Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids
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San Jacinto City Museum
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Estudillo Mansion
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Rancho 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.
Hemet Museum
Quaint option for American history. Modest locale with an eclectic collection of early American, railway & Native American artifacts.
Airtopia Adventure Park - Hemet
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Beyond the Lock Escape Rooms
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Bill Gray Park, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
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Gibbel Park
Playground & various athletic facilities. Park offering a playground, picnic areas & facilities for baseball, basketball, tennis & horseshoes.
Mary Henley Park
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Hemet Maze Stone
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Arendt Family Lights
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Diamond Valley Lake Visitor Center
Exhibits on natural & cultural history. Local-history museum featuring excavated fossils & exhibits on regional settlers & dam building.
Western Science Center
Dinosaurs, fossils & science exhibits. Kid-friendly science museum with dinosaurs, fossils & history, plus hands-on science activities.
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.
Simpson Park
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McSweeny Park
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Lake Fulmor Day Use Area
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Indian Vista Scenic Overlook
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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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La Paloma Park, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District
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Cabazon Dinosaurs - World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Outdoor display of prehistoric animals. Vintage attraction featuring enormous replicas including Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex & more.
Mercado Park
Public recreation space with splash pad. City park offering shade trees, benches, a playground, picnic tables & a seasonal splash pad.
Perris Valley Historical Museum
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Southern California Railway Museum
Historic train cars & weekend rides. Sprawling educational museum with historic railway cars & locomotives, plus weekend rides.
Spirit Park
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Enchanted Hills Park
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California Dreamin' Balloon Adventures
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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.
Discovery Park
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UPTOWN JUNGLE FUN PARK | Murrieta, CA
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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.
Glen Arbor Park
Busy park with off-leash dog areas. Tree-filled, grassy park & popular local haunt for dogs to run around off-leash.
Magical Adventure Balloon Rides
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San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary
Multi-use trails amid woods & grassland. 200-acre park with hiking, biking & horseback riding trails through riparian & chaparral landscapes.
Mountain Pride Park
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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.
Kidz Digz Gem Mining & Crystals Store
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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.
Kimberly Crest House & Gardens
1897 mansion & renaissance-style gardens. 1897 home & sprawling renaissance-style Italian gardens, with tours available several times weekly.
Lower Copper Canyon Park
Retreat for outdoor sports & picnics. Neighborhood recreational park offering a baseball field, basketball hoops & trails.
Temecula Duck Pond
Pocket park with veterans memorial. Compact park featuring ducks paddling in a petite pool & a memorial to war veterans.
Vail Ranch Park
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Sylvan Park
Spot for free-play, picnics & sports. Public green space with play equipment & picnic tables plus facilities for basketball & baseball.
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Historic presidential monument & museum. This 1930s structure commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln with artwork & exhibits.
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.
Lakepoint Park
Scenic retreat for sports & lake views. Open recreational area offering a children's playground, trails, sports fields & views of the water.
Orange Street Alley
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Town Square
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Old Town Temecula
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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.
Rose Haven Heritage Garden
Botanical park with 1,600+ plants. This outdoor showcase for many rose varieties offers walking paths, picnic tables & kids' programs.
Elm Grove Beach
Scenic lake shoreline for recreation. Public outdoor area with sand along Lake Elsinore, with shaded picnic tables & BBQ grills.
Hulda Crooks Park
Park with a playground, tennis & more. 19.6-acre park featuring a playground, volleyball, tennis courts, grassy areas, restrooms & more.
UC Riverside Botanic Gardens
Forty green acres open to tours. University's garden offers 40 leafy acres of 3,500+ plant species & 200+ bird types. Open daily.
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve
Rugged hiking site & a visitor center. 9,000-acre nature conservation with varying terrain & habitats, open trails & a visitor center.
San Bernardino County Museum
Cultural & natural-science exhibits. Educational exhibits on local culture & natural science, plus cactus gardens & a live-animal center.
Hunter Hobby Park
City park with mini steam-train rides. Green space with softball fields, picnic tables, grills & free mini steam-train rides twice a month.
World's Largest Paper Cup
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Fiesta Village Family Fun Park
Amusement center with varied attractions. Family amusement center featuring go-karts, laser tag, carnival rides & arcade games.
Museum of Riverside
Regional history, culture & nature. Museum dedicated to the history, culture & nature of the region, including 2 landmark homes.
Norton Air Force Base Museum
Air Force photos, uniforms & memorabilia. Small military museum with tours & a collection of Air Force photos, uniforms & memorabilia.
California Citrus State Historic Park
Park dedicated to CA's citrus history. Park dedicated to preserving the history of California's great citrus boom of the 20th century.
California Citrus
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Fairmount Park
Rose gardens, lakes & a golf course. Serene park featuring picnic areas, rose gardens, lakes, rental pedal boats & a golf course.
Peace Tower
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Mount Rubidoux Park
Mountain hiking, vistas & a dog run. Natural terrain for dog-running, hiking & views, centered around a giant white cross at the summit.
Riverside Heritage House
Furnished 19th-century house & gardens. Museum in a grand Victorian residence with period furnishings & decor, plus landscaped gardens.
Colton Area Museum
Local artifacts in a historic library. Local-history collection in a neoclassical former library featuring artifacts, programs & a shop.
Ortega Falls
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E Street Alley Murals
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San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum
Exhibits on trains & local history. Set in an 1918 train depot, this museum showcases artifacts dedicated to railroad & local history.
Jensen Alvarado Historic Ranch and Museum
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Perris Hill Park
Baseball, picnic areas & playgrounds. Park for baseball, tennis, swimming, picnicking & grilling plus Roosevelt Bowl stadium.
Buccaneer Cove at Castle Park
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Tom's Farms
Old-time attraction with restaurants. Family-friendly park with restaurants & a farmer's market, plus a steam train, pony rides & more.
Castle Park
Carnival-style rides, shows & food. Compact carnival-style amusement park with live entertainment, arcade games & American fare.
INLAND EMPIRE MILITARY MUSEUM
Small army memorabilia museum. Small army museum with a collection of military artifacts & uniforms from the civil war, WWI & WWII.
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 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.
Cal Fire Museum
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Yin Yang
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Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center
Nature-based activities for families. Nature-focused activities include an earth science museum & hands-on learning with rocks & fossils.
World Museum of Natural History
University natural history museum. Natural history museum on a university campus with animal, plant & mineral exhibits.
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center
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Doty Trust Park
Water park, hiking trails & playground. Nature site with a water park, playground, picnicking with grills & trails with an exercise course.
Blair Park
Outdoor area for sports & picnics. Recreation space with 2 baseball diamonds & 3 tennis courts, plus picnic tables & playgrounds.
Martin Tudor Jurupa Hills Regional Park
Ball fields, picnic spots, trails, games. Family-oriented park with ball fields, picnic tables & trails plus horseshoe & bocce courts.
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