Mystic Waters opens for the season

Hundreds lined up at Mystic Waters Family Aquatic Center, 2025 Miner St., for the June 4 opening, as temperatures reached 90 for the first time this summer. One of the largest water parks in Northern Illinois, Mystic Waters is open for pre-season hours, from noon until 7 p.m. through June 10.

During the regular season, June 11-Aug. 21, Mystic Waters is open weekdays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The water park features two 37-foot slides in Otter's Run, drop slides and cliff dive platforms in Sea Lion Falls, a 550-foot lazy river in Crocodile Cove where patrons can float on inner tubes, a zero depth leisure pool, and Beluga Beach, a splash pad area with a jungle gym on a non-slip surface with water sprays and fountains for tots and non-swimmers.

All three of the Des Plaines Park District pools, Mystic Waters, and Chippewa and Iroquois neighborhood pools, are in compliance with the Virginia Graeme Baker Act.

“All of the new pool drain covers have been inspected and certified by the Illinois Department of Public Health,” said Paul Cathey, Superintendent of Parks and Planning.

Chippewa and Iroquois neighborhood pools open for the season on June 12.

Season pool passes are now available for purchase at Mystic Waters, as well as at the Administrative and Leisure Center, 2222 Birch St. and Prairie Lakes Community Center, 515 E. Thacker St.

For information about planning a party at Mystic Waters or renting Chippewa Pool for a private event, call (847) 391-5700. For more information about hours, fees, passes, and swimming lessons, visit www.DPParks.org.