turtle bay exploration park

Part of the Sundial Bridge experience...there is a small aquarium/museum indoors and quite a long trail to walk around the park...and a very large arboretum full of flowers and plants from all over the world. You can easily spend hours here.

Turtle Bay is a great place for the entire family. So much to see and do...every time I visit I discover something I've not seen before. Great exhibits. Special events every weekend. There is something for everyone at Turtle Bay Exploration Park!

My grand children love this place and so do I! It is always the place they want to go when they come to visit. The Parrot Play House is must see. Do not miss this. The exhibits are changed frequently so never the same thing twice. I enjoy it as much as the kids do.

Tons to do depending on What is happening here. Between Chocolate, Butterflies, Math learning experiences & Wild Animals (caged) Turtle Bay Redding is fun for kids of all ages and it's attached to Reddings Sundial Bridge. My family& friends love this place.

This is a quaint little museum which has a lot of local cultural information plus good changing exhibits. It is a something for everyone place.

one of the ponds along the trail has lots of turtles and usually a egret or two. plus, we frequently have sited bald eagles overhead.

My husband and I don't have any kids but still found this place to be fun & entertaining. Great exhibits, cool animals, clean & not too crowded. Feeding the lorikeets was great! I will definitely we taking my little nephews here in the future.

Loved the museum, the animals, and the bridge. It was too bad that a the place where they keep the lorikeets was closed to the public. Definitely want to go there again!

Very nice grounds and visitor center. They have rotating exhibits, many are fascinating. They also have some native animals (that can't be let go in the wild) and provide educational programs about the wildlife.

Great place, lots to do, see and learn. High prices keep most away and place seems vacant. Never see many people there. Not a destination, but ok if your in the area and can afford to take the whole family.

We passed through when some kind of civil war reenactment was going on. We didn't make it to the bird area before we ran out of time, but we still enjoyed the big, beautiful and artistic bridge, all the different plant and tree areas along the paths, and an interesting Asian landscape sculpture area I'm forgetting the name of. I'm definitely hoping to make a return trip soon. I did manage to quickly browser through the coffee/gift shop and get myself a tiny rainbow lorikeet statue that makes me smile when I see it (they did a great job capturing its posture to make it feel like a real bird).

Much work has gone into making this a place for all ages. Note: if you are a resident with a library card, you can check out a free pass from the library to use for a week. How cool is that? Lots of information on the Shasta Dam. Toytopia exhibit has lots of retro toys, so even if you don't have children, you should check it out anyway! Museum store and coffee shop are also quite excellent.

I live in the area and come to the Sun Dial Bridge quite often. I don't take time out to go to the museum, except for this one time. My Korean War Vet dad came to visit for Thanksgiving and we decided to take him to the Civil War display. Warning, do not allow only two hours to see all that there is to see. We barely got started and found out they were closing two hours after we got there. Very disappointing. Next time, we will allot considerable more time to take in everything Turtle Bay has to offer.

went with friends for FREE luckily one day and walked around , we in our late 20's. nothing much exciting here. dont waste your money unless your taking kiddos

Such a quality aquarium with outdoor water play areas and fantastic indoor aquariums. A delightful half day break from the car with kids. We stop here, take a walk over the bridge, spend a few hours at Turtle Bay, eat and then get back in the car on our way to Oregon. Fantastic! Don't miss it!