Indoor places for a rainy day in Santa Rosa
Updated September 2026
5 places in Santa Rosa for a soggy day: a hands-on children’s museum, Peanuts headquarters with an ice rink across the street, a play center with a toddler area and a mega play structure, a breakfast-and-lunch café with a supervised play area built right in, and a burger place with a play area of its own (lunch, sorted).
Sonoma County's hands-on kids museum: indoor science and art exhibits plus Mary's Garden outside - a water-play creek, climbing structures, and a nature zone that alone justifies admission on a hot day.
Peanuts headquarters: the Schulz Museum's comic-strip exhibits and hands-on cartooning, then walk across the street to Snoopy's Home Ice for public skating in the rink Charles Schulz built - the Santa Rosa pilgrimage for Peanuts kids.
A toddler play area for ages 4 and under, a mega play structure for 4 to 10, and a Saturday-morning Little Leapers hour at Sky Zone for ages 6 and under.
Santa Rosa's original play cafe: a real breakfast-and-lunch restaurant with a supervised play area built in, so kids roam while you finish a hot coffee.
Burgers with a play area, chalkboard walls and foosball tables, and a kids menu for 12 and under.