Family Friendly Activities

Please note, we are not affiliated with any of the following places. Just trying to list some ideas for family fun in the area.

Things to do in and around Modesto:


Barnes & Noble storytime (Modesto)
- Berry picking - Ott Farms (Modesto) or Jessop Farms (Ripon)
Boomers! (Modesto)
Carnegie Arts Center (Turlock)
Dry Creek - walk/ride bikes/park (Modesto)
Empire Pool/Stanislaus County Regional Water Safety Training Center (Empire)
Funworks (Modesto)
Go Bananas (Lathrop)
Hillier Air Museum (Modesto)
Hilmar Cheese Factory (Hilmar)
Kid Time Fitness (Modesto & Turlock)
Laser Quest (Modesto)
McHenry Museum & Mansion (Modesto)
Modesto Certified Farmers Market (Modesto)
Moss Rose Bakery (Oakdale)
Oakdale Cheese (Oakdale)
- Storytime at various Stanislaus County libraries
- Virginia Trail - walk/ride bikes/park (Modesto)

Day trips outside of Modesto:


- California Railroad Museum (Sacramento)
- Castle Air Museum (Atwater)
- Children's Discovery Museum (San Jose)
- Columbia State Historic Park (Columbia)
- Exploratorium (San Francisco) 
- Fairyland (Oakland)
- Gilroy Gardens (Gilroy)
- Great America (Santa Clara)
- Jelly Belly Factory (Fairfield)
- Junior Museum & Zoo (Palo Alto)
Kiddieland (Merced)
- Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley)
- Lindsay Wildlife Museum (Walnut Creek)
- Micke Grove Zoo (Lodi)
- Moaning Cavern (Vallecito)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
- Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Factory Tour (Petaluma)
- Raging Waters (Sacramento)
- Railtown 1897 (Jamestown)
- Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz)
- Stockton Children's Museum (Stockton)
- Super Franks (Pleasanton)
- Yosemite


Looking for more things to do? Check out these websites:

- Find & Go Seek
- Mydesto