{"id":326612,"date":"2026-05-21T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/326612\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:42:08","slug":"summer-heat-relief-begins-as-bakersfield-spray-parks-open-may-23-city-pools-on-june-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/326612\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer heat relief begins as Bakersfield spray parks open May 23; city pools on June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Families will have the chance to cool down as spray parks around Bakersfield will open on May 23, and city pools will also be opening on June 4.<\/p>\n

Spray parks will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 23 through September 7. They will be closed on Mondays, except for holidays. Officials said they will be open on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

\"FILE:<\/p>\n

FILE: Bakersfield spray park. KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

City officials said there are three more sessions for swim registration:<\/p>\n

Session 2 opens Friday, May 22 at 9 a.m. Session 2 runs from June 22 to July 2.Session 3 registration opens June 5 at 9 a.m. Session 3 runs from July 6 to 16.Session 4 registration opens June 19 at 9 a.m. Session 4 runs from July 20 to 30.<\/p>\n

Lessons are $57 for residents, $67 for non-residents.<\/p>\n

Sessions are for those 6 months and older. To register, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

City officials said all four City pools will open on June 4.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A photo of McMurtrey’s Aquatic Center’s waterslides and pool taken on Friday, July 28. KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

The schedule for each:<\/p>\n

McMurtrey Aquatic Center, Monday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Jefferson Park pool, Tuesday to Friday, 1:30 p.m.; Saturday, 1-4:30 p.m.Martin Luther King Jr. Park pool, Tuesday to Friday, 1p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Silver Creek Park pool, Tuesday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

It would cost $4 per person at McMurtrey, $1 per person at Jefferson, MLK, Silver Creek.<\/p>\n

Children 2 and under are free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Families will have the chance to cool down as spray parks around Bakersfield will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-326612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}