Best Family-Friendly Attractions

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Charles Howard Park

Charles Howard Park

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Amador Whitney Museum

Amador Whitney Museum

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Knight Foundry

Knight Foundry

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Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park

Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park

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Amador County Museum

Amador County Museum

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Lake Tabeaud

Lake Tabeaud

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Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

State park preserving Native history. Historic park with replica Miwok Indian village structures, a museum & bark house camping sites.

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Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark

Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark

Cave with rock & crystal formations. Subterranean cave featuring stalactites, stalagmites & crystal outcrops, with tours & activities.

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NorCal Aquarium and Wildlife

NorCal Aquarium and Wildlife

Hands-on animal park with rays & sloths. Up-close encounters & feeding sessions in a zoo home to stingrays, capybaras & two-toed sloths.

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Free Halloween Fun

Free Halloween Fun

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Folsom Kids Play Park (Castle Park)

Folsom Kids Play Park (Castle Park)

Big play structures & picnic areas. Park featuring a large, castle-themed playground with climbing equipment, swings & picnic tables.

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Promontory Community Park

Promontory Community Park

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Sacramento Children's Museum

Sacramento Children's Museum

Interactive kids' museum for under-8s. Open since 2011, a museum for kids aged 8 and under which runs interactive events & activities.

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California Cavern State Historic Landmark

California Cavern State Historic Landmark

Stalactites, stalagmites & flowstones. Extensive cave system open for walking tours of limestone rock formations & underground lakes.

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Folsom History Museum

Folsom History Museum

Museum of native & prospecting history. The history of the area's native peoples & the gold boom that made it famous is told at this museum.

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Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

Compact zoo with an educational focus. Quaint zoo with an educational bent providing sanctuary to varied animals, from monkeys to tigers.

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Folsom City Lions Park

Folsom City Lions Park

City park known for events & baseball. City park with a playground, baseball field, pavilion & butterfly garden next door to the zoo.

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Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

Tours of a historic electrical station. Historic landmark with tours of the first distribution point for a major city's electricity (1895).

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El Dorado County Historical Museum

El Dorado County Historical Museum

Space for local historical exhibits. Educational history center collecting articles relating to the development of the local area.

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Hagan Community Park

Hagan Community Park

Sizable park for sports, swimming & more. Large green space with lots of amenities, including athletic fields, an aquatic center & a dog park.

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Fountain & Tallman Museum

Fountain & Tallman Museum

Local artifacts in a former soda factory. Museum in an 1852 stone-&-brick soda factory, showcasing period photos, furniture & memorabilia.

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Effie Yeaw Nature Center

Effie Yeaw Nature Center

Exhibits & live animals plus trails. This attraction offers educational exhibits & over a dozen indigenous animals, plus 3 nature trails.

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Mercer Caverns

Mercer Caverns

Cave system with rock & frost formations. Tours of a cave discovered by a 19th-century gold prospector, with mineral shapes formed by frost.

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Angels Camp Museum

Angels Camp Museum

Museum of local history & gold mining. Museum featuring indoor & outdoor exhibits on local history, including gold mining & farming.

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Calaveras Visitors Bureau

Calaveras Visitors Bureau

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Utica Park

Utica Park

Recreational retreat with a playground. Shady public park offering a children's playground, grassy lawn areas & a picnic pavilion.

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Gold Rush Originals

Gold Rush Originals

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Angels Camp (California Historical Landmark No. 287)

Angels Camp (California Historical Landmark No. 287)

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Murphys Community Park

Murphys Community Park

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Vallecito State Historic Landmark

Vallecito State Historic Landmark

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Gold Discovery Museum

Gold Discovery Museum

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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Gold Rush birthplace with gold panning. Replica of the sawmill that spawned the Gold Rush, 20+ historic mining buildings & gold panning.

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Henningsen Lotus Park

Henningsen Lotus Park

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Scandia Fun Center

Scandia Fun Center

Amusement complex with rides & mini-golf. Outdoor amusement center offering rides, mini-golf, go-karts & batting cages, plus an indoor arcade.

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Maidu Regional Park

Maidu Regional Park

City park for sports & culture events. A 152-acre park that includes a community center, library & museum, plus many sports facilities.

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Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.

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Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park

Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park

Indoor trampoline activity center. Large-scale indoor trampoline center hosting open jump, fitness classes, dodgeball & parties.

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Dai Loy Museum

Dai Loy Museum

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Locke Boarding House Museum State Park

Locke Boarding House Museum State Park

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Locke Memorial Park

Locke Memorial Park

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Moaning Caverns Adventure Park

Moaning Caverns Adventure Park

Adventurous tours of a natural cavern. Rappelling & walking tours offered at a 165-foot-deep natural cavern with above-ground zip lines.

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Natural Bridges Trailhead

Natural Bridges Trailhead

Hiking area with swimming caves. Scenic, riverside hiking area featuring a trail leading to natural pools & swimming caverns.

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Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

Costumed docents re-enact pioneer life. The oldest restored fort in the U.S. depicts pioneer life via costumed docents, programs & exhibits.

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Olympus Pointe Sculpture Park

Olympus Pointe Sculpture Park

Trailhead with a landmark sculpture. Park known for its large, abstract "Cosmos" sculpture & access to a cycling/jogging trail.

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Harry Crabb Park

Harry Crabb Park

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Royer Park

Royer Park

Picnicking, playing & a kids' art center. Home to the Children's Art Center, the space also has picnic & play areas as well as horseshoe pits.

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Roseville Golfland Sunsplash

Roseville Golfland Sunsplash

Long-running choice for mini golf & more. Amusement chain featuring mini golf courses & arcades, some branches with water slides & laser tag.

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Funderland Amusement Park

Funderland Amusement Park

Amusement park with 10 attractions. Opened in 1946, this amusement park features 10 rides & attractions, plus a food & drink stand.

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Fairytale Town

Fairytale Town

Long-standing kid-focused park. Enduring kid-friendly park featuring a storybook theme, animals for petting, gardens & a cafe.

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William Land Regional Park

William Land Regional Park

Greenspace with a zoo & a golf course. Sizable park offering many amenities, including a zoo, amphitheater, golf course & ball fields.

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Sacramento Zoo

Sacramento Zoo

Giraffes & over 120 species on 14 acres. Longtime, 14-acre animal park housing native & endangered species, plus a giraffe encounter exhibit.

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Carnegie Museum

Carnegie Museum

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California State Capitol Museum

California State Capitol Museum

The state's history in exhibits. Elegant, long-standing museum documenting the history of California via exhibits, artifacts & more.

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Children's Museum of Stockton

Children's Museum of Stockton

Museum with interactive exhibits. Museum with more than 40 interactive exhibits & an art studio for kids.

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Haggin Museum

Haggin Museum

20th-century paintings & local history. 3 stories of galleries with paintings by noted 20th-century artists & exhibits on local history.

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Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Paths through lush forests & giant trees. Large state park featuring hiking trails through verdant forests filled with immense sequoia trees.

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Quarry Park

Quarry Park

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Quarry Park Adventures

Quarry Park Adventures

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Crocker Art Museum

Crocker Art Museum

Historic museum with diverse works. Established museum with exhibitions & permanent collections featuring diverse international works.

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Old Sacramento Waterfront

Old Sacramento Waterfront

Guided tours, museums & a visitor center. Founded in the 1960s, this 28-acre area has a visitor center, museums & a variety of history tours.

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Mark Twain Cabin

Mark Twain Cabin

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Tower park

Tower park

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SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity

SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity

Hands-on, kid-centric exhibits & more. Interactive, kid-friendly science center featuring exhibits, after school & summer programs.

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Louis Park

Louis Park

Waterfront park for sports & boat launch. Riverfront park featuring a boat launch, sports fields, picnic shelters with BBQs & green space.

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Wacky Tacky

Wacky Tacky

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Roseville Utility Exploration Center

Roseville Utility Exploration Center

Playful spot for environmental education. Learning center with creative exhibits on sustainability topics such as energy & water conservation.

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Columbia State Historic Park

Columbia State Historic Park

Preserved Gold Rush-era landmark town. Costumed reenactors demonstrate life in the 1850s, with tours, stagecoach rides & panning for gold.

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Griffith Quarry Park & Museum

Griffith Quarry Park & Museum

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Paul E. Weston Park

Paul E. Weston Park

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Sand Cove Park

Sand Cove Park

American River access & a nature area. This green space & beach is along the American River & also features a nature area.

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Railhead Park

Railhead Park

Picnicking, soccer fields & a playground. Multipurpose park with 2 large soccer fields & a playground, plus a picnic shelter, trails & a pond.

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Bernhard Museum

Bernhard Museum

Local museum in a hotel built in 1851. Museum of life in the mid-19th-century in an old hotel, with artifacts & furnishings from that era.

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Hogan Park

Hogan Park

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Whitney Community Park

Whitney Community Park

Redeveloped park with a wet play area. Renovated local park with playgrounds, baseball courts & a splash pad, plus picnic & barbecue areas.

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Scavenger Hunt Walking Tours - Old Town Auburn

Scavenger Hunt Walking Tours - Old Town Auburn

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The Gold Rush Museum

The Gold Rush Museum

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Black Hole of Calcutta Falls

Black Hole of Calcutta Falls

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Dragoon Gulch Trail Head

Dragoon Gulch Trail Head

Oak woodland with hiking trails. A 2.5-mile hiking trail system looping through 35 acres of scenic oak woodland.

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Tuolumne County Museum

Tuolumne County Museum

County history exhibits in a former jail. Photos, antiques & artifacts on county history & the California Gold Rush, displayed in an old jail.

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California Gold Panning

California Gold Panning

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Coffill Park

Coffill Park

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Knights Ferry Recreation Area

Knights Ferry Recreation Area

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Heaven For Kids Playground

Heaven For Kids Playground

Wooden play equipment & a skate pak. Popular spot with wooden play structures for young & older kids, a skate park & picnic tables.

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Apolinar Sangalang Park

Apolinar Sangalang Park

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Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

Wetland habitat for a variety of birds. Sprawling wetland providing habitat for birds, amphibians & reptiles as well as bats & native flora.

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Dorada Park

Dorada Park

Park with an expansive playground & pool. Amenity-rich public park featuring a children's playground, open green spaces & a swimming pool.

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Children's Play Park

Children's Play Park

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Shasta Park

Shasta Park

Neighborhood park with a playground. Low-key neighborhood park featuring maintained grassy expanses, shade trees & a playground.

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The Cowboy Museum

The Cowboy Museum

Local exhibits on ranching & rodeo life. Western history museum with a gift shop & exhibits exploring the area's ranching & rodeo traditions.

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