Child wet
We are just completing our official first week of summer, and yet the temperatures have already been unbearably hot. Did you know that Wilmington offers several free or inexpensive options for cooling off besides the beach? This scorching weather can mean only one thing – our kids want to get wet! Here are the local pools and splash pads where you can take your family and escape from the heat.
Splach Pad
Splash Pads: (free of charge)
- Northside Splash Pad – 750 Bess Street, Wilmington. Open everyday from 8am-8pm. This splash pad offers water cannons, dumping buckets, geysers, and covered tables.
- Wrightsville Beach Park Splash Pad – located within the Harbor Way Gardens on the municipal grounds at the corner of Causeway Drive and Salisbury Street. Open to the public during daylight hours. The water feature is small, but it can be a great way to cool down with your little ones for 30 minutes or so.
Pools: (cost is $1 per child age 17 and under, $2 for adults 18 and over)
- Northside Pool – 750 Bess Street, Wilmington. Open Monday-Friday from 1pm to 6pm. Saturdays from noon-5pm. Closed on Sundays.
- Legion Pool – 2131 Carolina Beach Road. Open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 1pm-5pm, Tuesdays from 1pm-6pm, and Saturdays from noon-5pm. Closed on Sundays
- Robert Strange Pool - 410 South 10th Street, Wilmington. Pool opens to public on June 29th. Open Mondays – Fridays from 1pm to 6pm. Saturdays from noon-5pm. Closed on Sundays.
