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Winding River Park
Forested park with skating rink & trails. Scenic, wooded park offering playgrounds, an ice-skating rink, nature trails & various picnic areas.
Fun Bags Cornhole Lounge
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Jakes Branch County Park
Pine Barren exhibits, trails & sports. Trails, sports fields & a nature center with Pine Barren exhibits, live animals & rooftop views.
Island Heights Cottage Museum
Carpenter Gothic house with guided tours. Built circa 1880, this Carpenter Gothic cottage offers docent-led tours & rotating display cases.
Castle Park
Big playground & a soccer field. Park featuring a large play structure, a climbing rock, swings, a soccer field & picnic tables.
Cattus Island County Park
Vast park with trails & butterfly garden. Expansive park with trails, many leading to bay views, plus a butterfly garden & wetlands boardwalk.
Double Trouble State Park
Park with historic village & trails. State park with cranberry bogs & a preserved 19th-century company town, plus nature trails.
Robert J. Novins Planetarium
Shows about outer space & a gift shop. Large planetarium offering multiple shows each week plus a shop with space-related merchandise.
Insectropolis
Hands-on museum starring bugs galore. Interactive bug museum where visitors can pet tarantulas, hissing roaches, millipedes & scorpions.
William J Dudley park
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Barnacle Bill's Amusements
Local family-fun landmark since 1964. Old-school fun center with a seasonal miniature golf-course & a game arcade with a snack bar.
Lucky Leo's
Boardwalk standby for arcade games. Boardwalk amusement center established in 1953 with a variety of arcade games & bumper cars.
Coin Castle
Stalwart arcade with carnival games. Long-running boardwalk attraction with a bustling arcade & midway-style carnival games.
Mantoloking Bridge County Park
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Jenkinson's Aquarium
Facility with penguins, sharks & seals. Intimate aquarium with exhibits of fish, coral reefs, penguins, sharks & other marine life.
Sea Girt Lighthouse
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InfoAge Science and History Museums
Science museum at a former military base. Exhibits on radio, computers, electronics & warfare technology housed at a former military base.
Oasis Family Farm
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Sayen House and Gardens
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Mercer County Park
Wooded trails, a lake & a dog park. Diverse activities available in a large preserve including play fields, trails, a lake & a dog park.
Pennsbury Manor
Former estate & grounds of William Penn. Reconstructed site features a riverside manor where visitors can experience 17th-century life.
Kuser Farm Park
Victorian estate with tours & picnicking. 22-acre park with a Queen Anne mansion offering tours & programs, plus a playground & picnic area.
Plainsboro Preserve
Lakefront nature trails & visitor center. A variety of trails, a visitor center & gift shop are offered at this lakefront nature preserve.
Grounds For Sculpture
Sculpture park with outdoor exhibitions. Vast park for contemporary sculpture, with 2 museums hosting seasonal exhibits, plus an arboretum.
New Jersey State Museum
Planetarium, art & historic exhibits. Museum with a planetarium & areas dedicated to fine art, cultural & natural history & archeology.
Institute Woods
Preserve with trails & lush surrounds. 589 acres of woods, farmland & wetlands, with serene walking trails & a wooden footbridge.
Grundy Museum
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Morven Museum & Garden
Portraits & artifacts in an old mansion. This former Governor's mansion provides a glimpse of local history through art exhibitions & events.
Sesame Place Philadelphia
Sesame Street-themed amusement park. Big Sesame Street-themed amusement park with rides, interactive parade, water slides & Elmo's World.
JoyLand club
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Garden of Reflection
Serene memorial set in a symbolic garden. A thoughtful 9/11 memorial using trees, water & a spiraling path to inspire quiet contemplation.
Storybook Land
Amusement park with a kids' book theme. Classic children's stories & nursery rhymes are the theme of this quaint, longtime amusement park.
Secret Garden
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We Rock the Spectrum - Northeast Philly
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Barclay Farmstead Museum
1816 Quaker living-history farm. This Quaker farmhouse, gardens & trails offer guests a view of living history from the early 1800s.
Playwicki Farm
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Star Park Cherry Hill
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TreeTrails Adventures Trevose
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Churchville Nature Center
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Howell Living History Farm
Living agriculture museum & active farm. Museum devoted to 250 years of area farm life, with costumed staff & active farming operations.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Interactive exhibits & learning programs. Interactive exhibits cover a range of subjects from fire fighting to insects; classes offered too.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
Events in 19th-century sailors' home. 19th-century home for retired sailors now features cultural events, sculptures & a fountain.
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