Francisco Highland Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 2702 E South Mountain Ave, Phoenix, Arizona
Season: Opened March 20, 2026; Fri-Sun until May 23, then daily through pool season
Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Cost: free
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This South Mountain-area park has one of the newer splash pads in the Phoenix system and gets its own dedicated page on the city parks site. Playground, shade structures and restrooms round out the amenities.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Phoenix average 106°F. Go before 11am or after 5pm — midday is genuinely unsafe for small children, and the concrete around a pad runs hotter than the air.
How long it's open. Roughly 9 weeks a year, from March to May. 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 are 3 other pads within 5 miles and 28 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: