Pahrump splash pad opening rescheduled for later date
Pahrump families waiting for a place to cool off will have to wait longer: the Simkins Park splash pad grand opening was postponed four days before the planned July 24 ribbon-cutting.
The Town of Pahrump postponed the Simkins Park Splash Pad grand opening four days before the ribbon-cutting, delaying a new free place for children to cool off during peak summer heat. The event had been set for Friday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 1350 E Simkins Road, but the town said on July 20 that a new date would be announced once details were finalized.
The town’s notice was blunt: “This event has been postponed. An announcement will be made once it has been rescheduled.” Officials repeated the update on social media, keeping the ceremony for the brand-new splash pad off the calendar for now.
The project carries extra weight because local reporting described it as Pahrump’s first splash pad. Earlier coverage also said the site had been under construction before the opening was announced, which helped turn the ribbon-cutting into a marker of a new recreation option rather than just another park program. In a town where summer heat drives daily decisions about where families can go to cool off, the delay matters because it pushes back one more public space built for that purpose.
For families looking for other places to get relief, Pahrump still has the community swimming pool at Petrack Park, 150 N Highway 160. The town says the Pahrump Community Swimming Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard outdoor pool, and its 2026 season is scheduled to run through Aug. 16. Nye County has also used Bob Ruud Community Center at the corner of Highway 160 and Basin Avenue as a cooling station during extreme heat, where people have been told to come inside, cool off and take free bottled water.
The postponement also means Simkins Park will not get the ribbon-cutting crowd that would have come to the July 24 morning ceremony, and the town has not announced any substitute location or parking plan. For now, the opening remains tied to Simkins Park and to a rescheduled date that has not yet been set, leaving Pahrump’s newest heat-relief amenity on hold just as summer temperatures stay high.
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