Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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Town Square Park
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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.
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.
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.
Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
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.
Yin Yang
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City of Palm Desert Magnesia Falls Park
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Get Air Trampoline 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.
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center
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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.
City of Palm Desert Freedom Park
Recreation area with sports facilities. Community park with facilities for basketball, baseball, volleyball, dog walking & a playground.
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.
Covered Wagon Tours
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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.
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.
Miles Avenue Park
Playground with picnic & sports areas. Fenced city park with benches, shaded picnic areas, a playground & sport courts.
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.
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.
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.
Cap Rock
Joshua trees, desert shrubs & boulders. Short trail through desert scrub dotted with Joshua & juniper trees, plus huge monzogranite rocks.
Cabazon Dinosaurs - World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Outdoor display of prehistoric animals. Vintage attraction featuring enormous replicas including Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex & more.
Quail Springs Trail
Moderate trail amid desert boulders. 3-mi point-to-point trail along moderately strenuous terrain through unique desert rock formations.
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.
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Educational museum of desert ecosystems. Interactive museum detailing the flora, fauna & geological nature of the surrounding desert.
Wonderland Ranch Ruins
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Bill Gray Park, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
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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.
Simpson Park
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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.
Hemet Museum
Quaint option for American history. Modest locale with an eclectic collection of early American, railway & Native American artifacts.
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.
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.
Joshua Tree National Park
Desert destination with geologic wonders. Renowned desert park draws campers & hikers with its geologic wonders & signature Joshua trees.
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.
Knott Sky Park
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Arendt Family Lights
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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.
Luckie Park
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Hemet Maze Stone
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Glass Outhouse Art Gallery
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Yucaipa Community Park
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Discovery Park, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
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Heritage Park, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
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Riverton Park
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Motte Historical Car Museum
Antique vehicles shown in a rustic venue. Vintage automobiles displayed in a salvaged-wood barn with a gift shop & old-school theater.
Vail Ranch Park
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Temeku Hills Park
Spot with ball fields & a playground. Green space with baseball fields, a basketball court & a children's playground, plus picnic tables.
Discovery Park
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Eller Park - Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
Modest venue for kids' play & sports. 5 acres with a play structure, lighted ball field, basketball courts & picnic tables.
DropZone Waterpark
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Kent Hintergardt Memorial Park
Memorial park with a playground & more. Dedicated in 1994, this memorial park features a playground, picnic tables, BBQs & restrooms.
Rose Haven Heritage Garden
Botanical park with 1,600+ plants. This outdoor showcase for many rose varieties offers walking paths, picnic tables & kids' programs.
Celebration Park
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Vintage Reserve Park
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UPTOWN JUNGLE FUN PARK | Murrieta, CA
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Town Square
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Temecula Valley Museum
Regional history & author memorabilia. Historic museum featuring city artifacts & a permanent exhibit on author Erle Stanley Gardner.
Sam Hicks Monument Park
Park with a playground & restrooms. Public park featuring a play area, picnic tables, a stone monument, restrooms & more.
Pennypickle's Workshop
Hands-on children's museum & gift shop. Family-friendly venue with an on-site gift shop offers interactive exhibits for kids of all ages.
Spirit Park
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Caroline Park
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Southern California Railway Museum
Historic train cars & weekend rides. Sprawling educational museum with historic railway cars & locomotives, plus weekend rides.
Pump It Up Murrieta Kids Birthdays and More
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Mulligan Family Fun Center- Murrieta
Go-karts, mini-golf & small rides. Amusement center features go-karts, batting cages, an arcade, mini-golf & small rides for kids.
Glen Arbor Park
Busy park with off-leash dog areas. Tree-filled, grassy park & popular local haunt for dogs to run around off-leash.
Prospect Park
Scenic spot with a theater & orchard. Picturesque park with an amphitheater & orange grove, plus walking trails & picnic facilities.
Kimberly Crest House & Gardens
1897 mansion & renaissance-style gardens. 1897 home & sprawling renaissance-style Italian gardens, with tours available several times weekly.
Town Square Park and Amphitheater
Public green space & event venue. Grassy outdoor area with paved walkways & shade trees, plus a stage for concerts & other events.
Mountain Pride Park
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Canyon Hills Community Park
Park with fields, courts & shelters. 18-acre park featuring a splash pad, baseball fields, soccer pitch & basketball courts.
Enchanted Hills Park
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Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Historic presidential monument & museum. This 1930s structure commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln with artwork & exhibits.
Historical Glass Museum
Collection of American-made glass items. Museum & gift shop in a century-old Victorian home displaying American-made glass items & art.
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