Explore the Best Group Activities in Carlsbad

The 128-acre Park is designed specifically to appeal to families with children ages 3 to 12. The Park features roller coasters, LEGO-themed rides, interactive shows, hands-on attractions, LEGO-building play areas, and the famously breathtaking Miniland, restaurants, shopping, landscaped features and gardens.

Once part of the original 2,538 acre working rancho and vacation retreat of Leo Carrillo (who acted in almost 100 films from 1927n to 1950 and co-starred in the TV series The Cisco Kid,) this historic ranch is an extraordinary educational and recreational resource.

Voted by GOLF Magazine as one of the “Top 10 New Courses You Can Play.” The Crossings at Carlsbad is more than just a golf course as it captures the warm friendly spirit of its own unique seaside community.

Agua Hedionda Lagoon is a saltwater wetland and watershed and offers year-round recreational and commercial use. The lagoon includes mud flats, salt and freshwater marsh, and deep water and is actually comprised of three lagoons: a 66-acre outer lagoon, a 27-acre middle lagoon and 293-acre inner lagoon.

A 4-mile family-friendly beach with easy water access. Also known as Tamarack Beach.

Carlsbad Mineral Water Spa is housed in a beautiful European-style building constructed on the site of the original historic mineral water well that brought thousands to Carlsbad in the 1880s for the touted “special healing powers” of the water.