Cheer for the A’s. Baseball is back in Oakland. Take your family to an A’s game.
Oakland Coliseum | Oakland Athletics
Gather sea glass at Point Molate. You can make wind chimes with your haul.
Point Molate Park Beach
Go fishing. Bring your gear to some of the best spots for fishing in the East Bay.
Fishing in the East Bay
Find a treasure at TEPCO Beach in Richmond.
TEPCO Beach
Play mini-golf at Stagecoach Greens, Golfland, or Scandia.
Mini Golf | Stagecoach Greens, Golfland, or Scandia
Bike around town. Find your nearest entry point to the Ohlone Trail or the Bay Trail and just ride.
Bike in the East Bay
Meet your buds at opposite ends of the park to play spy games with two-way radios.
Walkie Talkie Play Data
Wander along the shore at Robert Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda.
Robert Crown Memorial State Beach | Alameda
Explore Rock City with its caves and cool hollowed-out rock formations at Mt Diablo State Park.
Mt Diablo State Park
Take a safari. Safari West has reopened in Santa Rosa.
Safari West | Santa Rosa
Do an experiment. Check out Summer Fundays at the recently reopened Lawrence Hall of Science.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Visit the Zoo. SF Zoo is open by appointment starting on 7/15. Oakland Zoo is open with restrictions on 7/29.
San Francisco Zoo & Oakland Zoo
Garden stroll. Chase butterflies, enjoy the flowers, wander the paths at The Gardens at Lake Merritt.
The Gardens | Lake Merritt
Run around Cal Campus and find out why it is so special.
Cal Campus | UC Berkeley
Hike off the beaten path by getting an EBRPD permit for a special trail or two.
Hike | East Bay Trails
Fly a kite. We like the marina paths at Cesar Chavez Park and a few other spots with high wind and room to run.
Kite Flying | Marina Paths
Walk, bike, or scoot around the San Leandro Marina Park or Alameda Waterfront. 21 more places to scooter.
Scooter & Walking Paths | East Bay
Take a beach day. Did you already know there are more than a dozen Bay Area beaches you can enjoy today?
Bay Area Beaches
Neighborhood Fun
The East Bay is full of treasures for scouting. Whether you find gorgeous street art or teeny-tiny gnomes, making a scavenger hunt part of your walk is more than half the fun.
Explore the quirky side of town. Quirky Berkeley will help you find dozens of oddities throughout Berkeley from a giant orange to a birdhouse pyramid.
Explore Quirky Berkeley
Decorate your whole block with sidewalk chalk. Chalk out jokes, hopscotch, city skylines, or inspirational quotes.
Draw with Sidewalk Chalk
Go on a shape walk. Look for circles, shapes, or triangles and take pictures. Make a photo collage or book to enjoy later.
Shape Scavenger Hunt
Paint rocks with cheerful pictures or messages and hide them around your neighborhood.
Painted Rocks Treasure Hunt
Look down and find the gnomes. Gnomes are all over certain parts of Oakland, and there are always more to find!
Gnomes Scavenger Hunt | Oakland
Delight in the fairy homes. Little Point Richmond has small fairy homes tucked into unexpected places. Find them all, then be inspired to make one for your own home.
Fairy Houses | Point Richmond
Find the tiny doors from A to Z. Alameda has gotten in on the act of magical fairy doors and created a lovely alphabet path as well as many more throughout the island.
Fairy Doors | Alameda
Pose in front of some street art. Here are 7 murals of various sizes, colors, and subjects brightening up the East Bay. There are many, many more!
