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Nevada's oldest state park offers red sandstone formations, petroglyphs and short trails that are comfortable in the cooler half of the year.

NHL hockey at T-Mobile Arena during the regular season and playoffs.

NHL hockey at Honda Center, the Orange County arena.

NBA basketball on the downtown bayfront, with the regular season spanning the cooler months.

A short river trail leads to a series of cascades ending in a 130-foot waterfall that is strongest after rain.

Tour Frank Lloyd Wright's desert winter home and architecture school, built from local stone and sand in the McDowell foothills.

Climb to 700-year-old Salado cliff dwellings above Theodore Roosevelt Lake along the Apache Trail region.

Bike or walk the Mission Reach trail linking four 18th-century missions in Texas's only UNESCO World Heritage Site.

NBA basketball in Mission Bay.

NHL hockey in Chinatown-Penn Quarter, easy to reach by Metro.

Walk the washes and badlands of an Ice Age fossil site where mammoth and camel remains were found, free to enter and best in cool weather.

Fish the cold Colorado River below Hoover Dam, where rainbow trout are stocked near Willow Beach.

NHL hockey in the Broward suburbs, an easy winter night out when the ice is the coolest spot in South Florida.

NHL hockey in downtown St. Paul, with home games from October into April.

Walk desert trails at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, with wildflower blooms and big sunsets in the cooler months.

A steep 1.2-mile climb to a 2,610-foot summit with sweeping Valley views, popular at sunrise in the cooler months.

Drive the Cactus Forest Loop and hike among giant saguaros; the cooler months are the best time to be out in the desert.

One of the country's larger urban parks, with hiking to Cowles Mountain and a lake and visitor center.

NHL hockey in downtown San Jose.

Grand opera productions at the Music Center pavilion.

Walk the Boneyard of retired Las Vegas signs after dark, when many restored pieces are lit.

An exhibition on the stylist who shaped the look of Sleeping Beauty, shown at the museum in the Presidio.

NBA home games from an October 24, 2026 home opener to an April 11 finale.

A large antiques show of barns and tents in a tiny Texas town, held in multiple shows a year.

The low-humidity, lower-mosquito months concentrate wildlife around shrinking pools and bring the fullest ranger program schedule at park entrances.

Family-friendly ski area with night skiing and a village, plus lighted tubing and an ice-skating lake.

Cooler months are the practical time for Death Valley's salt flats, dunes and canyons, a long day trip west of the valley.

Large ski and snowboard area reachable by the Winter Park Express train from Union Station on select winter weekends; summer mountain-bike season follows.

The Front Range's closest major ski hill, offering downhill and Nordic skiing above Nederland.

Mostly water park offering snorkeling on living reefs, shipwreck diving, kayaking and trips to Boca Chita Key.

Monthly free evening with art activities, food trucks and live music in a Mediterranean-style villa and sculpture garden.

Rotating seasonal flower shows in the Show House, plus an outdoor summer Artist's Garden show.

Twice-yearly art festival on Mill Avenue, cash free.

Point Loma overlook for spotting migrating gray whales offshore.

Naturalist-led tram rides loop through the sawgrass prairie to a 45-foot observation tower, with alligators and wading birds easy to spot in the dry season.

Walk to see thousands of northern elephant seals breeding and pupping on the beach; winter access is usually by guided walk.

Clifftop overlook where gray whales can be spotted on their migration along the coast, with a small museum on site. Boat cruises also leave from nearby harbors.

Four chairlifts on the San Gabriel Mountains' highest ski area, weather and snow permitting.

Narrated harbor-departure cruises watching migrating gray whales off the coast.

Thousands of orchids are displayed in a themed installation in the conservatory while the weather outside is still cold. Weekend programs include Q&A sessions with orchid experts.

Hundreds of thousands of tulips and other spring bulbs bloom across the gardens.

A winter orchid exhibition.

Spring training games for 15 MLB teams at 10 ballparks, 229 games.

Weekend costumed festival.

MLB baseball downtown, with the 2027 opener reported for late March.

Triple-A baseball from late March to mid-September (2026 dates).

Bluebonnets and other native wildflowers bloom in the center's gardens in spring.

A free glasshouse with an annual spring flower show in its Show House.