Unique & Hidden Gem Activities for Families
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Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory
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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.
Tolerance Education Center
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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.
Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
Yin Yang
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Get Air Trampoline Park
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Red Jeep Tours | Desert Adventures
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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.
Moorten Botanical Garden
Desert environment founded in 1938. Historic landmark opened in 1938 featuring a desert environment with guided tours & a nursery.
Robolights
Whimsical, year-round sculpture garden. Large, quirky yard with sculpture & light displays combining sci-fi & religious holiday themes.
Covered Wagon Tours
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Coachella Valley Preserve - Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve
Palm-lined oasis & desert hiking. Nature reserve around a palm-filled oasis offering picnics & hikes in a desert wilderness setting.
La Quinta Museum
Local history & cultural arts exhibits. Museum with local history & cultural arts exhibits, including dioramas & old photos, plus a shop.
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.
George S Patton Park
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Jolienes Heart
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Lake Hemet Day Use Area
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Keys View
Popular lookout with sweeping views. Scenic spot offering panoramic views of mountains, the San Andreas Fault & Coachella Valley.
Indian Vista Scenic Overlook
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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.
Keys Ranch
Tours of a remote ranch & orchard. Ranger-led tours of a historic ranch, old schoolhouse, workshop & orchard in a remote canyon.
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.
Wall Street Mill
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Malki Museum Inc
History of regional Indian cultures. Museum with art & artifact exhibits showcasing the history of Southern Californian Indian cultures.
Wonderland of Rocks
Large rock formations in arid surrounds. Expansive range of monzogranite rock formations, reachable by the Willow Hole Trail.
World Famous Crochet Museum
Unique collection of crocheted items. An eclectic assortment of crocheted animals & other creations in a converted drive-thru photo stand.
Skull Rock Trail
Skull-shaped desert rock formation. Skull-shaped desert granite rock formation with 2 depressions like eye sockets created by erosion.
Desert Queen Mine
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Mecca Hills Wilderness
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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.
Heart Rock
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Gilman Historic Ranch and Wagon Museum
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Rhythm of Life
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Hemet Museum
Quaint option for American history. Modest locale with an eclectic collection of early American, railway & Native American artifacts.
Fortynine Palms Oasis
Strenuous route to a desert oasis. Challenging 3-mile round-trip desert path up & over a steep ridge to a scenic oasis with fan palms.
Airtopia Adventure Park - Hemet
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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.
Sky’s The Limit Observatory and Nature Center
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Western Science Center
Dinosaurs, fossils & science exhibits. Kid-friendly science museum with dinosaurs, fossils & history, plus hands-on science activities.
Old Schoolhouse Museum
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Edward-Dean Museum & Gardens
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Hemet Maze Stone
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Glass Outhouse Art Gallery
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California Dreamin' Balloon Adventures
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Yucaipa Adobe Museum
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the little red barn indoor playground
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DropZone Waterpark
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Oceanview & Pala Chief Gem Mines (DigForGems.com)
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Rose Haven Heritage Garden
Botanical park with 1,600+ plants. This outdoor showcase for many rose varieties offers walking paths, picnic tables & kids' programs.
Candeeland Temecula
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Temecula Duck Pond
Pocket park with veterans memorial. Compact park featuring ducks paddling in a petite pool & a memorial to war veterans.
Temecula Valley Museum
Regional history & author memorabilia. Historic museum featuring city artifacts & a permanent exhibit on author Erle Stanley Gardner.
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.
Dam Keepers House
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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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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.
Kidz Digz Gem Mining & Crystals Store
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Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Historic presidential monument & museum. This 1930s structure commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln with artwork & exhibits.
Orange Street Alley
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Lower Copper Canyon Park
Retreat for outdoor sports & picnics. Neighborhood recreational park offering a baseball field, basketball hoops & trails.
Lil Munchkins Indoor Playground LLC
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