Unique & Hidden Gem Activities for Families
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Jacob Myers Park
Picnicking, camping, fishing & hiking. Green space offering a boat ramp, camping area & fishing, plus a picnic gazebo, playground & trails.
Funworks Modesto
18-acre amusement center with go-karts. 18 acres of kid-centric fun, this amusement center offers go-karts, batting cages & miniature golf.
The Cowboy Museum
Local exhibits on ranching & rodeo life. Western history museum with a gift shop & exhibits exploring the area's ranching & rodeo traditions.
East La Loma Park
Shaded trails, plus sports & play areas. Tree-lined city park offering basketball & tennis courts, disc golf, trails & a playground.
Thousand Oaks Park
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Graceada Park
Tree-topped park with playground & music. Community park with shaded paths & a large playground, plus tennis courts & live-music events.
McHenry Mansion Visitors Center
Victorian mansion with guided tours. Circa-1883 Victorian mansion, once home to prominent local resident, now a house museum with tours.
McHenry Museum
History museum in a grand 1912 library. Regional history museum in a grand former library building completed in 1912.
Modesto Children's Museum
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PLAY Modesto
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Great Valley Museum and Planetarium
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Modesto Arch
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Boomers Modesto
Family fun center with mini-golf & more. National amusement center chain featuring mini-golf, go-karts, bumper boats & arcade games.
Zinc House Farm
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Knights Ferry Recreation Area
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Silva Park
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Crane Park
Triangular park with tennis courts. Wedge-shaped outdoor area with tennis & basketball courts, a playground & picnic tables.
Pageo Lavender Farm
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Dell'Osso Family Farm
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Children's Museum of Stockton
Museum with interactive exhibits. Museum with more than 40 interactive exhibits & an art studio for kids.
McConnell State Recreation Area
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Tracy Historical Museum
Local history exhibits in quaint digs. Local museum housed in a former post office with exhibits devoted to the region's history.
Baie's Play Place
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Stories In Stones
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Angels Camp Museum
Museum of local history & gold mining. Museum featuring indoor & outdoor exhibits on local history, including gold mining & farming.
Gold Prospecting Adventures
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Cen Cal Escape Rooms
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Natural Bridges Trailhead
Hiking area with swimming caves. Scenic, riverside hiking area featuring a trail leading to natural pools & swimming caverns.
Moaning Caverns Adventure Park
Adventurous tours of a natural cavern. Rappelling & walking tours offered at a 165-foot-deep natural cavern with above-ground zip lines.
Tuolumne County Museum
County history exhibits in a former jail. Photos, antiques & artifacts on county history & the California Gold Rush, displayed in an old jail.
Hunter Farms
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Columbia State Historic Park
Preserved Gold Rush-era landmark town. Costumed reenactors demonstrate life in the 1850s, with tours, stagecoach rides & panning for gold.
Merced fairy gardens
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Fahrens Park
Outdoor space with a paved biking trail. The Black Rascal Bike Path passes through this recreation area with a playground & disc-golf course.
The Game Room
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Kids Discovery Station
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Mercer Caverns
Cave system with rock & frost formations. Tours of a cave discovered by a 19th-century gold prospector, with mineral shapes formed by frost.
Merced's Applegate Park Zoo
Green space & zoo with rescued animals. This park with picnic areas & a playground is home to a small zoo that shelters native wildlife.
Kiwanis Kiddieland
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Oh Wow Nickel Arcade
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Merced County Courthouse Museum
Exhibits on local history & a gift shop. Local history museum in a restored 1875 building housing rotating exhibits, artifacts & a gift shop.
Merced Multicultural Arts Center
Galleries holding temporary exhibitions. Galleries showcasing temporary exhibitions by local & national artists.
Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum
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San Luis National Wildlife Refuge - Main Unit
Spacious protected wildlife habitat. Extensive protected wetlands & grasslands with a wealth of native plant and animal species.
Play Adventures
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California Cavern State Historic Landmark
Stalactites, stalagmites & flowstones. Extensive cave system open for walking tours of limestone rock formations & underground lakes.
Woodbridge Ecological Reserve - South Unit
Preserve with cranes & other birds. This ecological preserve is home to Sandhill cranes, tundra swans, geese & other birds.
Brentwood City Park
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The Playhouse, Brentwood
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Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park
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Kennedy Gold Mine Tours
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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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