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Things to do in Santa Rosa with kids

Museums, family fun and farms & pumpkin patches — 24 places to go with kids in Santa Rosa, California. 1 free to enter · most admission $10 to $30. 6 have a verified saving right now.
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Museums in Santa Rosa5

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Family fun in Santa Rosa4

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Farms & pumpkin patches in Santa Rosa3

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Indoor climbing in Santa Rosa2

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Parks & beaches in Santa Rosa2

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Tours & cruises in Santa Rosa2

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Trampoline parks in Santa Rosa1

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Shows & live entertainment in Santa Rosa1

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Bowling in Santa Rosa1

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Escape rooms in Santa Rosa1

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Zoos & aquariums in Santa Rosa1

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Ice & roller skating in Santa Rosa1

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What’s on in Santa Rosa

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

Free in Santa Rosa

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

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Places with deals in Santa Rosa

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Santa Rosa's attractions lean toward interactive entertainment and family venues. Poppy Bank Epicenter offers over 100 arcade games alongside the XD Dark Ride, a seven-dimensional interactive theater with full motion seats, synchronized wind, surround sound, 3D graphics and special effects. Pump It Up Santa Rosa Kids Birthdays & More features a venue interior with inflatable attractions including massive bounce houses, giant slides, and obstacle courses for private birthday parties and open play. Session Climbing and Vertex Climbing Center both feature indoor rock walls where visitors scale colorful holds on routes of varying difficulty. For quieter afternoons, the California Indian Museum & Cultural Center features the Ishi Exhibit, which reframes Ishi's legacy through California Indian voices and perspectives rather than stereotypical historical views, while the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center and Children's Museum of Sonoma County offer indoor exploration. Safari West lets visitors board a safari vehicle to travel among herds of giraffes, rhinos, zebras, wildebeest, and cape buffalo across the preserve. Seasonal farm attractions like Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch and Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch draw families to select pumpkins and other harvest items, and Howarth Park spans 138 acres with diverse recreational activities centered on Lake Ralphine.

What this list covers

Santa Rosa has 24 places to go, mostly museums (5), family fun (4), farms & pumpkin patches (3).

15 of them publish an admission price, 22 publish opening hours, 4 have something dated on now, 6 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on November 1, 2026.

How we know these are real

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

“EBT Cardholders (with card; up to 4 people): $4”

Quoted from schulzmuseum.org · checked on

Common questions

How many attractions in Santa Rosa are running a deal?
6 of the 24 attractions in Santa Rosa currently have a verified saving, covering 11 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website. Examples include California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Children's Museum of Sonoma County. Check each venue’s offer wording and eligibility conditions.
What’s on in Santa Rosa right now?
4 attractions in Santa Rosa have something dated running, 9 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 Santa Rosa?
1 attraction in Santa Rosa 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 Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch.
What kinds of attractions are included?
museums (5), family fun (4), farms & pumpkin patches (3), indoor climbing (2), parks & beaches (2), tours & cruises (2), trampoline parks (1), shows & live entertainment (1), bowling (1), escape rooms (1), zoos & aquariums (1), ice & roller skating (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 can we do with a toddler on a rainy afternoon?
Children's Museum of Sonoma County is designed for young visitors. Pump It Up Santa Rosa Kids Birthdays & More has inflatable bounce houses, giant slides, and obstacle courses suitable for toddlers. Kawaii Klaws of Santa Rosa is a claw machine arcade where visitors play games on machines stocked with cute prizes.
Our teenager wants something active and challenging.
Session Climbing and Vertex Climbing Center both feature indoor climbing walls of varying difficulty levels. Poppy Bank Epicenter offers over 100 arcade games alongside the XD Dark Ride, a seven-dimensional interactive theater with full motion seats and special effects. First Empire Escape Rooms operates real-life escape room experiences in Santa Rosa.
Can we do something outside that doesn't require advance planning?
Howarth Park spans 138 acres and draws visitors for its diverse recreational activities centered on Lake Ralphine. Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch is a family-owned working farm where visitors select from over 20 varieties of pumpkins, mini pumpkins, ornamental corn, sunflowers, corn stalks, gourds, organic squash, and hay bales. Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch is a farm attraction where visitors pick their own pumpkins from the fields.