With early hours and more equipment than you can shake a stick at, this is a great place to get your sweat on. There's a great indoor track, wonderfully clean locker rooms and a view from the second story. read more

The Dow Bay Area Family Y is NOT very family friendly. They discriminate against mothers, fathers and children. I have been a member of the Y for almost ten years and since the move to the new facility, families and children have been just an afterthought. The Y provides beautiful accommodations and work out areas for adults equipped with saunas, lounges, television, etc., in both the men's and women's locker rooms, but the family locker rooms are almost prison-like and substandard. They have only six changing rooms, compared to the hundreds of lockers and space in the adult locker rooms. They have no sauna or shower access. They are cold, mildew filled title floors. The only thing that children can actually access for fitness is the pool and even the lifeguards discriminate against children. There is no fitness area that is provided for children. There is only limited child care. Any parent who wants to actually be physically fit after paying the membership and monthly fees has only limited availability and usually has to find outside daycare just so they can work out. Limited fitness hours, lack of child care and poor amenities are the best that the Dow Bay Area FAMILY Y can do? Funny that they gladly take many families' membership money but don't care enough about those families to provide the same accommodations and fitness programs as they do for adults without children. This is exclusion and discrimination at its worst...which is a poor reflection on Dow and the YMCA/YWCA organizations. I recommend that you not become a member if you have children and actually want to use the facilities. read more

Just moved into the Bay City area from Midland and was just going to continue on with Planet Fitness until I took a tour of the YMCA - Bay Area. Wow! From an indoor track, to top of the line equipment, basketball and racquetball courts, you can not go wrong. The entire facility is very clean and the staff are always there with a smile. read more

I love the swimming area it is so nice! The water slide which I believe is "for kids?"was so super awesome. for kids my butt !!!!that slide is for all ages!!!! It was actually kinda scary I mean I was expecting a slide for kids and it's has a few turns making it look smaller then it seems..it was way funner then expected! Very nice place. read more

Fantastic, huge, clean facility with lots to do. The staff is very friendly and the membership price is reasonable for all that is offered. They also offer many various group exercise classes. read more

YMCA - They now have a towel tracker! It reads your Y card and tracks the towels you take along with when they are returned. - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Bay City, Michigan

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they rude here and all the workers have an attitude but 2. the girls there are rude for no reason. i lost one of my items there, and they didn't care to look. and when me and my friend told the girl we lost it she mocked her. read more

I'm active duty military, on leave, and this YMCA offers a free pass for service members on leave so they have a place to workout. Not many places do this! The facility is clean and very modern. They have large basketball courts with a track and a good size weight lifting area. Their locker room is clean and large with a sitting area and room to get ready without being intrusive to others in the locker room. I love this place. I'll come here every time I'm in town. read more

Super clean facility. I am literally obsessed Linseys TRX class. Definitely worth the membership price. Plus all of the workers are extremely friendly. It's nice to not feel out of place at a gym. read more

The YMCA is the best facility in Bay City. Last time I was there I enjoyed their spacious swimming pool with my son, large hot tub, and I loved the fact that it is kept up well and very clean. Staff is always polite, professional and work well with kids. Definitely a great family facility. Locker rooms are always clean and you have plenty of room. Plus there are locker rooms for children 10 and older where children can only go in. Plus they have the family rooms too for the kiddos that are not 10 and older. The track is amazing and great when it is either too hot to be outside or too cold. My son like the basketball and hitting tennis balls in the racket ball courts. They are on top of swimming lessons there as well. Also include din membership are group classes some of the others are at a membership discounted price. They have a well staffed daycare while you work out (Not the person at the desk just watching kids from afar as in another gym in the area claiming to have day care) However the only drawback is of course the price but that is why it is so nice and taken care of so well. For one kid it is 20/month which would give you the discount for swim lessons etc. For one family member and kid about 65/month. So one individual 45/month - which really isn't too bad for what you get. I used to pay 35/month at Delta and even at OTG years ago so 45/month is okay. For the whole family I believe it is 80/month again pricey but I believe worth it. Another bonus they do background checks on their members to make sure it is safe for others. read more