Pima Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 8600 E Thomas Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona
Season: Runs whenever the temperature is above 70 degrees
Hours: Sunrise-8 p.m.
Cost: free
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Pima Park on Thomas Road is one of five Scottsdale city parks with push-button splash pads on the sunrise-to-8-p.m., above-70-degrees schedule. The park also has sports fields serving south Scottsdale.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps toilets on site, drinking water, playground alongside, parking at this location.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Scottsdale average 103°F. Go before 11am or after 5pm — midday is genuinely unsafe for small children, and the concrete around a pad runs hotter than the air.
If this one's closed or packed
Splash pads close for maintenance, run short seasons and fill up on hot weekends. There are 7 other pads within 5 miles and 28 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: