Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Chestnut Hill Reservoir Trail — Chestnut Hill, MA

🎨 Museum of Fine Arts — Boston, MA

🦖 Boston Museum of Science — Boston, MA

🐠 New England Aquarium — Boston, MA

🛝 LEGOLAND Discovery Center — Somerville, MA

🎢 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Everett, MA

🎭 Boston Children’s Theatre — Boston, MA

🧗‍♀️ Rock Spot Climbing — Dedham, MA

🚂 Franklin Park Zoo — Boston, MA

🦋 Arnold Arboretum — Jamaica Plain, MA

🎡 Charles River Esplanade (splash pad & playgrounds) — Boston, MA

🌿 Larz Anderson Park (sledding & skyline views) — Brookline, MA

🎳 Kings Dining & Entertainment — Dedham, MA

🎢 Launch Trampoline Park — Norwood, MA

🐊 Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary — Lincoln, MA

🎠 The Lawn on D (outdoor games & swings) — Boston, MA

🚴‍♀️ Freedom Trail (historic walk through downtown Boston) — Boston, MA

🦓 Harvard Museum of Natural History — Cambridge, MA

☀️ Castle Island Park — South Boston, MA

🌆 Boston Common & Frog Pond — Boston, MA

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Shake Shack — Chestnut Hill, MA

🍕 Pino’s Pizza — Brighton, MA

🥞 The Friendly Toast — Boston, MA

🌮 Anna’s Taqueria — Brookline, MA

🍗 Sweet Cheeks Q — Boston, MA

🍦 J.P. Licks — Jamaica Plain, MA

☕️ Tatte Bakery & Café — Brookline, MA

🥗 Clover Food Lab — Boston, MA

🍔 The Capital Grille — Chestnut Hill, MA

🍩 Union Square Donuts — Boston, MA

Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 South Carolina Botanical Garden & Butterfly Garden — Clemson, SC

☕ Kids Play & Cafe - Easly,SC

🛝 Kid Venture 2.0 Park - Anderson, SC

👸 Let's play pretend - Anderson, SC

🐴 Ballyhoo Petting Zoo - Anderson, SC

🧠 Bob Campbell Geology Museum — Clemson, SC

🌊 Lake Hartwell (beach & paddling) — Seneca/Anderson, SC

🎾 Nettles Park (playground & courts) — Clemson, SC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Your Pie — Clemson, SC

🍦 Spill the Beans — Clemson, SC

🍕 Todaro Pizza — Clemson, SC

🥗Raines on Main - Anderson, SC

Duke University (Durham, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Museum of Life and Science — Durham, NC

🐒 Duke Lemur Center (advance tickets) — Durham, NC

🌳 Sarah P. Duke Gardens — Durham, NC

⚾ Durham Bulls Athletic Park (games & kids’ nights) — Durham, NC

🛝 Durham Central Park — Durham, NC

👧 Hyper Kidz— Durham, NC

🛍️ The Streets at Southpoint — Durham, NC

😃 Angel Island Fun Park — Durham, NC

 Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Bull City Burger & Brewery — Durham, NC

🧇 Dame’s Chicken & Waffles — Durham, NC

🍦 The Parlour — Durham, NC

Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Cascades Park — Tallahassee, FL

🦋 Tallahassee Museum (zip lines, wildlife trails, & historical exhibits) — Tallahassee, FL

🦖 Tallahassee Automobile Museum — Tallahassee, FL

🐢 Florida Historic Capitol Museum — Tallahassee, FL

🧗‍♀️ Urban Air Adventure Park — Tallahassee, FL

🚴‍♀️ Tom Brown Park — Tallahassee, FL

🎨 Challenger Learning Center & IMAX Theatre — Tallahassee, FL

🌿 Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park — Tallahassee, FL

🐠 Gulf Specimen Marine Lab — Panacea, FL (about 30 minutes south)

🦓 Tallahassee Museum’s Zoofari — Tallahassee, FL

🛝 Fun Station Family Center — Tallahassee, FL

🎭 Young Actors Theatre — Tallahassee, FL

🚂 Railroad Square Art District — Tallahassee, FL

🐊 St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge — St. Marks, FL (~30 minutes)

🎢 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Tallahassee, FL

🎡 Lake Ella & Fred Drake Park — Tallahassee, FL

☀️ Dorothy B. Oven Park — Tallahassee, FL

Family-Friendly Eats: 

🍕 Momo’s Pizza — Tallahassee, FL

🍔 Madison Social — Tallahassee, FL

🥞 Canopy Road Café — Tallahassee, FL

🌮 Burrito Boarder — Tallahassee, FL

🍗 Guthrie’s Chicken — Tallahassee, FL

🍦 Lofty Pursuits (old-fashioned soda fountain & candy shop) — Tallahassee, FL

☕️ Lucky Goat Coffee — Tallahassee, FL

🥗 Kool Beanz Café — Tallahassee, FL

🍔 Vertigo Burgers & Fries — Tallahassee, FL

🍩 Donut Kingdom — Tallahassee, FL

Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)

 Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Piedmont Park — Atlanta, GA

🦖 Fernbank Museum of Natural History — Atlanta, GA

🐠 Georgia Aquarium — Atlanta, GA

🥤 World of Coca-Cola — Atlanta, GA

🦋 Atlanta Botanical Garden — Atlanta, GA

🚂 Children’s Museum of Atlanta — Atlanta, GA

🛝 Catch Air Midtown — Atlanta, GA

🎢 Skyline Park (on Ponce City Market rooftop) — Atlanta, GA

🎨 High Museum of Art — Atlanta, GA

🧗‍♀️ Urban Air Adventure Park — Atlanta, GA

🎳 Bowlero Atlantic Station — Atlanta, GA

🦓 Zoo Atlanta — Atlanta, GA

🎭 Center for Puppetry Arts — Atlanta, GA

🚴‍♀️ Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail — Atlanta, GA

🎮 Battle & Brew (family-friendly gaming restaurant) — Sandy Springs, GA

🛼 Sparkles Family Fun Center — Smyrna, GA

🎠 Centennial Olympic Park — Atlanta, GA

🌆 The Roof at Ponce City Market — Atlanta, GA

Family-Friendly Eats: 

🍔 The Varsity — Atlanta, GA

🍕 Antico Pizza Napoletana — Atlanta, GA

🍗 Busy Bee Café — Atlanta, GA

🥞 Flying Biscuit Café — Atlanta, GA

🌮 Superica — Atlanta, GA

🍦 Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams — Atlanta, GA

☕️ Dancing Goats Coffee Bar — Atlanta, GA

🍔 Grindhouse Killer Burgers — Atlanta, GA

🥗 West Egg Café — Atlanta, GA

🍩 Sublime Doughnuts — Atlanta, GA

University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Waterfront Park — Louisville, KY

🦖 Louisville Science Center — Louisville, KY

🐠 Louisville Zoo — Louisville, KY

🚂 Kentucky Derby Museum (at Churchill Downs) — Louisville, KY

🎨 Speed Art Museum — Louisville, KY

🧗‍♀️ Altitude Trampoline Park — Louisville, KY

🎢 Malibu Jack’s Indoor Theme Park — Louisville, KY

🛝 All About Kids Sports Center — Louisville, KY

🦋 Louisville Nature Center — Louisville, KY

🐊 Kentucky Kingdom & Hurricane Bay — Louisville, KY

🚴‍♀️ The Big Four Bridge — Louisville, KY

🎭 Derby Dinner Playhouse — Clarksville, IN (~15 minutes from campus)

🎡 Louisville Mega Cavern (underground zip lines & tram tours) — Louisville, KY

🚜 Huber’s Orchard & Winery (great for kids & adults) — Starlight, IN (~25 minutes)

🌿 Beckley Creek Park — Louisville, KY

🦓 Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve — Goshen, KY (~30 minutes)

🎳 Main Event Entertainment — Louisville, KY

🛼 Champs Rollerdrome — Louisville, KY

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Mussel & Burger Bar — Louisville, KY

🍕 Impellizzeri’s Pizza — Louisville, KY

🥞 Wild Eggs — Louisville, KY

🍗 Royals Hot Chicken — Louisville, KY

🌮 El Taco Luchador — Louisville, KY

🍦 The Comfy Cow — Louisville, KY

☕️ Heine Brothers’ Coffee — Louisville, KY

🥗 The Café — Louisville, KY

🍔 Grind Burger Kitchen — Louisville, KY

🍩 Nord’s Bakery — Louisville, KY

University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Matheson Hammock Park & Beach — Coral Gables, FL

🐠 Miami Seaquarium — Key Biscayne, FL

🎨 Frost Museum of Science — Miami, FL

🦋 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden — Coral Gables, FL

🎢 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Doral, FL

🛝 Jumpin’ Jamboree Indoor Playground — Doral, FL

🎭 Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre — Coral Gables, FL

🚂 Pinecrest Gardens (petting zoo & splash pad) — Pinecrest, FL

🐊 Zoo Miami — Miami, FL

🦖 Gold Coast Railroad Museum — Miami, FL

🌿 Venetian Pool — Coral Gables, FL

🎡 Crandon Park (beach, carousel, & nature center) — Key Biscayne, FL

🎳 Bird Bowl Bowling Center — Miami, FL

🧗‍♀️ Planet Air Sports — Doral, FL

🚴‍♀️ The Underline Urban Trail — Miami, FL

🦓 Jungle Island — Miami, FL

☀️ South Pointe Park Pier — Miami Beach, FL

🌆 Bayside Marketplace (waterfront shopping & live music) — Miami, FL

🎨 Wynwood Walls — Miami, FL

🐢 Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum Aquarium — Miami, FL

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Shake Shack — Coral Gables, FL

🍕 Casola’s Pizza — Miami, FL

🥞 Greenstreet Café — Coconut Grove, FL

🌮 Coyo Taco — Coral Gables, FL

🍗 Yardbird Southern Table & Bar — Miami Beach, FL

🍦 Azucar Ice Cream Company — Little Havana, FL

☕️ Panther Coffee — Wynwood, FL

🥗 The Café at Books & Books — Coral Gables, FL

🍔 Lokal — Coconut Grove, FL

🍩 The Salty Donut — Coral Gables, FL

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Coker Arboretum — Chapel Hill, NC

🦖 Morehead Planetarium & Science Center — Chapel Hill, NC

🎨 Ackland Art Museum — Chapel Hill, NC

🚴‍♀️ Bolin Creek Trail — Chapel Hill, NC

🐠 North Carolina Botanical Garden — Chapel Hill, NC

🛝 Kidzu Children’s Museum — Chapel Hill, NC

🎢 Launch Trampoline Park — Durham, NC

🧗‍♀️ Defy Gravity Indoor Adventure Park — Durham, NC

🦋 Duke Gardens — Durham, NC

🎭 Durham Performing Arts Center (family shows & musicals) — Durham, NC

🚂 Museum of Life + Science (outdoor dinosaur trail & butterfly house) — Durham, NC

🐊 Eno River State Park — Durham, NC

🌿 Southern Community Park — Chapel Hill, NC

🦓 1870 Farm (petting zoo & family farm experiences) — Chapel Hill, NC

🎡 Fearrington Village (shops, farm animals, and bakery) — Pittsboro, NC

🚜 Maple View Farm Ice Cream — Hillsborough, NC

🎳 AMF Durham Lanes — Durham, NC

☀️ Jordan Lake State Recreation Area — Apex, NC

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Al’s Burger Shack — Chapel Hill, NC

🥞 Elmo’s Diner — Carrboro, NC

🌮 Monterrey Mexican Restaurant — Chapel Hill, NC

🍕 IP3 Italian Pizzeria — Chapel Hill, NC

🍗 Mama Dip’s Kitchen — Chapel Hill, NC

🍦 Maple View Farm Ice Cream — Hillsborough, NC

☕️ Caffe Driade — Chapel Hill, NC

🥗 Merritt’s Grill (famous BLT) — Chapel Hill, NC

🍩 Brandwein’s Bagels — Chapel Hill, NC

🍔 Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery — Chapel Hill, NC

NC State University (Raleigh, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Marbles Kids Museum — Raleigh, NC

🌳 Pullen Park (carousel, train & playgrounds) — Raleigh, NC

☕ Bumble Brews Play Cafe — Raleigh, NC

🛝 Over the Moon Play Space — Raleigh, NC

🥑 State Farmers Market — Raleigh, NC

🚨 Frankie’s of Raleigh — Raleigh, NC

🦕 NC Museum of Natural Sciences — Raleigh, NC

🌊 Lake Johnson Park (trail & boats) — Raleigh, NC

 Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Trophy Brewing & Pizza — Raleigh, NC

🐂 Howling Cow — Raleigh, NC

🍷 Raleigh Iron Works — Raleigh, NC

🍔 Morgan Street Food Hall  — Raleigh, NC

🌮 Transfer Co. Food Hall — Raleigh, NC

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Raleigh, NC

🍦 Two Roosters Ice Cream — Raleigh, NC

University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame/South Bend, IN)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Potawatomi Park — South Bend, IN

🐠 Potawatomi Zoo — South Bend, IN

🦖 The History Museum & Studebaker National Museum — South Bend, IN

🎨 South Bend Museum of Art — South Bend, IN

🚂 Kidsfirst Children’s Museum — South Bend, IN

🛝 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Mishawaka, IN

🎢 Urban Air Adventure Park — Mishawaka, IN

🎭 Morris Performing Arts Center — South Bend, IN

🌿 Rum Village Park & Nature Center — South Bend, IN

🚴‍♀️ East Race Waterway (whitewater rafting in summer!) — South Bend, IN

🦋 Wellfield Botanic Gardens — Elkhart, IN

🧗‍♀️ Strikes & Spares Entertainment Center — Mishawaka, IN

🎳 Chippewa Bowl — South Bend, IN

🎡 Howard Park (ice skating, splash pad, playground) — South Bend, IN

🐊 Elkhart Environmental Center — Elkhart, IN

☀️ St. Patrick’s County Park — South Bend, IN

🦓 Potawatomi Conservatories — South Bend, IN

🚜 Kercher’s Sunrise Orchards (u-pick apples & pumpkins) — Goshen, IN

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 CJ’s Pub — South Bend, IN

🍕 Barnaby’s South Bend — South Bend, IN

🥞 Peggs — South Bend, IN

🌮 La Esperanza Mexican Restaurant — South Bend, IN

🍗 The Lauber — South Bend, IN

🍦 The Chief Ice Cream — Goshen, IN

☕️ Chicory Café — South Bend, IN

🥗 Café Navarre — South Bend, IN

🍩 Macri’s Italian Bakery — South Bend, IN

🍔 Fiddler’s Hearth Public House — South Bend, IN

University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

 Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Schenley Park — Pittsburgh, PA

🎨 Carnegie Museum of Art — Pittsburgh, PA

🦖 Carnegie Museum of Natural History — Pittsburgh, PA

🐠 PPG Aquarium & Pittsburgh Zoo — Pittsburgh, PA

🚂 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, PA

🎢 Kennywood Amusement Park — West Mifflin, PA

🧗‍♀️ Urban Air Adventure Park — Cranberry Township, PA

🛝 Flight Adventure Park — Bridgeville, PA

🎭 Pittsburgh Playhouse — Pittsburgh, PA

🦋 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens — Pittsburgh, PA

🚴‍♀️ Three Rivers Heritage Trail — Pittsburgh, PA

🎡 Point State Park & Fountain — Pittsburgh, PA

🦓 National Aviary — Pittsburgh, PA

🌆 Duquesne Incline — Pittsburgh, PA

🎳 Zone 28 (bowling, arcade, laser tag) — Harmarville, PA

🐊 Pittsburgh Botanic Garden — Oakdale, PA

🚜 Soergel Orchards (seasonal fun & market) — Wexford, PA

🎠 Round Hill Park & Exhibit Farm — Elizabeth, PA

☀️ North Park (lake, playgrounds, trails) — Allison Park, PA

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Burgatory — Pittsburgh, PA

🍕 Aiello’s Pizza — Squirrel Hill, PA

🥞 Pamela’s Diner — Pittsburgh, PA

🌮 Condado Tacos — Pittsburgh, PA

🍗 The Yard — Pittsburgh, PA

🍦 Page Dairy Mart — Pittsburgh, PA

☕️ Commonplace Coffee — Pittsburgh, PA

🥗 The Porch at Schenley — Pittsburgh, PA

🍔 Stack’d Burgers & Beer — Pittsburgh, PA

🍩 Peace, Love, and Little Donuts — Pittsburgh, PA

Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Thornden Park — Syracuse, NY

🦖 Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) — Syracuse, NY

🐠 Rosamond Gifford Zoo — Syracuse, NY

🎨 Everson Museum of Art — Syracuse, NY

🚂 WonderWorks Destiny USA — Syracuse, NY

🛝 Billy Beez Indoor Play Park (inside Destiny USA) — Syracuse, NY

🎢 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Syracuse, NY

🧗‍♀️ Rock Climbing Gym at Central Rock Syracuse — Syracuse, NY

🎭 Syracuse Stage — Syracuse, NY

🌿 Clark Reservation State Park — Jamesville, NY

🎡 Onondaga Lake Park — Liverpool, NY

🦋 Beaver Lake Nature Center — Baldwinsville, NY

🚴‍♀️ Green Lakes State Park — Fayetteville, NY

🎳 Flamingo Bowl — Liverpool, NY

🐊 Pratt’s Falls Park — Manlius, NY

🦓 Critz Farms (seasonal apple & pumpkin picking) — Cazenovia, NY

🎠 Erie Canal Museum — Syracuse, NY

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Dinosaur Bar-B-Que — Syracuse, NY

🍕 Varsity Pizza — Syracuse, NY

🥞 Modern Malt — Syracuse, NY

🌮 XO Taco — Syracuse, NY

🍗 Pastabilities — Syracuse, NY

🍦 Gannon’s Isle Ice Cream — Syracuse, NY

☕️ Café Kubal — Syracuse, NY

🥗 Rise n’ Shine Diner — Syracuse, NY

🍔 Ale ’n’ Angus Pub — Syracuse, NY

🍩 Harrison Bakery — Syracuse, NY

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

 Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 IX Art Park (outdoor murals, events & play space) — Charlottesville, VA

🦖 Virginia Discovery Museum — Charlottesville, VA

🎨 The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA — Charlottesville, VA

🌿 Carter Mountain Orchard (apple picking, donuts, & views) — Charlottesville, VA

🐐 Maymont Park (petting zoo & gardens) — Richmond, VA (~30 min east)

🚴‍♀️ Rivanna Trail — Charlottesville, VA

🛝 Bounce Play-n-Create — Charlottesville, VA

🎢 Jump Cville Trampoline Park — Charlottesville, VA

🧗‍♀️ Rocky Top Climbing Gym — Charlottesville, VA

🐠 Monticello (Thomas Jefferson’s historic estate & gardens) — Charlottesville, VA

🚂 Charlottesville Ice Park (seasonal ice skating) — Charlottesville, VA

🎭 Paramount Theater — Charlottesville, VA

🦋 Ragged Mountain Natural Area — Charlottesville, VA

🌆 Darden Towe Park — Charlottesville, VA

🎡 Saunders-Monticello Trail — Charlottesville, VA

🐊 Luray Caverns — Luray, VA (~30 minutes northwest)

🦓 Charlottesville City Market — Charlottesville, VA

🎳 AMF Kegler’s Lanes — Charlottesville, VA

☀️ Pen Park (playground & trails) — Charlottesville, VA

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Citizen Burger Bar — Charlottesville, VA

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Charlottesville, VA

🥞 Tip Top Restaurant — Charlottesville, VA

🌮 Brazos Tacos — Charlottesville, VA

🍗 The Whiskey Jar — Charlottesville, VA

🍦 Chaps Ice Cream — Charlottesville, VA

☕️ Mudhouse Coffee Roasters — Charlottesville, VA

🥗 Farm Bell Kitchen — Charlottesville, VA

🍩 Duck Donuts — Charlottesville, VA

🍔 Boylan Heights (burger bar & college hangout) — Charlottesville, VA

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Huckleberry Trail — Blacksburg, VA

🦖 Blacksburg Children’s Museum — Blacksburg, VA

🎨 Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech — Blacksburg, VA

🐠 Pandapas Pond Recreation Area — Blacksburg, VA

🚂 Virginia Museum of Transportation — Roanoke, VA (~30 minutes)

🛝 Wonder Universe: A Children’s Museum — Christiansburg, VA

🎢 Launch Trampoline Park — Christiansburg, VA

🧗‍♀️ Crimper’s Climbing Gym — Christiansburg, VA

🎡 Cox’s Driving Range & Family Fun Center — Christiansburg, VA

🐊 Mill Mountain Zoo — Roanoke, VA (~40 minutes)

🌿 Hahn Horticulture Garden — Blacksburg, VA

🎭 Lyric Theatre — Blacksburg, VA

🚴‍♀️ New River Trail State Park — Draper, VA (~30 minutes)

🦋 Smithfield Plantation — Blacksburg, VA

🎳 NRV Superbowl — Christiansburg, VA

🦓 Sinkland Farms (seasonal festivals, pumpkins & animals) — Christiansburg, VA

☀️ Heritage Park — Blacksburg, VA

🌆 Claytor Lake State Park — Dublin, VA

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Bull & Bones Brewhaus & Grill — Blacksburg, VA

🍕 Benny Marzano’s (massive slices!) — Blacksburg, VA

🥞 Our Daily Bread Bakery & Bistro — Blacksburg, VA

🌮 Cabo Fish Taco — Blacksburg, VA

🍗 The Farmhouse — Christiansburg, VA

🍦 The Frosty Monkey — Blacksburg, VA

☕️ Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea — Blacksburg, VA

🥗 Roots Natural Kitchen — Blacksburg, VA

🍩 Carol Lee Donuts — Blacksburg, VA

🍔 Lefty’s Main Street Grille — Blacksburg, VA

Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Reynolda Gardens & Village — Winston-Salem, NC

🎨 Reynolda House Museum of American Art — Winston-Salem, NC

🦖 Kaleideum North (science & discovery museum) — Winston-Salem, NC

🧗‍♀️ Urban Air Adventure Park — Winston-Salem, NC

🎢 Surge Adventure Park — Winston-Salem, NC

🛝 Safari Nation Indoor Playground — Winston-Salem, NC

🎭 The Children’s Theatre of Winston-Salem — Winston-Salem, NC

🐠 Kaleideum Downtown (STEM exhibits & play space) — Winston-Salem, NC

🌿 Quarry Park (overlooks & walking trails) — Winston-Salem, NC

🚴‍♀️ Salem Lake Trail — Winston-Salem, NC

🦋 Tanglewood Park (playground, splash pad, Christmas lights) — Clemmons, NC

🎡 Triad Park — Kernersville, NC

🐊 Old Salem Museums & Gardens — Winston-Salem, NC

🚂 Historic Bethabara Park — Winston-Salem, NC

🎳 Creekside Lanes — Winston-Salem, NC

🦓 Forsyth County Parks & Playgrounds (various) — Winston-Salem, NC

☀️ Bowman Gray Stadium (family events & races) — Winston-Salem, NC

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Foothills Brewing — Winston-Salem, NC

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Winston-Salem, NC

🥞 Midtown Café & Dessertery — Winston-Salem, NC

🌮 Crafted: The Art of the Taco — Winston-Salem, NC

🍗 Sweet Potatoes (Southern favorites) — Winston-Salem, NC

🍦 Blue Ridge Ice Creams — Winston-Salem, NC

☕️ Camino Bakery — Winston-Salem, NC

🥗 Village Tavern — Winston-Salem, NC

🍔 The Porch Kitchen and Cantina — Winston-Salem, NC

🍩 Duck Donuts — Winston-Salem, NC

University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Tilden Regional Park (farm, carousel, trails, & steam trains) — Berkeley, CA

🐐 Tilden Little Farm — Berkeley, CA

🚂 Redwood Valley Railway (mini steam train) — Berkeley, CA

🎨 Lawrence Hall of Science — Berkeley, CA

🦋 Habitot Children’s Museum — Berkeley, CA

🎢 Kids Play Zone — Oakland, CA

🛝 Kids Gym Berkeley — Berkeley, CA

🧗‍♀️ Ironworks Climbing Gym — Berkeley, CA

🐠 Aquarium of the Bay — San Francisco, CA (~25 minutes)

🎭 Berkeley Repertory Theatre (family shows available) — Berkeley, CA

🌿 UC Botanical Garden — Berkeley, CA

🎡 Adventure Playground (creative outdoor building park) — Berkeley, CA

🦖 Chabot Space & Science Center — Oakland, CA

🚴‍♀️ César Chávez Park — Berkeley, CA

🦓 Oakland Zoo — Oakland, CA

🎳 Albany Bowl — Albany, CA

🎨 MOCHA (Museum of Children’s Art) — Oakland, CA

☀️ Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve — Berkeley, CA

🌆 Lake Merritt (boating, playgrounds, & walking trails) — Oakland, CA

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Cheeseboard Collective (pizza & bakery) — Berkeley, CA

🍕 Sliver Pizzeria — Berkeley, CA

🥞 La Note (French brunch spot) — Berkeley, CA

🌮 Comal — Berkeley, CA

🍗 Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen — Berkeley, CA

🍦 Ici Ice Cream — Berkeley, CA

☕️ Blue Bottle Coffee — Berkeley, CA

🥗 Gather — Berkeley, CA

🍩 Donut Farm — Oakland, CA

🍔 Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers — Berkeley, CA

Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Stanford Dish Hiking Trail — Stanford, CA

🎨 Cantor Arts Center — Stanford, CA

🦋 Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden — Palo Alto, CA

🐠 Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo — Palo Alto, CA

🚂 Museum of American Heritage — Palo Alto, CA

🧗‍♀️ Planet Granite Climbing Gym — Belmont, CA

🎢 CuriOdyssey Science & Wildlife Center — San Mateo, CA

🛝 Magical Bridge Playground — Palo Alto, CA

🎭 Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto — Palo Alto, CA

🚴‍♀️ Baylands Nature Preserve — Palo Alto, CA

🌿 Bol Park (bike path, donkeys, and green space) — Palo Alto, CA

🎡 Hiller Aviation Museum — San Carlos, CA

🦖 Computer History Museum — Mountain View, CA

🦓 Happy Hollow Park & Zoo — San Jose, CA

🎳 Bel Mateo Bowl — San Mateo, CA

🎢 Pump It Up Indoor Inflatable Park — Sunnyvale, CA

☀️ Shoreline Lake Boathouse & Café — Mountain View, CA

🌆 Filoli Historic House & Garden — Woodside, CA

🚜 Webb Ranch (seasonal berry picking & pumpkins) — Portola Valley, CA

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Gott’s Roadside — Palo Alto, CA

🍕 State of Mind Slice House — Los Altos, CA

🥞 Joanie’s Café — Palo Alto, CA

🌮 Tacolicious — Palo Alto, CA

🍗 Bird Dog — Palo Alto, CA

🍦 Tin Pot Creamery — Palo Alto, CA

☕️ Blue Bottle Coffee — Palo Alto, CA

🥗 True Food Kitchen — Palo Alto, CA

🍔 The Counter Custom Burgers — Palo Alto, CA

🍩 Stan’s Donut Shop — Santa Clara, CA

SMU — Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Klyde Warren Park — Dallas, TX

🦖 Perot Museum of Nature and Science — Dallas, TX

🐠 Dallas World Aquarium — Dallas, TX

🎨 Dallas Museum of Art — Dallas, TX

🎢 Play Street Museum — Dallas, TX

🛝 KidZania (interactive city for kids) — Frisco, TX (~25 minutes)

🧗‍♀️ Urban Air Adventure Park — Dallas, TX

🎭 Dallas Children’s Theater — Dallas, TX

🚴‍♀️ Katy Trail — Dallas, TX

🌿 Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden — Dallas, TX

🦋 Texas Discovery Gardens & Butterfly House — Dallas, TX

🎳 Bowl & Barrel — Dallas, TX

🎡 Reunion Tower GeO-Deck — Dallas, TX

🐊 Dallas Zoo — Dallas, TX

🚂 Frontiers of Flight Museum — Dallas, TX

🦓 Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary — McKinney, TX (~30 min)

🎠 Fair Park (State Fair of Texas grounds) — Dallas, TX

☀️ White Rock Lake Park — Dallas, TX

🎨 Crayola Experience Plano — Plano, TX (~25 min)

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 Shake Shack — Dallas, TX

🍕 Cane Rosso — Dallas, TX

🥞 The Original Pancake House — Dallas, TX

🌮 Velvet Taco — Dallas, TX

🍗 Bubba’s Cooks Country — Dallas, TX

🍦 Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams — Dallas, TX

☕️ Foxtrot Coffee & Market — Dallas, TX

🥗 True Food Kitchen — Dallas, TX

🍔 Hopdoddy Burger Bar — Dallas, TX

🍩 Hypnotic Donuts — Dallas, TX