Altadena Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 3711 E Altadena Ave, Phoenix, Arizona
Season: Opened March 20, 2026; Fri-Sun until May 23, then daily through pool season
Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Cost: free
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A neighborhood park in northeast Phoenix near Shea Boulevard and 32nd Street, with a splash pad alongside a playground and shade structures. It is the closest City of Phoenix splash pad to the Paradise Valley area.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Phoenix average 106°F. Go before 11am or after 5pm — midday is genuinely unsafe for small children, and the concrete around a pad runs hotter than the air.
How long it's open. Roughly 9 weeks a year, from March to May. Seasons shift year to year and municipal pads often close early for maintenance, so check before a long drive.
If this one's closed or packed
Splash pads close for maintenance, run short seasons and fill up on hot weekends. There is 1 other pad within 5 miles and 22 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: