Splash Pad at Patterson Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 521 Mercury Boulevard, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Season: Summer season (opened October 2025)
Hours: June-July 11am-7pm; shoulder season 11am-2:30pm and 4-6pm
Cost: free
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Murfreesboro's newest free splash pad opened in late 2025 in the green space between Patterson Park Community Center and Bradley Academy, built together with a new playground. Its split midday schedule outside peak summer leaves a mid-afternoon shutoff worth checking before you go.
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 Murfreesboro average 90°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 is 1 other pad within 5 miles and 3 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: