Chaffee Zoo

894 West Belmont Avenue

Fresno, California 93728

559-498-2671

Hours:  Open daily 9 am to 4 pm

Admission Charged

A Word from the Director:  "Each of us was born into a world of incredible diversity of animal and plant life. Throughout our lives most of us marvel at the diversity and uniqueness of life. We visit zoos and watch nature programs on television and are astounded by the strangeness of the creatures we see.  I believe that future generations will judge us not by what we have created for them, but by what we have saved for them.”

Downing Planetarium

5320 N. Maple Ave. M/S DP132 California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA 93740

559-278-4121

Hours: Call for performance schedule

Admission Charged

The Downing Planetarium has a 74-seat star theater with a 30-foot dome. The planetarium shows are run with a Minolta MS-8 star projector, two video projectors, and 29 slide projectors; all controlled by a computer program.

Fresno Metropolitan Museum

1515 Van Ness Avenue Fresno, CA 93721

559-441-1444

Hours: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm, Dollar Nights - Thursday 5pm – 8pm

The Fresno Metropolitan Museum features art, history and science. This is a perfect place to take children or explore on your own.

Madera Wine Trail

800-733-8068

Hours: Call for additional information

Admission Free

It's the Valley's best kept secret - working wineries just a few minutes drive from downtown Madera and just across the river from Fresno.

Meux Home Museum

1007 R Street

Fresno, CA 93710

559-233-8007

Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon – 3:30pm

The Meux Home Museum recaptures the flavor of Victorian Fresno by presenting a middle-class residence -- furnished in the period, as a representative house museum. A costumed docent leads a one hour tour of this restored urban dwelling of the 1890's. By modern standards elaborate, the Meux Home was nonetheless a middle-class residence, built for $12,000 from a carpenter's catalog.

Blackbeard's Family Fun Center 4055 N. Chestnut

Fresno, CA. 93726 559-292-9000

Boomers 7354 N. Abby St.

Fresno, CA. 93720 559-432-9684

Forestiere Underground Gardens

5021 W. Shaw Avenue Fresno, CA 93722 559=271-0734

Hours: Call for additional information

Admission Charged

A subterranean network of over a hundred niches, courtyards, patios, rooms and passageways. Interesting to say the least.

Fresno Island Water Park

1401 N. Wishon Avenue Fresno, CA 93728

559-277-6800

Hours: Vary, call for exact schedule

Admission Charged  

Family fun year-round with over 20 water slides and rides, a huge arcade, amusement park, miniature golf.

Rotory Storyland and Playland 890 W. Belmont Ave.

Fresno, CA. 93728 559-486-2124

Nearby Attractions:

Wild Water Adventures

11413 E. Shaw Ave.

Clovis, California

Located approximately 9 miles from Fresno

800-564-9453

Hours: Open seasonally May – September, call for additional information

Admission Charged

A 52-acre water amusement park with fun for the whole family.

Sierra Summit Ski Resort

59265 Highway 168 Lakeshore, CA 93634

Located 45 miles from Fresno

559-233-3330

Hours: Open seasonally, call for additional information

Admission Charged

Sierra Summit has 200 acres of skiable terrain with runs up to 2 ¼ miles long. Rental and Sports Shop are on the premises.

Nearby National Parks

Yosemite National Park

Renowned for its magnificent valley, great granite domes and peaks, waterfalls, giant sequoia, and spectacular high country, Yosemite is only 1 1/2 hours from Fresno.

Kings Canyon National Park

866-KCANYON

Kings Canyon National Park is located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The parks are about a five-hour drive from each city. The park is approximately a one-hour drive from the city of Fresno.  The park offers visitors fishing, boating, hiking and some 4-wheel driving. Pine Flat Reservoir is located approximately 20 miles from Fresno off Highway 180.