The perfect way to cool down on a hot, summer day, Kentucky has several great water parks. Read on for inspiration and spend your summer splashing in pools, floating down the lazy river and rushing down thrilling slides. There’s a Kentucky waterpark for everyone from the youngest to the oldest in your family on our list!
This article only covers outdoor water parks in Kentucky. Visit this article to explore indoor water parks near Kentucky.
Hurricane Bay Water Park, Louisville
Part of the Kentucky Kingdom theme park in Louisville, Hurricane Bay Water Park is one of our favorite parts of visiting the park. Hurricane Bay is included in admission to the main park, so enjoy it as part of a day riding coasters and thrill rides at Kentucky Kingdom, or just hop straight over to Hurricane Bay for a full day of water park fun. You’ll find two wave pools, a lazy river, an adventure river, and more than a dozen fun water slides. There’s also play areas that are perfect for the tiny tots in your group. Our littles love Buccaneer Beach – with it’s more than 10,000 square feet of interactive play equipment and tot-sized water slides. Meanwhile, mom and dad love rushing down the Adventure River or floating away along Castaway Creek.
937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY 40209
Kentucky Splash WaterPark and Campground
Kentucky Splash WaterPark and Campground has virtually everything you could hope for when looking for summer fun for the family. You’ll find an amusement park with a water park, miniature golf course, driving range and a campground. Highlights of the water park include a 18,000 square foot wave pool, a lazy river, a kiddy activity pool, a triple slide complex, double slide tower and more.
1050 KY-92, Williamsburg, KY 40769, 606-549-6065
SomerSplash Waterpark
SomerSplash offers loads of family-friendly fun spread over park’s 20 acres. They have 3 body slides, a large partially open, partially closed tube slide, a winding lazy river perfect for relaxing and a huge wave pool that has waves up to 4 feet tall. There’s also a thrilling double loop super bowl slide and a 40 foot speed slide for those looking for even more excitement. They haven’t left out the little ones in your family with a kiddie play area chock full of interactive attractions and a wading pool dedicated for kids under 48 inches and their parents.
1030 KY-2227, Somerset, KY 42503, 606-679-2227
Venture River Water Park
Billed as the only dedicated water park in Western Kentucky, Venture River Water Park is an exciting family attraction. There’s a new super-sized slide house that is a whooping five levels high and contains 3 tunnel body slides, a crazy cruise slide, a multi-lane slide, numerous places for interactive water play and two flushing buckets. For even more thrills, take on The Cliffhanger, challenge your friends to a race at Matanascar – a four lane, head first, mat racing slide or hop in a tube and let the rapid waters take you in circles around Cyclone. There’s also a wave pool, multi-rider tube slide and a relaxing lazy river. For littles, the Pleasure Island Kiddie Pool provides endless hours of fun and water play.
280 Funway Drive, Eddyville, KY 42038
Beech Bend and Splash Lagoon
Beech Bend Park is an amusement park with attractions for all age groups. Along with an exciting selection of thrill rides and family-friendly rides, the park features a water park, Splash Lagoon which is included in the price of park admission in season. Here, you can relax in the lazy river ride the waves in the Surf’s Up wave pool, and get drenched by the giant Tiki bucket at Tiki Island. They’ve added several new, award-winning water slides recently with something exciting for all ages. They have cabana and canopy rentals available for those who wish to enjoy a bit of privacy and shade during their visit to the water park.
798 Beech Bend Park Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-781-7634
Pools in Kentucky with Waterpark Features
These swimming pools offer a bit more than just a few lanes for swimming, but their water slides and kiddie play areas don’t quite qualify them as water parks either. Most are available for a much lower entry price than the other Kentucky waterparks on our list, and can be a great way to spend a hot Kentucky Summer Day:
Paradise Cove, Richmond
Located at Lake Reba Park, Paradise Cove is a family aquatic center with two 1-meter diving boards, a rock climbing wall, a Zip’N rope swing, a zero-entry play pool and numerous play features including four slides. There is a family slide and a smaller slide for younger children.
Anderson Dean Community Park, Harrodsburg
Anderson Dean Waterpark has a 6-lane outdoor pool with diving, kiddie pool and a water slide. The pool is available for private rental throughout the summer.
Barbourville Water & Recreation Park, Barbourville
This small water park has a wave pool, lazy river, water slides, a kiddie pool, concession, picnic shelters, seven acres of fishing ponds, paddle boats, putt-putt golf, ball fields, playgrounds, sports courts and RV camping.
Russell Sims Aquatic Center, Bowling Green
Russell Sims Aquatic Center has a zero-depth entry water playground with water buckets, palm trees and plenty of places to splash as well as a 50 meter pool, two water slides and 2 diving boards. On-site concessions are available.
Tie Breaker Family Aquatic Center, Hopkinsville
This seasonal aquatic center features both tube and body slides, a lazy river and water play equipment as well as plenty of tasty treats at the concession stand.
Falling Springs Center, Versailles
The Falling Springs Rec Center has both indoor and outdoor pools. The outdoor splash pool has 2 large water slides, a vortex, a mushroom waterfall, a lazy river with loads and a play area for younger children.
Leitchfield Aquatic Center
The Lietchfield Aquatic Center is complete with a zero depth entry, 2 three-story slides (one closed tube and one open), basketball goals, a diving board, a separate pool for tots and a lazy river.
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