Local Attractions and Day Trip Ideas

We love taking day trips.  Some of these are a little closer than others, but here are a few of our favorites.  Let us know about yours by posting to comments or give us a review on one of the places we have listed here.

• Academy of Natural Sciences 
  “Wonderful small, hands-on museum. They have a big t-rex, a hands-on nature center where you can touch all kinds of small creatures, a whole wing of giant dioramas plus many traveling exhibits throughout the year.”
• Adventure Aquarium (formerly NJ State Aquarium)
• Anatomy Academy at the Weller Center
• Bear Creek Sking and Tubing
  “Wonderful brand new facility for skiing, boarding and tubing. Tons of fun for the whole family!”

• Black River & Western Railroad
• Bucks County Playhouse
• Bucks County River Country
• Bulls Island Recreation Area
• Claws ‘N’ Paws Animal Park in PA
• Community Children’s Museum
• Crayola Factory
• Discovery Center of Science and Technology
• Dorney Park
• Franklin Institute
  “This place is amazing, there are the exhibit halls which always have the same displays like the giant heart but then new ones are always being rotated in. Be sure to check out an IMAX movie while you’re there.”
• Garden State Discovery Museum
• Great Adventure
• Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water Park in the Poconos
• Howell Living History Farm
• Hunterdon County Park System
• Land of Make Believe
• Liberty Science Center
• Merrill Creek Reservoir
  “Exlpore the visitors center with the little ones. There are many different trails to walk with varying levels of difficulty.”
• Mountain Creek
•  NJ State Museum
•  Northlandz 
  “We went to Northlandz and I was dissapointed. For the price I expected a great deal more, but most of the displays were mainly the same and needed repair and housekeeping. The train engineer seemed “thrilled” to take us for a quick ride around grounds that again needed some TLC. I would not go again.” — from Hunterdon Mom Linda
• Peddler’s Village
• Pequest Trout Hatchery
• Phillipsburg River Outpost
• Planetarium at Raritan Valley Community College
• Pine Creek Miniature Golf
• Ringing Rocks State Park
  “The rocks really do ring. You can bring a hammer to strike the different sized rocks, each one sounds like a bell. It’s a bit of a hike, so it’s not too good for the very little ones.”
• Round Valley Reservoir
• Shawnee Mountain
• Somerset Patriot’s Ball Park
• Space Farms
• Spruce Run Reservoir
• State Theater of New Brunswick
• State Theater in Easton, PA
• Storybook Land
• Theater at Raritan Valley Community College
• Trenton Thunder Baseball
• Tubing at Ski Blue Mountain in PA
• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley
• Voorhees State Park
• Waterloo Village