- The list below includes 77 free or cheap things to do in or near Hollister, California, including 84 different types of inexpensive activities like Parks, Paintball, Movie Theaters and Playgrounds.
- From Cerra Vista School Park to Hollister Airport Bark Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Hollister and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Salinas, Watsonville, Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
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Instructors help students steer and deploy parachutes in free falls from 8,000 feet over San Francisco and Monterey Bay
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Visitors can enjoy picking their own apples, strawberries, olallieberries and boysenberries at Gizdich Ranch. The ranch also features picnicking areas and offers tours of the apple orchard and berry farms.
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The Farm
Hwy 68 off the Spreckels Road Exit, P.O. Box 247, Salinas, CA 93902
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The Farm, located in Salinas, is a working farm that also operates as an agricultural center, educational demonstration farm and produce stand. The farm allows adults and kids to pick their own produce, visit with the animals and tour the grounds.
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Popular first-run movies are shown across 14 individual screens at Maya Cinemas, which validates parking for movie-goers at the adjoining parking structure since there is no on-site parking. When available, movies are shown in 3-D or Dolby Atmos.
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One Main Street, Salinas, CA 93901
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The National Steinbeck Center celebrates the life and works of author John Steinbeck. Visitors will discover artifacts from his life and pieces of his history that shaped the stories he told including, The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.
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132 Central Ave., Salinas, CA 93901
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Fan's of John Steinbeck will enjoy a visit to The Steinbeck House and Best Cellar Gift shop. The house was the childhood home of the famed author and now operates a restaurant and museum, while the gift shop offers a wide array of specialty gifts and Steinbeck's books.
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Chitactac-Adams County Park is a 4.3 acre park featuring several cultural artifacts, including bedrock mortars and petroglyphs left by the Ohlone Indians. Attractions include a self-guided interpretive walk and an interpretive shelter, as well as the scenic Uvas Creek.
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Jim Cox Adventures is a full service archery range and wild game hunting training facility. Bow hunting for beginners is featured, along with a gun range and a bow shop is available on site.
18.8 Miles
Coyote Lake Park is 4,595-acre recreation area featuring a 635-acre lake for fishing and boating. There are 73 tent and RV campsites and more than 35 miles of wooded trails for hikers, horseback riders and off-road bicyclists.
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A 30-lane bowling center, Valley Center Bowl offers open and league bowling with overhead monitors featuring 3D graphics. The center provides a grill with food and drinks, television screens, party hosting and a bar with adult beverages.