McNeil Park Splash Pad

✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season

Where: 1320 20th Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama

Season: Summer season

Hours: typically daylight hours

Cost: free

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Located in Bessemer's Pipe Shop community, McNeil Park holds the city's only public splash pad, alongside a playground and pavilions. It's the go-to free water-play spot within Bessemer's own park system.

When to go. Peak summer highs in Bessemer average 91°F. Mornings and late afternoons are far more comfortable than the middle of the day, and shade is worth planning around.

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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 5 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are:

Explore Playground & Splash Pad (Hoover Met Complex) — 8.9 mi · Hoover · free · zero-depth, shade, restrooms
Birmingham Zoo Splash Pad — 12.8 mi · Birmingham · $19–24 (included with zoo admission) · zero-depth, shade, restrooms
Pelham Splash Pad (Pelham City Park) — 13 mi · Pelham · free · zero-depth, restrooms, playground-nearby
Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure — 1.6 mi · Bessemer · $37.99 · zero-depth, toddler, restrooms
Patriot Park Splash Pad — 9.4 mi · Homewood · free · playground-nearby, zero-depth

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