Cliffside Sprayground at Broad Run Park (The Parklands)
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Where: 11551 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40291, Louisville, Kentucky
Season: Typically opens May 1 each year
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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Broad Run Park's Cliffside Sprayground anchors the southern end of the Parklands of Floyds Fork with water jets set against a limestone-themed play area. Like its Beckley Creek sibling, it usually opens May 1 and is free to use.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Louisville average 89°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 0 other pads within 5 miles and 19 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: