Find the Best Splash Pads in Ottawa
Fisher Park is a nice little modern splash pad in Ottawa. There are two dragons, a couple of water sprinklers, some water cannons, as well as some arches and mushrooms.
There is parking at Fisher Park alternative school as well as nearby street parking. Beside the splash pad, there is a gazebo and a park.
(Psst, Big Bird Park even has a playground facebook page.)
We checked out the splashpad on Tuesday July 9, 2019 and the splash pad was under repairs. (The city had put giant orange pylons over the ground sprinklers.)
You can tell it’s a nice splash pad, even though the water was off.
There was a red post with a spinner at the top, a tall umbrella post to hide under, two circle hoops to run through, and 6 ground sprinklers. They also had a yellow post with a circle at the top that you could rotate. (It’s too stiff for a little one to turn, but grown ups and big kids could probably get it to rotate.)
We couldn’t get a sense of how strong the water pressure was – different splash pads seem to range from gentle fountains to higher power water jets.
We’ll have to come back when it’s working again!
Maybe it was because one of the little ground fountain sprinklers coming out of the soccer balls was broken, but the spray from the water jets were going up as high as the trees.
There’s also an outdoor wading pool here, but it was closed when we visited.
This is a nice little splash pad that will definitely get you wet. The sign says it’s proudly sponsored by Urbandale Corporation and it’s right beside the Cantebury recreation complex (Brian Kilrea Arena), so you should be able to use the bathroom in there when your little ones need a break.
Some splashpads make you feel trapped with the sun beating down on you. This one is nice and shady. It’s right beside Blossom Park Public School
A nice modern splashpad with water cannons, archways to run throw, some dumping buckets, and yes, a blue whale tale.
This used to be a bizarre giant wooden post that didn’t work, but the city renovated it into a very nice modern splashpad with lots of flower and leaf water structures. (Check out this google map satellite image of the renovation)
They have a great garden theme: giant spinning flowers, leaves that spray you, twisty water guns, and yellow rings to run through. There’s also a little area that’s kind of separate that doesn’t have powerful stuff – the 3 gentle water gushers here would be perfect for little splashers.
This is a new park, but already there’s a lot going for it. The gazebo with the picnic table is a nice shady spot to watch your kids splash around, but there may not be enough room for everybody. One family brought their own beach umbrella and camped out on the grass which was a great idea. When the trees get bigger, this will be a very nice park.
The water pressure is very strong, and there were lots of families enjoying the park when we went.