Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids

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Canton Waterfront Park

Canton Waterfront Park

Harbor views & historic scenery. Picturesque waterfront park is home to the Korean War Memorial & provides views of Fort McHenry.

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Port Discovery Children's Museum

Port Discovery Children's Museum

Interactive exhibits for young learners. Kid-powered museum with 3 floors of hands-on exhibits & play areas, plus events.

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Charm City Clue Room

Charm City Clue Room

Escape room with Baltimore themes. Lively escape game center featuring a choice of rooms with Baltimore-themed mysteries.

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Pierce's Park

Pierce's Park

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National Aquarium

National Aquarium

Iconic fixture for marine-life exhibits. Iconic landmark offering marine-life exhibits, a dolphin show, shark tank & walk-through rainforest.

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Top of the World Observation Level

Top of the World Observation Level

Observation deck with panoramic views. World Trade Center's 27th-floor observation tower with 360-degree views of the city & harbor.

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Baltimore Inner Harbor

Baltimore Inner Harbor

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Baltimore Waterfront Promenade

Baltimore Waterfront Promenade

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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Famed "Star-Spangled Banner" fort. Fort whose War of 1812 victory inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner," the U.S. national anthem.

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Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center

Exhibits plus IMAX shows & a planetarium. Interactive exhibits at this museum featuring an IMAX theater, planetarium & rooftop observatory.

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Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Classic home of Baltimore baseball. Retro design meets modern eats at this stadium where MLB's iconic Baltimore Orioles take the bases.

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B&O Railroad Museum

B&O Railroad Museum

Locomotive exhibits & train rides. National Historic Landmark highlighting nearly 200 locomotives, a model train display & train rides.

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Fort Howard Park

Fort Howard Park

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Historic Fort Armistead

Historic Fort Armistead

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Fort Armistead Park

Fort Armistead Park

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Painted Sky Alpaca Farm & Fiber Mill

Painted Sky Alpaca Farm & Fiber Mill

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Fort Smallwood Park

Fort Smallwood Park

Historic site for family recreation. An old gun battery & barracks remain at this recreation spot with fishing pier, trails & picnicking.

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M/V Summer Breeze

M/V Summer Breeze

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C & D Canal Museum

C & D Canal Museum

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Tick Neck Park

Tick Neck Park

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Patapsco Valley State Park - Hilton Area

Patapsco Valley State Park - Hilton Area

Camping site with nature center & trails. State park providing rental sites for campers, playground areas, a nature center & hiking trails.

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Hilton Tire Park

Hilton Tire Park

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Cascade Falls Trailhead

Cascade Falls Trailhead

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Totsville Indoor Playground & Sandbox

Totsville Indoor Playground & Sandbox

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B&O Ellicott City Station Museum

B&O Ellicott City Station Museum

Exhibits & events in a historic setting. Quaint museum in country's oldest surviving railroad station with local history exhibits & programs.

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Ellicott Mills Children's Museum

Ellicott Mills Children's Museum

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Friendship Park

Friendship Park

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Kinder Farm Park

Kinder Farm Park

Hands-on farming lessons & chickens. Farm turned county park, offering a look at past & present farming practices, including animal care.

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Kinder Farm

Kinder Farm

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Charles E. Price Memorial Park

Charles E. Price Memorial Park

Picnic areas, trails & a fishing pond. Large park offering a fishing pond, walking trails, picnic pavilions, a dog park & playgrounds.

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Play Street Museum - Severna Park

Play Street Museum - Severna Park

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Lums Pond State Park Campground

Lums Pond State Park Campground

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Family Fun Galaxy

Family Fun Galaxy

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Novus Escape Room - Middletown Delaware

Novus Escape Room - Middletown Delaware

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Main street pocket park

Main street pocket park

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Silver Lake Park

Silver Lake Park

Park with sports, a poll & skateboarding. Community facility offering basketball, tennis, track & soccer, as well as ball fields & a pool.

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Your Creation Station

Your Creation Station

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Clark's Elioak Farm

Clark's Elioak Farm

Farm produce & adventures for kids. Working farm with a shop, a fairy tale forest, a petting zoo & miniature train rides for kids.

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Breakout Games

Breakout Games

Themed escape rooms for groups & parties. Simple, modern outpost offering a variety of themed escape rooms with imaginative puzzles for teams.

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Lancaster Science Factory

Lancaster Science Factory

Interactive science museum for kids. Museum where kids can explore science, engineering & technology principles with hands-on displays.

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K1 Speed - Indoor Go Karts, Corporate Event Venue, Team Building Activities

K1 Speed - Indoor Go Karts, Corporate Event Venue, Team Building Activities

Indoor tracks for performance go-karts. Indoor facility offers tracks for driving high-speed go-karts at speeds exceeding 50 miles per hour.

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Townsend Municipal Park

Townsend Municipal Park

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Hyper Kidz Columbia

Hyper Kidz Columbia

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Paper Mill Park

Paper Mill Park

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Frightland

Frightland

Seasonal haunted attractions & rides. Annual attraction with carnival rides & fear-themed areas from a haunted barn to a horror hay ride.

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Robinson Nature Center

Robinson Nature Center

Exhibits on nature in a woodsy setting. 18-acre center exploring the local ecosystem via a planetarium, nature exhibits & wooded trail.

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Willey Farms

Willey Farms

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Blackbird State Forest

Blackbird State Forest

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Hands-on House, Children's Museum of Lancaster

Hands-on House, Children's Museum of Lancaster

Interactive activities for kids 2 to 10. This roomy venue offers interactive exhibits, classes & events geared for kids ages 2 to 10.

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Thousand Acre Farm Wedding & Event Venue

Thousand Acre Farm Wedding & Event Venue

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Wilmington & Western Railroad

Wilmington & Western Railroad

Sightseeing ride by vintage steam train. Rail tour through a wooded valley on a restored steam locomotive, over track laid down in the 1870s.

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Augustine Beach Access Area

Augustine Beach Access Area

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Mt. Cuba Center

Mt. Cuba Center

Woodland gardens at a 1930s manor house. Parkland at a Colonial Revival mansion, planted with native species & open in summer for tours.

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Coverdale Farm Preserve of Delaware Nature Society

Coverdale Farm Preserve of Delaware Nature Society

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New Castle Battery Park

New Castle Battery Park

Riverside site for strolls & picnics. Dog-friendly urban park with riverfront views open to the public during daylight hours.

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Delaware Museum of Nature & Science

Delaware Museum of Nature & Science

Dinosaurs & other kid-friendly exhibits. Cozy, kid-friendly museum featuring dinosaurs, shells, a butterfly garden & interactive exhibits.

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Hoots Hollow

Hoots Hollow

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DuPont Environmental Education Center of Delaware Nature Society

DuPont Environmental Education Center of Delaware Nature Society

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Winterthur Enchanted Woods

Winterthur Enchanted Woods

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Delaware Children's Museum

Delaware Children's Museum

Interactive play for kids of all ages. Riverfront building for toddlers to teens features interactive exhibits & a climbing structure.

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Hagley Museum

Hagley Museum

Gunpowder mills & du Pont family history. Riverfront site featuring regional industrial history, including gunpowder mills & the du Pont home.

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River Walk

River Walk

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The Gumball Machine

The Gumball Machine

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Wilmington State Parks

Wilmington State Parks

Riverside park with trails & a zoo. Park along the Brandywine River with a paved greenway trail, historic sites, picnic areas & a zoo.

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Rodney Square

Rodney Square

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Brandywine Park

Brandywine Park

Scenic green space along the river. This scenic tract along the river features monuments, attractions, sports fields & a walking path.

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Brandywine Creek State Park

Brandywine Creek State Park

Historic preserve with forest & marshes. 933-acre preserve divided by 19th-century stone walls, with tulip poplar forest & nature center.

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Alapocas Run State Park

Alapocas Run State Park

Forest with trails of varying length. State park featuring forest trails of varying length & difficulty for hiking, biking & jogging.

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Brandywine Zoo

Brandywine Zoo

Small zoo with mammals & birds. Zoo in Brandywine Park with lemurs, capybaras & bobcats, plus condors & eagles.

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Can-Do Playground

Can-Do Playground

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Brandywine Railroad

Brandywine Railroad

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Fork Branch Nature Preserve

Fork Branch Nature Preserve

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Fox Point State Park

Fox Point State Park

Outdoor recreation & beautiful vistas. Playground, picnic area & trails are featured in this riverside state park with beautiful vistas.

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Clarence Schock Memorial Park

Clarence Schock Memorial Park

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Delaware State Police Museum

Delaware State Police Museum

History exhibits in a small space. This small museum on the history of the Delaware State Police features a helicopter & vintage car.

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Labyrinth of the Ardens

Labyrinth of the Ardens

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Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show

Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show

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