As we close out the first week of August, fear not! There’s plenty of time left to cross out some things on your Summer Bucket List. Never made a list? That’s fine too! Below you’ll find an extensive list of adventures both close to home, and a little farther away (perfect for day trips!). Wherever you and your family find yourselves for the last few weeks before school starts, take the time to be present and enjoy the moment. ❤️
Amazing Aquariums
1. Adventure Aquarium - Camden, NJ
2. Maritime Aquarium - Norwalk, CT
3. Mystic Aquarium - Mystic, CT
4. New York Aquarium - Brooklyn, NY
Boardwalk Blast
5. Coney Island - Coney Island, NY
6. Jenkinson's Boardwalk - Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
7. Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY
8. Seaside Heights - Seaside Heights, NJ
Come Sail Away
9. Clearwater - Beacon, NY
10. Hackensack Riverkeeper - Hackensack, NJ
11. Nyack Boat Charter - Nyack, NJ
Farm Fun
12. Alstede Farm - Chester, NJ
13. Brookhollow's Barnyard - Boonton, NJ
14. Terhune Orchards - Princeton, NJ
15. Von Thun Farms - South Brunswick, NJ
Glorious Gardens
16. The Cloisters - New York, NY
17. Everett Children's Adventure Garden at NY Botanical Garden - Bronx, NY
18. New Jersey Botanical Garden - Ringwood, NJ
19. Planting Fields Arboretum - Oyster Bay, NY
It's A Shore Thing
20. Belmar - Belmar, NJ
21. Ocean Grove - Ocean Grove, NJ
22. Point Pleasant - Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
23. Sandy Hook - Sandy Hook, NJ
24. Spring Lake - Spring Lake, NJ
25. 7 Presidents Oceanfront Park - Long Branch, NJ
26. Asbury Park - Asbury, NJ
Lake Lovin'
26. Hopatcong State Park - Landing, NJ
27. Lake Welch at Harriman State Park - Stony Point, NY
28. Shepherd Lake - Ringwood, NJ
29. Wawayanda State Park - Hewitt, NJ
30. Darlington Lake - Mahwah, NJ
Marvelous Museums
30. 9/11 Memorial & Museum - New York, NY
31. American Museum of Natural History - New York, NY
32. Children's Museum of Manhattan - New York, NY
33. Children's Museum of the Arts - New York, NY
34. Liberty Science Center - Jersey City, NJ
35. Long Island Children's Museum - Garden City, NY
36. Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, NY
37. Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY
38. National Baseball Hall of Fame - Cooperstown, NY
39. National Museum of Math - New York, NY
40. Solomon G. Guggenheim Museum - New York, NY
41. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island - Jersey City, NJ
42. Stepping Stones Museum for Children - Norwalk, CT
43. Sterling Hill Mining Museum - Ogdensburg, NJ
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
44. Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of NJ - Teterboro, NJ
45. Autobahn Indoor Speedway - West Nyack, NY
46. Cradle of Aviation Museum - Garden City, NY
47. Delaware River Railroad Excursions - Phillipsburg, NJ
48. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum - New York, NY
49. Northlandz - Flemington, NJ
A River Runs Through It
50. Pocono Whitewater - Jim Thorpe, PA
51. Whitewater Rafting Adventures - Nesquehoning, PA
52. Delaware Water Gap - NJ/PA
53. Kittatinny - NY/NJ
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Thrilling Theme Parks
54. Adventureland - Farmingdale, NY
55. Crayola Experience - Easton, PA
56. Diggerland USA - West Berlin, NJ
57. Field Station: Dinosaurs - Leonia, NJ
58. Keansburg Amusement Park - Keansburg, NJ
59. Land of Make Believe - Hope, NJ
60. Sesame Place - Langhorne, PA
61. Six Flags Great Adventure - Jackson, NJ
62. LegoLand - Goshen, NY
63. Nickelodeon Universe - East Rutherford, NJ
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Time Traveling
64. Allaire Village - Wall, NJ
65. Fort Lee Historic Park - Fort Lee, NJ
66. Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites - Hyde Park, NY
67. Garretson Forge & Farm - Fair Lawn, NJ
68. Grover Cleveland's Birthplace - Caldwell, NJ
69. Kykuit Rockefeller Estate - Sleepy Hollow, NY
70. Monmouth Battlefield State Park - Manalapan, NJ
71. Ringwood Manor - Ringwood, NJ
72. Thomas Edison National Historic Park - West Orange, NJ
Wet & Wild
73. Camelbeach - Tannersville, PA
74. Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom - Allentown, PA
75. Kalahari Resorts & Conventions - Pocono Mountains, PA
76. Mountain Creek Water Park - Vernon, NJ
77. Runaway Rapids - Keansburg, NJ
78. Sahara Sam's Oasis - West Berlin, NJ
79. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor - Jackson, NJ
80. Splash Down Beach - Fishkill, NY
81. Splish Splash - Calverton, NY
82. Tomahawk Lake - Sparta, NJ
83. DreamWorks Water Park - East Rutherford, NJ
84. The Kartrite - Monticello, NY
Zoos
85. Beardsley Zoo - Bridgeport, CT
86. Bronx Zoo - Bronx, NY
87. Central Park Zoo - New York, NY
88. Trailside Museum & Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park - Bear Mountain, NY
89. Turtle Back Zoo - West Orange, NJ
90. Bergen County Zoo - Paramus, NJ
