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Discovery Cube's Ocean Quest-December 2024
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Dec 28, 2024

　　In the Balboa Fun Zone, this newly refurbished museum was recently taken over by Santa Ana's Discovery Cube and runs educational programs for local schools and field trips. When not hosting school groups, it opens to the public and shows traveling exhibits. Check the website for opening hours, what's on and for occasional whale-watching trips.

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Discovery Cube's Ocean Quest
Newport Beach
　　In the Balboa Fun Zone, this newly refurbished museum was recently taken over by Santa Ana's Discovery Cube and runs educational programs for local schools and field trips. When not hosting school groups, it opens to the public and shows traveling exhibits. Check the website for opening hours, what's on...
Crystal Cove State Park
Newport Beach
　　A few miles of open beach and 2400 acres of undeveloped woodland at this state park let you forget you're in a crowded metropolitan area, at least once you get past the parking lots and stake out a place on the sand. Overnight guests can stay in the dozens of...
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach
　　This engaging museum highlights California art and cutting-edge contemporary artists, with exhibitions rotating through two large spaces. Recent exhibitions have included the California-Pacific Triennial and works by Robert Rauschenberg. There’s also a sculpture garden, eclectic gift shop and a theater screening classic, foreign and art-related films. 　　It's close to Fashion...
Balboa Fun Zone
Newport Beach
　　On the harbor side of Balboa Peninsula, the Fun Zone has delighted locals and visitors since 1936. There’s a small Ferris wheel (where Ryan and Marissa shared their first kiss on The OC), arcade games, touristy shops and restaurants, and frozen banana stands (just like the one in the TV...
Muth Interpretive Center
Newport Beach
　　This 10,000 sq ft center in the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve is made from sustainable materials. Inside, you’ll find displays and information about the reserve which explain how the bay is like an egg beater and a sponge, among other scientific fun facts. There's a kid-friendly activity room with...
Balboa Peninsula
Newport Beach
　　Four miles long but less than a half-mile wide, the Balboa Peninsula has a white-sand beach on its ocean side and countless stylish homes, including the 1926 Lovell Beach House. It’s just inland from the paved beachfront recreational path, across from a small playground. Hotels, restaurants and bars cluster around...
Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve
Newport Beach
　　The brackish water of this 752-acre reserve, where runoff from the San Bernardino Mountains meets the sea, supports more than 200 species of birds. This is one of the few estuaries in Southern California that has been preserved, and it’s an important stopover on the Pacific Flyway migration route. There...
Balboa Island
Newport Beach
　　In the middle of the harbor sits the island that time forgot. Its streets are still largely lined with tightly clustered cottages built in the 1920s and '30s when this was a summer getaway from LA. The 1.5-mile promenade that circles the island makes a terrific car-free stroll or jog....
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