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101 LOCAL DAY TRIP IDEAS

By Donna Drake August 26, 2016
We have put together a 101 Day Trips & Ideas for you to entertain your Mac Kid all summer long! We encourage you to get out and explore our beautiful county and surrounding metropolitan area area. From museums, theaters, attractions and parks, this list will keep you busy all summer long!

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Create your own Summer Bucket List with our ideas! Involve the kids and have them make a list too! ENJOY!

Sit Back and Relax or Explore
1. Glenn Head Island
2. Untermyer Gardens
3. Rockefeller State Park Preserve
4. Harbor Island Park
5. Wave Hill 
6. New York Botanical Garden
7. Teatown Lake Reservation
8. Croton Point Park
9. Bear Mountain
10. Van Saun County Park
11. Storm King Art Center

Local Pools and Beaches
12. Saxon Woods Pool  
13. Willson's Waves Pool 
14. The Brook at Tibbetts  
15. Playland Pool 
16. Glen Island Beach  
17. Playland Beach  

Favorite Neighborhoods and Places to Explore
18. NYC: The Highline, Governor’s Island, Central Park & The South Street Seaport 
19. Westport, CT  
20. U.S. Military Academy at West Point 
21. Mohonk Mountain House

Day at the Museum
22. Westchester Children’s Museum  
23. Hudson River Museum  
24. Museum of Modern Art  
25. Stamford Museum and Nature Center  
26. American Museum of Natural History 
27. Children’s Museum of the Arts
28. Metropolitan Museum of Art 
29. Stepping Stones Museum 

STEM Fun!
30. Rose Center for Earth and Space
31. New York Hall of Science 
32. Liberty Science Center  
33. Yonkers Science Barge  
34. Center for Science Teaching and Learning

Attractions 
35. LegoLand  
36. Discovery Times Square
37. The Dinosaur Place  
38. Wild West City  
39. Field Station Dinosaurs  

Weeeee!
40. Luna Park in Coney Island 
41. Rye Playland  
42. Diggerland  
43. Lake Compounce  
44. Sesame Place

Get Wet
45. Splish Splash 
46. Sprinkler Parks @ Westchester Town Pools (See local pools and beaches above.)
47. SplashDown Beach 
48. Coco Key

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
49. Railroad Museum of LI  
50. New York Transit Museum 
51. American Airpower Museum 
52. Grand Prix, Mt. Kisco 
53. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum  

Boats and Maritime
54. Norwalk Maritime Museum  
55. Circle Line Cruise 
56. South Street Seaport Museum 

Theatre
57. Blue Man Group 
58. Broadway: Lion King, School of Rock, Aladdin, Mathilda 
59. Vital Theater Company 
60. Gazillion Bubble Show  

Animal Fun
61. Bronx Zoo  
62. Norwalk Aquarium 
63. Greenburgh Nature Center 
64. New York Aquarium  
65. Central Park Zoo 
66. Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo  
67. The Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center  
68. Long Island Aquarium 
69. Sheldrake Environmental Center 
70. Rye Nature Center 

Visit a Farm
71. Stone Barns  
72. Muscoot Farms
73. Wickham's Fruit Farm 
74. White Post Farms  

Art
75. Plaster Palace Pottery  
76. Paint Your Own Pottery
77. Fun Craft 
78. MADE  
79. Pinot’s Palette  

Indoor Play Spaces
80. Sky Zone
81. The Play Place
82. Bounce U
83. Billy Beez
84. WeeZee World
85. Open Play @ Excel
86. Fun Fuzion @New Roc City 

Up, Up and Away
87. I. FLY @ Ridge Hill 
88. Cradle Of Aviation Museum  
89. Top of the Rock  
90. Empire State Building  
91. One World Observatory  

Take a trip back in time…
92. Ellis Island  
93. Philipsburg Manor
94. NY Renaissance Faire  
95. The Cloisters  
96. Medieval Times 

Play Ball
97. Rockland Boulders  
98. Mets  
99. Yankees 
100. NY Liberty  
101. Red Bulls 

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