Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM)

City: Montgomery, AL

🌳 Blount Cultural Park — Montgomery (walking trails, duck pond & Shakespeare Garden)

🎨 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts — Montgomery

🦋 Riverfront Park — Montgomery (playground, splash pad & amphitheater)

🎢 Escapology & Bama Lanes Family Center — Montgomery (arcade, bowling & laser tag)

🛝 Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park Playground — Montgomery

🎭 Alabama Shakespeare Festival — Montgomery (family shows & plays)

🎳 Bowlero Montgomery — Montgomery

☀️ Downtown Montgomery Riverwalk — Montgomery

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Martin’s Restaurant — Montgomery (Southern comfort food!)

🍕 Tomatino’s Pizza & Bake Shop — Montgomery

🥞 The Vintage Café — Montgomery

🌮 La Zona Rosa Hillwood Mexican Café — Montgomery

🍗 Dreamland BBQ — Montgomery (Alabama classic)

🍦 Nancy’s Italian Ice — Montgomery

☕️ Prevail Union Coffee — Montgomery

🥗 City Grill — Montgomery

Christian Brothers University (CBU)

City: Memphis, TN

🌳 Overton Park & Memphis Zoo — Memphis (zoo, playgrounds, and trails)

🎨 Children’s Museum of Memphis — Memphis (interactive play for all ages)

🦋 Shelby Farms Park — Memphis (lakes, zip lines & paddle boats)

🎢 Main Event Entertainment — Memphis (arcade, bowling & mini golf)

🛝 My Big Backyard at Memphis Botanic Garden — Memphis

🎭 Orpheum Theatre — Memphis (family musicals & classics)

🎳 Billy Hardwick’s All Star Lanes — Memphis

☀️ Beale Street Landing & Riverfront Park — Memphis

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Huey’s Downtown — Memphis (famous burgers & kid menu)

🍕 Aldo’s Pizza Pies — Memphis

🥞 Brother Juniper’s Café — Memphis (beloved brunch spot)

🌮 Los Comales Mexican Restaurant — Memphis

🍗 Central BBQ — Memphis (must-try!) 🍖

🍦 Jerry’s Sno Cones — Memphis 🍧

☕️ Bluff City Coffee — Memphis

🥗 The Beauty Shop Restaurant — Memphis (quirky & fun)

Delta State University

City: Cleveland, MS

🌳 Fireman’s Park — Cleveland (playground & splash pad)

🎨 GRAMMY Museum Mississippi — Cleveland (interactive exhibits for music lovers!)

🦋 Dockery Farms Historic Site — Cleveland (Delta blues history & photos)

🎢 Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum — Cleveland (kids love the trains!)

🛝 Cleveland Country Club Pool & Play Area — Cleveland

🎳 Paradise Lanes Bowling — Cleveland

☀️ Downtown Cleveland — charming shops, murals & eateries

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Hey Joe’s Burgers + Beer — Cleveland

🍕 Lost Pizza Co. — Cleveland

🥞 Airport Grocery — Cleveland (family dining landmark)

🌮 Mosquito Burrito — Cleveland

🍗 The Warehouse Restaurant — Cleveland

🍦 Backdraft Ice Cream & Coffee — Cleveland

☕️ Catfish Cabin Coffee & Café — Cleveland

🥗 A La Carte Alley — Cleveland

Lee University

City: Cleveland, TN

🌳 Tinsley Park — Cleveland (splash pad, tennis & playgrounds)

🎨 Museum Center at 5ive Points — Cleveland (local history & crafts)

🦋 Red Clay State Historic Park — Cleveland (trails & picnic area)

🎢 Urban Air Adventure Park — Chattanooga (25 min)

🛝 Greenway Park — Cleveland (walk/bike trails with creeks)

🎭 The Cleveland Play House — Cleveland (family theatre shows)

🎳 Leisure Time Bowling — Cleveland

☀️ Downtown Cleveland — antique shops & hometown cafés

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Café Roma — Cleveland

🍕 Boathouse Rotisserie & Raw Bar — Chattanooga (worth the drive!)

🥞 The Spot on the Square — Cleveland

🌮 El Cazador Mexican Restaurant — Cleveland

🍗 Jordan’s BBQ — Cleveland

🍦 Whitestone Creamery — Cleveland 🍦

☕️ Inman Street Coffeehouse — Cleveland

🥗 Stadium BBQ & Grill — Cleveland

Mississippi College

City: Clinton, MS

🌳 Traceway Park — Clinton (sports fields & playgrounds)

🎨 Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson (20 min)

🦋 Jackson Zoo — Jackson, MS (25 min)

🎢 Launch Trampoline Park — Pearl, MS (25 min)

🛝 Brighton Park — Clinton (walking trail & splash pad)

🎭 Thalia Mara Hall — Jackson (family theatre & performances)

🎳 Fannin Lanes — Flowood, MS (30 min)

☀️ Natchez Trace Parkway Overlook — Clinton (scenic drive & short hikes)

Family Friendly Eats:

🍔 303 Jefferson — Clinton, MS (local favorite)

🍕 Newk’s Eatery — Clinton, MS

🥞 Brick Street Café — Clinton, MS

🌮 El Sombrero Mexican Grill — Clinton, MS

🍗 Cock of the Walk — Ridgeland, MS (southern fried catfish classic!)

🍦 Bop’s Frozen Custard — Clinton, MS 🍦

☕️ Generations Coffee House — Clinton, MS

🥗 The Iron Horse Grill — Jackson, MS

Shorter University

City: Rome, GA

🌳 Heritage Park — Rome (playground & walking trail along river)

🎨 Rome Area History Museum — Rome (kid-friendly local exhibits)

🦋 Berry College Campus Trails — Rome (deer sightings & scenic paths!)

🎢 Skate-A-Rama & Fun Junction — Rome

🛝 Ridge Ferry Park — Rome (splash pad & festivals)

🎭 Rome Little Theatre at DeSoto Theatre — Rome

🎳 Classic Bowling Center — Rome

☀️ Downtown Rome Broad Street — restaurants & shops

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Harvest Moon Café — Rome

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Rome

🥞 Honeymoon Bakery & Café — Rome

🌮 El Zarape Mexican Restaurant — Rome

🍗 Sam’s Southern Eatery — Rome

🍦 Sweet Bar Ice Cream — Rome

☕️ Swift & Finch Coffee — Rome

🥗 Blue Fin Restaurant & Sushi Bar — Rome

Union University

City: Jackson, TN

🌳 Cypress Grove Nature Park — Jackson (boardwalk & nature center)

🎨 Casey Jones Village & Railroad Museum — Jackson (kids’ favorite!)

🦋 Rusty’s TV & Movie Car Museum — Jackson

🎢 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Jackson

🛝 North Park — Jackson (splash pad & fields)

🎭 The NED Theatre — Jackson

🎳 Jackson Bowling & Family Fun Center — Jackson

☀️ Downtown Jackson Farmers Market & Mural Walk — Jackson

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Rock’n Dough Pizza — Jackson

🥞 Brooksie’s Barn — Jackson (southern buffet style)

🌮 Tulum Fresh Mexican Grill — Jackson

🍗 Old Town Spaghetti Store — Jackson (local staple)

🍦 Redbone’s Ice Cream & Sweets — Jackson 

☕️ Turntable Coffee Counter — Jackson

University of Montevallo

City: Montevallo, AL

🌳 Orr Park — Montevallo (tree carvings, creek & playground)

🎨 Aldrich Coal Mine Museum — Montevallo (fun for kids & history buffs)

🦋 American Village Citizenship Trust — Montevallo (interactive colonial experience)

🎢 Central Alabama Paintball Park — Calera (20 min)

🛝 Orr Park Tree Trail — Montevallo

🎭 Montevallo Main Street Players Theatre — Montevallo

🎳 Oak Mountain Lanes — Pelham (25 min)

☀️ Downtown Montevallo Main Street — family-friendly shops & cafés

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Main Street Tavern — Montevallo

🍕 El Agave Mexican Restaurant — Montevallo

🥞 The Flower Shop Café — Montevallo

🌮 Zapopan Mexican Grill — Calera

🍗 Full Moon Bar-B-Que — Alabaster (20 min)

🍦 Pelham Scoops Ice Cream — Pelham

☕️ C’s Coffee House — Montevallo

🥗 Slice Pizza & Brew — Alabaster

University of West Alabama (UWA)

City: Livingston, AL

🌳 Jaycee Park — Livingston (playground & lake views)

🎨 Sumter County Nature & Heritage Trail — Livingston

🦋 UWA Black Belt Museum — Livingston (dinosaurs & fossils!)

🎢 Dreamland Skate Center — Demopolis (25 min)

🛝 Lake LU Nature Trail — Livingston (kayaking & picnicking)

🎭 UWA Fine Arts Theatre — Livingston (family shows)

🎳 Turtle Creek Bowling — Meridian, MS (30 min)

☀️ Downtown Livingston Square — family restaurants & antique shops

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Diamond Jim’s & Mrs. Donna’s Steakhouse — Livingston

🍕 AJ’s Family Restaurant — Livingston

🥞 The Front Porch Café — Livingston

🌮 La Pinata Mexican Restaurant — Livingston

🍗 Smokin’ Jack’s BBQ — Demopolis

🍦 Scoops Ice Cream — Demopolis

☕️ Sumter Grocery & Coffee Corner — Livingston

🥗 Main Street Café — Demopolis

University of West Florida (UWF)

City: Pensacola, FL

🌳 Bay Bluffs Park — Pensacola (boardwalk views of Pensacola Bay)

🎨 Pensacola Museum of Art — Pensacola

🦋 Gulf Breeze Zoo — Gulf Breeze (25 min)

🎢 Fast Eddie’s Fun Center — Pensacola (mini golf, go-karts, arcade)

🛝 Bayview Park — Pensacola (playground & paddleboard rentals)

🎭 Saenger Theatre — Pensacola (family concerts & shows)

🎳 Cordova Lanes Bowling Center — Pensacola

☀️ Pensacola Beach Boardwalk — Pensacola (sand, shops & sunsets!)

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 McGuire’s Irish Pub — Pensacola (a must-visit landmark!)

🍕 Lost Pizza Co. — Pensacola

🥞 The Ruby Slipper Café — Pensacola

🌮 Taco Rock 29 — Pensacola

🍗 The Fish House — Pensacola (waterfront dining)

🍦 Wild Honey Frozen Yogurt — Pensacola 🍦

☕️ Bodacious Brew Café — Pensacola

🥗 Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille — Pensacola