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🚂 Train · Arcadia

2.5 hours · $ · No reservation needed

age fit

0–1 yr

★ 5.0

1–3 yrs

★ 5.0

3–5 yrs

★ 5.0

5–10 yrs

★ 3.0

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About 5 min drive
From Arcadia · Parking: Free Park & Ride lot at Arcadia station (First Ave and Santa Clara St)
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Stroller-friendly
Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
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Lots of shade
Rain-OK · Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat
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Typical visit: 2.5 hours
Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter

For little kids, riding the train is the destination: the A Line runs west from Arcadia station 15 minutes to Old Pasadena, 40-plus minutes into Downtown (Union Station, Grand Park, the Central Library), and on south all the way to the Long Beach aquarium, with no parking hunt the whole way.

💡 Tips

$1.75 one way, free under 5, tap with a TAP card or your phone; weekend trains are not crowded. With a 2-year-old, riding to Memorial Park station in Pasadena and strolling the old town is plenty; big kids can ride all the way Downtown for the skyscrapers and tunnels.

What this place offers

✓light rail

✓free under 5

✓stroller rolls on

✓Pasadena

✓Downtown

✓rainy day

✓all day

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This weekend's weather in Arcadia

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

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Sat 10/17

Sunny · 77–91°F · 1% rain

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Sun 10/18

Sunny · 77–88°F · 0% rain

Location

Arcadia, California

Ride the Metro A Line

🚂 Train · Arcadia

What this place offers

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