Area: West Brooklin

Hours of Operation: June to September from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., weather permitting

Age Range: all ages

Parking: street parking on side streets Corianne Ave and Gerry Ravary Place
 
Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 

• bucket dump post
• large spray post
• 2 horse water blasters

Accessibility Features: wheel chair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:

• see Carnwith Park post 

Seating: 6 park benches

Shade: some umbrella shade over the Splash Pad itself and a pergola provides shade over 2 park benches; there is also some shade from the surrounding trees


Overall assessment:  A great addition to Brooklin!  With the adjacent playgrounds it makes for hours of entertainment on a hot day with kids of all ages!

Area: North Whitby

Hours of Operation:  from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and operate from June to September, weather permitting

Installed: 2010

Age Range: all ages

Parking: parking lot off of Darren Ave

Ground Cover:  cement

Main Equipment: 

• 3 dumping buckets
• 1 fountain post
• spray posts
• "creek bed" drainage

Accessibility Features: wheel chair accessible 

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:

• see Darren Park post

Seating: no seating right at the Splash Pad, but multiple park benches throughout the playground and surrounding park

Shade: no shade on the Splash Pad, surrounding area trees provide some shade in the outer fields

Overall assessment: Toddlers love this splash pad because it has a river that fills up whenever the buttons activate the splash pad features! It has a few different styles of water sprays to explore that come on at different times so is neat for kids to bounce from one feature to the next.

Area: Central Whitby

Hours of Operation:  weather permitting from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and operate from June to September (seasonal)

Installed: 2012

Age Range: all ages

Parking:  large parking lot off of Trent Street for the playground and splash pad, and parking lot off of Burns Street for the sports fields

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 

• 1 spray post
• 1 dumping bucket
• multiple water features
• multiple in ground water jets

Accessibility Features: wheel chair accessible splash pad and washrooms

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:

• see Peel Park post
• Washrooms (hours 9:00am to 9:00pm first week of May to first week of October)

Seating: 2 park benches at the splash pad, two picnic tables with checkers/chess boards and multiple park benches around the adjacent playground and surrounding park

Shade: none on the splash pad, but some offered from the surrounding trees in the park

Overall assessment: With multiple water elements, there is something for everyone to cool of in at this splash pad!

Area: Whitby North

Hours of Operation:  9am to 9pm (seasonal June to September - weather permitting)

Installed: 2007; resurfaced from rubber to concrete pad in 2009 (as the original rubber surface became slippery and unsuitable for play)

Age Range: 2 years and up

Parking: plenty of parking in the McKinney Centre parking lot off of McKinney Drive

Ground Cover: concrete

Main Equipment: 

• 1 spray arch tunnel
• 1 water blaster
• 1 bucket dump
• multiple spray posts
• multiple in ground jets

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:

• washrooms (inside the McKinney Centre)
• see McKinney Park post
• Skate Park

Seating: 3 park benches around the Splash Pad, 3 park benches in nearby covered shelter

Shade: no shade on the Splash Pad, small covered shelter nearby

Overall assessment: A very good Splash Pad for multiple ages and well spaced out for many kids to play.  It's in a great location as kids can spend all day here with the McKinney Park playground and adjacent Skate Park right next to the Splash Pad.  Parents be on the lookout for sneaky kids trying to spray you with the multi-directional water blaster at this Splash Pad!