As summer creeps into the Sioux Empire, soon it'll be time to find a place to cool off. Sioux Falls has great public pools and a fun spray park.

Pools in Sioux Falls open May 27 (if the weather cooperates). Pools are open from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM and from 6:30 PM to 9PM.

It costs $3.00 for kids 2 to 17 and $4.00 for adults. The Spray Park and the wading pools at Frank Olson, Kuehn and McKennan are free.

Also, you can go here for info about swimming lessons and here for info about swim passes.

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    Pioneer Spray Park

    1800 East Walnut Street

    Pioneer Spray Park (map) has over 60 different spray nozzles shooting water including a water tunnel and cannons.

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    Drake Springs Family Aquatic Center

    301 South Fairfax Avenue

    Drake Springs Family Aquatic Center (map) has a slide, 1M and 3M diving boards, a tube slide and a lazy river and a whole lot more.

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    Frank Olson Pool

    4101 East 16th Street

    Frank Olson Pool on the east side (map) is an eight lane fifty meter pool with two diving boards, snack and sun decks and a free waiting pool.

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    Kuehn Pool

    2309 Kuehn Park Road

    Kuehn Pool (map) in Kuehn Park features two diving boards, snack and sun decks and a free waiting pool.

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    Laurel Oak Family Aquatic

    South eastern Sioux Falls' Laurel Oak Family Aquatic (map) is described as a full-featured aquatics facility. It has short course lap lanes, a body slide, a large dinosaur and floating frogs to play on, slide and a sand play area.

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    Terrace Park Family Aquatic Center

    1001 West Madison Avenue

    Located near Covell lake, Terrace Park Family Aquatic Center (map) is another public full-featured aquatics facility. There's  2 drop slides, a body and tube slide, sand play area and more.

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    McKennan Wading Pool

    1500 South Third Avenue

    The McKennan Wading Pool (map) is the perfect spot on a hot day. It's a free wading pool in McKennan Park. There's a walking bridge and spray features.

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