Del Mar Highlands Town Center Pop Jet Fountain
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 12925 El Camino Real, Del Mar, California
Season: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
attraction
A free pop-jet fountain located in the plaza between the Ralphs grocery store and the Cinepolis theater at this Carmel Valley-area shopping center. Families often combine water play with dining and movie trips at the surrounding storefronts.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, drinking water, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Del Mar average 86°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 is 1 other pad within 5 miles and 10 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: