One- and two-bedroom suites with full kitchens near the Galleria, in the Taylor Road hotel cluster off I-80.
Two parks in one: a summer water park with a kids' splash island, and the Golfland side (mini golf, arcade, go-karts) that stays open all year.
A big park campus with the all-abilities Project Play playground, a gated toddler area with a little stream, nature trails and the library next door.
Big park with an all-abilities Old West playground of mining cars, a train and a merry-go-round, plus a skate park and a bike path.
Downtown Roseville's creekside park, with a destination playground built in 2023, a separate preschool area and lots of big shade trees.
Next to the Galleria, with a sofa sleeper in every room, so four or five of you fit in a two-queen room.
Known for one thing: a giant crab that dumps a bucket of water on whoever's brave enough, in summer. The playground is right next to it.
A city-run hands-on museum about water, energy and recycling, next to Mahany Park's playground, with workshops for kids who get hooked.
Two indoor rinks with a protected beginner area, buckets to push for balance, and sleds so kids too small for skates get pulled around.
A craft-beer restaurant set up for kids: burgers and a Thai-leaning menu for the grown-ups, and a kids' menu with churro bites.
A museum of Nisenan Maidu life plus a short trail past petroglyphs and hundreds of grinding holes in the rock. The trail is gravel.
Roseville's library in Mahany Park, with a children's floor that has a train table and a reading nook under an indoor tree, and a playground out back.
Sacramento's home-grown sushi place, with a kids' menu of udon, California rolls and bento boxes for the kid who won't go near raw fish.
A bright indoor playground with two themed climbing structures, slides and ball pits, roomy enough for grown-ups to climb in alongside.
Sit-down modern Mexican at the Fountains, with a kids' menu of tenders, quesadillas and tacos that ends in churros and ice cream.
A family-run brick-oven pizza place, three generations in, that keeps board games out for kids while the pizza cooks.
A sister-run breakfast spot where everything's from scratch and the pancakes are the thing.
An indoor trampoline park with dodgeball, dunk lanes and a climbing wall, for bigger kids and for when it's 105 outside.
