Heritage Splash Pad at Gladden Farms Community Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 12280 North Heritage Park Drive, Marana, Marana, Arizona
Season: April 1 - October 31
Hours: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. daily
Cost: free
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Marana's farm-themed splash pad covers about 4,500 square feet, with a water windmill, a tractor, and horse figures that spray water. It sits alongside ball fields, a playground, walking trails, and a community garden, and metal cubbies are provided for shoes and bags.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Marana 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.
How long it's open. Roughly 30 weeks a year, from April to October. 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 0 other pads within 5 miles and 3 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: