Playgrounds and things to do with kids in St. Helena

A 12-acre shady park with two age-tiered playgrounds, a sand pit, a skate park, tennis courts and Little League fields.

St. Helena's downtown pocket park on Main Street: a small tree-covered play area and gazebo lawn for a 20-minute play break between downtown errands and ice cream.

A water-powered mill from 1846 with a 36-foot wheel; milling demonstrations and tours run on weekends.

Art classes for toddlers, kids and teens, booked through an online calendar rather than drop-in.

A self-guided walk around the old estate grounds that the whole family can do.

A movie house that has been showing films since 1913, with family films regularly on the program.

Two and a half acres of shaded picnic grounds, with a deli for sandwiches and gelato to go with them.