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Butterfly Park Splash Pad

The splash pad at Butterfly Park in Findlay Creek is reasonably nice, but we didn’t see any butterflies fluttering by. That’s too bad because we really like butterflies. (We just got a butterfly tent at home, but that’s another story.)

There are a few different water structures at this splash pad:

  • There are two nozzles in the ground that each shoot up a single stream of water.
  • There are another two nozzles in the ground that send up a circle of water fountains.
  • There is a yellow disk that mists a giant cloud of water into the air.
  • The start button is on top of a blue post. It’s a little hard for younger children to push down by themselves. I had to help a little girl start the water park so she and her friends could run through.
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    Cardinal Creek Valley

    Cardinal Creek Valley is a new park and splash pad out in Spring Ridge. (It’s not on the city of Ottawa 2011 PDF map, but it is listed on their site and their open data.)

    Wow, is it ever cool.

  • They have a giant yellow flower that sprinkles water from the top onto the petals. (If you stay close to the green pole, you can stay relatively dry!)
  • They have another giant metal structure that pours water onto a plate that sprays the people below.
  • I like the two water guns that spray water into the center of the splash pad (but the water turns off so you can’t spray people behind you.)
  • There’s a giant blue circle that sprays water that you can run through.
  • Finally, there’s an assortment of water fountains that spray up from different parts of the floor. (My favorite is the little one on the side that playfully spits up a little stream every now and then.
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    Kaladar Park Splash Pad

    The Kaladar Park splash pad seems pretty tame compared to some of the other splash pads in the city. There are three wooden posts that spray water into the center when you push the button.

    We had more fun playing on the play structure beside the splash pad, but this water park might be nice on a really hot day. At least Rogers had LTE coverage here.

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    Portobello Park Splash Pad

    Portobello Park is great and the splash pad is very popular.

    Lots of families playing today and a large day care group came by for lunch. Our daughter and her friend had a lovely picnic beside the splash pad.

    There are several different water activities here:

    • There’s a red post that looks a little like a fire hydrant. It has several nozzles shooting out water from the sides. At the top of the post is a giant black dome (button) that turns on everything at the splash park.
    • The Portobello park splash pad has a giant yellow pole that sprays a fountain of water from the very top.
    • There is a row of water fountains that shoot up from the ground.
    • Finally, there’s a big blue water canon to spray your friends.

    There’s lots to like about this place. We liked how easy it is to turn on the water. Some splash pads have a button that is hard to hold in for the water to squirt (Chapman Mills splash pad, for example.). Portobello Park splash pad has a single black dome on top of the fire hydrant post that is touch activated so even little kids can turn on this splash pad (as long as they’re tall enough to reach the top.) Sometimes the splash pad didn’t turn on right away, so you could see kids rubbing the button trying to get it to magically turn on. read more