Best Family-Friendly Attractions

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Broadway Park

Broadway Park

Park with picnic & water play areas. Modest park with a basketball court, water play area, playground & a picnic pavilion with tables.

Get Air Trampoline Park

Get Air Trampoline Park

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Crane Park

Crane Park

Triangular park with tennis courts. Wedge-shaped outdoor area with tennis & basketball courts, a playground & picnic tables.

Donnelly Park

Donnelly Park

Playground & a lake with ducks & geese. 10-acre, community park featuring a lake with geese & ducks, a wooden play structure & picnic areas.

Augusta Bates Childrens PlayPark

Augusta Bates Childrens PlayPark

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Markley Park

Markley Park

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Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center

Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center

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McConnell State Recreation Area

McConnell State Recreation Area

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Sipherd Park

Sipherd Park

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East La Loma Park

East La Loma Park

Shaded trails, plus sports & play areas. Tree-lined city park offering basketball & tennis courts, disc golf, trails & a playground.

Modesto Arch

Modesto Arch

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McHenry Museum

McHenry Museum

History museum in a grand 1912 library. Regional history museum in a grand former library building completed in 1912.

ESCAPE Modesto

ESCAPE Modesto

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Modesto Children's Museum

Modesto Children's Museum

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Freedom Park

Freedom Park

Picnicking & a play area for children. Urban green space offering picnic areas & a playground along with restrooms & a seasonal splash pad.

Graceada Park

Graceada Park

Tree-topped park with playground & music. Community park with shaded paths & a large playground, plus tennis courts & live-music events.

Orchard Park

Orchard Park

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Roosevelt Park

Roosevelt Park

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Sylvan Park

Sylvan Park

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Great Valley Museum and Planetarium

Great Valley Museum and Planetarium

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Funworks Modesto

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.

Osborn Park

Osborn Park

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Castle Air Museum

Castle Air Museum

Up-close views of vintage aircraft. Aircraft museum housing more than 40 WWII & Cold War airplanes including a Grumman US-2A Tracker.

Joan Faul Park

Joan Faul Park

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Veteran's Memorial Park

Veteran's Memorial Park

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Jacob Myers Park

Jacob Myers Park

Picnicking, camping, fishing & hiking. Green space offering a boat ramp, camping area & fishing, plus a picnic gazebo, playground & trails.

The Cowboy Museum

The Cowboy Museum

Local exhibits on ranching & rodeo life. Western history museum with a gift shop & exhibits exploring the area's ranching & rodeo traditions.

Children's Play Park

Children's Play Park

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Dorada Park

Dorada Park

Park with an expansive playground & pool. Amenity-rich public park featuring a children's playground, open green spaces & a swimming pool.

Fahrens Park

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.

Mavis Stouffer Park

Mavis Stouffer Park

Riverside spot for hiking & picnics. Scenic nature spot on the river with a picnic pavilion, walking trails, sports fields & a stadium.

Elmer Murchie Park

Elmer Murchie Park

Playground, sports courts & picnic space. A fenced playground, walking path, sports courts & picnic area with BBQs are the draw at this park.

Hogan Park

Hogan Park

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Kids Discovery Station

Kids Discovery Station

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Merced's Applegate Park Zoo

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.

Caswell Memorial State Park

Caswell Memorial State Park

Park running along the Stanislaus River. Covering more than 250 acres along Stanislaus River, this park is home to many endangered species.

Kiwanis Kiddieland

Kiwanis Kiddieland

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Applegate Park

Applegate Park

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Merced County Courthouse Museum

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

Merced Multicultural Arts Center

Galleries holding temporary exhibitions. Galleries showcasing temporary exhibitions by local & national artists.

Lake Yosemite County Park

Lake Yosemite County Park

Reservoir for recreation & picnics. Scenic park with an artificial reservoir for swimming, fishing & kayaking, plus picnic shelters.

Rahilly Park

Rahilly Park

Neighborhood park & playground. A 2.9-acre community park with a playground, picnic shelter & access to a cycle path.

Merced National Wildlife Refuge

Merced National Wildlife Refuge

Revered wintering spot for waterfowl. 10.2-acre wetlands & grasslands known as a legendary wintering habitat for waterfowl & shorebirds.

Knights Ferry Recreation Area

Knights Ferry Recreation Area

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Bernasconi Park

Bernasconi Park

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Woodward Community Park

Woodward Community Park

Destination for sports & recreation. Neighborhood hub offering soccer fields, a walk/jog path with mile markers & a playground.

Antigua Park

Antigua Park

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Shasta Park

Shasta Park

Neighborhood park with a playground. Low-key neighborhood park featuring maintained grassy expanses, shade trees & a playground.

Michael Vega Park

Michael Vega Park

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Apolinar Sangalang Park

Apolinar Sangalang Park

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William Larsen Park

William Larsen Park

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Tracy Historical Museum

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.

Paul E. Weston Park

Paul E. Weston Park

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California Gold Panning

California Gold Panning

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Children's Museum of Stockton

Children's Museum of Stockton

Museum with interactive exhibits. Museum with more than 40 interactive exhibits & an art studio for kids.

Mark Twain Cabin

Mark Twain Cabin

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Haggin Museum

Haggin Museum

20th-century paintings & local history. 3 stories of galleries with paintings by noted 20th-century artists & exhibits on local history.

Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum

Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum

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Dragoon Gulch Trail Head

Dragoon Gulch Trail Head

Oak woodland with hiking trails. A 2.5-mile hiking trail system looping through 35 acres of scenic oak woodland.

Louis Park

Louis Park

Waterfront park for sports & boat launch. Riverfront park featuring a boat launch, sports fields, picnic shelters with BBQs & green space.

Tuolumne County Museum

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.

Coffill Park

Coffill Park

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Heaven For Kids Playground

Heaven For Kids Playground

Wooden play equipment & a skate pak. Popular spot with wooden play structures for young & older kids, a skate park & picnic tables.

Angels Camp (California Historical Landmark No. 287)

Angels Camp (California Historical Landmark No. 287)

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Gold Rush Originals

Gold Rush Originals

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Utica Park

Utica Park

Recreational retreat with a playground. Shady public park offering a children's playground, grassy lawn areas & a picnic pavilion.

Calaveras Visitors Bureau

Calaveras Visitors Bureau

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Angels Camp Museum

Angels Camp Museum

Museum of local history & gold mining. Museum featuring indoor & outdoor exhibits on local history, including gold mining & farming.

Natural Bridges Trailhead

Natural Bridges Trailhead

Hiking area with swimming caves. Scenic, riverside hiking area featuring a trail leading to natural pools & swimming caverns.

Columbia State Historic Park

Columbia State Historic Park

Preserved Gold Rush-era landmark town. Costumed reenactors demonstrate life in the 1850s, with tours, stagecoach rides & panning for gold.

Moaning Caverns Adventure Park

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.

Vallecito State Historic Landmark

Vallecito State Historic Landmark

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Tuolumne Park & Recreation

Tuolumne Park & Recreation

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Tuolumne City Memorial Museum

Tuolumne City Memorial Museum

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Murphys Community Park

Murphys Community Park

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Mercer Caverns

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.

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