Unique & Hidden Gem Activities for Families
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Kennedy Gold Mine Tours
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Amador Whitney Museum
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Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park
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Roaring Camp Mining Company
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Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
State park preserving Native history. Historic park with replica Miwok Indian village structures, a museum & bark house camping sites.
Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark
Cave with rock & crystal formations. Subterranean cave featuring stalactites, stalagmites & crystal outcrops, with tours & activities.
California Cavern State Historic Landmark
Stalactites, stalagmites & flowstones. Extensive cave system open for walking tours of limestone rock formations & underground lakes.
Free Halloween Fun
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Exhilaration 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.
Gold Bug Park & Mine
Tours of an old gold mine built in 1888. Museum attraction offering audio tours of an 1880s gold mine, with a blacksmith shop & gem mining.
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.
Angels Camp Museum
Museum of local history & gold mining. Museum featuring indoor & outdoor exhibits on local history, including gold mining & farming.
Folsom Kids Play Park (Castle Park)
Big play structures & picnic areas. Park featuring a large, castle-themed playground with climbing equipment, swings & picnic tables.
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum
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Stories In Stones
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Wakamatsu Farm
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Little Kingdom Playroom
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BusyKids Play and Coworking Cafe
Indoor play town with WiFi & events. Miniature replica city for kids 10 & under with snacks, themed events & a WiFi lounge for parents.
Sactown Family Fun Mini Golf And Arcade
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Nimbus Flat State Recreation Area
Riverside access & bike trails. Scenic park with a stretch of riverfront facing the dam, undeveloped terrain & long bike trails.
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.
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).
Gold Discovery Museum
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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Gold Rush birthplace with gold panning. Replica of the sawmill that spawned the Gold Rush, 20+ historic mining buildings & gold panning.
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.
Hinkle Creek Nature Area
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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.
Natural Bridges Trailhead
Hiking area with swimming caves. Scenic, riverside hiking area featuring a trail leading to natural pools & swimming caverns.
Kindred Play Collective
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Exit Strategy Games
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JAR Studios Escape
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Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Exhibits & live animals plus trails. This attraction offers educational exhibits & over a dozen indigenous animals, plus 3 nature trails.
Jensen Botanical Garden
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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.
Ely's Play House
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Maidu Museum & Historic Site
Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.
Cosumnes River Preserve
Wetland area with trails & wildlife. Wetland walking trails, a boardwalk with a wildlife viewing deck & a visitor's center with tours.
Quarry Park Adventures
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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.
Gold Prospecting Adventures
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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.
Joss House Museum
Chinese history hub from the Gold Rush. Cultural center devoted to the history of Chinese immigrants who settled here during the Gold Rush.
Scavenger Hunt Walking Tours - Old Town Auburn
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Placer County Museum
Local artifacts in a historic courthouse. Museum in a courthouse exploring county history, with Native American artifacts & a gold collection.
The Gold Rush Museum
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Woodbridge Ecological Reserve - South Unit
Preserve with cranes & other birds. This ecological preserve is home to Sandhill cranes, tundra swans, geese & other birds.
Boulder Ridge Park
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Roseville Utility Exploration Center
Playful spot for environmental education. Learning center with creative exhibits on sustainability topics such as energy & water conservation.
The Game Room
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WPA Rock Garden
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Funderland Amusement Park
Amusement park with 10 attractions. Opened in 1946, this amusement park features 10 rides & attractions, plus a food & drink stand.
Fairytale Town
Long-standing kid-focused park. Enduring kid-friendly park featuring a storybook theme, animals for petting, gardens & a cafe.
California Museum
State history exhibits & a hall of fame. Museum & Hall of Fame with exhibits & programs dedicated to California's cultural & ethnic history.
Stanford Mansion
Restored Victorian mansion & museum. Imposing restored 1856 Victorian mansion that serves as a museum with period furnishings & decor.
Coyote Pond Park.
City suburbs park with a large pond. Suburban park spanning 24+ acres, with a large pond, play & picnic areas & a trail network.
Crocker Art Museum
Historic museum with diverse works. Established museum with exhibitions & permanent collections featuring diverse international works.
Knights Ferry Recreation Area
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California State Railroad Museum
Antique locomotives, rides & more. Colorful museum documenting railroad history via vintage locomotives, exhibits & rides.
SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity
Hands-on, kid-centric exhibits & more. Interactive, kid-friendly science center featuring exhibits, after school & summer programs.
Children's Museum of Stockton
Museum with interactive exhibits. Museum with more than 40 interactive exhibits & an art studio for kids.
Zinc House Farm
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The Cowboy Museum
Local exhibits on ranching & rodeo life. Western history museum with a gift shop & exhibits exploring the area's ranching & rodeo traditions.
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