- The list below includes 199 free or cheap things to do in or near Marina, California, including 85 different types of inexpensive activities like Parks, Beaches, Dog Park and Horseback Riding.
- From Marina State Beach to Marina Dog Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Marina and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz and Pacific Grove.
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Visitors can enjoy a wide stretch of beach with fire pits at Rio Del Mar Beach. The beach is close to a variety of shopping venues and restaurants and leashed dogs are allowed.
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Hidden Beach is a small 1.5 acre beach-side neighborhood park. The park maintains a play structure for children, as well as picnic tables, a large open field, and public restrooms.
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A scenic seaside park overlooking Monterey Bay, SeaCliff Mini Park offers wildlife viewing, birding, and beach activities. Visitors can also see the SS Palo Alto tanker, or fish or crab from the pier.
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The Polo Grounds, 2255 Huntington Avenue, Aptos, CA 95003
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Polo Grounds Park is a 62 acre community park that is family-friendly and primarily used for sport. The park features multiple soccer fields, baseball diamonds and open grass fields for various sports and picnicking.
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Aptos Dog Park
The Polo Grounds, 2255 Huntington Avenue, Aptos, CA 95003
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A one-acre canine recreation facility, Aptos Dog Park is located within Polo Grounds Park. The park provides a bark surface with drinking water, benches and chairs along with a shaded area and a separate field for small dogs.
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La Selva Beach is a community-managed beach area open to the public every day, weather and conditions permitting. The geographic location of the beach causes smaller waves making this lifeguard-staffed beach more popular with swimmers and sunbathers than surfers.
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Offering a variety of movies in a small, intimate setting, Aptos Cinemas features current popular movies as well as art house, foreign, and independent films. The theater sells some unusual concessions, as well, including cupcakes.
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Situated on 10.3 acres of land, Aptos Village Park is a site of family picnics, weddings, and weekend music festivals. The park features picnic tables, a gazebo, and a lawn area that is open to the public.
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The Seacliff State Beach is known for the being the resting place for the concrete skeleton of the Palo Alto, a ship built in 1917. Guests can visit the beach and fish off the pier.
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Focused on preserving the history of the small area of Aptos and its surrounding hills and beaches is the Aptos History Museum. The museum features a curated collection of historical photographs, artifacts and documentation of the areas past.