Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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Historic Downtown Truckee & Visitor Center
Historic setting for shopping & dining. Shopping, dining & cultural-arts district offering a historical walking tour & scenic views.
Truckee Railroad Museum
Museum of local railroad history. This museum looks at how the railroad brought change to Truckee & its surrounding region.
Old Truckee Jail Museum
Historic building with seasonal tours. Open seasonally, this preserved, 19th-century jailhouse offers local, historical artifacts & tours.
Truckee River Regional Park
Riverside park with a disc-golf course. Charming riverside park featuring a children's playground, hiking paths & a disc-golf course.
KidZone Museum
Hands-on exhibits & programs for kids. Playful children's museum offering indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits, plus classes & camps.
Pioneer Monument
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Donner Memorial State Museum
Displays on a historic traveling group. Simple facility with interpretive exhibits & artifacts related to the 19th-century Donner Party.
Donner Memorial State Park
Scenic area with trails, a lake & museum. This park offers hiking, camping, fishing, boating, the Emigrant Trail Museum & a historic monument.
Donner Summit SNO-Park
Mountain park for skiing & sledding. Site for cross-country skiing, dog sledding & other snow sports in winter, plus hiking in summer.
North Tahoe Regional Park
Outdoor recreation with scenic views. Regional park offering sports fields, hiking trails & camping grounds in a scenic setting.
Moon Dunes
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Gatekeeper's Museum
Local history in an old-fashioned cabin. Quaint reconstructed cabin with local historical exhibits, including photos & a research library.
Historic Stateline Fire Lookout
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Preston Field & Playground
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North Tahoe Nevada Welcome Center
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UC Davis Tahoe Science Center
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Sand Harbor State Park
Scenic swim area & park on Lake Tahoe. Popular Lake Tahoe site for swimming, boating & seasonal open-air entertainment with mountain views.
Bowers Mansion Regional Park
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Kings Canyon Waterfalls
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Idlewild Park
Rose garden & recreation along the river. Large Truckee River park has a rose garden, playgrounds, ball fields, a swimming pool & skate park.
Washoe Lake State Park
Recreation & camping with mountain views. Scenic mountain views on 8,053-acre preserve offering boating, hiking, camping & other activities.
The Discovery
Interactive science museum. Science & technology museum presenting interactive exhibits & temporary exhibitions.
Rancho San Rafael Regional Park
Former ranch with recreation facilities. Park on a former ranch with picnic & recreation facilities, as well as a museum & botanical garden.
Nevada State Museum
Cultural & natural history of Nevada. Museum featuring exhibits on the history of Nevada, particularly the historic Carson City Mint.
Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
Interactive exhibits for kids & events. Long-standing, festive museum offering a variety of interactive exhibits for kids & special events.
Carson City Ghost Walk
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Nevada Day Parade
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Mills Park
Park for skating, swimming & picnics. Venue offering picnic tables & pavilions along with an aquatic center, skate park & athletic courts.
Nevada State Railroad Museum
Stop for historical railroad exhibits. This center for the preservation of Nevada's railroad history features many historic trains & cars.
Road sign of Carson City Nevada’s Capital
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Hang Gliding Tahoe
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Fuji Park
Green space for picnics, play & events. Many events take place at this 14-acre site with a playground, picnic tables & heated restrooms.
Carson River Park
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Historical Society of Dayton Valley
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Dayton State Park
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Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Historic park shaped by hydraulic mining. Camping, fishing, trails & Gold Rush-era buildings in a park with cliffs carved by hydraulic mining.
Devils Falls
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Lions Children's Park
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Pioneer Park
Picnicking, a pool & recreational sports. Green space housing picnic/BBQ areas & an outdoor pool, plus ball fields & basketball/tennis courts.
Firehouse No. 1 Museum
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Scavenger Hunt Walking Tours - Nevada City
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Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Museum of local transportation history. Museum with a collection of railroad & aviation artifacts, photographs & documents.
Hirschman's Pond trailhead
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Crystal Hermitage Gardens
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Empire Mine State Historic Park
Hiking, biking & equestrian trails. The site of this state's oldest gold mine has miles of trails to hike, bike or explore on horseback.
Empire Mine State Historic Park Visitors Center
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Hoyt’s Crossing
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Wolf Creek Trail
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Northstar Mining Museum
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Minnie Park
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Condon Park
Fenced dog run with trees & water. Large, forested off-leash dog run with fencing, water & bench seating for owners.
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