15 splash pads to cool off in Utah County — with addresses and 2026 opening dates
From the giant one at Adventure Heights to a pirate ship in Pleasant Grove. Free water, mapped by address, with the hours and dates they turn on.
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- 🌊Adventure Heights — the biggest (Spanish Fork)
- 🏴☠️Cook Family Park's pirate ship (PG)
- 🏔️Palisade Park's Mt. Timp waterfall (Orem)
- 📅Most open mid-to-late May, 10am–8pm
💦 Free Water, City by City
Best of the guide
Adventure Heights, Spanish Fork
Three splash areas and a big walk-through waterfall, next to a huge all-abilities playground.
Our take
The biggest and best in the county. If you do one splash pad this summer, do this one — and the all-abilities playground next to it means everyone plays."This is our favorite splash pad because it is so big. We especially love the huge waterfall to walk through."— Utah's Adventure Family
Free all abilitiesbig kids
Details → Worth it
Provo Splash Pad, Pioneer Park
A high-spray pad downtown with a fun water-curtain off one building, shade, and a playground.
Our take
The closest-in option and plenty wet. Sprays a ton of water — the building water-curtain is the kid favorite.💡 Insider
Provo's Saturday farmers market runs at this same Pioneer Park in summer — do market in the morning, splash pad after, and you've filled a Saturday without leaving downtown. Free close-inkids
Details → Worth it
Palisade Park, Orem
A Mount Timpanogos-themed waterfall plus sprayers and a shallow river, with a summer snack shack.
Our take
The Timp-shaped waterfall is the hook, and there's a snack shack open most summer days. Can get busy. Free kidsthemed
Details → Worth it
Cook Family Park, Pleasant Grove
A pirate-ship splash pad where the sheet of water looks just like a sail.
Our take
Pure delight for the pirate-obsessed. Smaller, so it's less overwhelming for toddlers. Free toddlersthemed
Details → Worth it
Highland Towne Center Splash Pad
Utah County's original — a deep splash river with rocks to climb and a bigger-sprayer area.
Our take
The OG Utah County splash pad. The river-with-rocks setup is still one of the most fun in the Valley — it's a few inches deep, so kids can really wade. Free kidsclassic
Details → Worth it
Ivory Ridge Splash Pad, Lehi
Small sprayers all around and nothing big to dump on a toddler — built for little kids.
Our take
The little-kid pick — gentle sprayers, no big surprises. Local kids swear it's the best for flip-flop races.⚠️ Heads up: Was closed for bathroom vandalism repairs — confirm it's reopened before you drive up.
Free toddlerslittle kids
Details → Worth it
Cory Wride Memorial Park, Eagle Mountain
Little waterfalls to stand under and a sprayer river, with half the pad shaded by a sail.
Our take
The shade sail over half the pad is the win on a scorching day. Worth the drive if you're out west. Free shadeall ages
Details → Worth it
Lehi Family Park
The biggest splash pad we've seen — one long river winding behind the whole park, with a waterfall.
Our take
Massive. Room to spread out even on a busy Saturday, which makes it the move for big groups. Free groupsbig kids
Details → That's the guide. Save it for the next time someone asks what to do this weekend.
How we built this: addresses and hours were checked against each venue's own site or city page; insider detail and quotes come from first-person local reviews at Utah's Adventure Family and Utah Fun Activities, credited. Hours shift by season — call ahead before you load the car. Know a spot we missed? Reply and tell us.
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