Museums
| Outdoors | Indoors
| Train Rides | Zoos
Museums
Liberty Science Center
Website
In Jersey City. Fabulous! |
The Newark Museum
Website
Cute little planetarium, mini-zoo, some
galleries of art and a reconstructed historic house. |
Franklin Mineral
Museum
Website
In Franklin. Museum with cool rocks! |
Sterling Hill Mining
Museum
Website
In Ogdensburg. |
New Jersey Children's Museum
Website
In Paramus. Great for very little ones - 3-7 - hands on play areas |
The Morris Museum
Website
In Morristown. Animals and minerals, a dollhouse display, art, etc |
Montclair Art
Museum
Website
In Montclair. Small art museum |
Whippany Railway
Museum
Website
In Whippany. Small museum, and some old railway cars to explore |
New Jersey Naval Museum
Website
In Hackensack. Tour of a World War II era naval submarine - the
USS Ling. |
Aviation Hall of Fame
Website
In Teterboro. Small museum with aviation memorabilia and an old
airplane out back. |
Morristown National
Historical Park
Website
In Morristown. Washington's Headquarters, Jockey Hollow. Restored
buildings and grounds |
Liberty Hall
Website
In Union. Restored colonial mansion, picnic area. |
Dey Mansion
Website
In Wayne. Briefly was Washington's Headquarters in Wayne- restored
building and small grounds |
Lambert Castle
Website
In Paterson. Restored mansion of silk baron. Art collection. |
The Stickley Museum
Website
In Parsippany |
Ringwood Manor
Website
In
Ringwood. Restored historic mansion and grounds |
Garden State Discovery
Museum
Website
In Cherry Hill |
New Jersey State Aquarium
Website
In Camden. Nice aquarium. NJ Battleship is in walking
distance. |
Prison
Museum
Website
In Burlington County |
Northlandz
Museum
Website
In Flemington. A mile of train layouts. Also a doll
museum. |
Outdoors
Turtleback
Zoo
Website
In West Orange. Nice smaller zoo - with a train ride |
Van
Saun Park Zoo
Website
In Paramus. Nice smaller zoo, train ride, carousel, very nice
playground. Officially it's the Bergen County Zoological Park. |
Popcorn
Park Zoo
Website
In Forked River. Nice small zoo. |
Space Farms Zoo &
Museum
Website
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New Jersey
Renaissance Kingdom
New Jersey
Renaissance Kingdom |
Great Swamp Watershed
Association
Website
In Madison. Trails and boardwalks through the swamp. |
25
Great Walks in Morris County
Website
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Walks in
Morris County, Honorable Mention
Website |
Ringwood
State Park
Website
In Ringwood. Botanic gardens, and many acres of parkland. |
Flat Rock Brook Nature
Center
Website
In Englewood. Small Nature Center and some nice hiking/walking
trails. |
Wild West City
Website
In Netcong. Old west street with some storefronts, shows, petting
zoo and mini-golf |
Tomahawk Lake
Website
In Sparta. Lake with beach, swimming and boating. Also
waterslides. |
Waterloo
Village
Website
In Stanhope. Restored historical village. |
Masker Pick It Yourself
Orchards
Website
In Warwick, NY State. A bit of a drive, but the trees are low to
the ground, and good for kids' picking. |
Delaware
River Tubing
Website
Tubing and Rafting. Located on the Delaware River
conveniently located between New York and Philadelphia.
Open 7 Days a Week
Monday to Friday 10 to 7
Saturday and Sunday 9 to 7 |
New York Waterway
Website
The
ferries from Hoboken and more |
Hidden Valley
Website
In
Vernon. Skiing and snowboarding in the winter, tennis and swimming
in the summer. |
Mountain Creek
Website
In
Vernon. Skiing and snowboarding. |
Willowbrook
Golf Center
Website
In Wayne. Two outdoor miniature golf courses. |
Sussex
Skyhawks
Website
In
Augusta. |
Fairway Golf Center
Website
In Piscataway. |
Lakota Wolf Preserve
Website
In
Columbia. |
Indoors
Millennium
Sports
at
Skylands Park Recreation
94 Champion Street
Augusta, NJ 07820
973-383-7644
Open all Year Round! Batting, Driving Range, Indoor
Miniature Golf, Arcade, Internet Cafe, Birthday Parties |
Time In Fun
Website
Indoor play
and party center in Randolph. |
Funtime Junction
Website
In Fairfield. Indoor playground |
The Funplex
Website
In East Hanover. North Jersey's Premiere Amusement Center.
Go-Karts, Arcade, Lazer Tag, Batting Cages, Bumper Cars |
Robert
J. Novins Planetarium
Website
In Toms River. |
Image
That
Website
4 Vreeland Rd.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
(973) 966-8000
This wonderful museum for 3- to 10-year olds features more than
thirty-five interactive exhibits that are there for kids to use as
well as see. |
Train
Rides
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NEW
JERSEY
New
York Susquehanna & Western RR
Phillipsburg, PA
Black
River & Western Railroad
Ringoes, NJ
Whippany
Railway Museum
Whippany, NJ
Cape
May Seashore Line
Cape May, NJ
NEW YORK
Adirondack
Scenic Railroad
Utica, NY
Upper
Hudson River Railroad
North Creek, NY
Evening
Express - Tioga Scenic Railroad
Owego, NY Delaware
& Ulster
Catskills, NY |
PENNSYLVANIA
Steamtown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Middletown
& Hummelstown Rail Road
Middletown PA
Tioga
Central Railroad
Wellsboro PA
New
Hope & Ivyland Railroad
New Hope PA
M&H Railroad
Near Hershey Park
Strasburg
Railroad
East of Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA
Stourbridge
Railroad
Honesdale, PA
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