Unique & Hidden Gem Activities for Families
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Red Jeep Tours | Desert Adventures
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Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
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.
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.
La Quinta Museum
Local history & cultural arts exhibits. Museum with local history & cultural arts exhibits, including dioramas & old photos, plus a shop.
Yin Yang
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Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory
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Get Air Trampoline 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.
Tolerance Education Center
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Covered Wagon Tours
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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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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.
Jolienes Heart
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Robolights
Whimsical, year-round sculpture garden. Large, quirky yard with sculpture & light displays combining sci-fi & religious holiday themes.
Keys View
Popular lookout with sweeping views. Scenic spot offering panoramic views of mountains, the San Andreas Fault & Coachella Valley.
Lake Hemet Day Use Area
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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.
Mecca Hills Wilderness
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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.
Keys Ranch
Tours of a remote ranch & orchard. Ranger-led tours of a historic ranch, old schoolhouse, workshop & orchard in a remote canyon.
Wall Street Mill
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Skull Rock Trail
Skull-shaped desert rock formation. Skull-shaped desert granite rock formation with 2 depressions like eye sockets created by erosion.
Indian Vista Scenic Overlook
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Desert Queen Mine
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Wonderland of Rocks
Large rock formations in arid surrounds. Expansive range of monzogranite rock formations, reachable by the Willow Hole Trail.
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.
Heart Rock
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Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Educational museum of desert ecosystems. Interactive museum detailing the flora, fauna & geological nature of the surrounding desert.
Cabazon Dinosaurs - World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Outdoor display of prehistoric animals. Vintage attraction featuring enormous replicas including Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex & more.
World Famous Crochet Museum
Unique collection of crocheted items. An eclectic assortment of crocheted animals & other creations in a converted drive-thru photo stand.
Sky’s The Limit Observatory and Nature Center
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Fortynine Palms Oasis
Strenuous route to a desert oasis. Challenging 3-mile round-trip desert path up & over a steep ridge to a scenic oasis with fan palms.
Malki Museum Inc
History of regional Indian cultures. Museum with art & artifact exhibits showcasing the history of Southern Californian Indian cultures.
Rhythm of Life
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Old Schoolhouse Museum
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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.
Gilman Historic Ranch and Wagon Museum
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Glass Outhouse Art Gallery
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Hemet Museum
Quaint option for American history. Modest locale with an eclectic collection of early American, railway & Native American artifacts.
Airtopia Adventure Park - Hemet
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Western Science Center
Dinosaurs, fossils & science exhibits. Kid-friendly science museum with dinosaurs, fossils & history, plus hands-on science activities.
Edward-Dean Museum & Gardens
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Hemet Maze Stone
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Bombay Beach Ruins
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California Dreamin' Balloon Adventures
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the little red barn indoor playground
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Yucaipa Adobe Museum
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Candeeland Temecula
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Temecula Valley Museum
Regional history & author memorabilia. Historic museum featuring city artifacts & a permanent exhibit on author Erle Stanley Gardner.
Pennypickle's Workshop
Hands-on children's museum & gift shop. Family-friendly venue with an on-site gift shop offers interactive exhibits for kids of all ages.
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