Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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West Kern Oil Museum
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Wind Wolves Preserve
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Buena Vista Aquatic Area
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Buena Vista Lake
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Tule Elk Reserve State Natural Reserve
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Greystone Park
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Wilderness Park
Small community park & playground. Compact neighborhood park featuring a playground, shaded walking paths & green space.
Hide N Seek Adventure Park
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Westdale Park
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The Park at River Walk
Park with an amphitheater on the water. 32-acre park with an amphitheater surrounded by water featuring various live music performances.
Ingenious Escape Rooms - Bakersfield Stockdale
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Grissom Park
Hangout with picnic spots & a playground. Modest neighborhood green space with a playground, picnic area & basketball court.
Castle Park
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Patriots Park
Lighted sports courts & picnic areas. Neighborhood park with lighted baseball fields, basketball courts & covered picnic areas.
Planz Park
Green space with BBQs & a skate park. Compact neighborhood park offering a skate area, sheltered picnic tables & BBQ grills.
Centennial Park
Picnic & recreation spot with a dog area. Public recreation spot with picnic grounds, sports courts, playgrounds, grills & an off-leash area.
Saunders Park
Basketball courts & picnic areas. Tucked-away green space offering lighted basketball courts, playground & picnic areas with BBQ pits.
Wayside Park
Kids' play areas & a ball field. City park with a softball diamond, play equipment, a sprayground & picnic/BBQ facilities.
Yokuts Park
Green space with a playground & concerts. Park with concerts & other special events, plus a playground, picnic areas & bike trail access.
Beale Park
Neighborhood park where parakeets live. Family park offering horseshoe pits, ballfields, a Greek theater & large flock of wild parakeets.
Jastro Park
Play area for kids plus tennis courts. Recreational area offering lighted tennis & basketball courts, horseshoe pits & a jungle gym.
Beach Park
Riverside park for sports & picnics. City park set on the Kern River, offering biking, skating & softball, plus shaded picnic areas.
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History & Science
Educational exhibits on earth history. Hands-on exhibits & artifacts exploring earth sciences such as geology, archaeology & paleontology.
Central Park at Mill Creek
Linear park with waterside paths. Popular park & photography area running along both sides of a canal with a covered bridge.
Bakersfield Museum of Art
Fine-art institute dating to 1956. Longtime art museum offering exhibits by Californian artists, education programs & kids' classes.
Kern County Museum
16-acre museum for local history. Dozens of artifacts & displays chronicling the area's Native American, frontier & oil history.
Lori Brock Discovery Center
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Panorama Vista Preserve
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Panorama Park
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Hart Memorial Park
Scenic spot for swimming, fishing & more. Picturesque park offering swimming, fishing, picnic facilities, hiking & equestrian trails.
California Living Museum (CALM)
Indoor & outdoor displays & exhibits. Museum exploring California's diverse flora & fauna, with a reptile house & botanical gardens.
The Big Red Barn, Murray Family Farms
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Valley View Preserve
Dog-friendly hiking & native plants. Protected area on 195 acres offering native flora, dog-friendly trails & periodic guided tours.
Sarzotti Park
Park with a rec center & sports fields. Green space with multiple sports fields plus a rec center with classes, picnic areas & a playground.
Ojai Valley Museum
Art exhibits in a historic church. Town history exhibits & contemporary local artwork showcased in a former Catholic church.
Rotary Community Park
Horse sculpture, picnic space & pathways. This public park features a historic water trough, horse sculpture, shaded picnic space & pathways.
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
Native American art on sandstone rocks. Paintings by Native Americans of the 1600s & earlier decorate sandstone boulders underground.
Casitas Water Adventure
Aquatic activities for all ages. Small water park with a playground for young children, a lazy river inner-tube ride & a snack bar.
Lotusland
Botanical garden with exotic plants. 37-acre estate & botanical garden with 3,000+ plants, including rare cycads, cacti & euphorbias.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
78 acres of native Californian plants. Enchanting garden featuring 5.5 miles of paths, authentic Japanese tea garden, redwood grove & more.
Franceschi Park
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Exhibits featuring area history & nature. Landmark with various exhibits including regional history, art, a planetarium & a butterfly garden.
Mission Historical Park
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El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park
Green space featuring a 1782 fortress. Historical site housing remnants of a 1782 Spanish fortress, including 2 original adobe buildings.
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art
Small museum with Asian & American art. Compact museum featuring 20th-century Western American paintings as well as modern Asian ceramics.
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
Hands-on science, math & tech exhibits. Contemporary museum devoted to science, technology & the arts, with a focus on interactive exhibits.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center
Interactive facility for ocean education. Aquatic exploration center with live shark touch pools, a tidepool tank & magnified sea specimens.
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Celebrating local maritime heritage. Museum preserving the maritime history of the local coast through exhibits, artifacts & events.
Steckel Park
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Delano Heritage Park
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Shoreline Park
Grassy areas & playground with sea views. Popular park overlooking the water offers a playground, grassy areas, walking paths & beach access.
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