Maggie Daley Park Water Play Area
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 337 E. Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois
Season: Summer season
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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Downtown's showpiece play park adds an interactive water play area to its famous climbing walls, mini golf, and sprawling themed playgrounds. It is an easy add-on to a Loop or Millennium Park day with kids.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Chicago average 83°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 8 other pads within 5 miles and 20 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: