photo by: Mike Yoder

Children gather inside a dome of water at the opening of the city’s new splash pad at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St., on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

Lawrence’s first splash pad opened on Tuesday along the north side of Burroughs Creek Trail and Linear Park near the trail crossing at 15th Street. The splash pad will be operational from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. each day through most of the summer season, as the Journal-World previously reported. The 2,500-square-foot splash park includes eight water features.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Children stand by as Lawrence Vice Mayor Lisa Larsen cuts the ribbon at the opening of the city’s first splash pad on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence’s first splash pad opened on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St. The splash pad includes eight water features and will be open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. every day through most of the summer season.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence’s first splash pad opened on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St. The splash pad includes eight water features and will be open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. every day through most of the summer season.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Children gather around a water feature at Lawrence’s new splash pad on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A bucket drops water on a young girl on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Lawrence’s new splash pad at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Nine-month-old Violette Brintnall and her mother, Brittany Cummings, center, play in the water at the city’s new splash pad at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St., on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Cummings, who lives near the park, said, “We’re going to be here a ton.”

photo by: Mike Yoder

A young girl leaps through a spray of water at the opening of the city’s new splash pad at Burroughs Creek park, 900 E. 15th St., on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.