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Fresno Attractions
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.
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