Best Family-Friendly Attractions

Explore the best best family-friendly attractions options for kids and families in Bell Gardens

Dennis the Menace Park

Dennis the Menace Park

Grassy local park with a playground. This neighborhood park is a family destination with a big grassy lawn, a playground & picnic tables.

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Kid-friendly exhibits about space. Modern locale featuring family-friendly, interactive exhibits about space, including a simulator.

Wilderness Park

Wilderness Park

Compact park with a duck pond. Small public park featuring a duck pond, walk/jog paths & grassy areas popular for picnicking.

Golf N' Stuff

Golf N' Stuff

Mini-golf park with rides & go-karts. Boasting an 18-hole mini-golf course, this amusement park also offers an arcade, go-karts & rides.

Hathaway Ranch Museum

Hathaway Ranch Museum

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Pio Pico State Historic Park

Pio Pico State Historic Park

State park with 19th-century adobe house. Historic state park is home to Pio Pico's renovated 19th century built from adobe blocks.

Augustus F. Hawkins Nature Park

Augustus F. Hawkins Nature Park

Tranquil green space with nature center. Calm, 8.5-acre retreat featuring native flora & wetlands, plus a small museum with nature exhibits.

Whittier Museum

Whittier Museum

Educational displays of city history. Historical artifacts & exhibits related to the city of Whittier; open to the public weekends only.

Whittier Narrows Recreation Area

Whittier Narrows Recreation Area

Various sports, trails, 3 lakes & museum. Diverse sports, 3 lakes, a military museum, shooting ranges, horse center, disc golf & urban farm.

Magic of The Jack o lanterns

Magic of The Jack o lanterns

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DTLA Arts District

DTLA Arts District

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Whittier Narrows Park

Whittier Narrows Park

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Kyoto Garden

Kyoto Garden

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Angels Flight Railway

Angels Flight Railway

Historical landmark with a short ride. World's shortest railway, built in 1901, with 2 funicular cars that travel on a 298ft incline.

Gloria Molina Grand Park

Gloria Molina Grand Park

Memorial fountain & a performance lawn. Gathering place featuring an intimate performance area, memorial fountain & wade-able membrane pool.

Grand Hope Park

Grand Hope Park

Playground, lawns & iconic clock tower. 2.5-acre urban park featuring a playground & grass lawns amid an iconic mosaic-adorned clock tower.

The Broad

The Broad

Contemporary museum with many works. Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.

Vincent Lugo Park

Vincent Lugo Park

San Gabriel's largest city park. Athletic fields, picnic tables, trails & a playground featured in San Gabriel's largest city park.

Los Angeles State Historic Park

Los Angeles State Historic Park

Public green space with Downtown views. 32 acres of open space with walkways & architectural features, plus Downtown views.

Public Art "Aquarius"

Public Art "Aquarius"

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Exposition Park Rose Garden

Exposition Park Rose Garden

Charming park devoted to roses. Cheerful formal park featuring a collection of roses & a gazebo.

Exposition Park

Exposition Park

Public green space with museums & arenas. Urban space comprising 160 acres with arenas & museums, plus some green areas with trees & gardens.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Dinosaur skeletons & rotating exhibits. From T. rex skeletons to an insect zoo, popular attraction holds more than 35-million artifacts.

Cerritos Heritage Park

Cerritos Heritage Park

Sports facilities & historic Play Island. Park has playgrounds & sports areas, plus a Play Island with slides attached to historic buildings.

Garfield Park

Garfield Park

Tidy park with tennis courts, playground. A city park space with tennis courts, a looped path, a playground & meditative garden space.

Lacy Park

Lacy Park

Open green space, tennis & walking loops. Dog-friendly public expanse featuring 2 walking loops, 6 tennis courts & a decades-old rose arbor.

Walnut Creek Nature Park

Walnut Creek Nature Park

Picnicking, kids' play areas & walkways. Enduring park with an obstacle course, trails & a playground, plus solar lighting & a picnic gazebo.

Arlington Garden in Pasadena

Arlington Garden in Pasadena

Mediterranean-style public garden. 3-acre, admission-free formal garden featuring Mediterranean & Californian trees & succulents.

Ralph B Clark Park

Ralph B Clark Park

104-acre park at foot of Coyote Hills. Sprawling park covering more than 100 acres includes a softball complex & plenty of open fields.

Children's Garden

Children's Garden

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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Cultural center with galleries & gardens. Expansive complex housing art galleries with famous works, rare-book collections & lush gardens.

El Dorado Nature Center

El Dorado Nature Center

Wide-ranging park for flora & fauna. 105-acre park featuring a visitor center, flora & fauna, lakes, a stream & walking trails.

Wrigley Mansion

Wrigley Mansion

1906 Renaissance mansion & gardens. A 1906 Renaissance design mansion with 4.5 acre flower gardens & HQ for new year Rose Parade.

Allen J. Martin Park

Allen J. Martin Park

Playground, basketball & splash pad. Renovated park with a colorful playground, basketball court, splash pad & community building.

Hilltop Park

Hilltop Park

Small park with sweeping city views. Compact green space offering panoramic vistas, BBQ & picnic areas & walking paths.

Pirates Dinner Adventure

Pirates Dinner Adventure

Dinner theater set on a Spanish galleon. Diners enjoy dinner & a show with an 18th-century ship replica as the stage at this thrilling event.

Central Park

Central Park

Park with a playground & lawn bowling. Park with a playground, a picnic area, lawn bowling, croquet, a walkway & restrooms.

The Children's Museum at La Habra

The Children's Museum at La Habra

7 galleries & 14 hands-on exhibits. Kids' museum with exhibits including a hand-carved carousel & guided tour of a 1942 railroad car.

Discovery Well Park

Discovery Well Park

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Michillinda Park

Michillinda Park

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Signal Hill Park

Signal Hill Park

Basketball, playground & picnic area. A 10-acre community park offering a basketball court, playground, BBQ areas & picnic shelters.

Old Pasadena

Old Pasadena

Historic shopping & entertainment area. Downtown historic district, now a popular destination for shopping, dining & entertainment.

Southern California Children's Museum

Southern California Children's Museum

Kids' play space with hands-on exhibits. Indoor play area with interactive activities for toddlers, such as a kitchen, teepees & costumes.

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm

Old-school theme park with rides & charm. Classic theme park boasts fast rides, old-fashioned charm & famous fried chicken.

Norton Simon Museum

Norton Simon Museum

Noted collection of European & Asian art. Unconventional building housing a noted collection of European & Asian art plus a sculpture garden.

Hollyhock House

Hollyhock House

A Frank Lloyd Wright house with gardens. Self-guided tours are available of this Wright-designed home, with roof terraces & gardens.

Pasadena Memorial Park

Pasadena Memorial Park

Storied park with Levitt Pavilion. Historic park featuring memorials, kids’ activities & free summer concerts in Levitt Pavilion.

Pasadena Museum of History

Pasadena Museum of History

Cultural hub with exhibits & tours. Museum with tours, research library & archives devoted to the history & culture of the region.

Knott's Soak City

Knott's Soak City

Seasonal spot with aquatic attractions. Waterslide park with multi-person raft slides, lazy river & toddler areas as well as shops & snacks.

Griffith Park & Southern Railroad

Griffith Park & Southern Railroad

Park featuring rides on mini trains. Center for train rides on reproductions of classic American locomotives, with a mile-long track.

FUNBOX LOS ANGELES - ARCADIA

FUNBOX LOS ANGELES - ARCADIA

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Kidspace Children's Museum

Kidspace Children's Museum

Interactive indoor & outdoor exhibits. This museum with an expansive outdoor play area features hands-on arts & science exhibits.

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden

Serene garden with a pond & a waterfall. Scenic park featuring a koi pond, a waterfall & 3 bridges, plus a black rock beach & a Zen garden.

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

Expansive park for outdoor activities. This 308-acre park features a Japanese garden, a workout course, athletic fields & scenic trails.

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