Top 20 Places to Take Kids in and around the Inland Empire

The Inland Empire's most popular places to take kids in 2026

Each summer, thousands of local parents, grandparents, and caregivers weigh in on their favorite local places to take kids. This page is where we showcase the 2025 winners for the Inland Empire.

Of course, there are literally hundreds of wonderful places to take your kids in our area, not just this year's winners! Get great ideas here: Browse our lists, check out the calendar, be sure to look at the Everything That's Free page, and sign up for our fabulous FREE weekly e-newsletter sending everything to your in-box every Thursday morning! Click here for a full list of the nominees.

2026 Top 20 Places to Take Kids

Inland Empire

 

Top 20 Ranking

Category Winners

1. The Cove Waterpark 2. Riley's Farm 3. Castle Park 4. Heaps Peak Arboretum 5. "My local library" 6. Hidden Valley Nature Center 7. Skypark at Santa's Village 8. Southern California Railway Museum 9. Bowlero 10. California Theatre Of The Performing Arts 11. DeJong's Dairy Farm 12. Drake Family Farms Goat Dairy 13. DropZone Waterpark 14. Greenspot Farms 15. High 5 Indoor Playground 16. Hunt Park 17. Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center 18. Just Play 19. Lake Elsinore Storm 20. Sky Zone Trampoline Park - Riverside

Arts Educator: Drawn2Art - Chino Hills, CA Sports Educator: Flowstone Climbing STEM Educator: Tech Steam Center - Riverside Farm Attraction: Greenspot Farms Indoor Play Center: Fiesta Village Family Fun Park Museum: Western Science Center Nature Center: The Living Desert Outdoor Fun: Castle Park Riverside, CA Performing Arts: LifeHouse theater

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