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A is for Amusement Parks, Aquariums, Art, Automobiles and Aviation!

Amusement Parks (see Amusement Parks page)

Animals (see Animals page)

Aquariums
The Marine Mammal Center - Sausalito
Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey
Seymour Marine Discovery - Santa Cruz
Steinhart - San Francisco
Aquarium of the Bay - San Francisco

Art Studios/Classes (see Art Lessons page)

Art Centers (see Arts page)

Art Festivals
Union Street Art Festival (June) - San Francisco
Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival (June) - Walnut Creek, June 2&3
Live Oak Park Fair (June) - Berkeley
Art in the Park (June) - Burlingame
Marin Art Festival (June) - San Rafael
Danville Fine Arts Fair (June) - Danville
Connoisseurs Marketplace (July) - Menlo Park
Los Altos Art & Wine Festival (July)
San Anselmo Art Festival (July) - San Anselmo
Fremont Festival of the Arts (July) - Fremont
Palo Alto Festival of the Arts (August) - Palo Alto
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival (September) - Mountain View
Pacific Fine Arts Festival - (September) - Walnut Creek

Art Museums (see Arts page)

Athletic Clubs
Bladium - Alameda
California Sports Center - San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
City Beach - Fremont & Santa Clara
Decathlon Club - Santa Clara
Outback Adventures - Larkspur, San Jose
MVP Arena - San Jose
Silver Creek Sportsplex - San Jose
Sports City Indoor Soccer Center - Cotati and Santa Rosa
Triple Play USA Batting Cages - Emeryville

Automobile and Motorcycle Museums
Behring Automotive Museum - Blackhawk

Automobile Racing
GoKart Racer - Burlingame
Laguna Seca - Monterey
Infineon Raceway - Sonoma
Malibu Grand Prix - Redwood City

Aviation Museums
Hiller Aviation Museum - San Carlos
Pacific Coast Air Museum - Santa Rosa

B is for Baseball Games, Batting Cages, Basketball, Beaches, Biking and Hiking Trails, Boat Rentals, Rides & Tours, Bookstores and and Bowling!

Baseball Games
Oakland A's - Oakland
San Francisco Giants - San Francisco
San Jose Giants (minor leaque) - San Jose
San Francisco State University Men's - San Francisco
San Francisco State University Women's Softball - San Francisco
San Jose State Men's - San Jose
San Jose State Women's Softball - San Jose
Stanford Men's - Stanford
Stanford Women's Softball - Stanford
UC Berkeley Men's - Berkeley
UC Berkeley Women's Softball - Berkeley

Baseball Batting Cages
Malibu Grand Prix - Redwood City
Scandia Family Fun Center - Suisin
Triple Play USA - Emeryville

Basketball
Golden State Warriors (NBA)- Oakland
San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am - San Francisco
San Francisco State Men's - San Francisco
San Francisco State Women's - San Francisco
San Jose State Men's - San Jose
San Jose State Women's - San Jose
Stanford Men's - Stanford
Stanford Women's - Stanford
UC Berkeley Men's - Berkeley
UC Berkeley Women's - Berkeley

Beaches
Ano Nuevo Reserve - Pescadero
Bean Hollow State Beach - Pescadero
Gray Whale Cove State Beach - Montaro
Half Moon Bay State Beach - Half Moon Bay
Lighthouse Field State Beach - Santa Cruz
Manresa State Beach - Watsonville
Montara State Beach - Montara
Natural Bridges State Beach - Santa Cruz
New Brighton State Beach - Capitola
Pacifica State Beach - Pacifica
Pescadero State Beach - Pescadero
Pomponio State Beach - Pacifica
Pt. Reyes National Seashore Beaches - Pt. Reyes
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach - Alameda
San Gregorio State Beach - San Gregorio
Seacliff State Beach - Rio Del Mar
Sonoma Coast State Beach - Bodega Bay
Stinson Beach - Marin County
Sunset State Beach - Watsonville
Twin Lakes State Beach - Santa Cruz

Biking and Hiking Trails
Angel Island - San Francisco
Canada Road Bicycle Sunday - San Mateo
Crystal Springs Trail - San Mateo
Contra Costa Canal Trail - Lafayette, Moraga
Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
Iron Horse Regional Trail - Concord to San Ramon
Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail - Lafayette, Moraga
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline - Richmond
Mt. Diablo State Park - Walnut Creek
San Francisco Bay Trail - Bay Area

Birthday Party Places (see Party Places page)

Boat Rentals
Shoreline - Mountain View
Vasona Park - Los Gatos
Lake Merritt - Oakland
Lake Elizabeth - Fremont
Lake Del Valle - Livermore
Lake Chabot - Castro Valley
Lafayette Reservoir - Lafayette
San Pablo Reservoir - San Pablo
Stow Lake Boathouse - San Franscisco
Shadow Cliffs Recreation Area - Pleasanton

Boat Rides
Angel Island Ferry - Tiburon
Blue & Gold Fleet - San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland, Vallejo, Tiburon, Sausalito
Hornblower Yachts - San Francisco, Berkeley
Golden Gate Ferry - San Francisco, Sausalito, Larkspur
Red and White Fleet - San Francisco

Boat Tours
Presidental Yacht Potomac - Oakland
Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Grien - San Francisco
USS Pampanito Pier 45 - San Francisco
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park & Historic Ships - San Francisco
USS Hornet - Alameda

Bookstores
Book-Go-Round - Saratoga
Border's - Emeryville, Fremont, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Pleasant Hill, San Mateo, San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Rosa, San Francisco, Union City
Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books - San Francisco
Green Apple - San Francisco
Hickelbee's - San Jose
Kepler's - Menlo Park
Linden Tree - Los Altos

Bowling
Albany Bowl - Albany
Bel Mateo Bowl - San Mateo
Boulevard Lanes - Petaluma
Cambrian Bowl - San Jose
Castro Village Bowl - Castro Valley
Classic Bowling Center - Daly City
Clayton Valley Bowl - Concord
Cloverleaf Bowl - Fremont
County Club Bowl - San Rafael
Danville Bowl - Danville
Homestead Lanes - Cupertino
Manor Bowl - San Leandro
Misson Lanes - Milpitas
Moonlight Lanes - Santa Clara
Mowry Lanes - Fremont
Oakridge Lanes - San Jose
Palo Alto Bowl - Palo Alto
Pinole Valley Lanes - Pinole
Redwood Lanes - Redwood City
Sea Bowl - Pacifica
Serra Bowl - Daly City
Southshore Lanes - Alameda
Strike
- Cupertino
Yerba Buena - San Francisco

C is for Camping, Carousels, Children's Museums, Children's Theatres, Concerts, Cultural Centers and Events!

Camping
State Parks

Carousels
Happy Hollow - San Jose
Oakland Zoo - Oakland
Oak Meadow Park - Los Gatos
Great America
- Santa Clara
San Francisco Zoo - San Francisco
Yerba Buena - San Francisco
Tilden Park - Berkeley
Children's Playground in Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
Pier 39 - San Francisco

Chess Classes
Know Chess - throughout Bay Area

Children's Museums
Bay Area Discovery Museum - Sausalito
Children's Discovery Museum - San Jose
Habitot Children's Museum - Berkeley
Hall of Health - Berkeley
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo - Palo Alto
Zeum - San Francisco

Children's Theatre
California Theatre Center - Sunnyvale
Children's Musical Theatre - San Jose
Danville Children's Musical Theater - Danville
Milpitas Rainbow Theater - Milpitas
Musical Theater Works - San Francisco
Palo Alto Children's Theatre - Palo Alto
Peninsula Youth Theatre - Mountain View
Stanford Savoyards - Stanford
Villa Montalvo Family Theatre - Saratoga
The Willows - Concord
Young Performers Theater - San Francisco

Circus Arts
AcroSports - San Francisco
Circus Center - San Francisco
Skilly Circus - Alameda

Community Centers
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Concerts
California Pops - Los Gatos
California Youth Symphony - Cupertino, Los Altos, Palo Alto, San Mateo
Community Music Center - San Francisco
Community School of Music and Arts - Mountain View
El Camino Youth Symphony - Palo Alto
Music at Menlo - Menlo Park
Music for Minors - Palo Alto
San Francisco Symphony Music for Families - San Francisco

Cooking Classes
Apron Strings - San Francisco
Cake Works - San Jose
Fresh Starts Cooking Studio - Novato
Kids Culinary Adventures - San Mateo
What's Cooking - Marin, San Francisco, East Bay
Young Chef's Academy - Gilroy, Sunnyvale

Cultural Centers
China Town
- San Francisco
Hakone Garden - Saratoga
Hayward Japanese Garden - Hayward
Japanese Friendship Garden in Kelly Park - San Jose
Japantown - San Francisco
Judah L. Magnes Museum - Berkeley
La Pena - Berkeley
Marin Museum of the American Indian - Marin
Mexican Heritage Plaza - San Jose
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - San Francisco
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology - Berkeley
Russian Center of San Francisco - San Francisco
San Mateo Japanese Garden in Central Park - San Mateo

Cultural Festivals & Events
Belmont Greek Festival (July)- Belmont
Chinese New Year Parade (February) - San Francisco
Chinese Summer Festival (July) - San Jose
Juneteenth Festival (June) - San Jose
Native American Pow-Wow - Gilroy
Nikkei Matsuri Festival (May) - San Jose
Stanford Pow Wow - Stanford

D is Dance and Drive-Ins

Dance Lessons
(visit our Dance Lessons page)

Drive-In Restaurants
Mel's Drive-in Diner - San Francisco

Drive-In Movies
Capitol Drive-in - San Jose
Skyview Drive-in - Santa Cruz
Solano Drive-in - Concord

E
is for Entertainment Centers!

Entertainment Centers (see Entertainment Centers page)

Etiquette
It's a Piece of Cake - San Francisco

F is for Factory Tours, Fairs, Farms, Farmers' Markets, Festivals, Flea Markets, and Football Games!

Factory Tours
Charles Chocolates - Emeryville
Golden Gate Cookie Factory - San Francisco
Fortune Cookie Factory - Oakland
Jelly Belly Factory - Fairfield (on way to Lake Tahoe)
Mrs. Grossman's Stickers - Petaluma

Fairs
Alameda County Fair - Pleasanton
San Mateo County Fair - San Mateo
Santa Clara County Fair - San Jose
Santa Cruz County Fair - Watsonville
Solano County Fair - Vallejo
Sonoma County Fair - Santa Rosa

Farms
Ardenwood Historic Farm - Fremont
Deer Hill Ranch - Lafayette
Deer Hollow Farm - Los Altos
Evergreen Acres Petting Farm - San Jose
Hidden Villa - Los Altos Hills
Lemos Farm - Half Moon Bay
Little Farm, Tilden Park - Berkeley
Phipps Contry Store & Farm - Pescadero
Emma Prusch Farm Park - San Jose
Slide Ranch - Muir Beach
UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden - Santa Cruz

Farmers Markets & Growers
Campbell Farmers' Market - Campbell
Coastways Ranch - Pescadero
Danville Farmers Market - Danville
Evergreen Farmers' Market - San Jose
Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market - San Francisco
Gizdich Ranch - Watsonville
Los Altos Farmers' Market - Los Altos
Old Oakland Farmers' Market - Oakland
Palo Alto Farmers' Market - Palo Alto
Rodoni Farms - Santa Cruz
San Jose Downtown
Santa Clara Farmers' Market - Santa Clara
Smith Family Farm - Brentwood
Sunnyvale Farmers' Market - Sunnyvale
UCSC Farm & Garden - Santa Cruz

Festivals
Berkeley Kite Festival (July)
Gilroy Garlic Festival (July)
Saratoga Strawberry Festival (June)

Flea Markets
San Jose Flea Market - San Jose

Football Games
Oakland Raiders (NFL) - Oakland
San Francisco 49'ers (NFL) - San Francisco
San Jose Sabercats (Arena Football) - San Jose
San Jose State (college) - San Jose
Stanford (college) - Stanford
UC Berkeley (college) - Berkeley

Freebies
Home Depot Kids Workship (1st Sat of month) - all locations
Telescope Viewing at Chabot (Fri & Sat eves)- Oakland
California Academy of Sciences (1st Wednesday) - San Francisco
Free Day at Bay Area Discovery Museum (1st Wednesday) - Sausalito
Museum of California (2nd Sunday) - Oakland
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1st Tuesday) - San Francisco

G is for Gardens and Gymnastics!

Gardens

Allied Arts Guild - Menlo Park
Berkeley Rose Garden - Berkeley
Chinese Cultural Gardens - San Jose
Cornerstone Gardens - Sonoma
Filoli - Woodside
Hakone Garden - Saratoga
Gamble Garden - Palo Alto
Hayward Japanese Garden - Hayward
Japanese Friendship Garden in Kelly Park - San Jose
Municipal Rose Garden - San Jose
Rosicrucian Museum - San Jose
Ruth Bancroft Garden - Walnut Creek
San Mateo Japanese Garden in Central Park - San Mateo
San Jose Heritage Rose Garden - San Jose
Sunset Magazine Garden - Menlo Park
Strybing Aboretum & Botanical Gardens - San Francisco
UC Berkeley Botantical Garden - Berkeley
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum - Santa Cruz

Gyms
Airborne Gymnastics - Santa Clara
American Gymnastics Club - San Francisco
Bay Aerials Gymnastics - Fremont
California Sports Center - San Jose
Edge Gymnastics - Dublin
Goldstar Gymnastics - Mountain View
Gymboree - several locations
Gymnastics Zone - Napa
Little Gym - Several Locations
Marin Elite Gymnastics Academy - San Rafael
My Gym - San Francisco, San Jose, San Ramon, Santa Rosa, Walnut Creek
Paramount Tumbling & Acrogymnastics - Santa Clara
Peninsula Gymnastics - Foster City
Twisters Gymnastics - Mountain View
West Valley Gymnastics School - Los Gatos
Whole Child Fitness - Redwood City

H is for Hiking Trails, Historical Museums, Hockey and Horseback Riding!

Hiking Trails
Alameda Creek Regional Trail - Fremont
Angel Island - San Francisco
Canada Road Bicycle Sunday - San Mateo
Crystal Springs Trail - San Mateo
Contra Costa Canal Bike Trail -Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Concord
Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
Iron Horse Regional Trail - Concord to San Ramon
Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail - Lafayette, Moraga
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline - Richmond
Mt. Diablo State Park - Walnut Creek
San Francisco Bay Trail - Bay Area

Historical Museums & Parks (see Historical Fun)

Historical Festivals & Events
Civil War Battles at Roaring Camp (May)- Felton

Hockey
San Jose Sharks - San Jose

Horseback Riding
Calero Ranch - San Jose
Cevlao Riding Academy - San Jose
Kalana Corral - Brentwood
Miwok Livery Stables - Mill Valley
Monterey Bay Equestrian Center - Monterey
Napa Valley Trail Rides - Napa and Sonoma
North Gait Equestrian Center - Walnut Creek
Park Pacifica Stables - Pacifica
Robinson's Equestrian Services - Castro Valley

I is for Ice Cream parlors and Ice Skating!

Ice Cream Parlors
Baskin Robbins - Bay Area wide
Ben & Jerry's - Berkeley Napa, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara
Cold Stone Ice Cream - Bay Area wide
Dairy Queen - Bay Area wide
Double Rainbow - Bay Area wide
Fenton's Creamery and Restaurant - Oakland
Ghiradelli Chocolate Manufactory and Soda Shop - San Francisco
Haagen-Dazs - Bay Area wide
Joe's Ice Cream - San Francisco
San Francisco Creamery - Walnut Creek
Screamin' Mimi's - Sebastapol

Ice Skating
Belmont Iceland - Belmont
Berkeley Iceland - Berkeley
Dublin Iceland - Dublin
Ice Centre of San Jose - San Jose
Ice Center - Cupertino
Ice Center - San Mateo
Ice Oasis - Redwood City
Logitech Ice - San Jose
Oakland Ice Center - Oakland
Snoopy's Home Ice - Santa Rosa
Vacaville Skating Center - Vacaville
Winter Lodge - Palo Alto
Yerba Buena Ice Skating Center - San Francisco

J is for Jam, Jump, and Jackolantern, but see another letter for Kid Fun!

K is for Kayaking!

Kayaking
Monterey Bay Kayaks - Monterey
Point Reyes Kayak - Point Reyes Station
Sea Trek - Sausalito

L is for Laser Tag, Learning Centers, and Libraries!

Laser Tag
Laser Quest - Mountain View
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - Santa Cruz

Learning Centers
Kumon - Bay Area wide
Huntington Learning Centers - Antioch, Cupertino, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek
Knowledge Quest - Los Gatos, San Jose
Reading Clinic - San Ramon, Saratoga, San Mateo, San Francisco
Score - Bay Area Wide
Sylvan Learning Centers - Bay Area Wide
Upgrade Reading - Redwood City

Libraries (see Libraries page)

M is for Miniature Golf, Movies, and Music!

Merry Go Rounds
(see Carousels under C)

Miniature Golf
Golf Land - San Jose, Sunnyvale, Castro Valley, Milpitas
Golf N Games - Antioch
Malibu Grand Prix - Redwood City
McInnis Park Golf Center - San Rafael
Neptune's Kingdom - Santa Cruz
Scandia Family Fun Center - Suisin

Mothers' Clubs (see Mothers' Clubs page)

Movies
AMC Theaters - Bay Area Wide
Century Theaters - Bay Area Wide

Museums (see Museums page)

Music Performances
California Pops
- Los Gatos
California Youth Symphony - Cupertino, Los Altos, Palo Alto, San Mateo
Community Music Center - San Francisco
Community School of Music and Arts - Mountain View
El Camino Youth Symphony - Palo Alto
Music at Menlo - Menlo Park
San Francisco Symphony Music for Families - San Francisco

Music Classes/Schools (see Music Lessons page)

N is for Natural History and Nature Centers!

Natural History Museums
(Dinosaurs!)
California Academy Natural History Museum - San Francisco
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History - Pacific Grove
Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History - Santa Cruz
UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology - Berkeley

Nature Centers
Ano Nuevo - Pescadero
Bay Model - Sausalito
Coyote Point Museum - San Mateo
Crab Cove Visitor Center - Alameda
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Fremont
Elkhorn Slough National Estuary Research Preserve - Watsonville
Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center - Hayward
Lindsay Wildlife Museum - Walnut Creek
The Marine Mammal Center - Sausalito
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center - Palo Alto
Randall Museum - San Francisco
Rotary Nature Center & Wildlife Bird Santuary - Oakland
Shorebird Nature Center - Berkeley
Sulphur Creek Nature Center - Hayward
Terwilliger Nature Education Center - Corte Madre
Tilden Nature Area and Little Farm - Berkeley
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley -
James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve - Moss Beach

O is for Orange, Ostrich, and Ocean, but see another letter for Kid Fun!

P is for Paint Ball, Parks, Planetariums, Play Centers, and Playgrounds!


Paintball
Antioch Paintball Park - Antioch
Bay Area Paintball - Burlingame
Midway Paintball - Vacaville
Real Action Paintball - Santa Clara
Paintball Jungle - Rio Del Mar

Parents Night Out

For the Love of Art (every Friday) - Petaluma

Parks (see Parks page)

Party Places (see Party Places page)

Planes (see Aviation under A)

Planetariums & Observatories
Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Oakland
Foothill College Observatory - Los Altos Hills
Holt Planetarium at Lawrence Hall of Science - Berkeley
Lick Observatory - San Jose
Fujitsu Planetarium De Anza - Cupertino
Morrison Planetarium - San Francisco
Rosicrucian Planetarium - San Jose

Play Centers
Chuck E Cheese - several
Golf Land - San Jose
The Jungle - Concord, San Jose
Malibu Grand Prix - Redwood City
PB&J's Pary Bounce & Jump - Napa
Play Cafe - Oakland
Pump It Up
- Belmont, Concord, Oakland, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, Sunnyvale, Union City, Vacaville
SadieDey's Cafe - Oakland
Scandia Family Fun Center - Suisin
Scientopia Discovery Center - Napa
Studio Grow - Berkeley, Concord

Playgrounds
Adventure Playground - Berkeley
Playground Fantastico - Napa
Yerba Buena - San Francisco

Qis for Quack, Quake, Question, but see another letter for Kid Fun!

R is for Restaurants, Rock Climbing and Roller Skating!

Restaurants (see Restaurants page)

Rock Climbing - Indoor
Berkeley Iron Works - Berkeley
Bladium - Alameda
City Beach - Fremont, Santa Clara
Class 5 - San Rafael
Diablo Rock Gym - Pleasant Hill
Mission Cliffs - San Francisco
Pacific Edge - Santa Cruz
Planet Granite - Belmont, Santa Clara
Rockzilla - Napa
Treks and Tracks - Los Gatos (Castle Rock Park)
Twisters Gym - Mountain View

Roller Skating
Cal Skate - Milpitas
Golden Skate Roller Rink - San Ramon
Paradise Skate - Antioch
Redwood City Roller Rink - Redwood City
The Rink - Scotts Valley
Santa Cruz Roller Palladium - Santa Cruz

S is for Science, Skateboarding, Skiing, Soccer, and Swimming!

Science
(see Science & Technology page)

Skateboard Parks
Alameda Point Skate Park - Alameda
Antioch Skate Park - Antioch
Berkeley Skate Park - Berkeley
Campbell Skate Park - Campbell
Carson Warner Memorial Skatepark - Healdsburg
Dublin Skate Park - Dublin
Greer Skateboard Park - Palo Alto
Livermore Skate Park - Livermore
Mountain View Skate Park - Mountain View
Milpitas Skate Park - Milpitas
Petaluma Skate Park - Petaluma
Pleasanton Skate Park - Pleasanton
Santa Rosa Skate Park - Santa Rosa
Union City Skate Park - Union City

Skiing (snow)
Alpine Meadows - Lake Tahoe
Badger Pass - Yosemite
Bear Valley - Bear Valley
Boreal - Truckee
Blue Angels Ski & Snowboard Program - Lake Tahoe
Diamond Peak - Lake Tahoe
Dodge Ridge - Pinecrest
Heavenly - Stateline, NV
Kirkwood - Kirkwood
Mammoth - Mammoth Lake
Northstar - Truckee
Royal Gorge - Soda Springs
Sierra at Tahoe - Twin Bridges
Sierra Summit - Lakeshore
Ski Homewood - Homewood
Soda Springs - Truckee
Squaw Valley - Lake Tahoe
Sugar Bowl - Norden
Tahoe Donner - Truckee

Snow Park
Directory of California Snow Parks

Soccer Teams
San Jose Earthquakes Men's Pro - San Jose
San Francisco State Men's - San Francisco
San Francisco State Women's - San Francisco
San Jose State Men's - San Jose
San Jose State Women's - San Jose
Sports City Indoor Soccer Center - Cotati, Santa Rosa
Stanford Men's - Stanford
Stanford Women's - Stanford
UC Berkeley Men's - Berkeley
UC Berkeley Women's - Berkeley

Space (see Planetariums, Science and Aviation above)

Sports (see Spectator Sports and Sports Lessons)

Summer Camps
(see Summer Camps)

Swimming Lakes
Almaden Lake Park - San Jose
Contra Loma Reservior - Antioch
Coyote Point Recreation Area - San Mateo
Cull Canyon Reservoir - Castro Valley
Del Valle Reservior- Livermore
Don Castro Resevoir - Hayward
Gull Park - Foster City
Lake Anza, Tilden Regional Park - Berkeley
Lake Temescal - Oakland
Parkside Aquatic Park - San Mateo
Quarry Lakes - Fremont
Shadow Cliffs Lake - Pleasanton
Shell Beach, Tomales Bay State Park - Inverness

Swimming Lessons
Almaden Valley Athletic Club - San Jose
DACA Aquatics - Cupertino
Foothills Tennis and Swim Club - Palo Alto
LAMV Aquatic Club - Los Altos, Mountain View
Little Dipper Swim School - Pleasant Hill
Santa Clara Swim Club - Santa Clara

Swimming Pools
Antioch Water Park - Antioch
Blackberry Farm - Cupertino
Marinwood Pool - San Rafael
Roberts Pool - Oakland
Rinconada Pool - Palo Alto
Silliman Family Aquatic Center - Newark

T is for Tea Parties, Theaters, Toy Stores, Trails, and Train Rides!

Tea Parties
Gamble Garden - Palo Alto

Theaters
Beach Blanket Babylon - San Francisco
California Theatre Center - Sunnyvale
Cinnabar Theatre - Petaluma
Cirque du Soleil - San Francisco & San Jose
Glitter & Razz Itty Bitty Theatre - San Francisco
It's a Piece of Cake - San Francisco
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - Mountain View
Musical Theatre Works - San Francisco
New Conservatory Theatre Center - San Francisco
Palo Alto Children's Theatre - Palo Alto
San Jose Children's Musical Theatre - San Jose
Free Shakespeare in the Park - Cupertino, Oakland, Pleasanton, San Francisco
Stanford Savoyards - Stanford
Villa Montalvo - Saratoga
Young Performer's Theatre - San Francisco

Toy Stores
Ambassador Toys - San Francisco
Cheeky Monkey - Menlo Park
Hickle Bees - San Jose
Learning Express - Belmont, Sunnyvale, San Jose
Playstore - Palo Alto
Talbot's Toyland - San Mateo
Wooden Horse - Los Gatos

Trails (Hiking & Biking)
Angel Island - San Francisco
Canada Road Bicycle Sunday - San Mateo
Crystal Springs Trail - San Mateo
Contra Costa Canal Bike Trail -Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Concord
Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
Iron Horse Regional Trail - Concord to San Ramon
Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail - Lafayette, Moraga
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline - Richmond
Mt. Diablo State Park - Walnut Creek
San Francisco Bay Trail - Bay Area

Train Rides
Amtrak California
BART
Bianchi Railway at Central Park - San Mateo
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad - Oak Meadow Park
CalTrain - San Francisco to Gilroy
Steam Train at Tilden Park - Berkeley
Little Puffer at San Francisco Zoo - San Francisco
MUNI Cable Cars - San Francisco
Niles Canyon Railway - Sunol
Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad - Felton
Tilden Little Train - Berkeley
Santa Clara County Light Rail - San Jose
San Jose Historic Trolley - San Jose
Train Town - Sonoma

Train Models & Museums
California State Railroad Museum - Sacramento
Golden Gate Model Railroad Club at Randall Museum - San Francisco
Golden State Model Railroad Museum - Point Richmond
Niles Canyon Railway Museum - Sunol
Cable Car Museum - San Francisco
Golden Gate Railroad Museum - San Francisco
Barron Park Garden Railway - Palo Alto
Market Street Railway - San Francisco
San Francisco Cable Cars - San Francisco
South Bay Historical Railroad Society - Santa Clara
Railroad-Ferry Depot - Tiburon
Western Railway Museum - Solano
Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society - Walnut Creek
West Bay Model Train Association - Menlo Park

U is for Universities!

University Campuses
UC Berkeley - Berkeley (Lawrence Hall of Science, Lowie Museum of Anthropology, museum of paleontology, botanical gardens, and campanile)
Stanford University - Cantor Center for the Arts, Hoover Tower, Memorial Church

V
is for Valentine, Vanilla, and Vacation, but see another letter for Kid Fun!!

W is for Water Slides, Weird Stuff and White Water Rafting!

Water Slides
Aqua Adventure - Fremont
Golf Land - San Jose
Rapids Water Slides in Shadow Cliffs Park - Pleasanton
Raging Waters - San Jose
Prewett Family Waterpark - Antioch
Waterworld - Concord

Weird Stuff
Mystery Spot - Santa Cruz
Winchester Mystery House - San Jose
Pez Museum - Burlingame
Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not - San Francisco
Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco

White Water Rafting
River Dancers - Mt. Shasta
Whitewater Connection - Coloma
Whitewater Tours - Grass Valley

X is for Xylophone, but see another letter for Kid Fun!

Y is for fun kid's programs at your local Y.

YMCA
Downtown Oakland YMCA - Oakland
Eden Area YMCA - Hayward
Embarcadero YMCA - San Francisco
Fremont/Newark YMCA - Fremont
Hilltop YMCA - Richmond
Marin YMCA - San Rafael
Mid Peninsula - East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City
Presidio YMCA - San Francisco
Tri-Valley YMCA - Livermore
West Contra Costa YMCA - Richmond

Z is for Zoos with Zebras of course!

Zoos
San Francisco Zoo - San Francisco
Oakland Zoo - Oakland
Happy Hollow - San Jose
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo - Palo Alto