Canisius University (Buffalo, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Delaware Park (lakeside walking paths, playgrounds & sports fields) — Buffalo, NY

🐠 Buffalo Zoo — Buffalo, NY

🎨 Albright-Knox Art Gallery — Buffalo, NY

🦖 Buffalo Museum of Science — Buffalo, NY

🛝 Explore & More Children’s Museum — Buffalo, NY

🎢 Get Air Trampoline Park — Cheektowaga, NY

🚴‍♀️ Outer Harbor & Wilkeson Pointe Park — Buffalo, NY

🌿 Tifft Nature Preserve — Buffalo, NY

🐊 Aquarium of Niagara — Niagara Falls, NY (~25 minutes)

🎡 Canalside (ice skating, concerts & waterfront activities) — Buffalo, NY

🦋 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve — Depew, NY

🎳 Transit Lanes Family Bowling — Williamsville, NY

🧗‍♀️ Central Rock Gym — Buffalo, NY

🎠 Buffalo Heritage Carousel — Buffalo, NY

🚂 Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum — North Tonawanda, NY

☀️ Glen Falls Park — Williamsville, NY

🌆 Niagara Falls State Park — Niagara Falls, NY (~25 minutes)

🐻 Buffalo RiverWorks (indoor/outdoor family fun & events) — Buffalo, NY

Family Friendly Eats: 

🍔 Allen Burger Venture — Buffalo, NY

🍕 Bocce Club Pizza — Buffalo, NY

🥞 Sophia’s Restaurant — Buffalo, NY

🌮 Lloyd Taco Factory — Buffalo, NY

🍗 Anchor Bar (home of the original Buffalo wing) — Buffalo, NY

🍦 Anderson’s Frozen Custard — Buffalo, NY

☕️ Spot Coffee — Buffalo, NY

🥗 The Grange Community Kitchen — Hamburg, NY

🍔 The Left Bank — Buffalo, NY

🍩 Paula’s Donuts — Buffalo, NY

Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Jennings Beach (playground, snack bar & walking paths) — Fairfield, CT

🐠 Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk — Norwalk, CT

🎨 Stepping Stones Museum for Children — Norwalk, CT

🦋 Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Sanctuary — Fairfield, CT

🚴‍♀️ Lake Mohegan Recreation Area (beach, splash pad, hiking trails) — Fairfield, CT

🛝 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — Norwalk, CT

🎢 Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park — Trumbull, CT

🧗‍♀️ The Adventure Park at The Discovery Museum — Bridgeport, CT

🎳 Nutmeg Bowl — Fairfield, CT

🎡 Beardsley Zoo — Bridgeport, CT

🦖 Discovery Science Center & Planetarium — Bridgeport, CT

🌿 Sherwood Island State Park — Westport, CT

🐊 Earthplace Nature Discovery Center — Westport, CT

🎠 Calf Pasture Beach — Norwalk, CT

☀️ Seaside Park (waterfront & playgrounds) — Bridgeport, CT

🌆 Downtown Fairfield (boutiques, ice cream shops & family dining) — Fairfield, CT

🚂 Fairfield Museum & History Center — Fairfield, CT

🎨 MoCA Westport (kids’ workshops & art exhibits) — Westport, CT

🌊 Sasco Beach (perfect for sunsets)

Family-Friendly Eats: 

🍔 Plan B Burger Bar — Fairfield, CT

🍕 Colony Grill — Fairfield, CT

🥞 Chip’s Family Restaurant — Fairfield, CT

🌮 Bodega Taco Bar — Fairfield, CT

🍗 The Chelsea — Fairfield, CT

🍦 Saugatuck Sweets — Fairfield, CT

☕️ Shearwater Coffee Bar — Fairfield, CT

🍔 Flipside Burgers & Bar — Fairfield, CT

🍩 Donut Crazy — Westport, CT

🍅 Sophie’s Pizza Bar — Fairfield, CT

🥛 16 Handles Frozen Yogurt — Fairfield, CT

Iona University (New Rochelle, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Glen Island Park (beach, picnic areas & harbor views) — New Rochelle, NY

🐠 New Rochelle Marina & Waterfront — New Rochelle, NY

🎨 Westchester Children’s Museum — Rye, NY

🦖 LEGOLAND Discovery Center — Yonkers, NY

🛝 Sky Zone Trampoline Park — New Rochelle, NY

🎢 FunFuzion (indoor rides, arcade, mini bowling) — New Rochelle, NY

🧗‍♀️ Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park — Mt. Kisco, NY (~25 minutes)

🌿 Saxon Woods Park (playground, trails, & mini water park) — White Plains, NY

🎡 Harbor Island Park (beach & splash area) — Mamaroneck, NY

🦋 Greenburgh Nature Center — Scarsdale, NY

🐊 Bronx Zoo — Bronx, NY (~25 minutes)

🎨 Hudson Park Children’s Greenhouse — New Rochelle, NY

🚴‍♀️ Pelham Bay Park (New York City’s largest park) — Bronx, NY (~25 minutes)

🎳 Bowlmor Lanes — White Plains, NY

🦓 Rye Playland Amusement Park — Rye, NY

🎠 Kensico Dam Plaza (playgrounds, festivals, open lawns) — Valhalla, NY

☀️ Orchard Beach (Bronx’s family beach spot) — Bronx, NY (~30 minutes)

🌆 Downtown New Rochelle (shops, restaurants & waterfront walk) — New Rochelle, NY

Family- Friendly Eats: 

🍔 Wooden Spoon — New Rochelle, NY

🍕 Modern Restaurant & Lounge — New Rochelle, NY

🥞 City Limits Diner — White Plains, NY

🌮 Salsa y Salsa — Larchmont, NY

🍗 Smokehouse Tailgate Grill — New Rochelle, NY

🍦 Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices — Mamaroneck, NY

☕️ Boiano Bakery & Café — Mamaroneck, NY

🥗 Pop’s Espresso Bar — New Rochelle, NY

🍔 Sedona Taphouse — Mamaroneck, NY

🍩 The Snackery Bakeshop — Larchmont, NY

Manhattan College (Bronx, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Van Cortlandt Park (right by campus — trails, playgrounds & fields) — Bronx, NY

🐠 Bronx Zoo — Bronx, NY

🦋 New York Botanical Garden — Bronx, NY

🎨 Wave Hill Public Garden & Cultural Center — Bronx, NY

🚴‍♀️ Hudson River Greenway — Bronx, NY

🎢 LEGOLAND Discovery Center — Yonkers, NY

🛝 Tibbetts Brook Park (spray playground, pool & mini golf) — Yonkers, NY

🌿 Inwood Hill Park (nature trails & views of the Hudson) — Manhattan, NY

🎡 Pelham Bay Park (NYC’s largest park) — Bronx, NY

🧗‍♀️ Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park — Yonkers, NY

🐊 Bronx Children’s Museum — Bronx, NY

🎠 Orchard Beach Boardwalk — Bronx, NY

🦓 Bronx River Forest Trail — Bronx, NY

🚂 Empire City Casino (family dining & events area) — Yonkers, NY

🎢 Playland Amusement Park — Rye, NY (~30 minutes)

☀️ Little Red Lighthouse & Fort Washington Park — Manhattan, NY

🌆 Yankee Stadium Tours — Bronx, NY

🎨 Cloisters Museum & Gardens (Metropolitan Museum branch) — Manhattan, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Bronx Alehouse — Bronx, NY

🍕 Kingsbridge Social Club — Bronx, NY

🥞 The Hill Bistro — Bronx, NY

🌮 Malecon Restaurant — Bronx, NY

🍗 Lloyd’s Carrot Cake — Bronx, NY

🍦 Mother’s Bake Shop — Bronx, NY

☕️ Mon Amour Coffee & Wine — Bronx, NY

🥗 Moss Café (farm-to-table, family-friendly) — Bronx, NY

🍔 Harlem Public — Manhattan, NY

🍩 Beascakes Bakery — Bronxville, NY

Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Walkway Over the Hudson (pedestrian bridge with stunning views) — Poughkeepsie, NY

🚴‍♀️ Hudson Valley Rail Trail — Highland, NY

🌿 Locust Grove Estate (gardens, trails, & historic house) — Poughkeepsie, NY

🎨 Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum — Poughkeepsie, NY

🐠 SplashDown Beach Water Park — Fishkill, NY (~25 minutes)

🦋 Trevor Zoo (small, family-friendly zoo) — Millbrook, NY (~30 minutes)

🎢 The Castle Fun Center — Chester, NY (~30 minutes)

🎭 Bardavon 1869 Opera House (family shows & concerts) — Poughkeepsie, NY

🛝 Fun Max Indoor Playground — Poughkeepsie, NY

🎳 Spins Bowl — Poughkeepsie, NY

🐊 Bowdoin Park (playgrounds, walking trails & river views) — Wappingers Falls, NY

🧗‍♀️ Gravity Vault Indoor Rock Gym — Poughkeepsie, NY

🎡 Dutchess County Fairgrounds (seasonal events & festivals) — Rhinebeck, NY

🦓 Kelder’s Farm (u-pick produce & mini golf) — Kerhonkson, NY (~30 minutes)

🚂 Hudson River Cruises (family sightseeing tours) — Kingston, NY (~25 minutes)

☀️ Victor C. Waryas Park (riverfront park with playground) — Poughkeepsie, NY

🌆 Franny Reese State Park (hiking & views of the Hudson) — Highland, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Mill House Brewing Company — Poughkeepsie, NY

🍕 Cosimo’s Trattoria — Poughkeepsie, NY

🥞 The Palace Diner — Poughkeepsie, NY

🌮 Baja 328 Tequila Bar Southwest Grill — Beacon, NY

🍗 River Station Restaurant — Poughkeepsie, NY

🍦 Zoe’s Ice Cream Barn — Lagrangeville, NY

☕️ The Crafted Kup — Poughkeepsie, NY

🥗 Lola’s Café — Poughkeepsie, NY

🍔 Shadows on the Hudson — Poughkeepsie, NY

🍩 Glazed Over Donuts — Beacon, NY

Mount St. Mary’s University (Emmitsburg, MD)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Catoctin Mountain Park (hiking, waterfalls & picnic spots) — Thurmont, MD

🦋 Cunningham Falls State Park (swimming & scenic trails) — Thurmont, MD

🎨 National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes — Emmitsburg, MD

🛝 Northside Park — Emmitsburg, MD

🚴‍♀️ Mount St. Mary’s Campus Trail System — Emmitsburg, MD

🐠 Catoctin Wildlife Preserve — Thurmont, MD

🎭 The Delaplaine Arts Center — Frederick, MD (~25 minutes)

🦓 Walkersville Southern Railroad (vintage train rides) — Walkersville, MD

🎡 Adventure Park USA (mini golf, go-karts, arcade) — Monrovia, MD (~30 minutes)

🌿 Loy’s Station Covered Bridge Park — Thurmont, MD

🎳 Terrace Lanes Bowling Center — Frederick, MD

🎢 Urban Air Adventure Park — Frederick, MD

🚂 National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (museum & gardens) — Emmitsburg, MD

🦖 Rose Hill Manor Park & Children’s Museum — Frederick, MD

🐊 Utica District Park — Frederick, MD

☀️ Roddy Road Covered Bridge — Thurmont, MD

🌆 Downtown Frederick (shops, murals, & family dining) — Frederick, MD

Family Friendly Eats:

🎨 Carroll Creek Linear Park — Frederick, MD

🍔 Carriage House Inn — Emmitsburg, MD

🍕 Rocky’s New York Pizza — Thurmont, MD

🥞 Bollinger’s Restaurant — Thurmont, MD

🌮 Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant — Thurmont, MD

🍗 Mountaingate Family Restaurant — Thurmont, MD

🍦 Gateway Candyland & Ice Cream — Thurmont, MD

☕️ The Ott House Pub — Emmitsburg, MD

🥗 Café Nola — Frederick, MD

🍔 Brewer’s Alley — Frederick, MD

🍩 Dublin Roasters Coffee — Frederick, MD

Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌊 Niagara Falls State Park — Niagara Falls, NY

🎨 Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum — North Tonawanda, NY

🎢 Niagara Power Vista — Lewiston, NY

🌳 Whirlpool State Park — Niagara Falls, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Griffon Gastropub — Lewiston, NY

🍕 Gallo Coal Fire Kitchen — Lewiston, NY

🍦 Hibbard’s Original Custard — Lewiston, NY

Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Sleeping Giant State Park — Hamden, CT

🎨 Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop — Hamden, CT

🎢 Connecticut Children’s Museum — New Haven, CT

🌊 Lighthouse Point Park — New Haven, CT

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Side Street Grille — Hamden, CT

🍕 Sergio’s Pizza — Hamden, CT

🍦 Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream — Hamden, CT

Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Grounds for Sculpture — Hamilton, NJ

🎨 New Jersey State Museum — Trenton, NJ

🎢 Sesame Place — Langhorne, PA

🌊 Mercer County Park — West Windsor, NJ

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 PJ’s Pancake House — Princeton, NJ

🍕 DeLorenzo’s Tomato Pies — Robbinsville, NJ

🍦 Halo Pub — Princeton, NJ

Saint Peter’s University (Jersey City, NJ)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌊 Liberty State Park — Jersey City, NJ

🎨 Liberty Science Center — Jersey City, NJ

🐾 Staten Island Zoo — Staten Island, NY

🎢 Nickelodeon Universe — East Rutherford, NJ

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 White Star Bar — Jersey City, NJ

🍕 Razza Pizza Artigianale — Jersey City, NJ

🍦 Milk Sugar Love Creamery — Jersey City, NJ

Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, CT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦓 Beardsley Zoo — Bridgeport, CT

🌊 Jennings Beach — Fairfield, CT

🎨 Discovery Science Center & Planetarium — Bridgeport, CT

🌿 Fairfield Museum and History Center — Fairfield, CT

🎢 Seaside Park — Bridgeport, CT

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Colony Grill — Fairfield, CT

🍔 Local Kitchen & Beer Bar — Fairfield, CT

🥞 Chips Family Restaurant — Fairfield, CT

🌮 Bodega Taco Bar — Fairfield, CT

🍦 Sunny Daes Ice Cream — Fairfield, CT

Saint Peter’s University (Jersey City, NJ)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Liberty State Park — Jersey City, NJ

🦖 Liberty Science Center — Jersey City, NJ

🛝 Hamilton Park Playground — Jersey City, NJ

🗽 Statue of Liberty Ferry — Jersey City, NJ

🎨 Newark Museum of Art — Newark, NJ

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Left Bank Burger Bar — Jersey City, NJ

🍕 Razza Pizza Artigianale — Jersey City, NJ

🥞 Brownstone Diner & Pancake Factory — Jersey City, NJ

🌮 Orale Mexican Kitchen — Jersey City, NJ

🍦 Torico Ice Cream — Jersey City, NJ

Siena College (Loudonville, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦓 Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center — Albany, NY

🎨 Children’s Museum of Science and Technology — Troy, NY

🌳 Washington Park — Albany, NY

🚂 New York State Museum — Albany, NY

🎢 Huck Finn’s Playland — Albany, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 DeFazio’s Pizzeria — Troy, NY

🍔 The Cuckoo’s Nest — Albany, NY

🥞 Peaches Café — Albany, NY

🌮 Ama Cocina — Albany, NY

🍦 Emack & Bolio’s — Albany, NY

Merrimack College (North Andover, MA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Discovery Museum — Acton, MA

🌳 Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens — North Andover, MA

🦖 Museum of Science — Boston, MA

🎢 Canobie Lake Park — Salem, NH

🚂 Andover Center for History & Culture — Andover, MA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Tripoli Pizza — North Andover, MA

🍔 Harrison’s Roast Beef — North Andover, MA

🥞 The Friendly Toast — Andover, MA

🌮 Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant — North Andover, MA

🍦 Mad Maggie’s Ice Cream — North Andover, MA