Gateway Fountains at The Gateway
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 18 N Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City, Utah
Season: Summer
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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The open-air Gateway mall's plaza fountain doubles as a downtown splash zone where kids are welcome to run through the choreographed jets. It sits steps from the Clark Planetarium and Discovery Gateway children's museum, making it an easy add-on to a downtown outing.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps drinking water, 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 Salt Lake City 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 4 other pads within 5 miles and 14 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: