Swimming in a pool prevents seaside encounters with sharks, eliminates the ocean’s eye-stinging salt, and magically transforms fingers and toes into raisins. Enjoy a fruity floatspace with today's Groupon: for $20, you get an individual summer pool pass to the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department's Dellinger Park and Aubrey Street pools (a $40 value).

The Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department's summer pool passes inspire aquanauts to swim, splash, and celebrate the sunny season. Swimmers share splash space in Dellinger Park's Olympic-size pool (open from May 21 through September 5 and closed Wednesdays), which provides ample room for to-scale reenactments of favorite Spanish Armada battles. A diving well eases flying leaps, and a leisurely stroll through the shallows of the wading pool allows enough time to contemplate snack selections at the concession stand.

Like the Dellinger pool, Aubrey's L-shaped swimming hole welcomes guests during afternoon hours from May 31 to July 21 while supplying airborne plane passengers with helpful alphabet practice. An open deck surrounding the Aubrey Street pool allows bathers to soak in some sunshine or some shade-rays. Kids 12 and younger are not admitted into the pool unless accompanied by an adult 16 years or older.