ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

Boomer's
1251 Oak Street • Bakersfield, CA 93301
661-325-5453
This year round family fun center features bumper boats, miniature golf, go-kart racing on two tracks, batting cages, video games, and you can slide down the giant sinking ship. map

Golden West Casino
1001 South Union Avenue • Bakersfield, CA 93307
661-324-6936
The only casino in Bakersfield, this 24 hour casino features scrumptious meals and a full bar with live music, as well as table games where you can enjoy no-bust Blackjack and a variety of Poker games. map

Bakersfield Museum of Art
1930 R Street • Bakersfield, CA 93301
Located Downtown in Central Park
661-323-7219
This museum provides a broad spectrum of visual arts experiences, exhibitions, educational programs, community outreach, and special events, as well as maintains and expands its permanent collection for Southern San Joaquin Valley residents, artists, and visitors of all ages. more... map
Buena Vista Natural History Museum
2018 Chester Avenue • Bakersfield, CA 93301
661-324-6350
The specific purpose of this museum is to promote the scientific and educational aspects of earth history, particularly paleontology and anthropology. This is done through public education, research, and by serving as a repository for fossils, and other natural history items. The museum is the repository of the Bob and Mary Ernst Collection, the largest private collection of Sharktooth Hill Miocene fossils in the World. more... map
Kern County Museum
3801 Chester Avenue • Bakersfield, CA 93301
661-852-5000
This museum provides school audiences with a powerful educational laboratory for experimental learning and it also provides visitors a better appreciation of the importance of the region in shaping California and the West. more... map

California Living Museum
10500 Alfred Harrell Highway • Bakersfield, CA 93306
661-872-2256
California's premiere native zoo and garden, this place has animal exhibits which include bald eagles and black bears, plus some endangered species. The botanic gardens represent habitats as diverse as woodlands and desert. The Yokuts Indian paleontology displays feature residents of the past. A visit to this living museum will take you through California's biological past and into the present day diversity of the golden state. more... map

Riding Down Memeory Lane
18940 Palm Avenue • Bakersfield, CA 93314
661-589-4435
Horse drawn carriages in many different styles pulled by big beautiful Percheron draft horses for any and all of your carrriage needs or wants. They offer wedding services, Christmas light tours, romantic valentine tours, hay wagon rides, taxi type service, and more. map