Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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Palm Springs Air Museum
Combat aircraft & aviation art. Museum dedicated to combat aircrafts from WWII to present years, plus art, a gift shop & a cafe.
Walk of the Stars Palm Springs
Sidewalk plaques honoring local VIPs. Sidewalk plaques & statues honoring local celebrities amid a busy pedestrian scene.
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Educational museum of desert ecosystems. Interactive museum detailing the flora, fauna & geological nature of the surrounding desert.
Town Square Park
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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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Covered Wagon Tours
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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.
City of Palm Desert Magnesia Falls Park
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Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert
Modern art collection & sculpture garden. Contemporary art pieces including a handful of rotating special collections plus a sculpture garden.
City of Palm Desert Freedom Park
Recreation area with sports facilities. Community park with facilities for basketball, baseball, volleyball, dog walking & a playground.
Quail Springs Trail
Moderate trail amid desert boulders. 3-mi point-to-point trail along moderately strenuous terrain through unique desert rock formations.
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.
Cap Rock
Joshua trees, desert shrubs & boulders. Short trail through desert scrub dotted with Joshua & juniper trees, plus huge monzogranite rocks.
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.
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.
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center
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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.
La Quinta Park
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Wonderland Ranch Ruins
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La Quinta Museum
Local history & cultural arts exhibits. Museum with local history & cultural arts exhibits, including dioramas & old photos, plus a shop.
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.
George S Patton Park
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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.
Lake Cahuilla Veterans Regional Park
Park with campgrounds, fishing & hiking. Set at the feet of mountains, this park offers campsites, a swimming pool, fishing & hiking.
Knott Sky Park
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Arch Rock
Massive rock formation on nature trail. Large natural rock formation, some 30 ft. across, along the 0.5-mi. Arch Rock desert loop trail.
Old Schoolhouse Museum
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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.
Luckie Park
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Yucaipa Community Park
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Glass Outhouse Art Gallery
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Joshua Tree National Park
Desert destination with geologic wonders. Renowned desert park draws campers & hikers with its geologic wonders & signature Joshua trees.
Caroline Park
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Prospect Park
Scenic spot with a theater & orchard. Picturesque park with an amphitheater & orange grove, plus walking trails & picnic facilities.
Kimberly Crest House & Gardens
1897 mansion & renaissance-style gardens. 1897 home & sprawling renaissance-style Italian gardens, with tours available several times weekly.
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Historic presidential monument & museum. This 1930s structure commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln with artwork & exhibits.
Historical Glass Museum
Collection of American-made glass items. Museum & gift shop in a century-old Victorian home displaying American-made glass items & art.
Unity Escape Rooms
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San Bernardino County Museum
Cultural & natural-science exhibits. Educational exhibits on local culture & natural science, plus cactus gardens & a live-animal center.
SkyPark at Santa's Village
Adventure park in a mountain forest. Biking, climbing & zip lining, plus Christmas entertainment, in a forested park in the mountains.
Perris Hill Park
Baseball, picnic areas & playgrounds. Park for baseball, tennis, swimming, picnicking & grilling plus Roosevelt Bowl stadium.
Fiesta Village Family Fun Park
Amusement center with varied attractions. Family amusement center featuring go-karts, laser tag, carnival rides & arcade games.
First Original McDonald's Museum
Historia & memorabilia of McDonald's. Compact museum with exhibits about the iconic hamburger chain, at the site of the first location.
UC Riverside Botanic Gardens
Forty green acres open to tours. University's garden offers 40 leafy acres of 3,500+ plant species & 200+ bird types. Open daily.
San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum
Exhibits on trains & local history. Set in an 1918 train depot, this museum showcases artifacts dedicated to railroad & local history.
Colton Area Museum
Local artifacts in a historic library. Local-history collection in a neoclassical former library featuring artifacts, programs & a shop.
Blair Park
Outdoor area for sports & picnics. Recreation space with 2 baseball diamonds & 3 tennis courts, plus picnic tables & playgrounds.
Rim of the World Scenic Drive
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