Harper College will be closed Thursday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth National Freedom Day.
Take a virtual tour of the Health and Recreation Center (Building M) and athletics facilities at Harper College. Click on the hotspots to navigate to different areas. A text description of the tour is available.
This tour contains six panoramic images related to the Health and Recreation Center (Buildings M), as well as outdoor athletics facilities at Harper College. The information in this section describes these images and the content of the tour.
You are standing on a bridge over the middle of the six-lane pool facing west toward the deep end. There are three ladders on each side of the pool, and a blue and white flags draped overhead across the width of the pool. On the far wall is a wall with water polo graphics.
To your left is a narrow deck for accessing the far side of the pool. On the wall is a large graphic that says "Water Sports".
To your right is a wider pool deck, with two lifeguard towers, low and high dive boards toward the deep end of the pool, and a pool lift chair for accessibility at about mid-pool. There are doors along the wall to enter the locker rooms. Above the doors are stadium seats accessible from the second floor of Building M.
Behind you is a two story wall lwith a large graphic that says "Dive, Train, Swim". Accessible from the second floor lobby of Building M is a windowed viewing area overlooking the shallow end of the pool. At both corners of the pool on the shallow end are ladders. A second lift chair is near the ladder at the north east corner of the pool. At the northeast corner wall is an exit that leads to the main hallway, where you could access the fieldhouse or other parts of the building.
You are standing in the center of the Building D fitness center, facing north toward the double doors that lead to the second floor main hallway. There is a bank of lockers just west of the doors. Further in, there are various weight machines lined up along a center aisle.
There are treadmills and elipitical trainers along the west-facing wall, which has a series fo windows.
To your left, starting from the main door, are offices, a drinking fountain, and free weights along a mirrored wall.
Behind you are more free weights, a line of weight machines and a line of stair machines. At the far end of the fitness center is an open area next to a bank of windows.
You are at half court of the fieldhouse's hardwood basketball court. The blue and gray Harper Hawks athletics logo is on the floor at center court and blue and white championship flags hang from the ceiling. Along the wall is a bank of blue bleachers, and above that, accessible from the second floor, is an elevated track that goes around the fieldhouse, and scoreboards on all four walls.
To your left the main court is divided into two volleyball courts along the width of the court. There are dividing curtains hanging from the ceiling, and five baskeball backboards raised up toward the ceiling. In the southwest corner, there are doors that lead out to the main hallway. In the northwest corner, there are emergency exit doors that go outside.
To your right, the floor is open, with four of the five basketball backboards lowered to create two lengthwise courts. There are doors in the southeast corner of the fieldhouse leading out to the main hallway, and emergency exit doors in the northeast corner of the fieldhouse that go outside. On the east wall there are doors that lead to the Gaming Lounge.
Behind you are more bleachers.
You are outside at the tennis courts on Harper's west end of campus, facing west. There are two sets of six tennis courts and nets, with blue playing surface. A tall fence surrounds the courts and another fence divides the sets of six courts.
To your left beyond the south set of courts is the outdoor running track and bleachers.
To your right, there are trees along the north end of the courts, wrapping around to the east side of the court.
Behind you, a east-southeast the tall fieldhouse building is barely visible over the treeline, and there is a sidewalk leading north through the treeline toward Parking Lots 12 and 13.
You are in the bleachers beside the running track facing east. The black track is marked with several white lane lines, and it goes around a bright-green grass infield. Off in the distance is the baseball field, the tall fieldhouse with a brick facade.
To your left (north), beyond the end of the track, are the tennis courts and a line of trees.
To your right (south), is a tall blue scoreboard. Beyond that is a campus road (Kris Howard Drive), and further on is Algonquin Road.
Behind you the bleachers continue up toward the announcer's booth.
You are standing at home plate of the baseball field, facing northeast toward centerfield. Beyond the blue centerfield wall is the white facade of Building M, and in left-centerfield is the fieldhouse with its brick facade. Even further away, behind Building M, is the tall, reflective fly tower for the Performing Arts Center. In right field, there is a tall net, and beyond that is Parking Lot 1. The pitchers mound and home plate area are covered in blue tarps, and the first- and third-base paths and are covered in grass, with dirt paths at the top of the diamond from first to third base.
To your left is the home team dugout and stands behind a tall fence.
To your left is the visiting team dugout with stands behind a tall fence.
Behind is a tall backstop fence covered in blue netting. Behind the backstop is a campus road (Kris Howard Drive) and beyond that is Algonquin Road.