Pontiac Square Park Spray Pool
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 901 Shenandoah Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
Season: seasonal (summer)
Hours: 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
Cost: free
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Soulard families treat this square's spray pool as their default summer hangout, since it sits within walking distance of the neighborhood's row houses. It is on the city parks department's official spray pool roster.
What's on site. OpenStreetMap maps playground alongside, parking at this location. No public toilets are mapped here — worth knowing before you commit to an afternoon.
When to go. Peak summer highs in St. Louis average 88°F — warm enough for a splash pad through most of the season without being punishing at midday.
If this one's closed or packed
Splash pads close for maintenance, run short seasons and fill up on hot weekends. There are 12 other pads within 5 miles and 30 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: