Quick list of free or cheap places in So Cal

1. The beach -- any of them

2. The mountains -- any of them will do. Los Angeles Forest is closest to ONT

3. Attraction type cities:

• Solvang
• San Luis Obisbo downtown
• San Diego Balboa Island
• huntington beach pier
• newport beach pier
• santa barbara downtown
• julian, ca
• Sonoma, AZ
• Temecula's Old town
• Morro Bay
• Monte Ray
• Carmel 
• Coronado Island
• Pasadena Downtown
• Santa Monica
• Redondo Beach
• Manhattan Beach
• Pacific Pallicades
• Pheonix, AZ

4. City and Regional Parks (check out county webpages)

5. Libraries in another city

6. State or National Parks, forests, or beaches

7. Wineries

8. factory tours

9. Museums (free on some days but parking might cost $)

10. Famous roads near by ( Route 66, The LA marathon Route, the Olympic Flame Route, etc)

11. Observatories, Planetariums

12. Open Space Preserves

13. Dog Parks (these are always fenced in and your kid can be exposed to their 4 legged best friends)

14. Beach clean ups, lake clean ups, city graffiti clean ups, etc

15. City parks with splash pads (Prado park has one).

16. Downtown Disney (pay for parking only)

17. Universal Citywalk (pay for parking only)

18. Movie Studio tours

19. Radio Station tours