Find the Best Splash Pads in Ottawa
Westcliffe Park Splash pad is a basic pad featuring some ground fountains and jets. The water pressure is impressive – some of the water sprayed up as tall as the surrounding trees.
The splash pad is located on top of a hill beside a community centre. At the bottom of the hill is a shaded play area with swings and several structures.
North Vineyard Park Splash Pad is a basic splash pad with a unique structure – a tall post with a firefighter cutout. (Which makes sense as the splash pad is right beside a fire station.)
There is plenty of shade, places to sit, and room to run at the park. There are playstructures at the other end of the park; they are quite a distance from the splash pad.
It was a bit challenging to access this splash pad. It’s not connected by pathways to the streets that surround the park. We needed to park and walk on the main road to get to the pad. read more
Upcountry Park Splash Pad is a basic splash pad with some sprays, a jet, and a mister.
There is a playstructure at the park.
Updated: June 7, 2019
This splash pad is at the park right beside the Chinese Embassy and the Rideau River. There’s a play structure and tennis courts beside the splash pad.
We had fun at this splash pad. Really impressed with how high some of the ground water jets go. (They shoot higher than the water park structures.) The blue circle start button is on the ground right in the center of where all of the directional water jets are pointing at, so you’re bound to get wet.
They made it so the water naturally runs down the side, under a foot bridge, and into the river. Kinda cool. read more
Queensway Park Splash Pad is a fun, simple splash pad. It’s highlight is a tall structure with two dumping buckets.
Although the splash pad is simple, this park gets points for ambience. The park is accessed by walking through a copse of trees which edge the park on two sides. Once we were in the park we found it easy to forget we were so close to the Queensway.
Read our 2012 review here.
Meadowbrook Park Splash Pad is a basic splash pad with one tall dome post and three jet streams.
The park has plenty of shade and a playstructure that impressed us.
Read our 2012 review here.