Golfland Sunsplash
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 155 W Hampton Ave, Mesa, Arizona
Season: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: Sunsplash 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Night Splash 5-9 p.m.
Cost: from $29.99
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Mesa's long-running commercial water park pairs the Thunder Bay wave pool and a lazy river with a lineup of large water slides, plus a tadpole pool sized for toddlers. Online advance tickets start at $29.99, and the adjoining Golfland mini-golf complex stays open into the night.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps 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 Mesa average 105°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.
If this one's closed or packed
Splash pads close for maintenance, run short seasons and fill up on hot weekends. There are 5 other pads within 5 miles and 26 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: