Nieto Park Sprayground
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Where: 500 Port, Houston, Texas
Season: year-round (weather permitting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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A beach-styled design featuring wave stairs, a surfboard and both real and plastic palm trees that spray water over a rubber surface.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Houston average 93°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 3 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: