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City Park (Front St.) – The City Park,
located on Front St., right along the water, is popular with local kids
and families. At the entrance to the park is an adorable redwood bear carving,
and also a huge hollow redwood section, 1600 years old, for kids to play
in. A bike path goes along the water's edge, plenty of grassy areas and
picnic tables. And you'll get the best views of the Crescent City harbor
and all the fishing boats. |
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Fred Endert Municipal Swimming Pool is an indoor swimming pool with
water slide, open to the public, recreation swim for all, every afternoon
in the summer. |
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West
of the swimming pool is a shallow beach area, a great place for kids
to wade and watch the shore birds. |
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The "Kidtown" play area is exceptional – silvery
natural wood climbing structures and castles, swings and sandbox. |
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Make
a quick stop by the Northcoast Marine Mammal Center. The Northcoast
Marine Mammal Center rescues sick or hurt sea lions, seals or dolphins.
You can see the recuperating animals in outdoor enclosures and watch them
being fed. When we were there, one or two of the little sea lions had their
own green plastic wading pool to play in. |
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Battery Point Lighthouse – The lighthouse,
built in 1856, is situated on a chunk of rock that even today is inaccessible
at high tide. At low tide, you can walk across the rocks and sand to the
lighthouse. April – Sept., 10:00am – 4:00pm (tides
permitting), take a tour. Climb up the light tower, see the inside of the
lighthouse, and hear about the history of the Battery Point Lighthouse. |
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Pebble Beach tide pools – Along Pebble
Beach Drive scads of tide pools are visible at low tide. There are stairs
from the sidewalk down to the beach – spend some time poking
through the clear pools looking for sea anemones, sea stars and hermit crabs. |
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Ocean World – If the weather is rainy or
foggy, stop into Ocean World – aquarium tanks with octopus,
stingrays, sharks, touch pools with sea stars and sea anemones, plus a sea
lion show. It is a guided tour, lasts about an hour. |
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Fly kites at Crescent Beach – On the stretch of flat sandy beach south of the harbor, Crescent Beach,
there's usually a stiff breeze blowing in the afternoon. This is the perfect
place for kids to fly kites. You can buy kites at the Wal Mart in town,
or Gepetto's toy store in Eureka. |
