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Things to do in Riverside with kids

Museums, family fun and parks & beaches — 26 places to go with kids in Riverside, California. 1 free to enter · most admission $6 to $25. 9 have a verified saving right now.
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Museums in Riverside7

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Family fun in Riverside4

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Parks & beaches in Riverside3

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Bowling in Riverside2

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Indoor climbing in Riverside2

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Theme parks in Riverside1

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Escape rooms in Riverside1

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Adventure in Riverside1

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Historic sites in Riverside1

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Farms & pumpkin patches in Riverside1

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Shows & live entertainment in Riverside1

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Trampoline parks in Riverside1

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What’s on in Riverside

Within 25 miles of Riverside. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.

Free in Riverside

One attraction in Riverside gets you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.

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Places with deals in Riverside

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Riverside's attractions lean heavily toward entertainment venues and family play spaces. Arlington Lanes offers 40 bowling lanes across a 42,000-square-foot facility where visitors bowl, play pool, use the arcade, and watch games on 11 large flat-screen TVs and 10 big-screen projectors. Candeeland Riverside features soft play structures and a carnival arcade where children explore themed play areas designed by age. Lucky Strike Riverside is a bowling center where visitors bowl on lanes alongside arcade games, billiards, and other entertainment. Beyond these, the city has museums including the Witte Museum, which houses the Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery with Cretaceous Period animals from more than 110 million years ago and the McLean Family Gallery displaying over 150 animals across diverse environments. For outdoor exploration, UC Riverside Botanic Gardens covers 40 acres in the foothills of the Box Springs Mountains, where visitors wander more than four miles of scenic trails through themed and geographical plant collections. Escape rooms, air museums, amusement parks, and waterparks round out the mix, making Riverside suited to rainy afternoons, brief outings with young children, and full days with older kids.

What this list covers

Riverside has 26 places to go, mostly museums (7), family fun (4), parks & beaches (3).

18 of them publish an admission price, 23 publish opening hours, 5 have something dated on now, 9 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on October 17, 2026.

How we know these are real

Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:

“Discounted admission of $1 is available to those who present an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card and accompanying identification as part of the Museums for All program.”

Quoted from riversideartmuseum.org · checked on

Common questions

How many attractions in Riverside are running a deal?
9 of the 26 attractions in Riverside currently have a verified saving, covering 30 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website. Examples include Arlington Lanes, Candeeland Riverside, Castle Park Riverside. Check each venue’s offer wording and eligibility conditions.
What’s on in Riverside right now?
5 attractions in Riverside have something dated running, 7 listings between them. Each carries its own dates and the venue’s own sentence, and nothing is listed once its dates have passed.
Is there anything free to do in Riverside?
1 attraction in Riverside says on its own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction. Examples include Reichland Asylum Haunted Attraction.
What kinds of attractions are included?
museums (7), family fun (4), parks & beaches (3), bowling (2), indoor climbing (2), theme parks (1), escape rooms (1), adventure (1), historic sites (1), farms & pumpkin patches (1), shows & live entertainment (1), trampoline parks (1), water parks (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No. Every deal here carries the date it was last checked on the attraction’s own website and a link straight to the page it came from, so you can confirm it before you travel. Prices and offers change without notice.
What's best for a rainy weekend afternoon?
Arlington Lanes and Lucky Strike Riverside both offer bowling, arcade games, and billiards indoors. John's Incredible Pizza - Riverside has an arcade and ride area alongside an all-you-can-eat buffet. GLO Mini Golf combines indoor glow-in-the-dark mini golf, arcade games, virtual reality, and an ice cream bar under one roof. Enter Escape Room features immersive rooms where teams solve high-tech puzzles across 60-minute private adventures.
What can we do with a toddler for an hour or two?
Candeeland Riverside is designed for this, with soft play structures and a carnival arcade featuring themed play areas organized by age. The Riverside Art Museum occupies a 1929 building designed by architect Julia Morgan in downtown Riverside, where visitors view rotating exhibitions of traditional and contemporary art, and children under 12 receive free admission.
What would keep teenagers occupied for a full day?
Castle Park Riverside is an amusement park featuring the Dragon Flyer, a flat ride where visitors soar on a dragon through the skies. March Field Air Museum showcases 115 aircraft spanning from World War I to the present across its 30-acre campus. Hangar 18 Indoor Climbing Gym in Riverside spans over 13,000 square feet of climbing terrain across multiple disciplines.