Citygarden Spray Plaza
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 801 Market St, St. Louis, Missouri
Season: seasonal (spring-fall)
Hours: Sunrise-10 p.m.
Cost: free
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This downtown sculpture garden sends choreographed jets up between major works of public art, and kids are welcome to run through all of it. A shallow split-basin wading pool sits steps away, and admission never costs a dime.
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 St. Louis average 88°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 12 other pads within 5 miles and 29 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: