Indoor or outdoor?
How the setting changes when and how you can visit.
Indoor water parks
Indoor parks are under a roof and can operate in any season. That does not mean they open every day. Many run shorter hours on weekdays and close for maintenance. Many indoor parks are part of resort hotels. 56 listed parks have indoor areas.
- Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, Boyne Falls, Michigan
- Bavarian Blast Indoor Waterpark, Frankenmuth, Michigan
- Breaker Bay Waterpark, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Outdoor water parks
Outdoor parks are seasonal in most of the country. Typical seasons run from late May to early September, with some weekend dates into the fall in warm states. 234 listed parks have outdoor areas.
- 7th Inning Splash Waterpark, Piedmont, South Carolina
- Adventure Island Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida
- Adventure Reef Water Park, Kettering, Ohio
Parks with both
Some resorts have an indoor park that operates year-round and an outdoor area that opens only in summer. The two areas can have different schedules; a park page lists them separately when the park publishes different details.
- Blue Surf Bay Waterpark, Blue Springs, Missouri
- Chula Vista Resort Waterparks (Lost Rios Indoor Waterpark and Outdoor Waterpark), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Massanutten WaterPark, Massanutten, Virginia