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Anaheim

Theme parks, food halls, sports, and a city beyond the resort.

Disneyland is one beginning to an Anaheim visit. Food destinations, cultural spaces, and major event venues offer plenty of reasons to explore beyond the resort. Use the guide to choose between a downtown afternoon, a ticketed event, and a visit to one of the city’s best-known attractions.

Explore at your own pace

Places worth knowing.

7 places to explore
Events & entertainment

Disneyland Resort

Explore the two theme parks and resort destinations through Disney’s current planning tools. Check tickets, reservations, and arrival requirements directly before making plans. Build time into your day for travel between the resort and other Anaheim stops.

Visitor information
Shopping & dining

Downtown Disney

Browse the resort’s shopping and dining district as its own outing. A theme-park ticket is not needed for this district, though parking and other charges can apply. Check Disney’s current visitor information and any restaurant reservation arrangements.

Visitor information
Shopping & dining

Anaheim Packing District

Explore a food-focused district anchored by the historic Packing House. Use the operator’s visitor information and merchant directory to decide where to begin. The surrounding projects and outdoor spaces give you other stops to work into the same outing.

Visitor information
Arts & culture

Muzeo Museum & Cultural Center

See what is currently on at this downtown museum and cultural center. Exhibitions and community programs change, so begin with the museum’s calendar. It can be paired with a nearby food or shopping stop for a downtown afternoon.

Visitor information
Events & entertainment

Angel Stadium

Consider a baseball game or another scheduled stadium event as the centerpiece of an Anaheim visit. Check the venue’s own visitor information for the event you choose, including entry and transportation arrangements. Plan other stops around the event timing.

Visitor information
Events & entertainment

Honda Center

Look at the arena’s current calendar for sports, concerts, and other ticketed events. Use the venue’s planning resources for parking, arrival, and entry requirements. Allow for event-day traffic when combining an arena visit with the rest of Anaheim.

Visitor information
Neighborhoods & history

Center Street Promenade

Explore downtown businesses, cafés, and the market setting around Center Street. The visitor bureau’s downtown guide offers a starting point for planning a route. Check current business and market details when choosing the best day for your visit.

Visitor information

A curated starting point for exploring the community. Follow the official links for current access, events, reservations, and visitor details.

A closer look

Areas to explore

01 / Anaheim

Anaheim Resort area

Theme parks, hotels, and visitor energy

Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure Park, Downtown Disney, and the surrounding hotel district make this a major visitor destination. If you are comparing homes nearby, experience the streets at different times and pay attention to traffic, parking, and event activity.

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Downtown Anaheim

Local businesses and a community center

Center Street Promenade offers cafés, shops, public art, and a Thursday farmers market. The nearby Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center adds another reason to explore downtown.

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Packing District

A destination built around food

The Anaheim Packing House brings a range of eateries into a historic citrus-packing setting. Explore the surrounding district as part of a food-focused outing rather than assuming it represents every Anaheim neighborhood.

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Beyond the visitor districts

Compare daily life by address

Include residential areas farther from the resort in your search. Anaheim Hills and other parts of the city can have quite different travel patterns from downtown; use specific addresses, current listings, and your regular destinations to build a practical shortlist.

Education & everyday life

Schools in Anaheim

Explore public, charter and private school listings, from elementary through high school grades. This directory contains 100 listings: 71 public and charter, and 29 private. Each school links to its California Department of Education profile.

Schools are grouped by the city in their recorded location address, not by attendance boundaries. Some specialized programs use an administrative address rather than a single campus. Anaheim includes source addresses listed as Anaheim Hills. A nearby school is not necessarily the assigned school for a home. Confirm enrollment, grade offerings and attendance eligibility directly with the school or district.

Private-school addresses are from 2024–25, with 2025–26 enrollment information where available. Newer schools or moves may be missing; confirm current details with each school.

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About this school directory & its sources

Prepared October 29, 2026. Public listings include active schools with K–12 grade coverage in the CDE public school directory, downloaded that day. Standalone preschools, adult education centers, district offices and regional occupational programs are excluded.

Private locations come from the CDE 2024–25 private school location dataset. Where the school’s CDS code matches the 2025–26 Private School Affidavit data, the newer name and grades with reported enrollment are shown. Those grades describe that reporting year, not a promise of current offerings. Unmatched older records remain clearly marked; an absent newer record does not establish that a school has closed.

The state’s private school data generally cover schools reporting six or more students. Small schools, newer openings, relocations and changes after the reporting dates may be missing. This is a dated directory, not a complete live inventory or a rating. Use the current California School Directory and contact each school to verify its details.

The grade filter uses K–5, 6–8 and 9–12 bands. Schools spanning several bands appear in each applicable filter; these bands do not redefine a school’s official elementary, middle or high school classification.

Fresh & local

Farmers markets.

Market information checked October 28, 2026. Confirm the current schedule before visiting.

Keep this guide handy

Your local starting points.

Destination information reviewed October 29, 2026. Businesses, programs, and access arrangements can change.

Local questions. Personal guidance.

Let’s talk about Anaheim.

Planning a move, exploring a neighborhood, or looking for a local starting point? Tell Frances what you’d like to know.

Frances Caldwell
eXp Realty · DRE #01346509

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