Alisal Guest Ranch
Alisal Guest Ranch is located just outside the coastal city of Santa Barbara and is adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest. The resort is an old west style ranch set on 10,000 acres that include a private lake and two golf courses. The Alisal Guest Ranch has a barnyard petting zoo for the kids that offers activities such as steer head roping and egg gathering. The lake is stocked with bass and bluegill and there are kayaks, sailboats, canoes and pedal boats available to all guests. The ranch offers horseback riding lessons for the whole family as well as guided rides through the forest. The nearby central California coast presents opportunities for surfing, sailing and whale watching.
Alisal Guest Ranch
1054 Alisal Rd.
Solvang, CA 93463
(805) 688-6411
alisal.com
Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite
Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite is located two miles outside of the south entrance of Yosemite National Park and is surrounded by the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains. The lodge has activities for kids, including a climbing wall, horse rides to children 7 and younger and an arcade full of games and amusements. There is sledding, snow shoeing and snowmobiling available during the winter and hiking, rafting and mountain bike riding during the summer. During the holiday season, the Tenaya lodge has an open-air ice skating rink that is open for daytime and evening use.
Tenaya Lodge
1122 Highway 41
Fish Camp, CA 93623
(888) 514-2167
tenayalodge.com
Marble Mountain Guest Ranch
The Marble Mountain Guest Ranch is located in the far north of California in the Klamath National Forest and offers an all-inclusive outdoor resort experience for the whole family. Kid's will enjoy the activities designed with them in mind, such as horse rides, group hikes, canoeing and swimming, and campfire sing-alongs. Other activities include whitewater rafting on the Trinity and Klamath rivers, fly fishing excursions and wilderness pack trips on horseback into the Marble Mountain Wilderness, a pristine alpine area that is visited by few.
Marble Mountain Ranch
92520 Highway 96
Somes Bar, CA 95568
(530) 469-3322
marblemountainranch.com
Article Written By Vincent Madrone
Based in San Francisco, Vincent Madrone is a professional freelance travel writer and voiceover artist. He has written extensively for online and print publications, including USA Today Travel Tips, A to Z World Travel and Viva Travel Guides. Madrone also writes health-related articles for various online publications.
