Myriad Botanical Gardens Thunder Fountain
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Myriad Botanical Gardens, next to the Children's Garden, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Season: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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An interactive water feature beside the Children's Garden at downtown's Myriad Botanical Gardens that simulates the full sensory experience of an Oklahoma thunderstorm. The gardens also offer a second free splash spot, the Plaza Water Feature south of the Colcord Hotel.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Oklahoma City average 92°F. Mornings and late afternoons are far more comfortable than the middle of the day, and shade is worth planning around.
If this one's closed or packed
Splash pads close for maintenance, run short seasons and fill up on hot weekends. There are 10 other pads within 5 miles and 25 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: