West Charleston Lions/Essex Circle Park Splash Pad
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season · confirmed against the parks department
Where: 600 Essex Circle, Las Vegas, Nevada
Season: May 1 – September 30
Hours: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily
Cost: free
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One of 28 free splash pads operated by the City of Las Vegas at West Charleston Lions/Essex Circle Park, running daily through the warm months. The city turns its pads on May 1 and shuts them off September 30 each year.
When to go. Peak summer highs in Las Vegas average 105°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 22 weeks a year, from May 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 32 other pads within 5 miles and 77 within 15. These are the ones worth the drive — ranked by shade, toilets and cost first, then by how close they are: