Highlands Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 6975 Idsen Ave S, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Season: Summer months
Hours: Daily 9am-9pm
Cost: free
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When Cottage Grove closed its public pool in 2011, the city replaced it with this splash pad, and its spray nozzles have handled the neighborhood cool-off duty ever since. It runs on a long 9am-9pm daily schedule through the warm season.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Cottage Grove 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 is 1 other pad within 5 miles and 11 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: