Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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California State Capitol Museum
The state's history in exhibits. Elegant, long-standing museum documenting the history of California via exhibits, artifacts & more.
Old Sacramento Waterfront
Guided tours, museums & a visitor center. Founded in the 1960s, this 28-acre area has a visitor center, museums & a variety of history tours.
Crocker Art Museum
Historic museum with diverse works. Established museum with exhibitions & permanent collections featuring diverse international works.
SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity
Hands-on, kid-centric exhibits & more. Interactive, kid-friendly science center featuring exhibits, after school & summer programs.
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
Costumed docents re-enact pioneer life. The oldest restored fort in the U.S. depicts pioneer life via costumed docents, programs & exhibits.
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.
Sacramento Zoo
Giraffes & over 120 species on 14 acres. Longtime, 14-acre animal park housing native & endangered species, plus a giraffe encounter exhibit.
Sand Cove Park
American River access & a nature area. This green space & beach is along the American River & also features a nature area.
Funderland Amusement Park
Amusement park with 10 attractions. Opened in 1946, this amusement park features 10 rides & attractions, plus a food & drink stand.
Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park
Indoor trampoline activity center. Large-scale indoor trampoline center hosting open jump, fitness classes, dodgeball & parties.
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.
Scandia Fun Center
Amusement complex with rides & mini-golf. Outdoor amusement center offering rides, mini-golf, go-karts & batting cages, plus an indoor arcade.
Hagan Community Park
Sizable park for sports, swimming & more. Large green space with lots of amenities, including athletic fields, an aquatic center & a dog park.
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Exhibits & live animals plus trails. This attraction offers educational exhibits & over a dozen indigenous animals, plus 3 nature trails.
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.
Explorit Science Center
Fun & interactive exhibits for kids. Science museum with vibrant & hands-on activities & exhibits for children, plus summer camps.
Toad Hollow
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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.
Jack Slaven Park
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Bohart Museum of Entomology
Museum with displays of insects. Many preserved insects are on display at this museum with an active research department.
UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery
Spacious garden park with free admission. 100 acres of gardens, educational exhibits, paths, lawns & picnic areas. Free admission & open 24/7.
Roseville Utility Exploration Center
Playful spot for environmental education. Learning center with creative exhibits on sustainability topics such as energy & water conservation.
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.
Whaleback Park
Leafy spot with a playground. Compact neighborhood park offering a playground, picnic shelter & shaded lawn areas.
Carnegie Museum
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Maidu Regional Park
City park for sports & culture events. A 152-acre park that includes a community center, library & museum, plus many sports facilities.
Wacky Tacky
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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.
Maidu Museum & Historic Site
Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.
Olympus Pointe Sculpture Park
Trailhead with a landmark sculpture. Park known for its large, abstract "Cosmos" sculpture & access to a cycling/jogging trail.
Roseville Golfland Sunsplash
Long-running choice for mini golf & more. Amusement chain featuring mini golf courses & arcades, some branches with water slides & laser tag.
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.
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 City Lions Park
City park known for events & baseball. City park with a playground, baseball field, pavilion & butterfly garden next door to the zoo.
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.
Harry Crabb Park
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Quarry Park Adventures
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Quarry Park
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Northwest Park
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Whitney Community Park
Redeveloped park with a wet play area. Renovated local park with playgrounds, baseball courts & a splash pad, plus picnic & barbecue areas.
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.
Folsom Kids Play Park (Castle Park)
Big play structures & picnic areas. Park featuring a large, castle-themed playground with climbing equipment, swings & picnic tables.
Promontory Community Park
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Locke Boarding House Museum State Park
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Locke Memorial Park
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Dai Loy Museum
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Griffith Quarry Park & Museum
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Jepson Prairie Preserve
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Stonegate Park
Community park for sports & playground. Athletic fields, open green space, a playground & picnic area draw locals to this neighborhood park.
Vacaville Play4All Park
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Menagerie Hill Ranch
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Meadowlands Park
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Magnolia Park
Basketball, picnicking & kids' play area. Green space offering a playground, splash pad & basketball court, plus covered picnic tables & BBQs.
Andrews Park
Charming park with trails & a creek. Verdant park with ambling trails, shaded picnic areas, a children's playground & a creek.
Railhead Park
Picnicking, soccer fields & a playground. Multipurpose park with 2 large soccer fields & a playground, plus a picnic shelter, trails & a pond.
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.
Vacaville Museum
Small museum for local heritage. Intimate gallery featuring changing exhibits related to city & county history, plus a gift shop.
Rio Vista Museum
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Scavenger Hunt Walking Tours - Old Town Auburn
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Candy Cane and Lollipop Lanes
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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.
The Gold Rush Museum
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Children's Grove
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Jack Hume Grove
Multi-use trails through redwoods. Nature park featuring walking/biking paths amid redwood trees & other native California plants.
Putah Creek Wildlife Area
Picturesque hillsides with nature trails. Scenic area with trails on slopes & steep hillsides, popular for fishing, birding & wildlife views.
Black Hole of Calcutta Falls
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Tower park
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Peña Adobe Regional Park
Historic, sprawling recreation area. Large park offers hiking, BBQ areas, bike trails, fishing & a dog area, plus a historic adobe house.
Lagoon Valley Park
Recreation area with an off-leash park. 470-acre park offering boating, fishing, hiking & picnicking, plus an off-leash area for dogs.
Western Railway Museum
Rides in electric trains & streetcars. Unique facility offering rides in restored electric trains & historic streetcars, plus exhibits.
Glory Hole
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Brannan Island State Recreation Area
Wetlands park with fishing & camping. Islands & marshes connected by waterways offer fishing, camping & wildlife viewing for visitors.
Charles Howard Park
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Laurel Creek Park
Green space with fields & a playground. City park with green space, baseball fields & a playground, plus an after-school program center.
Henningsen Lotus Park
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