With a forecast of hot temperatures over the long holiday weekend, MPRB offers dozens of places to keep cool.
Pools
- More than 50 wading pools or splash pads are open 10 am-7 pm daily. Wading pools are free to use. There are no lifeguards.
- Jim Lupient Water Park and North Commons Water Park are open 4 to 7 pm on Friday and 1-7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Labor Day).
- At Lupient, admission is $5 for guests 42 inches and taller, $3 for guests shorter than 42 inches tall, or after 5 pm.
- At North Commons, admission is $5 for adults and free for guests under age 18.
- Webber Natural Swimming Pool is open 4 to 7 pm on Friday and 1-7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Labor Day). Admission is free.
- People ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult at Webber, North Commons and Lupient.
- View an interactive map showing all pools in the Minneapolis park system and their status updated daily at minneapolisparks.org/pools.
Beaches
- MPRB maintains 12 beaches on six lakes in Minneapolis.
- All are open 6 am-10 pm daily.
- Beaches do NOT currently have lifeguards.
- View an interactive map showing the status and water quality conditions at all beaches at minneapolisparks.org/beaches.
Recreation Centers and Kroening Nature Center
Twenty-eight recreation centers throughout Minneapolis are air conditioned, free and open to the public on Friday, with some Saturday and Sunday hours. Most have gymnasiums, computer labs and free activities.
Carl W. Kroening Nature Center, in North Mississippi Regional Park, is air conditioned and open on Friday, 9 am to 4:30pm and Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. It has a permanent “Nature in the City” exhibition and other activities.
The following air-conditioned recreation centers are open Friday, September 1 from Noon to 6 pm. Locations with Saturday or Sunday hours are also noted. All locations are closed on Monday, September 4.
- Audubon Recreation Center
- Bottineau Recreation Center – Saturday, Noon to 6 pm
- Bryant Square Recreation Center
- Coyle Community Center
- East Phillips Park Cultural and Community Center – Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 6 pm
- Elliot Recreation Center
- Farview Recreation Center – Sunday, Noon to 6 pm
- Folwell Recreation Center
- Fuller Recreation Center
- Harrison Recreation Center
- Kenwood Community Center
- Lake Hiawatha Recreation Center
- Longfellow Recreation Center
- Loring Community Arts Center
- Luxton Recreation Center
- Lyndale Farmstead Recreation Center
- Lynnhurst Recreation Center
- Matthews Recreation Center – Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm
- McRae Recreation Center
- Northeast Recreation Center – Sunday, Noon to 6 pm
- North Commons Recreation Center – Saturday, Noon to 6 pm
- Painter Recreation Center
- Pershing Recreation Center
- Phillips Community Center
- Powderhorn Recreation Center – Saturday, Noon to 6 pm
- Webber Community Center
- Windom Northeast Recreation Center
- Windom South Recreation Center – Saturday, Noon to 6 pm
Note: Pearl Recreation Center is not air-conditioned, but is open Friday and Sunday, Noon to 6 pm. If you plan on visiting, call the center first to make sure it has not closed due to federal guidelines for excessive heat in buildings.