Find the Best Splash Pads in Ottawa
City Centre Park Splash Pad is a basic but fun pad featuring a rainbow arch, a tall aquadome post, and some fountains. The water pressure can get pretty high at times. This splash pad is listed as “OPEN with known issues” in the city of ottawa open data, but when we went there, the splash pad seemed to be working just fine.
There are two playstructures at the park and a gazebo for shade.
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.
Bluegrass Park Splash Pad is a newer splash pad that features an aquadome, flower dumping buckets, and an arch.
The splash pad and the playstructure beside it don’t have much shade but there are trees around the periphery of the park that offer shade. There is also a gazebo and swings at the park.
Ouellette Park Splash Pad is a brand new splash pad in Orleans named after the Ouellette family. This one is so new, they haven’t finished putting down the sod yet. It’s not on the city of Ottawa splash pad list at the time of writing.
Being a new park, everything is pretty awesome. The splash pad has loops, a tall archway, water cannons, and fountain sprays. It’s a large pad so many children could happily play at one time.
The park has a huge gazebo area with many picnic tables. There are a few playstructure and several interesting climbing structures to explore. There is also a freshly paved path that runs around and through the park perfect for little cyclists and bladers. There is a small forested area on one side of the park and the paths run through the forest. read more
Hintonburg Park Splash Pad is a simple splash pad with an amazing assortment and quantity of water jets and fountains. There was so much water coming up in so many different places we’re quite sure we didn’t account for all of them when we were counting.
The park itself is a jewel. It’s surrounded by a wall or fence on all four sides and well shaded by old trees. There is plenty of places to sit and two large structures to explore. This is definitely a park worth a visit. read more
Harrold Place Park Splash Pad was a charming, lovely surprise of a park nestled in a quiet street. The splash pad is actually quite big with a long, rotating cycle of water in it’s structures. The main features of the splash pad are two large arches on either side of the pad and two tall serpentine posts that spray water out of the ends. This is a nice splash pad for more hesitant splashers as there is a lot of room between the structures and the water pressure isn’t too high.
The park is well shaded, has a gazebo and plenty of places to sit, and has a playstructure to explore. read more