Carter Lake Splash Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 11th & Redick Blvd. (behind the library), Carter Lake, Iowa
Season: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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A free splash park behind the Carter Lake public library, paired with a track-and-field area. Though it sits on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River next to Omaha, the town of Carter Lake is actually part of Iowa.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps playground alongside at this location. No public toilets are mapped here — worth knowing before you commit to an afternoon.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Carter Lake average 87°F — warm enough for a splash pad through most of the season without being punishing at midday.
If this one's closed or packed
Splash pads close for maintenance, run short seasons and fill up on hot weekends. There are 10 other pads within 5 miles and 26 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: