Georgetown University

World Class Recreation & Athletic Facilities

In addition to their Skills for Body Interactive Workshops, Jr. Discovery students may take advantage of the superb athletic and recreation facilities during their Afternoon Activity and the Early Eve recreation times.

As a member of the “Big East” Athletic Conference, Georgetown features excellent recreational and athletic facilities, including one of the mid-Atlantic’s finest indoor sports complexes. The Georgetown Hoyas basketball team is always a national powerhouse and has graduated numerous NBA players. Jr. Discovery students enjoy full Georgetown recreation privileges and can choose from a superb selection of facilities and activities for practicing and playing at no charge. In addition, excellent canoeing, rowing, biking, hiking and jogging are just steps from campus on the Potomac River and C & O Canal Towpath.

Facilities and Activities

Yates Field House Georgetown’s state-of-the-art indoor facility is ingeniously built into a sloping hillside, and its roof is the astroturf intramural field for Georgetown students. The facilities in Yates include 4 full Basketball courts, 4 squash courts, 4 racquetball courts, 6 indoor tennis courts, a volleyball court, a 25 yard indoor pool with training lanes and a diving well, saunas, a 6 lane jogging track, dozens of stairmasters, lifecycles, and rowing machines, a great weight room featuring Cybex, Nautilus, and Universal machines, and an excellent dance/aerobics room.

Georgetown Stadium and Track The astroturf field is available for football and soccer games and is surrounded by a competition quality rubberized 9 lane track.

Outdoor Tennis Courts Close to our residence hall are 8 championship courts (plus 6 indoor courts at Yates).

Outdoor Basketball Courts Next to the tennis courts are 3 full court basketball courts.

Georgetown Fields Meticulously manicured soccer, field hockey, and softball fields are available for intramural and pick-up play.

Canoeing on the Potomac River Picturesque canoe trips on this world famous river that passes by the Georgetown campus.

C & O Canal Towpath This canal and adjacent Towpath stretches from Georgetown 150 miles into Maryland and is ideal for group biking, hiking, and jogging.