- Our list of the best things to do in Santa Monica, California, features the top 947 nearby activities — including 328 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
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31300 Palos Verdes Dr S, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
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The 10.5-acre Pelican Cove Park is a recreational park that features a paved parking lot, restrooms, and a trail that leads to the shoreline. The park grounds are open from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset.
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Spanning a total of nearly five acres, Sunnyslopes Park is a public community park offering a number of recreational amenities for guests to enjoy. These amenities include a softball fields, numerous picnic areas, tennis courts, and a playground.
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A small and inviting community park, Ralph C Dills Park offers many amenities for its size. The park features a children's playground, winding walking and biking paths, an outdoor gym and expansive grass fields for picnics and sports play.
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30940 Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
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Offering an ocean view, Rancho Caninos Dog Park is half-acre canine recreation facility with separate large and small dog areas. The park provides a cedar chip surface, drinking water, restroom facilities, benches and shaded areas.
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At Arroyo Seco Racquet Club, visitors can play at any of the raquetball, tennis, squash, and walleyball courts or visit the pro-shop. The club is open to non-members on a walk-in basis.
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The San Pasqual Park is a nature park that is open from dawn until dusk every day of the week. The park features a baseball diamond, multiple basketball courts, and a children's play area.
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Aquarium enthusiasts from all over the country go to Blue Zoo Aquatics to furnish the homes of their fish. The store offers items such as cultured coral, colored mushrooms, sea slugs, and a variety of polyps.
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1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754
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Vincent Price Art Museum serves as a unique educational resource for the diverse audiences of the college and the community through the exhibition, interpretation, collection and preservation of works in all media of the visual arts.
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Situated next to an elementary school, Highlands Park offers visitors fields and walking paths for recreational activities. The park has a new playground and a covered picnic area with multiple tables.
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Specializing in horse training, Equestrian Visions Xtreme teaches the foundational skills for visitors to be successful at horseback riding. If visitors don't have their own horse, the company will lease a horse for lessons.