Airplane aficionados fly high at the Minter Field Air Museum. The premier high-flying museum boasts the honorable distinction as the official home base for many restoration companies that specialize in warbirds and antiques. Visitors can see WWII aircrafts, including Stearmans, Ryans, Stinsons, North American AT-6's, and a P-15 Mustang.
Word is, Bakersfield Ice Sports Center is the coolest attraction in town for hours of family fun. Skate on over to check out the public ice-skating rink, offering good ole' fashion skate sessions and lessons. If you're into sports, check into the rough and tumble ice hockey league, offering adult and youth hockey and power skating classes.
Get your ticket to the hottest live entertainment and sports action in downtown Bakersfield at the Rabobank Arena. Take your seat with 10,000 of your closest neighbors in front of a stage that hosts live performances from Disney on Ice to Judaist Priest, and the LA Lakers versus the LA Clippers.
Discover tranquility at the Central Park at Mill Creek in Bakersfield. Spend a day in the park, surrounded by trees and three million pounds of boulders from the Kern River. The park features stamp concrete walkways, lined with turn-of-the-century themed fixtures, and a covered pedestrian bridge crossing over a babbling brook.