
The iconic Bare Pool Lounge is no longer toptional, but the private pool deck is still 21+ with DJs and parties all summer long. Don’t forget the expansive family-friendly pool area at The Mirage, which will soon be the Hard Rock. BarePoolLV.com
Bel-Aire Backyard at Durango
The 21+ poolside oasis by Clique Hospitality spans more than 65,000 square feet of greenery and palm trees and includes a 7,200-square-foot pool, two poolside bars, private cabanas, daybeds and the full-service Backyard Grill. DurangoResort.com
DayDream at The M Resort
DayDream is a dream for daytime revelers without the Las Vegas Strip crowds. The adults-only pool includes cabanas, daybeds, hot tubs, a DJ booth and bottle service, and don’t forget the neighboring, family-friendly M Pool. TheMResort.com
Influence at The Linq
The Linq’s 21+ rooftop pool also is open seven days a week for pool-goers to play cornhole and beer pong while staying cool in the pool and refreshed with spiked lemonades and mojitos. In the background? The High Roller Observation Wheel. Caesars.com
Kassi Beach Club at Virgin Hotels
This new 21+ pool experience by Wish You Were Here Group offers an atmosphere to unwind in style – think soft sand beaches in coastal Italy, lush foliage and local DJs spinning vibrant beats. KassiBeach.com
The Pond at Green Valley Ranch
Nestled in the Opium Deck, this adults-only pool offers a secluded retreat with a private bar, expanded cocktail menu, food and live entertainment. Reservations are required, with complementary admission for hotel guests. GreenValleyRanch.com
Rouge Room Cabanas at Red Rock Resort
The lavish lounge Rouge Room offers an outdoor and upscale adult-only poolside experience. The 21+ Rouge Cabanas features eight cabanas, lounge-style seating options, a full bar and vibey music perfect for summer. RedRockResort.com
Sammy’s Island at Palms
Sammy Hagar and Palms Casino Resort have opened Sammy’s Island, a tropical pool getaway inspired by the music and Baja beach vibe of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer featuring a tiki bar, restaurant and concert stage. Palms.com
Stadium Swim at Circa
Stadium Swim is impressive. The six heated pools are open all year long. Is there a better place to watch sports, in a pool, on the 14-million-megapixel LED video wall? Perhaps inside in the world’s largest sportsbook, but this is in a pool. CircaLasVegas.com