Charleston Southern University (Charleston, SC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 Magnolia Plantation & Gardens — Charleston, SC

🎢 Whirlin’ Waters Adventure Waterpark — North Charleston, SC

🎨 Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry — Charleston, SC

🌊 Folly Beach County Park — Charleston, SC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Sesame Burgers & Beer — North Charleston, SC

🍕 Park Pizza Co. — Charleston, SC

🍦 Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream & Sandwich Café — North Charleston, SC

Gardner-Webb University (Boiling Springs, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Harmony Trail — Shelby, NC

🎢 Shelby City Park Carrousel & Train — Shelby, NC

🏛 Kidsenses – Forest City, NC

🎮 Arcade Museum –Forest City, NC

🥧 The Pie Safe – Forest City NC

🛝 The Play Place – Shelby, NC

⛳Hang Time Golf — Shelby, NC

💧 Broad River Greenway — Boiling Springs, NC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Italian Garden — Boiling Springs, NC

🍕 Pleasant City Wood Fired Grille — Shelby, NC

☕ Rail Trail Boardwalk— Shelby, NC

🍦 Uptown Sweets & Treats — Shelby, NC

High Point University (High Point, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Kersey Valley Attractions — Archdale, NC

🧠 Nido & Mariana Qubein Children’s Museum — High Point, NC

🌳 City Lake Park — High Point, NC

🎨 Theatre Art Galleries — High Point, NC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Blue Water Grille — High Point, NC

🍕 Giannos of High Point — High Point, NC

🍦 Bruster’s Real Ice Cream — High Point, NC

Longwood University (Farmville, VA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 High Bridge Trail State Park — Farmville, VA

🎨 Longwood Center for the Visual Arts — Farmville, VA

🎢 Riverside Park — Farmville, VA

🌊 Wilck’s Lake Island Park — Farmville, VA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Walker’s Diner — Farmville, VA

🍕 Uptown Coffee Café & Pizzeria — Farmville, VA

🍦 The Fishin’ Pig — Farmville, VA

Presbyterian College (Clinton, SC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Millers Fork Trail — Clinton, SC

🎢 Simpsonville’s Discovery Island Waterpark — Simpsonville, SC

🦄 Hidden Pasture Unicorn Farm — Fountain Inn, SC

🏠 Villiage Play Inn — Fountain City, SC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Steamers Restaurant — Clinton, SC

🍕 House of Pizza — Clinton, SC

🍦 Candy and Chronicals — Fountain Inn, SC

🛒 Fountain Foods Market– Fountain Inn, SC

☕ Steam Coffee – Fountain Inn, SC

Radford University (Radford, VA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Bisset Park (riverwalk, playgrounds & trails along the New River) — Radford, VA

🚴‍♀️ New River Trail State Park — Draper, VA

🌿 Wildwood Park (botanical trails & outdoor classrooms) — Radford, VA

🎳 NRV Superbowl — Christiansburg, VA

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

🎢 Launch Trampoline Park — Christiansburg, VA

🧗‍♀️ Crimper’s Climbing Gym — Christiansburg, VA

🐠 Claytor Lake State Park (swimming, boating & picnics) — Dublin, VA

🎭 Radford Theatre (retro cinema experience) — Radford, VA

🎡 Sinkland Farms (pumpkin festival & events) — Christiansburg, VA

☀️ Wildwood Park Loop Trail — Radford, VA

🌆 Downtown Radford Riverway (shops & local dining) — Radford, VA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 River City Grill — Radford, VA

🍕 Brick House Pizza — Radford, VA

🥞 Due South BBQ — Christiansburg, VA

🌮 El Charro Mexican Grill — Radford, VA

🍗 Sharkey’s Wing & Rib Joint — Radford, VA

🍦 The Ice Cream Stop — Radford, VA

☕️ Radford Coffee Company — Radford, VA

🥗 Macado’s — Radford, VA

🍔 Bull & Bones Brewhaus & Grill — Blacksburg, VA

🍩 Carol Lee Donuts — Blacksburg, VA

UNC Asheville (Asheville, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🛝 Mountain Play Lodge — Asheville, NC

🌳 Western North Carolina Nature Center — Asheville, NC

🎢 Launch Trampoline Park — Arden, NC

🌊 French Broad River Park — Asheville, NC

🎮 Pinball Museum – Asheville, NC

🏰 The Biltmore – Asheville, NC

🛍️ Asheville Outlets – Asheville, NC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Farm Burger — Asheville, NC

🍕 Galactic Pizza — Asheville, NC

🍦 The Hop Ice Cream Café — Asheville, NC

Winthrop University (Rock Hill, SC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Adventure Air Sports — Rock Hill, SC

🌳 Glencairn Garden — Rock Hill, SC

🧠 Main Street Children’s Museum — Rock Hill, SC

🎨 Catawba Cultural Center — Rock Hill, SC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Flipside Restaurant — Rock Hill, SC

🍕 Mario’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant — Rock Hill, SC

🍦 PW’s Ice Cream & Coffee — Rock Hill, SC

USC Upstate (Spartanburg, SC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Cleveland Park — Spartanburg, SC

🎢 Big Air Trampoline Park — Spartanburg, SC

🎨 Spartanburg Science Center — Spartanburg, SC

🌊 Hatcher Garden & Woodland Preserve — Spartanburg, SC

🛍️ Imagination Station – Spartanburg, SC

🚂 The Children’s Museum of the Upstate – Spartanburg, SC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Beacon — Spartanburg, SC

🍕 Venus Pie Pizzeria — Spartanburg, SC

🍺 Fr8yard – Spartanburg, SC

🍦 Hub City Scoops — Spartanburg, SC

🥑 Blue Moon Bodega – Spartanburg, SC