Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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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.
Miles Avenue Park
Playground with picnic & sports areas. Fenced city park with benches, shaded picnic areas, a playground & sport courts.
George S Patton Park
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Rancho Las Flores Park and Event Venue
Playground & large athletic field. Park with a kids' playground, basketball courts & a large field for soccer & football.
La Quinta Park
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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.
City of Palm Desert Freedom Park
Recreation area with sports facilities. Community park with facilities for basketball, baseball, volleyball, dog walking & a playground.
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.
Covered Wagon Tours
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City of Palm Desert Magnesia Falls Park
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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.
Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
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.
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.
Get Air Trampoline Park
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Yin Yang
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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.
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center
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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.
Town Square Park
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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.
Cap Rock
Joshua trees, desert shrubs & boulders. Short trail through desert scrub dotted with Joshua & juniper trees, plus huge monzogranite rocks.
Walk of the Stars Palm Springs
Sidewalk plaques honoring local VIPs. Sidewalk plaques & statues honoring local celebrities amid a busy pedestrian scene.
Palm Springs Art Museum
Desert's iconic museum & cultural center. Desert art museum with European & Native American works, plus a theater, outdoor space & cafe.
Joshua Tree National Park
Desert destination with geologic wonders. Renowned desert park draws campers & hikers with its geologic wonders & signature Joshua trees.
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.
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.
Wonderland Ranch Ruins
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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.
Quail Springs Trail
Moderate trail amid desert boulders. 3-mi point-to-point trail along moderately strenuous terrain through unique desert rock formations.
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Scenic canyon ride on rotating tram cars. Rotating tram cars travel through Chino Canyon to a station with dining, a museum & hiking trails.
Knott Sky Park
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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.
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Educational museum of desert ecosystems. Interactive museum detailing the flora, fauna & geological nature of the surrounding desert.
Luckie Park
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Glass Outhouse Art Gallery
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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.
Cabazon Dinosaurs - World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Outdoor display of prehistoric animals. Vintage attraction featuring enormous replicas including Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex & more.
Bill Gray Park, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
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Simpson Park
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McSweeny Park
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Regional Park, Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District
Local recreation & picnicking area. Family park with covered picnic areas, playgrounds, sports fields & basketball & volleyball courts.
Valley-Wide's Diamond Valley Lake Community Park
Many baseball fields & a fitness trail. Straightforward, 85-acre park with multiple ball fields, picnic areas & a fitness trail.
Western Science Center
Dinosaurs, fossils & science exhibits. Kid-friendly science museum with dinosaurs, fossils & history, plus hands-on science activities.
Mary Henley Park
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Gibbel Park
Playground & various athletic facilities. Park offering a playground, picnic areas & facilities for baseball, basketball, tennis & horseshoes.
Arendt Family Lights
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Hemet Maze Stone
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