List of Things to do on a West Coast Road Trip {with kids!}

While Planning our West Coast Road Trip I assembled the following list of things to do in each place we're visiting...

California
San Diego, California

Beach Obviously.

Seaport Village

Children's Museum

Gas lamp District

Torrey Pines State Park

Tidepooling at Point Loma Beaches

We don't do theme parks or zoos.  I'm not into fake attractions or caged animals instead we opt for natural adventures likes hikes and if we do go shopping on vacation I try to make sure there is either historic relevance or local handmade items.

San Francisco 

Row of Painted Lady Houses

Alemany Farmers' Market

Pier 15 exploratorium

Pier 39

Golden Gate State Playground

Children's Creativity Carousal 

Riding a Cable Car

Huntington Park

Sausalito

Exploring the coastal town

Muir Woods 

Camping in the Redwoods

Oregon 
Umpqua Hot Springs, Oregon

Portland, Oregon
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Portland Japanese Garden

Dinner at Old Town Pizza and Brewing a kid friendly brewery with a haunted past.

voodoo donuts. duh

Portland Parent's have a cool resource of activities for kids here.

Washington
Seattle, Washington

Sculpture Park

Pacific Science Center

Montana
Glacier National Park, Montana

Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana

Wyoming
Yellowstone National Forest, Wyoming

Colorado
Longmont and Nederlands Colorado

Denver, Colorado

New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Arizona
Grand Canyon

Home

I'm still adding to this list and will update it with images after we do all the things, but for now I wanted to share what I had planned, if you have any suggestions leave them in the comments!