Erfurt Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 24135 W. 71st St., Shawnee, KS 66227, Shawnee, Kansas
Season: May 1 - late September
Hours: Daily, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Cost: free
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Shawnee's Erfurt Park blends a natural-style splash pad of rock sprayers with a sand play area, climbing-tower playground, and shaded shelter houses. The long May-through-September season outlasts most Missouri-side pads.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps playground alongside, 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 Shawnee average 88°F — warm enough for a splash pad through most of the season without being punishing at midday.
How long it's open. Roughly 21 weeks a year, from May to September. 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 is 1 other pad within 5 miles and 9 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: