Guides for weekends with kids around Los Angeles
Hand-picked lists for the way parents actually plan a weekend: by your kid's age, the weather, your budget, the kind of outing, or where you live. Every place links to full details — drive time, stroller notes, parking and tips.
In season
- Spring bloomsSpring flowers with kids around Los Angeles: from Descanso's camellias to the Antelope Valley poppies5 places
- Strawberries & u-pickStrawberry picking and farm visits with kids around Los Angeles4 places
- Pumpkin patchesPumpkin patches and fall farms with kids around Los Angeles5 places
- Holiday lightsHoliday lights with kids around Los Angeles4 places
- Whale watchingWhale watching and sea animals with kids around Los Angeles in winter5 places
By age
By weather & budget
By type
- HikesKid-friendly hikes and nature walks around Los Angeles15 places
- FarmsWhere to see farm animals with kids around Los Angeles6 places
- PlaygroundsThe best playgrounds around Los Angeles9 places
- LibrariesLibraries worth a trip with kids around Los Angeles7 places
- Beaches & lakesBeaches, tide pools and lake beaches with kids around Los Angeles8 places
- TrainsTrains, funiculars, ferries and little railroads with kids around Los Angeles7 places
- GardensGardens worth visiting with kids around Los Angeles5 places
- Zoos & aquariumsZoos, aquariums and sea animals with kids around Los Angeles6 places
- MuseumsMuseums worth visiting with kids around Los Angeles8 places
By area
Every place, by type
Hike
- Arcadia Wilderness Park
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
- Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Falls
- Eaton Canyon Natural Area
- El Dorado Nature Center
- Fern Dell Trail (Griffith Park)
- Franklin Canyon Park Lake
- Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
- Legg Lake (Whittier Narrows)
- Malibu Creek State Park
- Monrovia Canyon Park Falls
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center
- Schabarum Regional Park
- Switzer Falls (Angeles Crest)
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area
Farm
Playground
Library
Beach
Train
Garden
Zoo
Museum
Seasonal
- Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
- Big Bear Snow Play
- Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival
- Enchanted Forest of Light (Descanso Gardens)
- Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch
- L.A. Zoo Lights
- Lake Balboa Cherry Blossoms
- Lightscape (LA Arboretum)
- Long Beach Whale Watching
- Mission Inn Festival of Lights
- Mountain High North Snow Tubing
- Point Vicente Whale Watching and Lighthouse