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Sandy Hawley Park Splash Pad

5/12/2022

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Area: North Oshawa (2500 Kentucky Derby Way, Oshawa, ON)

Hours of Operation: 9am - 8pm (seasonal, hours are weather permitting)

Installed: 2021

Age Range: all ages 

Parking: small parking lot with 5 stalls plus 2 accessible stalls

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 
  • 2 umbrella style spray posts
  • 2 leaf style tall spray posts
  • multiple in ground water jets
  • 2 activation buttons 

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Sandy Hawley Park post

Seating: 3 covered picnic tables between the playground and splash pad, 2 park benches by the half basketball court, and two long metal team benches behind the playground in the soccer pitch

Shade: no shade over the splash pad

Overall assessment: We can't wait to see how these tall spray posts operate! It is a great park to meet some friends at on a quiet day, park in the parking lot, use the picnic tables for a snack break or lunch. The farm themed adjacent playground is pretty cool to check out too!
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Lake Vista Park Splash Pad

5/13/2016

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Area: South Oshawa

Hours of Operation: 10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Age Range: all ages 

Parking: Two parking lots located off Emerald Ave and oxford Street (bus stop on oxford W side of park)

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 
  • 1 spray pole

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Lake Vista Park post

Seating: 5 park benches

Shade: 'Shade Shack'


Overall assessment: The splash pad here is great for kids to run through and cool off after playing all day. It is nice to be near to the Clubhouse as well.
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Rotary Park Oshawa Splash Pad

5/13/2016

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Area: Central Oshawa

Hours of Operation:  10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Age Range: all ages

Parking: lot just off Gibb St, East of Centre

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 
  • 2 spray posts

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible cement splash pad 

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Rotary Park Oshawa post
  • Soccer field

Seating: 2 park benches surrounding splash pad

Shade: none on the splash pad, some in the surrounding trees


Overall assessment: great small Splash Pad to cool off in after playing at the local playgrounds

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MacKenzie Park Splash Pad

6/12/2015

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Area: East Oshawa

Hours of Operation:  10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Age Range: all ages

Parking: 
Weekends - plenty of parking in the Athabasca Street Public school lot
Weekdays - limited street parking on MacKenzie Ave

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 
  • spray post

Accessibility Features: wheel chair accessible (across grass)

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see MacKenzie Park post

Seating: none

Shade: none, limited shade in the surround trees

Overall assessment: This is a great park for a few families to go together or a few adults to help with kids who may want to stay at the Splash Pad area since it is a distance from the playground.
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Glen Stewart Park Splash Pad

5/30/2015

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Area: west Oshawa

Hours of Operation:  10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Age Range: all ages

Parking: parking lot located on Cartier Ave just in front of the park

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment: 
  • 1 spray post

Accessibility Features: wheel chair accessible pad over grass

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Glen Stewart Park post

Seating: 2 park benches

Shade: none over the Splash Pad but plenty of shade in the surrounding trees

Overall assessment: A great quiet park and small Splash Pad just big enough to cool off in.
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Easton Park Splash Pad

4/28/2015

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Area: East Oshawa

Hours of Operation:  10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Installed: 

Age Range: All Ages

Parking: Parking lot off of Adelaide Ave E

Ground Cover: cement pads

Main Equipment: 
  • 1 rainbow spray arch
  • multiple in ground jets

Accessibility Features: wheel chair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Easton Park post

Seating: 2 park benches

Shade: 1 pergola and some limited shade provided by the trees surrounding the playground

Overall assessment: A great mini splash pad to cool off in after burning off some energy at the adjacent playground.
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Northview Park Splash Pad

8/5/2014

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Area: Oshawa North

Hours of Operation: 10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Age Range: 2 and up

Parking: plenty of parking in the lot behind the Northview Community Centre off of Beatrice Street (there is a large gravel lot behind the main community centre lot)

Ground Cover: cement

Main Equipment:
  • fountain post

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible 

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Northview Park post

Seating: 2 benches facing the splash pad and 2 park benches in the vicinity of the playground under a pergola

Shade: none over the splash pad, but some provided by the surrounding trees

Overall assessment: I wouldn't consider this a full out splash pad.  It's more like a 'cooling station' for kids playing in the adjacent playground since it only consists of one fountain post.  It is also button activated.
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Delpark Homes Center Splash Pad

7/18/2014

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 Area: Oshawa North

Hours of Operation: 10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Installed: 2014

Age Range: 2 and up

Parking: plenty in the Delpark Homes Centre parking lot off of Harwood (previously the Legends Centre)

Ground Cover: concrete

Main Equipment:
  • 1 dumping bucket
  • multiple low jets (in-ground)
  • multiple bubblers (in-ground)

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Delpark Homes Center Park post
  • washrooms in the Legends Center (6am to 10pm)

Seating: park benches, picnic tables, and multiple seating along a curved bench

Shade: morning shade, some tree shade and picnic table umbrellas

Overall assessment: A great addition to the Legends Center playground for little ones to cool off during the warm summer months. *note that the splash pad is across the main parking lot lane-way from the playground.
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Lakeview Park (waterfront)

7/11/2014

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Hours of Operation: 10am - 8pm (seasonal late Spring to Labour Day weekend)

Age Range: 2 and up

Parking: plenty of parking just off of Lakeview Park Ave beside the Jubilee Pavillion Banquet and Conference Centre

Ground Cover: soft rubber

Main Equipment (updated in 2021):
  • button activation posts
  • multiple in ground jets
  • multiple spray arches
  • multiple spray posts

Accessibility Features: wheelchair accessible

Facilities/Surrounding Park Area/Other:
  • see Lakeview Park post

Seating: picnic tables a bit further away

Shade: very little immediately on the splash pad from the trees (depending on the time of day)

Overall assessment: This a full out splash pad. It's now one of the largest in the area with plenty of space for plenty of kids to cool off. We haven't seen it turned on yet ourselves but we see there are a lot of water features and ground jets in the splash pad!
Archival photos of the original spray post below;
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