- Our list of the best things to do in Santa Cruz, California, features the top 261 nearby activities — including 100 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Santa Cruz, CA has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Food & Drink, Entertainment & Shows, and Amusement.
- The results below include the top 40 things to do within the city of Santa Cruz, CA , followed by 221 popular activities in nearby cities, including Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Watsonville, Capitola, Morgan Hill, Aptos, Gilroy, Campbell, Pacific Grove, San Jose, Marina, Los Altos, Big Sur, Half Moon Bay and Marina del Rey
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48.7 Miles
Frontierland Park is a community park that contains barbecue areas, horseshoe pits, a playground, and picnic tables. The park has a large picnic area that can be reserved for corporate outings, birthday parties, or church events.
48.8 Miles
82%
11 votes
2058 D Street, Hayward, CA 94541
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San Felipe Park - Hayward Area Recreation District offers a wide array of recreational amenities. These include basketball, playgrounds, a community center, open lawn areas, barbecues, picnic areas with tables along with restrooms.
48.8 Miles
Offering panoramic views of the Bay Area, Junipero Serra Park features a large playground, picnic areas and hiking trails. The 108-acre park is home to several species of native trees and wildflowers as well as an abundance of wildlife.
48.9 Miles
The oldest Japanese gardens in California, the Hayward Japanese Gardens are designed to be a space of tranquility and peace. Spanning over three acres, the gardens are designed in traditional Japanese style, and include a koi pond.
48.9 Miles
Bringing live performances to the Bay Area since the 1960s, the Douglas Morrison Theatre produces plays, musicals and concerts. Located on the grounds of the Hayward Japanese Gardens, the theatre offers camps and classes in acting, voice and scene study.
48.9 Miles
Golden Gate Stables is an equestrian center that provides a number of services and amenities for horses and their owners to enjoy. Horse boarding, riding lessons, and summer riding camps are among the services provided.
49.0 Miles
67%
9 votes
5801 Valley Blvd, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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A community-owned park and tennis complex, Pleasanton Tennis & Community Park offers an open tennis court, playground equipment and sand box, volleyball courts, barbecue facilities, and picnic areas, as well as restrooms.
49.0 Miles
38%
8 votes
4455 Black Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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The Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center features a 50m Olympic size pool, a shallow pool with waterslide, a lap pool with diving well, picnic and lounge area, locker room and showers. Numerous programs are available for swim teams and lessons.
49.0 Miles
Pleasanton's Amador Valley Park is a family friendly community park. Featuring an outdoor movies-in-the-park series through the summer the park also offers a playground, a basketball court, shady trees and picnic areas.
49.0 Miles
Open June-September is the family-friendly San Bruno Park Pool. The community pool is located at the San Bruno City Park and is heated. The center also offers a toddler pool for those visiting with younger children.