- Our list of the best things to do in Vista, California, features the top 316 nearby activities — including 136 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Vista, CA has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Entertainment & Shows, Sports & Fitness, and Food & Drink.
- The results below include the top 21 things to do within the city of Vista, CA , followed by 295 popular activities in nearby cities, including Escondido, La Jolla, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Temecula, Poway, Fallbrook, Encinitas, San Marcos, Del Mar, Ramona, Murrieta, San Clemente, San Diego and Coronado
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22760 Olympiad Road, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
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Florence Joyner Olympiad Park features nearly 20 acres, picnic areas, and walking trails, as well as playgrounds and sports fields. The park also features gardens that attract birds and insects when in bloom.
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The Cox Sports Park is large park featuring several lighted baseball, softball, and soccer fields. The park also offers a playground and picnic area, as well as a snack bar.
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One of the biggest city parks in the area is the Aliso Viejo Community Park, which features multiple baseball diamonds, a fenced-in toddler play area, and a shaded playground structure. Other facilities of the park include a dedicated parking lot, picnic tables, and public restrooms.
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1801 Searl Parkway, Hemet, CA 92543
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Featuring a two story water slide, Diamond Valley Lake Aquatic Center offers visitors a water playground, complete with slides, a climbing structure, and fountains. The center a shallow pool for children and a deeper pool for adults.
37.7 Miles
Part of Diamond Valley Lake Community Park, the Diamond Valley Sports Complex features multiple lighted ball fields as well as basketball and tennis courts. The complex also offers three separate soccer fields and adjacent picnic areas.
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Located within the Rice Canyon Open Preserve, the Rice Canyon Trail is a 4 mile trail of mixed dirt surfaces. The mostly-level trail cuts through scattered ground cover and serves as an excellent fitness trail or beginning hiking excursion.
37.8 Miles
The Western Science Center showcases an array of Ice Age fossils and Native American artifacts that were unearthed at Diamond Valley Lake. One of their most popular exhibits is 'Max', the largest mastodon found in the Western United States, as well as 'Xena', a Columbian mammoth.
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Located in a 9,000-square-foot barn formerly used for produce sales by the Motte family, Motte Historical Museum houses a 20 car exhibit featuring vehicles from 1910 to 1969. The museum includes photographs and antiques and hosts private events.
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Featuring a prehistoric themed playground, Fossil Reef Park is littered with dinosaur fossil climbing structures for kids to play on. The playground has a three story slide that extends from a climbing structure.
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Once a historic fossil site, Costeau Park is a community park with open fields and sports courts for recreational activities. The park also has a playground, walking paths, and scattered picnic tables with grills for barbecuing.