#1 · last 30 daysMother Lode Fairgrounds
Sonora
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Visits and click-throughs on daysout.com over the last 30 days, 17 September – 16 October 2026
Indoor things to do in Sonora →

Sonora
Mon–Sun: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm

Sonora
Daily 9am to 3pm

Sonora
Mon: Closed; Tue–Thu: 2:00 – 10:00 PM; Fri–Sat: 2:00 – 11:00 PM; Sun: 12:00 – 8:00 PM
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Sonora
Tuesday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Wednesday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Thursday – Saturday 10:00 am – 3:30 pm, Sunday & Monday Closed

Sonora
Closed winter/spring 2026
Within 25 miles of Sonora. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.
Sat & Sun4 miHarvest Haunt – Critters & CreaturesJames Town, Ca, Gold Rush CountryJamestown, CAOct 17 – 18See details
Sat & Sun5 miPumpkin Patch and Hay MazeCover's Apple RanchTuolumne, CAOct 6 – 31See details
From Oct 244 miHarvest Haunt – Princesses & PiratesJames Town, Ca, Gold Rush CountryJamestown, CAOct 24 – 25See detailsSee each venue's offer wording and ticket conditions before choosing.
Sonora's attractions lean toward interactive experiences and games. The Game Room combines arcade games, tabletop games, billiards, and cornhole in a single venue—ideal for an afternoon with older kids. The Mother Lode Fairgrounds hosts the annual Mother Lode Fair, a four-day event featuring livestock exhibits, community displays, and live entertainment on the Sierra Stage including The Birdman live bird show and The Junebugs performances, with Thursday Kids and Seniors Free. For younger children, Llamas of Circle Home offers personalized tours where visitors interact directly with the animals. The Motherlode Escape Rooms provides immersive, story-driven escape room challenges where visitors solve puzzles and work together to complete objectives within a time limit. History-focused families might explore the Tuolumne County Museum, which preserves and interprets the history of one of California's original counties, established in 1850, or the Sonora Fire Museum & Senior Lounge, dedicated to firefighting history and equipment. Mind in Motion LLC operates a Sensory Gym offering an educational experience structured around the LEAP framework: Learn, Engage, Achieve, and Perform.
Sonora has 8 places to go, mostly museums (5).
3 of them publish an admission price, 7 publish opening hours, 1 is running a verified saving.
Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on October 16, 2026.
Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:
“Thursday – Children age 12 and under and Seniors age 62 and over get FREE FAIR ADMISSION”