Cooling down from the heat

http://www.wilmingtonnc.gov/community_services/recreation/pools/splash_pad

As we get into the heat of summer, parents often scramble to find ideas of where to take the kids to beat the heat.  Many city pools,parks and museums have splash zones, or cooling areas.  This is a great way to get the kids outside, play in water, burn some energy and have fun. I have highlighted several below, for more information about pools and splash pad features in your area, contact your city/town/county's parks and recreation department.

City of Wilmington Splash Pad  

Regular Splash Pad hours:

Monday - Sunday:  8 am - 8 pm 

• Free of charge
• Fully automated, zero depth
• Includes geysers, water cannons, dumping buckets and much more!  

Village Park Splash Pad-City of Kannapolis

Monday-Sunday 10 am-7pm

www.cityofkannapolis.com/

• $1 per person (Parents accompanying children, but not playing will be admitted free of charge)
• The Village Park Splash Pad is an aquatic recreation feature that offers endless combinations of interactive play through water that is sprayed, gushed, dumped and poured from the play products that create the play equipment.

www.visitkinston.com

Kinston: Pepsi Splash Pad

Fairfield Park

Mondays-Saturdays 9am-5:30pm, Sundays 1-5:30pm

• $1 per person 
• As the dog days of summer approach, your little ones can have a “cool” day in the park splashing in Kinston’s latest water feature addition. Six exciting water sprays, dump buckets, and splashers will entertain and delight children 12 and under. A shade cover, lounge chairs and umbrellas will keep Mom or Dad “cool” while the little ones play. Parents will be happy to know that there is an attendant on duty. The Splash Pad is available for private party rental

Millbrook Exchange/Community Center-Splash Pad and Pool

City of Raleigh

Mon-Fri: 9am - 8pm
Sat: 10am - 8pm
Sun: 1pm - 6pm

Resident:    Ages 1-12 ($2)

                 Ages 13+  ($4)

Nonresident Ages 1-12 ($3)

                 Ages 13+ ($7)

lifeandscience.org

Museum of Life and Science 

Catch the Wind: Into the Mist

Monday-Saturday 10 am-5pm, Sundays 12-5pm

Free with Admission to Museum

Get wet and stay cool in the mist that fills the 

Larry and Sharon Crane PlayScape. There is something 

mysterious about mist. Explore Into the Mist to 

experience the lure of this phenomenon and watch as 

droplets of water suspended in air form clouds which 

hover over small valleys. Listen to the rhythmic sounds 

of rain as it falls upon rock. Stroll through the lush green 

landscape and watch as rainbows appear then disappear. 

Climb through tunnels, make sand sculptures, or just sit, 

cool-off, and observe the beauty and awe of mist, landforms and rock. 

I hope everyone gets out and stays safe and cool..