Find the Best Splash Pads in Ottawa
A nice modern splash pad at Fairlea Park near Walkley and Heron road. This one has a red archway to run through and a water cannon to squirt your friends.
A few families stoped by to splish splash as we played in the water park. It has an older play structure nearby when you need to take a break from the water.
We were really excited by the whale tale at the splashpad at Russel Boyd Park.
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.
The newly renovated Queenswood Ridge Park is a significant improvement over the old one. (It used to be an old wooden post splashpad with a red water slide. Check out the old photos here.)
Now it’s a modern water park with two archways to run throw, a bunch of ground sprinklers spraying water into the air, 3 dumping buckets, and of course, water cannons to shoot your friends.
It’s a nice improvement – there’s still plenty of shade in the park, a large hill, fields, a running track, a rink, and of course, several play structures. read more
The splash pad at Lawson Park is insane. There’s so much stuff here, we didn’t know where to start.
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. read more
We didn’t see any deer when we went, but there’s a fantastic splash pad at Fawn Meadow Park. (We did see a deer crossing sign driving in, however.)
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. read more
Primrose Park is a brand new modern splash pad in Ottawa located close to Chinatown. There are plenty of picnic tables here with natural shade (but no gazebo.) There’s also a new modern treehouse theme playstructure so kids can cool down in the water and work up a sweat on the monkey bars.