Cheap Things To Do in Redwood City, California

This is a park locals love for its varied play spaces, perimeter safety fence, and cleanliness. Dogs are allowed on leashes.

This is a park locals love for its varied play spaces, perimeter safety fence, and cleanliness. Dogs are allowed on leashes. More on uptake_content

Just ten miles south of San Francisco, chaparral-cloaked Montara Mountain rises up from the ocean at Pacifica, offering quick and easy access for hikes with incredible views, interesting vegetation... More on Trails

Gorgeous views of the ocean and green rolling hills. Easy footwork along wi More on Trails

Cordilleras Creek originates in the canyons of this open space preserve, and a broad, high meadow sits between two wooded canyons. During the spring this is one of the premier wildflower sites on the peninsula. The 293 acres in the ... More on Trails

Surprisingly varied for such a small area, the terrain here includes wetland, grassland, oak woodland, and chaparral plant communities; and this route, using the Edgewood, Franciscan, Sylvan, and Serpentine Loop trails, and the Ridgeview ... More on Trails

Housed in a restored 1910 Courthouse, the San Mateo County History Museum explores the historical events of our county in context with the larger picture of California History. Exhibits examine ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Downtown Redwood City is finishing a major renovation and now has plenty of places to park and eat (do something good and eat at Mi me's, a culinary education program). More on GoCityKids

Using the Betsy Crowder, Spring Ridge, Anniversary, Lost, and Hamms Gulch trails, this leg-stretching loop climbs more than 1000 feet from Portola Valley to the flower-studded slopes of Windy Hill. Windy Hills twin summits offer unrivaled ... More on Trails

about Marine Science Institute: Families can learn about the marine habitats that surround the Peninsula through classes and activities at the Marine Science Institute . In addition to providing ex... More on GoCityKids

Great Place for birthday parties and school groups! More on GoCityKids

This loop uses Alambique, Bear Gulch, Meadow, and Redwood trails to explore this compact yet diverse park in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The park is a favorite among equestrians, but the trails are closed to horses ... More on Trails

At 627 Hamilton Street in Redwood City is Lathrop House, an 1863 early Gothic house built by Benjamin ... More on PlanetWare

Inscription. A classic example of early "Steamboat Gothic" architecture erected in 1863 as the residence of San Mateo County's first Clerk, Recorder and Assessor, Benjamin G. Lathrop. Later the res... More on HMDB