We found 6 Santa outings for little kids in and around Baltimore with 2026 dates: 1 breakfast or brunch and 5 photo spots and visits. None are free. The first visits start Nov 14. Each listing has the time, price and a link to book.
Last checked · none is free on its own · How we choose
Shaded days fall inside at least one listing’s dates (check each card for days off and hours). Dots mark set dates, like breakfasts and one-day visits.
1 breakfast · Dec 6 – Dec 19
Mansion House, The Maryland Zoo · One Safari Place, Baltimore, MD 21217
Checked Oct 28 on the official page
Report a problem5 daytime spots · Nov 14 – Dec 24
Baltimore Visitor Center, Inner Harbor · 401 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21202
Checked Oct 28 on the official page
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Towson Town Center · 825 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, MD 21204
Checked Oct 29 on the official page
Report a problemThe Mall in Columbia · 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044
Checked Oct 29 on the official page
Report a problemThe Shops at Kenilworth · 800 Kenilworth Drive, Towson, MD 21204
Checked Oct 30 on the official page
Report a problemMondawmin Mall · 2301 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215
Checked Oct 30 on the official page
Report a problemSee all 4 light displays in and around Baltimore with 2026 dates, sorted for little kids, with early start times.
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None of the 2026 visits we found is free on its own. We add free visits as soon as their dates are posted.
Of the breakfasts and brunches with posted 2026 prices, the lowest is Breakfast with Santa at the Maryland Zoo (Adults $58 ($53 members), kids 2–13 $48, under 2 free with a ticket). Prices are from each venue’s own page.
Babies and young toddlers get in free at Breakfast with Santa at the Maryland Zoo (under 2 free with a ticket). To skip a long line with a toddler, look at reserved or timed visits: Santa Photos at Towson Town Center and Santa Photos at The Mall in Columbia. A morning visit before nap usually goes better than an evening one.
One listings start in the morning, including Breakfast with Santa at the Maryland Zoo.
Each listing comes from the venue’s or organizer’s own page, and links to it. We list dates, times and prices only when that page shows them for 2026; anything without posted dates goes in “Dates not posted yet” instead. These were last checked Oct 30, 2026, and we recheck them in early November and again in early December. How we choose and check.
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