Sunset East Park

Neighborhood park with a playground.

Rocklin's main park, under the oaks by Antelope Creek, with a playground, a summer splash pad and a skate park for the older kids.

A sister-run breakfast spot where everything's from scratch and the pancakes are the thing.

Zip lines and ropes courses in an old granite quarry, with Kidz Kove for the younger set: a netted climbing zone, no harness, where you can watch from the ground. Book ahead.

One- and two-bedroom suites with full kitchens near the Galleria, in the Taylor Road hotel cluster off I-80.

Next to the Galleria, with a sofa sleeper in every room, so four or five of you fit in a two-queen room.