Highland Park Aquatic Center Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 1840 Edgcumbe Rd, St. Paul, Minnesota
Season: Summer months
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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Saint Paul's flagship outdoor aquatic center includes a whale-bone themed splash pad alongside an eight-lane lap pool, a two-story water slide, diving boards and a children's activity pool. Unlike the city's free neighborhood pads, this one requires paid water park admission.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, drinking water, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in St. Paul average 82°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 7 other pads within 5 miles and 23 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: