Sometimes the best things in life are free (or at least cheap) – that's certainly the case with these 10 park splash pads – voted as the best in the U.S. by 10Best readers – where families can come to cool off during the hot summer without breaking the bank.
The top 10 winners in the category Best Splash Pad are as follows:
- Seattle Center International Fountain - Seattle
- The Yards Park - Washington
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Fountains - Boston
- The Dinosaur Place Splashpad - Montville, Conn.
- Centennial Center Park - Centennial, Colo.
- Historic Fourth Ward Park Splashpad - Atlanta
- Mt. Elliott Park - Detroit
- Piratesville Splash Pad - Hartsville, S.C.
- Discovery Green - Houston
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Water Lab at Pier 6 - Brooklyn, N.Y.
A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to picked the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote. Experts Jacqui Boland (Red Tricycle) and Mommy Nearest (mommynearest.com) were chosen based on their knowledge and experience of family travel in the U.S.
Congratulations to all these winning splash pads, and be sure to keep this list close at hand for those scorching summer afternoons.
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Jacqui Boland
Jacqui Boland is the founder of Red Tricycle, one... Read More
Jacqui Boland is the founder of Red Tricycle, one of America’s best-loved parenting brands. With extraordinary rates of consumer engagement, Red Tricycle provides ideas and inspiration to over 40 million parents every month to fuel their busy family lives.
Jacqui Boland

Jacqui Boland is the founder of Red Tricycle, one of America’s best-loved parenting brands. With extraordinary rates of consumer engagement, Red Tricycle provides ideas and inspiration to over 40 million parents every month to fuel their busy family lives.
Mommy Nearest
Mommy Nearest is an award-winning, tech-enabled... Read More
Mommy Nearest is an award-winning, tech-enabled media company for millennial parents. The company is the most trusted and widely-used geo-based app for discovering family-friendly places nationwide, and the website, mommynearest.com, has quickly become the leading site for parenting content.
Mommy Nearest

Mommy Nearest is an award-winning, tech-enabled media company for millennial parents. The company is the most trusted and widely-used geo-based app for discovering family-friendly places nationwide, and the website, mommynearest.com, has quickly become the leading site for parenting content.
10Best Editors
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10Best.com provides users with original, unbiased and experiential travel coverage of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world.
10Best Editors

10Best.com provides users with original, unbiased and experiential travel coverage of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world.