Cleveland Burger Week | July 11-17, 2022

17 Waterparks Within Driving Distance From Cleveland

By Brett Zelman

If you're looking for fun for the whole family or a trip with some friends, there are plenty of water parks within a short drive of Cleveland to enjoy this summer. Cool off from that hot Northeast Ohio sun by enjoying water slides, splash parks and tons of other aquatic activities.

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Clay’s Park

13190 Patterson St. NW, North Lawrence

Located in between Massillon and Barberton, you’ll find the small town of North Lawrence, home to Clay’s Park, a lake that doubles as a water park. There’s inflatables, zip lines, an awesome water slide and much more including putt putt, a fishing lake, cabins and much more.

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Cedar Point Shores Waterpark

1 Cedar Point Dr., Sandusky

While the main park is understandably the big attraction, don’t sleep on Cedar Point’s waterpark. There are a ton of slides and splash pads for older and younger kids and even adults.

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Baylor Beach Park

8725 Manchester Ave. SW., Navarre

About an hour’s drive from Cleveland, just south of Massillon, you’ll find Navarre, home to Baylor Beach Park and one of the best water slides around. There are some high diving boards a picnic area and much more.

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Twinsburg Water Park

10260 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg

Some municipalities have awesome public pools and Twinsburg definitely fits that criteria. There’s a huge waterslide and a ton of other awesome activities in the Cleveland suburb.

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Water Works Aquatic Center

2025 Munroe Falls Ave., Cuyahoga Falls

In beautiful Cuyahoga Falls, you’ll find the Water Works Aquatic Center. There’s a lazy river, slides, splash fountains, a giant playground and much more.

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Lorain County Metroparks Splash Zone

95 W. Hamilton Rd., Oberlin

In Oberlin, you’ll find the Lorain County Metroparks Splash Zone. With water jets, a small slide with water cannons, a mini pool for the little ones with a waterfall and two 24 feet high waterslides, this makes for a great family outing not too far from Cleveland.

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Maca Pool Water Park

183 Maca Dr., Tallmadge

This 250,000-gallon water park has a 6-lane lap pool, an enclosed slide, a zero depth entry area, a shamu kiddie slide, a splash zone, bucket dumps and much more.

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100 Sychar Rd., Mt. Vernon

North east of Columbus in Mt. Vernon is the Hiawatha Water Park. There’s a 30 foot slide, a playground, water jets, a raindrop fountain and much more.

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Uhrichsville Water Park

401 E. 12th St., Uhrichsville

90 miles south of Cleveland you’ll find the town of Uhrichsville and the Uhrichsville Water Park. There’s an 18,000 square foot heated pool, two two-story water slides and an area for young children to swim.

The Watering Hole Safari & Waterpark

1530 S. Danbury Rd., Port Clinton

The Watering Hole Safari & Waterpark is located in the vacation town of Port Clinton. This waterpark boasts the Kid’s Tee House with four slides, a three story slide tower, a lazy river, a coral reef river ride, a typhoon rush slide tower, a swim-up tiki bar and more.