Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids
Explore the best free & cheap things to do with kids options for kids and families in Placerville
Free Halloween Fun
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Apple Hill
Information on tickets, events & dining. Visitor center with guidance on a region with cider tasting on apple farms, restaurants & breweries.
Gold Discovery Museum
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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.
Folsom Kids Play Park (Castle Park)
Big play structures & picnic areas. Park featuring a large, castle-themed playground with climbing equipment, swings & picnic tables.
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.
Black Hole of Calcutta Falls
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Auburn State Park Kiosk
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Overlook Park
Scenic natural area with a skate park. Picturesque recreation spot with a skate park, trails for hiking & horseback riding & canyon views.
Black Hole of Calcutta Falls Trailhead
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Railhead Park
Picnicking, soccer fields & a playground. Multipurpose park with 2 large soccer fields & a playground, plus a picnic shelter, trails & a pond.
Auburn State Recreation Area
Hiking trails & river recreation. Large park on the American River with extensive hiking trails, whitewater boating & gold panning.
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.
Recreation Park
Community park with a swimming pool. Community park with playgrounds, a swimming pool, ball fields & a basketball court.
The Gold Rush Museum
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Placer County Museum
Local artifacts in a historic courthouse. Museum in a courthouse exploring county history, with Native American artifacts & a gold collection.
Folsom Valley Railway
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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.
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.
McLaughlin's Daffodil Hill
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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).
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.
Halsey Forebay Picnic Area
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Griffith Quarry Park & Museum
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Fun Zone Arcade
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Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark
Cave with rock & crystal formations. Subterranean cave featuring stalactites, stalagmites & crystal outcrops, with tours & activities.
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.
Hillsborough Park
Local sporting, picnic & play center. Neighborhood site offering ballfields, a basketball court & areas for picnicking & kids' play.
Sutter Creek Visitor Center
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Quarry Park Adventures
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Maidu Museum & Historic Site
Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.
Johnson-Springview Park
Large green space with play & dog areas. This expansive community resource features sport courts & fields, a playground & a dog park.
Italian Picnic Grounds
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Roaring Camp Mining Company
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Roseville Golfland Sunsplash
Long-running choice for mini golf & more. Amusement chain featuring mini golf courses & arcades, some branches with water slides & laser tag.
Kennedy Gold Mine Tours
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Hidden Falls Regional Park
Tranquil spot for hiking, biking & more. Scenic warren of trails for hiking, biking & horseback riding amid foothills & waterfalls.
Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park
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Round1 Bowling & Arcade Westfield Galleria at Roseville
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Arcade Creek Park Preserve
Well-equipped natural park on a creek. Natural park on a creek with play & fitness equipment, trails & shaded picnic tables.
Detert Park
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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.
Carnegie Museum
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Amador County Museum
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Stock Ranch Nature Preserve
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Lake Tabeaud
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Wacky Tacky
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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.
Jensen Botanical Garden
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Butte Store
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Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Exhibits & live animals plus trails. This attraction offers educational exhibits & over a dozen indigenous animals, plus 3 nature trails.
Roseville Utility Exploration Center
Playful spot for environmental education. Learning center with creative exhibits on sustainability topics such as energy & water conservation.
Carmichael Park
Dog park, sports fields & picnic spots. 38-acre park offering an off-leash area, sports fields & courts, a picnic shelter & a bandshell.
Orchard Springs Campground
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Scandia Fun Center
Amusement complex with rides & mini-golf. Outdoor amusement center offering rides, mini-golf, go-karts & batting cages, plus an indoor arcade.
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Hiking, biking & equestrian trails. The site of this state's oldest gold mine has miles of trails to hike, bike or explore on horseback.
Empire Mine State Historic Park Visitors Center
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Beale Falls
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Hardrock Trailhead
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Northstar Mining Museum
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Minnie Park
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Lola and Jack
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Spenceville Wildlife Area
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Condon Park
Fenced dog run with trees & water. Large, forested off-leash dog run with fencing, water & bench seating for owners.
Calaveras County Museum and Historical Society
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Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Museum of local transportation history. Museum with a collection of railroad & aviation artifacts, photographs & documents.
Pioneer Park
Picnicking, a pool & recreational sports. Green space housing picnic/BBQ areas & an outdoor pool, plus ball fields & basketball/tennis courts.
Firehouse No. 1 Museum
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Western Gateway Park
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SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity
Hands-on, kid-centric exhibits & more. Interactive, kid-friendly science center featuring exhibits, after school & summer programs.
California State Railroad Museum
Antique locomotives, rides & more. Colorful museum documenting railroad history via vintage locomotives, exhibits & rides.
California Cavern State Historic Landmark
Stalactites, stalagmites & flowstones. Extensive cave system open for walking tours of limestone rock formations & underground lakes.
Harmony Ridge Resort
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William Land Regional Park
Greenspace with a zoo & a golf course. Sizable park offering many amenities, including a zoo, amphitheater, golf course & ball fields.
Fairytale Town
Long-standing kid-focused park. Enduring kid-friendly park featuring a storybook theme, animals for petting, gardens & a cafe.
Funderland Amusement Park
Amusement park with 10 attractions. Opened in 1946, this amusement park features 10 rides & attractions, plus a food & drink stand.
Dinos Alive - The Immersive Experience - Sacramento
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Edwards Crossing Bridge
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Purdon Crossing
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Bridgeway Lakes Community Park
Recreational hub with an amphitheater. 12-acre park with athletic fields & a water play area, plus a community building & an amphitheater.
South Yuba River State Park
Historic bridges & a wheelchair trail. Riverside park spanning 20 miles, with 4 historic bridges & a wheelchair-accessible nature trail.
Historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge
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Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Historic park shaped by hydraulic mining. Camping, fishing, trails & Gold Rush-era buildings in a park with cliffs carved by hydraulic mining.
Bobelaine Audubon Sanctuary
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Hovey Winery Tasting Room
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Murphys Community Park
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Museum of the Forgotten Warriors
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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.
Cosumnes River Preserve
Wetland area with trails & wildlife. Wetland walking trails, a boardwalk with a wildlife viewing deck & a visitor's center with tours.
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