Sunset Palms Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2023 season
Where: 5402 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale, Arizona
Season: Summer, daily through late July then weekends into early September
Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Cost: free
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Opened on Memorial Day weekend 2023, this is one of Glendale's newest splash pads, with 15 water features including giant sprayers, waterspouts and a dump bucket. Its sprinklers cycle on every four minutes so nobody leaves dry.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Glendale average 106°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.
How long it's open. Roughly 13 weeks a year, from July to September. 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 2 other pads within 5 miles and 15 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: