Top 20 Places to Take Kids In and Around San Antonio - 2021

The ALL NEW LEGOLAND® Discovery Center San Antonio is the Ultimate Indoor LEGO® Playground! Visitors to LEGOLAND Discovery Center can enjoy 2 rides, a 4D cinema, MINILAND® San Antonio, 10 LEGO Play Zones and more! Families with children ages 3-10 won't want to miss out on the fun! LEGOLAND Discovery Center San Antonio is located inside the Shops at Rivercenter in the heart of downtown San Antonio, steps away from the historic Alamo and World Famous River Walk!

SEA LIFE San Antonio is an ALL NEW Aquarium located in downtown San Antonio! Explore our amazing underwater world and walk through San Antonio’s only underwater ocean tunnel! This fun, family-friendly experience amazes and educates visitors with a love for our oceans. Take a spectacular adventure through the oceans of the world! Find out how it feels to touch an anemone, sea stars, and sea urchins living in our hands-on Rockpool Experience! Get Face to Fin at SEA LIFE San Antonio!

San Antonio Zoo, voted the #1 zoo in Texas, has something for the whole family! Feed a giraffe, meet a rhino, or hop with the kangaroos on your next WILD visit.

Morgan’s Wonderland, the world’s first ultra-accessible family fun park, encompasses 25 acres of rides, attractions and activities for everyone, and all are welcome! A place where the common element of play creates an atmosphere of inclusion for those with and without disabilities, encouraging everyone to gain a greater understanding of one another.

The overwhelming success of Morgan's Wonderland led to the creation of Morgan's Inspiration Island, the world's first Ultra-Accessible™ splash park. The 3-acre attraction has five tropically-themed splash pads, the River Boat Adventure ride, and extensive support facilities.

Guests in wheelchairs have the opportunity to privately transfer out of their chairs into three types of waterproof chairs. The wheelchair Valet system allows guests to enjoy Morgan's Inspiration Island and not risk damage to their personal, battery-operated wheelchairs.

Texas’ largest cavern system – and so much more! Take a guided tour (or two!) 180 ft below the surface of the earth, and get up close to this Naturally Amazing place filled with incredible underground chambers and spectacular formations. Natural Bridge Caverns is more than the cavern tours, it’s also home to Twisted Trails, the World’s LARGEST Zip Rails and Ropes Course. Test your balance on four stories of obstacles high above the spectacular Texas Hill Country. For the little ones, Twisted Tykes is a specifically designed ropes and zip rails course. Don’t forget about mining for gems and fossils in a real working sluice at the Discovery Village Mining Company or take on the challenge of the AMAZEn’ Ranch Roundup, a 5,000 square foot outdoor maze. There’s fun for the entire family!

Discover the fun of science at the Science Mill in Johnson City! This family destination offers a fun, interactive learning environment for all ages. Through cutting-edge exhibits and educational programs, the museum expands understanding and appreciation of science in everyday life. Housed in an historic 1880s mill, the Science Mill features more than 50 interactive, world-class outdoor and indoor exhibits. Visit http://sciencemill.org to learn more and plan your visit.

Home of eight world-class roller coasters and our giant FREE White Water Bay Water Park!

Of course, the libraries in the San Antonio area are not really ONE place, but MANY places... but it's important to emphasize how valuable libraries are for family learning and fun. The libraries in our area are wonderful about posting their events to the KidsOutAndAbout calendar so you always can get ideas for free things to do with your kids that celebrate education and imagination. KidsOutAndAbout.com takes this opportunity to salute the wonderful children's librarians who serve our community with such dedication. They're proud that locals voted them #3 in best places to take kids this year!

Meander through 400 acres of rolling hills, creek beds, and magnificent live oak trees and witness the behavior of over 500 animals from 40 exotic, native and endangered animal species worldwide.

Explore the 38 acre urban oasis at San Antonio Botanical Garden, including the Family Adventure Garden with 15 fun spaces that encourage unstructured play and nature exploration. The 2.5 acre Family Adventure Garden offers a universal, multigenerational design so people of all ages and physical abilities can unplug from devices and plug into nature. Families can explore bubbling creeks, thundering ridges, beckoning hills, and sandy shores. The Garden’s mission is to enrich lives through plants and nature.

Aquatica San Antonio, a tropical paradise adjacent to SeaWorld, offers all things water from serene to extreme! Cool down in a crashing wave pool with waves to body surf on, meet stingrays and other amazing animals; and enjoy the best, most refreshing and thrilling water rides in Texas. Guests can race their friends and family on the new Riptide Race water coaster, soar up a 3-story-high wall on Walhalla Wave; enjoy the Ihu’s Breakaway Falls, the tallest drop slide in Texas; or simply relax and soak up the sun. Aquatica is Texas’ best water park!

Young people are at the heart of everything we do, and community is what we champion. Located in the heart of downtown San Antonio in Hemisfair Park, through shared, rich experiences, we are able to engage families and communities year-round to create memorable moments that lead to lifelong impact. Magik Theatre is dedicated to storytelling that activates imagination, grows young minds, and inspires creativity.

The Y focuses on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, and incorporates the core values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, and faith into all we do. The Y is more than a gym. We are a community with something for everyone in your family regardless of age, income, ability, ethnicity, or faith. When youth play sports at the Y, they gain more than just exercise. They learn what it takes to be a leader in sports and in life. Youth learn the fundamentals of the game while building character, developing self-confidence, and creating healthy relationships.