Find the Best Splash Pads in Ottawa
Roy Park Splash Pad is a wooden post with a twist – literally. The city updated the wooden post by adding an elephant head to the top of the post. When the button is pressed, mist sprays out the elephant trunk. The elephant can be twisted in any direction.
It’s not an overly impressive splash pad, but the play structures have been recently renovated and are perfect for little ones. There’s also plenty of shade and a water fountain available.
George C. Brown Splash Pad opened in August of 2012. It has some fun structures including one we haven’t seen at other pads – a large mushroom umbrella.
The park has plenty of shade and a playstructure.
Diamond Jubilee Splash Pad really is a jewel of a park. It’s by far one of the larger and most creative splash pads we’ve encountered to date. There are a variety of unique structures that spray on a cycle. We especially liked the footing – seems to be a softer type of concrete – and the fact that this large splash pad has an area with lower water structures…perfect for hesitant splashers.
Chapel Hill Park is an older splash pad and consists of one simple wood post with two sprays. Nothing impressive but just enough to cool off on a hot day.
There is plenty of shade and a play structure at the park.
Dr. John Hopps Park has a modern, inviting splash pad with many different devices rotating through a fairly long cycle. At any given time there is water coming out from somewhere and you need to move quickly if you’re trying to avoid getting wet.
The splash pad itself has little shade as the park is fairly new. There is a gazebo nearby and a playstructure at the park.
Gerald Poulin has an older splash pad. It consists of one wooden post with medium strength sprays from three of the sides.
The park is a bit unique. There is a paved track that runs around the splash pad that would be nice for young ones learning to ride or blade. There is plenty of shade at the park and several benches and picnic tables. There is a play structure, hill, and field at the park.