Gallagher Park Sprayground
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 2936 N 52nd St, Omaha, Nebraska
Season: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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One of the city's newest water play spots, added to Gallagher Park in the Benson area alongside a new playground thanks to a Gallagher Foundation donation. It offers interactive spray features, a large dump bucket and shade structures.
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 Omaha average 87°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 9 other pads within 5 miles and 27 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: