- The list below includes 491 free or cheap things to do in or near Mountain View, California, including 125 different types of inexpensive activities like Parks, Dog Park, Hiking Trails and Laser Tag.
- From Shoreline Park to Stevens Creek Trail, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Mountain View and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Half Moon Bay, San Jose, Palo Alto and Los Altos.
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West Cliff Drive at Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, CA
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The water is warm at the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. Surfers and beach babies enjoy the many exhibits dedicated to board design, safety practices and the physics behind successful surfing.
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Located in historic Jack London Square in Oakland, Jack London Cinemas, is a nine theater movieplex showing the best movies Hollywood has to offer. Featuring a lobby arcade and special movie deals throughout the week, plan your visit today.
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Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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In 1986, the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum opened inside the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse. It is one of the oldest museums in the world dedicated to surfing, and visitors can see how surfboards progressed from huge paddleboards to modern surfboards, along with surf club patches, surf movie posters, and wetsuits,
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Featuring 9 fields, American Paintball Park offers visitors a 6.6 acre facility for competitive paintball games. The park also has laser tag, with detachable head sensors and XM7 Skinny’s included with admission.
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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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Offering great views of the ocean, as well as play areas for kids, Northridge City Park is a great place to take the whole family for some fresh air and fun in the sun.
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St. George Spirits offers guests the opportunity to tour a craft distillery which produces single malt whiskeys, bourbon, and absinthe. The site also offers tastings of its products for guests to enjoy.
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Big Oak Ranch is a horse care facility located on 57 acres in the foothills of Morgan Hill. On-site services include horse training, several trails, and lessons, either on your own horse of theirs.
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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.