Free or Cheap Things to do in the Inland Empire!

Here is a list and links to things to do in the Inland Empire. Some Free but most have a nominal fee.

Moreno Valley ~
Parks and Rec dept. will be putting on a movie! Every Thursday starting at dusk. This will be lots of fun for the kids! Take a blanket, picnic dinner & they'll have a blast! They say that space is limited so I would get there early if  you want a seat! NO umbrellas, popups or alcohol allowed.
Conference and Recreation Center
14075 Frederick Street
Moreno Valley

Harkins Theatre has a very inexpensive pack of movies to attend for $4.50. They have early show times which is my only grunt about it, but how can you pass up 10 different movies for $4.50. Tickets went on sale in April. I'd run and grab some if your interested!
www.harkinstheatres.com/smf

Jurupa ~

The Cove. A local water park. This is awesome and my TOP thing to do in Riverside. Prices for a season pass are $60 for non jurupa residences and $48.00 for Jurupa residences. Prices do go down from there depending on height of child.  The Cove opens for the season on May 26th.

The Cove – Jurupa Aquatic Center
4310 Camino Real
Riverside, CA 92509
951-360-1974

Lois Rubidoux Nature Center. A fun local nature center that occasionally has activities for usually under $5.00, pp. some of the past have been a butterfly day, basket weaving, jewelry making.  They have trails that lead down and around a cute little stream. A beautiful place to have a family day. Nice area for a picnic also. 

Louis Robidoux Nature Center
5370 Riverview
Jurupa Valley, Ca 92509
(951) 683-4880
parks-web@rivcoparks.org

Rancho Jurupa Park. A beautiful local camp ground that has play equipment for the kids, tent camping and RV camping areas, and also cute little cabins that can be rented out. It has a convenience store, a kids soak park, climbing rocks with sand and mini golf (golf does charge extra).

Rancho Jurupa Park
4800 Crestmore Road
Jurupa Valley, Ca 92509
(951) 684-7032
parks-web@rivcoparks.org

Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center.  This is a neat park that has tours at 9am, 12pm and 2pm on Saturdays. The cost is $8.00pp  They do rock/mineral collecting. There is a tour of the nursery and an earth science museum. They do allow family tours during the week on a limited basis. Please call ahead for information. 

Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center

7621 Granite Hills Drive, Riverside CA 92509

(951) 685-5818

(951) 685-1240 (fax)

Now our favorite is camping and The Cove. We will be sure to do this right when summer starts!  I hope this has been helpful and if you know of something low cost to do in Southern California PLEASE let me know and I can post it to that blog page.   Enjoy your summer and kiss your kiddos!

~Nicole