Best Family-Friendly Attractions
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Augustus F. Hawkins Nature Park
Tranquil green space with nature center. Calm, 8.5-acre retreat featuring native flora & wetlands, plus a small museum with nature exhibits.
DTLA Arts District
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Kyoto Garden
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Grand Hope Park
Playground, lawns & iconic clock tower. 2.5-acre urban park featuring a playground & grass lawns amid an iconic mosaic-adorned clock tower.
Angels Flight Railway
Historical landmark with a short ride. World's shortest railway, built in 1901, with 2 funicular cars that travel on a 298ft incline.
The Broad
Contemporary museum with many works. Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.
Exposition Park Rose Garden
Charming park devoted to roses. Cheerful formal park featuring a collection of roses & a gazebo.
Gloria Molina Grand Park
Memorial fountain & a performance lawn. Gathering place featuring an intimate performance area, memorial fountain & wade-able membrane pool.
Exposition Park
Public green space with museums & arenas. Urban space comprising 160 acres with arenas & museums, plus some green areas with trees & gardens.
Public Art "Aquarius"
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Dinosaur skeletons & rotating exhibits. From T. rex skeletons to an insect zoo, popular attraction holds more than 35-million artifacts.
Los Angeles State Historic Park
Public green space with Downtown views. 32 acres of open space with walkways & architectural features, plus Downtown views.
Hollyhock House
A Frank Lloyd Wright house with gardens. Self-guided tours are available of this Wright-designed home, with roof terraces & gardens.
Dennis the Menace Park
Grassy local park with a playground. This neighborhood park is a family destination with a big grassy lawn, a playground & picnic tables.
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Kid-friendly exhibits about space. Modern locale featuring family-friendly, interactive exhibits about space, including a simulator.
Griffith Park & Southern Railroad
Park featuring rides on mini trains. Center for train rides on reproductions of classic American locomotives, with a mile-long track.
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Expansive park for outdoor activities. This 308-acre park features a Japanese garden, a workout course, athletic fields & scenic trails.
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Prehistoric-fossil excavation site. Ice Age–fossil excavation site with an adjacent museum, plus a re-created prehistoric garden.
Fern Dell Nature Preserve
Outdoor space with lush foliage & trails. Serene enclave at Griffith Park featuring walking paths amid tropical foliage & a man-made brook.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
From pre-Columbian to contemporary works. This 20-acre campus with diverse collections spanning art history also offers screenings & concerts.
Griffith Observatory
Planetarium, telescopes & city views. This art deco landmark from 1935 features a high-tech planetarium, public telescopes & city views.
Vincent Lugo Park
San Gabriel's largest city park. Athletic fields, picnic tables, trails & a playground featured in San Gabriel's largest city park.
Garfield Park
Tidy park with tennis courts, playground. A city park space with tennis courts, a looped path, a playground & meditative garden space.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Star-studded Hollywood sidewalk. Famous Hollywood sidewalk area emblazoned with stars & celebrity names since 1960.
Wilderness Park
Compact park with a duck pond. Small public park featuring a duck pond, walk/jog paths & grassy areas popular for picnicking.
Golf N' Stuff
Mini-golf park with rides & go-karts. Boasting an 18-hole mini-golf course, this amusement park also offers an arcade, go-karts & rides.
Pio Pico State Historic Park
State park with 19th-century adobe house. Historic state park is home to Pio Pico's renovated 19th century built from adobe blocks.
World of Illusions Los Angeles
Interactive experiences in trendy museum. 3D illusions & an Upside-Down House exhibit, plus other interactive experiences in a popular museum.
The Hollywood Museum
Movie, TV, stage & music exhibits. Hollywood history, including props, costumes, scripts & photos, housed in a historic building.
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Museum for unusual & bizarre artifacts. Museum with kitschy oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons.
Hollywood Wax Museum
Museum containing waxwork celebrities. Famous Hollywood faces are cast out of wax at this museum with late-night hours.
Culver City Park
Sports, picnics, a dog zone & skating. Leisure space on 41+ acres for ball sports, picnics & grilling, plus a dog park & skateboard area.
Arlington Garden in Pasadena
Mediterranean-style public garden. 3-acre, admission-free formal garden featuring Mediterranean & Californian trees & succulents.
The Walk Of Fun Hollywood
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Bronson Caves
Man-made caves featured in iconic films. Seen in many iconic films, these man-made caves provide trails & scenic views of the Hollywood Sign.
Old Los Angeles Zoo
Abandoned zoo with ruins & hiking trails. Founded in 1912, this now-abandoned zoo offers past enclosure ruins, picnic space & hiking trails.
Griffith Park
Hiking trails, city views & L.A. Zoo. Urban oasis featuring hiking & equestrian trails, plus city views, the Greek Theatre & the L.A. Zoo.
Whittier Narrows Park
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Lacy Park
Open green space, tennis & walking loops. Dog-friendly public expanse featuring 2 walking loops, 6 tennis courts & a decades-old rose arbor.
Wrigley Mansion
1906 Renaissance mansion & gardens. A 1906 Renaissance design mansion with 4.5 acre flower gardens & HQ for new year Rose Parade.
Hathaway Ranch Museum
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Magic of The Jack o lanterns
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Whittier Narrows Recreation Area
Various sports, trails, 3 lakes & museum. Diverse sports, 3 lakes, a military museum, shooting ranges, horse center, disc golf & urban farm.
Runyon Canyon Park
Popular hiking trails with scenic views. Landmark hiking trails known for sweeping city views & people watching, plus an off-leash dog park.
The Wende Museum
Cold War history museum. Museum featuring Cold War-era European & Soviet Union artifacts & history archives.
Central Park
Park with a playground & lawn bowling. Park with a playground, a picnic area, lawn bowling, croquet, a walkway & restrooms.
Hollywood Sign
Iconic letters atop Mount Lee since 1923. Erected in 1923, this symbolic landmark on Mount Lee is often viewed from Griffith Park Observatory.
Los Angeles Zoo
Lush zoo with more than 270 species. Zoo & botanical gardens open since 1966 containing more than 270 animal species & 800 plant species.
Norton Simon Museum
Noted collection of European & Asian art. Unconventional building housing a noted collection of European & Asian art plus a sculpture garden.
Pasadena Museum of History
Cultural hub with exhibits & tours. Museum with tours, research library & archives devoted to the history & culture of the region.
Old Pasadena
Historic shopping & entertainment area. Downtown historic district, now a popular destination for shopping, dining & entertainment.
Children's Garden
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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Cultural center with galleries & gardens. Expansive complex housing art galleries with famous works, rare-book collections & lush gardens.
Pasadena Memorial Park
Storied park with Levitt Pavilion. Historic park featuring memorials, kids’ activities & free summer concerts in Levitt Pavilion.
Tellefson Park
Park with a kids' playground & restrooms. Compact city park with various sports facilities, a playground for children, restrooms & parking.
Southern California Children's Museum
Kids' play space with hands-on exhibits. Indoor play area with interactive activities for toddlers, such as a kitchen, teepees & costumes.
Kidspace Children's Museum
Interactive indoor & outdoor exhibits. This museum with an expansive outdoor play area features hands-on arts & science exhibits.
Whittier Museum
Educational displays of city history. Historical artifacts & exhibits related to the city of Whittier; open to the public weekends only.
Verdugo Park
Leafy spot for picnics & sports. City park with a playground, picnic areas, skate park & facilities for baseball & basketball.
Universal Studio Tour
Behind-the-scenes ride in a theme park. Long-running tram tour at Universal Studios Hollywood exploring movie & TV-show backlots.
Ballona Discovery Park
Educational park with wetland plants. Educational wetland park featuring an interpretive walk & gardens with native plants.
Super Silly Fun Land
Minion-themed rides, games & merch. Wacky, Minion-inspired play zone with 80 water features, plus rides, arcade games & a souvenir shop.
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
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Johnny Carson Park
Neighborhood spot for picnics & playing. Named after the TV legend, this space features a picnic area, playground & small performance stage.
Silly Swirly
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Raptor Encounter
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Clutter's Park
Open space known for airport views. Planes can be seen taking off & landing at this small park that overlooks LAX.
Coldwater Canyon Park
Greenspace with play areas & picnicking. Public park offering play equipment for kids, plus areas for picnicking & a water feature.
Columbia Park
52-acre recreational park & gardens. A variety of sports courts & fields on 52 acres, along with community gardens & picnic areas.
Michillinda Park
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Polliwog Park
Playgrounds, disc golf & a large pond. Park boasting a large pond & amphitheater for events plus a 9-hole disc golf course & play areas.
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