Unique & Hidden Gem Activities for Families
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JAR Studios Escape
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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.
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Exhibits & live animals plus trails. This attraction offers educational exhibits & over a dozen indigenous animals, plus 3 nature trails.
Jensen Botanical Garden
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Sactown Family Fun Mini Golf And Arcade
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Nimbus Flat State Recreation Area
Riverside access & bike trails. Scenic park with a stretch of riverfront facing the dam, undeveloped terrain & long bike trails.
Little Kingdom Playroom
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Kindred Play Collective
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Ely's Play House
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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.
BusyKids Play and Coworking Cafe
Indoor play town with WiFi & events. Miniature replica city for kids 10 & under with snacks, themed events & a WiFi lounge for parents.
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).
Hinkle Creek Nature Area
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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.
California Museum
State history exhibits & a hall of fame. Museum & Hall of Fame with exhibits & programs dedicated to California's cultural & ethnic history.
Stanford Mansion
Restored Victorian mansion & museum. Imposing restored 1856 Victorian mansion that serves as a museum with period furnishings & decor.
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.
Maidu Museum & Historic Site
Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.
California State Railroad Museum
Antique locomotives, rides & more. Colorful museum documenting railroad history via vintage locomotives, exhibits & rides.
SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity
Hands-on, kid-centric exhibits & more. Interactive, kid-friendly science center featuring exhibits, after school & summer programs.
Crocker Art Museum
Historic museum with diverse works. Established museum with exhibitions & permanent collections featuring diverse international works.
Folsom Kids Play Park (Castle Park)
Big play structures & picnic areas. Park featuring a large, castle-themed playground with climbing equipment, swings & picnic tables.
WPA Rock Garden
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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.
Roseville Utility Exploration Center
Playful spot for environmental education. Learning center with creative exhibits on sustainability topics such as energy & water conservation.
Exit Strategy Games
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Quarry Park Adventures
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Boulder Ridge Park
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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.
Coyote Pond Park.
City suburbs park with a large pond. Suburban park spanning 24+ acres, with a large pond, play & picnic areas & a trail network.
Explorit Science Center
Fun & interactive exhibits for kids. Science museum with vibrant & hands-on activities & exhibits for children, plus summer camps.
Cosumnes River Preserve
Wetland area with trails & wildlife. Wetland walking trails, a boardwalk with a wildlife viewing deck & a visitor's center with tours.
Solar Intersections
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Hattie Weber Museum of Davis
Davis-area history & culture exhibits. Museum featuring exhibits on the history & culture of Davis in a library building dating to 1911.
U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame
Famous cyclers & American biking history. Exhibits dedicated to honoring accomplished American cyclers & the nation's biking history.
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.
C.N. Gorman Museum
Modern Native American art exhibits. Small campus museum showcasing contemporary art works by Native American & indigenous artists.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
University museum with old master prints. Quaint university museum with a robust collection of old master prints, East Asian art & ceramics.
Joss House Museum
Chinese history hub from the Gold Rush. Cultural center devoted to the history of Chinese immigrants who settled here during the Gold Rush.
EGGHEAD - See No Evil/Hear No Evil
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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.
Scavenger Hunt Walking Tours - Old Town Auburn
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UC Davis Design Museum
Campus museum with rotating exhibitions. Modern university museum featuring quarterly exhibitions, including student artwork each spring.
Bohart Museum of Entomology
Museum with displays of insects. Many preserved insects are on display at this museum with an active research department.
The Gold Rush Museum
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Sunshine Sensory Gym
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Wakamatsu Farm
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Free Halloween Fun
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"The Woodland Opera House" Community Theatre
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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.
Gold Discovery Museum
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Putah Creek Riparian Reserve
Sprawling creekside nature reserve. This 640-acre nature reserve along Putah Creek features native plants & wild animals.
Amador Whitney Museum
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Gold Bug Park & Mine
Tours of an old gold mine built in 1888. Museum attraction offering audio tours of an 1880s gold mine, with a blacksmith shop & gem mining.
Hall Memorial Park
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Bear Flag Farm
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Exhilaration Station
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Woodbridge Ecological Reserve - South Unit
Preserve with cranes & other birds. This ecological preserve is home to Sandhill cranes, tundra swans, geese & other birds.
Araceli Farms
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Kennedy Gold Mine Tours
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Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park
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Yellow smiley face ball
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Park Winters
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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.
Museum of the Forgotten Warriors
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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.
Roaring Camp Mining Company
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