Bark Park at Heritage Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 350 S. Racetrack Rd., Henderson, Nevada
Season: April 1 – October 31
Hours: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily
Cost: free
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Heritage Park's Bark Park is unusual in having two separate splash pads: a paw-shaped pad reserved for people and a hydrant-themed pad reserved for dogs. Both follow Henderson's April-through-October splash pad season.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps parking at this location. No public toilets are mapped here — worth knowing before you commit to an afternoon.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Henderson average 104°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 30 weeks a year, from April to October. 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 are 8 other pads within 5 miles and 46 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: