Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids
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Library Park
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Monrovia Canyon Park
Camping, hiking & a 30-foot waterfall. City park on 80 acres with trails, camping & a waterfall, plus a nature center & cabin for events.
Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
Park with 70-acre lake & swimming beach. Vast park boasting a 70-acre lake for fishing & boating, plus a summer swim beach & water play area.
Santa Fe Dam Nature Center
Educational center & display garden. Nature center & natural area featuring trail walks, garden of native plants & educational programs.
Hermit Falls
Cascade plunging into a rock pool. Waterfall with a swimming hole popular for cliff jumping, accessed via a verdant canyon trail.
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Scenic hiking area with multiple trails. Natural area & popular hiking spot with over 40 miles of trails, plus waterfalls & wildlife.
Azusa Wilderness Park
Hilly canyon preserve with trails. Covering 60+ acres of canyon terrain, this wilderness areas has trails for hiking & biking.
FUNBOX LOS ANGELES - ARCADIA
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Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Lush landscape full of plants & peacocks. Sprawling manicured grounds filled with plants & featuring roaming peacocks & a Queen Anne cottage.
Meyberg Waterfall
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World's Largest Blossoming Plant
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Rubel Castle
Unique, artsy building with guided tours. This historic, off-beat structure made with recycled materials offers tours by appointment.
Cameron Park Community Center
Multiuse community center for all ages. Community center for all ages featuring a basketball gym, game room & outdoor green space.
Tony Arceo Memorial Park
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Magical Playground
Indoor jungle gym, jumper & arcade games. Indoor children's playground with a jumper, arcade games, a jungle gym & air hockey.
Eaton Canyon Falls
Scenic waterfall & hiking area. Hiking trail leading to a picturesque 44-ft. tall waterfall & shallow wading pool.
Whittier Narrows Park
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Lacy Park
Open green space, tennis & walking loops. Dog-friendly public expanse featuring 2 walking loops, 6 tennis courts & a decades-old rose arbor.
Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum
Historical landmark open to the public. This Los Angeles historical landmark features a country home from 1870 & hosts a variety of events.
Almansor Park
City park with jogging trail & gymnasium. Family-friendly park with a gym, a jogging trail, picnic tables, a playground & tennis courts.
Magic of The Jack o lanterns
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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.
Pacific Railroad Society
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Whittier Narrows Natural Area
Wildlife views, trails & nature center. 419-acre sanctuary featuring a wide range of endangered wildlife, hiking trails & a nature center.
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.
San Dimas Canyon Nature Center
Nature trails & an animal sanctuary. Nature center offering various walking & hiking trails, plus an animal sanctuary & junior programs.
San Dimas Canyon Park
Multiple nature walks & animal sanctuary. Hiking trails through oaks, pines & foothills plus an enclosed sanctuary with rescued area wildlife.
Old Pasadena
Historic shopping & entertainment area. Downtown historic district, now a popular destination for shopping, dining & entertainment.
Central Park
Park with a playground & lawn bowling. Park with a playground, a picnic area, lawn bowling, croquet, a walkway & restrooms.
Wrigley Mansion
1906 Renaissance mansion & gardens. A 1906 Renaissance design mansion with 4.5 acre flower gardens & HQ for new year Rose Parade.
Friendship Park
Simple outdoor space with a playground. Modest recreational park providing a children's playground, a baseball field & picnic facilities.
The Pirate Park
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Kidspace Children's Museum
Interactive indoor & outdoor exhibits. This museum with an expansive outdoor play area features hands-on arts & science exhibits.
Peter F. Schabarum Regional Park
Recreation area with hiking & tennis. 575-acre park with protected stream, tennis courts & abundant trails & natural areas.
Phillips Mansion
Stately historic manor built in 1875. Second Empire-style mansion constructed in 1875, damaged by earthquakes, now used for events.
South Pasadena Nature Park
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Central Park
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RailGiants Train Museum
Train museum with real locomotives. Open the second weekend of each month, this museum on train history features locomotives on display.
Carolyn Rosas County Park
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Whittier Museum
Educational displays of city history. Historical artifacts & exhibits related to the city of Whittier; open to the public weekends only.
NHRA Motorsports Museum
Hot-rod vehicles & memorabilia. Museum tracing the history of hot-rod racing with vintage cars, motorcycles & artifacts.
Michigan Park
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Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Famed museum with huge fossil collection. Notable paleontology museum offering a vast selection of fossils & specimens, plus history exhibits.
Hawk On Hand Falconry
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Ascot Hills Park
Rolling hills, trails & skyline views. Urban retreat featuring rolling hills, views of downtown, hiking trails & a small amphitheater.
Descanso Gardens
Botanic gardens & forests with a cafe. Picturesque botanic gardens & oak forests showcasing native plants, water features & a casual cafe.
California Botanic Garden
Native gardens, nursery plants & classes. Non-profit property boasts diverse native gardens & plants, regular classes, a nursery & gift shop.
Claremont Depot
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Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Cool venue with community art exhibits. Charming facility showcasing painting, sculpture & other works by local artists, past & present.
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.
Treasure Island Park
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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.
Potato Mountain
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Los Angeles State Historic Park
Public green space with Downtown views. 32 acres of open space with walkways & architectural features, plus Downtown views.
Hathaway Ranch Museum
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English Springs Park
Scenic park with a pond & gazebos. Peaceful green space with basketball & volleyball courts, a pond & picnic areas with gazebos.
Turtle Beach
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Wilderness Park
Compact park with a duck pond. Small public park featuring a duck pond, walk/jog paths & grassy areas popular for picnicking.
America Tropical Interpretive Center
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DTLA Arts District
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Lucky Art Crayonology
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Kyoto Garden
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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.
Blue Ribbon Garden
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Biddy Mason Memorial Park
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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.
Carbon Canyon Regional Park
Redwood trees, sports facilities & more. Sprawling, 124-acre park showcasing various redwood trees, sports complexes & other features.
Vista Hermosa Natural Park, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority
Green spaces, a playground & city views. Trails lead to picnic areas, grassy fields, a pond/waterfall, city view overlooks & a playground.
Sproul Museum
Museum of local & Sproul family history. A notable local family's home, now housing a collection of local historical & family artifacts.
Public Art "Aquarius"
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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.
Craig Regional Park
Recreation on 124 acres with a lake. 124-acre recreational park with biking, hiking & picnicking, plus hills, a rose garden & a lake.
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.
Los Angeles Zoo
Lush zoo with more than 270 species. Zoo & botanical gardens open since 1966 containing more than 270 animal species & 800 plant species.
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