Piedmont Park Legacy Fountain
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 1320 Monroe Dr NE, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia
Season: May - October
Hours: 10am - 8pm daily
Cost: free
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Piedmont Park's showpiece interactive fountain fires more than 70 water jets, some spraying up to 30 feet high with LED lighting configurations after dark. Restrooms, picnic tables, playgrounds, and the duck pond are all a short walk away.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Atlanta average 89°F — warm enough for a splash pad through most of the season without being punishing at midday.
How long it's open. Roughly 26 weeks a year, from May to October. Seasons shift year to year and municipal pads often close early for maintenance, so check before a long drive.
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 19 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: