Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids
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Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert
Hands-on exhibits & toddler spaces. Sizable children's museum featuring 50-plus interactive exhibits, a giant loom & areas for toddlers.
Get Air Trampoline Park
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Palm Desert Aquatic Center
3 pools, slides, concessions & classes. Popular aquatic center features 3 pools, slides & spray areas, plus fitness classes & concessions.
Palm Desert Civic Center Park
Sports fields, concerts & public art. Palm Desert's biggest park, with tennis courts, sports fields, picnic areas, concerts & public art.
Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
Palm Desert Cross Hiking Trail
Hiking destination with hilltop cross. Illuminated cross mounted on top of a hill, popular for moderate desert hikes with scenic views.
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
Native species & animals since 1970. Over 1,000 acres of desert ecosystem featuring a bighorn sheep enclosure & small animal exhibits.
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center
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Covered Wagon Tours
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Coachella Valley Preserve - Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve
Palm-lined oasis & desert hiking. Nature reserve around a palm-filled oasis offering picnics & hikes in a desert wilderness setting.
Coachella Valley Vista Point
Panoramic roadside desert overlook. Observation point off of Highway 74 offering scenic views of the surrounding desert landscape.
La Quinta Museum
Local history & cultural arts exhibits. Museum with local history & cultural arts exhibits, including dioramas & old photos, plus a shop.
Fred Wolff Nature Preserve
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Civic Center Campus
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Miles Avenue Park
Playground with picnic & sports areas. Fenced city park with benches, shaded picnic areas, a playground & sport courts.
Coachella Valley History Museum
Local history & a museum about dates. Complex including a restored 1909 school house, a 1930s home & a museum dedicated to the date palm.
South Jackson Park
Spot with a play area, baseball & soccer. Community park featuring a playground, picnic facilities & fields for baseball & soccer.
George S Patton Park
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Dateland Park
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Cap Rock
Joshua trees, desert shrubs & boulders. Short trail through desert scrub dotted with Joshua & juniper trees, plus huge monzogranite rocks.
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Educational museum of desert ecosystems. Interactive museum detailing the flora, fauna & geological nature of the surrounding desert.
Keys Ranch
Tours of a remote ranch & orchard. Ranger-led tours of a historic ranch, old schoolhouse, workshop & orchard in a remote canyon.
Desert View Conservation Area
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Barker Dam
Historic reservoir along nature trail. Small lake reservoir built by ranchers in early 1900s to store water; part of a 1.5-mi. loop trail.
World Famous Crochet Museum
Unique collection of crocheted items. An eclectic assortment of crocheted animals & other creations in a converted drive-thru photo stand.
Split Rock Loop Trail
Scenic path in a desert boulder field. Gentle 2-mile circuit in a boulder field with picturesque rock formations & colorful desert plants.
Indian Cove Boy Scout Trail
Hiking area with rock formations. Secluded hiking area with a large campground, surrounded by rock formations popular with climbers.
Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum
Found art in a rustic desert landscape. This open-air desert museum features an offbeat collection of found folk-art assemblages.
Noah Purifoy Foundation
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Knott Sky Park
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Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center
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Oasis Of Mara Nature Trail Trailhead
Historic desert oasis with nature trail. Spring-fed oasis & nature trail in desert terrain, the historic site of Indian & other settlement.
Galleta Meadows
Ricardo Breceda's giant metal sculptures. Sprawling desert sculpture park with massive metal "Sky Art" creatures by artist Ricardo Breceda.
Luckie Park
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Glass Outhouse Art Gallery
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Splash Park
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The End of The World sign
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Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area
Stark landscape with off-road trails. Vast desert area for off-road exploration, with sand dunes, bubbling mud pools & campsites.
Ocotillo Wells Discovery Center
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Large park with campground & wildflowers. Huge desert park featuring hiking trails & fields of wildflowers, plus trees, shrubs & cacti.
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