(Inspired by Sharlene, Tina, and Erin)
One of Fun Orange County Parks’ regular readers asked about local “spray parks” for water play – and even gave some suggestions herself. I keep hearing that Southern California, especially OC, lacks spray parks. My only explanation is our proximity to the beach and the good weather which allows us to make our own splash parks at home with sprinklers. Here are links to a few options if you are looking to get wet this summer:
PAY:
Knott’s Berry Farm Soak City, Buena Park
City of La Mirada Buccaneer Bay (Splash!)
FREE:
There are splash fountains at Irvine Spectrum, Fashion Island, and outside the Rancho Santa Margarita Kohl’s where children are allowed to play.
The Splash Pad in Westminster’s Sigler Park.
There’s a little splash park open during the summer at Pioneer Park.
Lemon Park Spray Pool in Fullerton.
More info and photos in “It’s Waterpark Opening Day” from OC Deals/OC Register.
Thanks to Sharlene for scouting around, thanks to Tina for tip on Lemon Park, and thanks to Erin for info on Sigler Park. Please add more places to the comments when you find them!
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We visited Splash in La Mirada on Saturday and “OH MY GOODNESS” it was sooo much fun! You see since our kids are little going places like Wild Rivers was just not good for our little one since it’s expensive, crowded and just not as clean as we would like it to be, but The City of La Mirada has absolutely out done themselves. They have the nicest Aquatics Center that includes two lap pools and a small water park that is perfect for little kids. When looking at the web site’s picture it shows the big slides for the bigger kids, but the younger kids play area was in a word awesome! The parking is free, use of Life Jackets and inner tubes are also free and lockers are only $5.00 per day. We were smart to arrive early they open at 10:30 AM and we arrived about 10:00 and were nearly the first people in the place, but let me tell you we were able to get a great place to sit right on the edge of the pool so we had a spot under a nice umbrella and small tables. It was fantastic! I cannot think of enough complimentary words to describe it. What I can tell you is that it’s extremely clean, they have a nice snack bar, they do not allow outside food in the Water Park, but you can keep lunch in the locker or in your car. You can come and go as you please so if you want to leave and return you can do that and just show your wrist band although you will not want to leave once you’ve gotten settled it’s just too much fun. As for activities they have a huge shallow pool with a large play structure in the middle with small slides for the little ones and a nice lazy river where you can relax in an inner tube and float if you choose. For the bigger kids they have much larger water slides, but this park really is great for the little ones. On the Lisa scale of 1 to 10 I give this place a 10+ and will definitely be going again soon.
There is a water/splash park in Orange County! Pioneer park in Tustin has a fun water play area. as well as play equipment, bbq, walking trail, ect. It's a small park but but a lot of un. it's at 10250 Pioneer Rd., Tustin.