Finding fun places to take your kids in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia
The Crayola Experience is located in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania. The address is 30 Centre Square Circle, Easton, PA. Easton is close to the New Jersey state line, and just east of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Crayola Experience Parking On street, metered parking is available using the Park Mobile app to pay for your allotted time. However, it […]
ClimbZone is an indoor climbing experience that utilizes an auto-belaying system. It is located in Laurel, Maryland, which is between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Their address is 13200 Mid Atlantic Boulevard, Suite 130, Laurel, Maryland. ClimbZone utilizes this auto-belaying system to make it easy to use a harness and clip onto a wall. Kids as […]
We visited Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim, PA on a Monday in the early afternoon. It was the week after Christmas, so they had special holiday extended hours for Clip ‘n Climb while the kids were out of school. I called ahead to make sure that my 4 year old met the weight and age […]
The KidsPlace is a special section for children 5 years and younger in the Harsco Science Center. The Science Center is part of the even larger Whitaker Center, which also boasts an IMAX theatre. The Whitaker Center is in downtown Harrisburg, with limited on street parking or you may park in the nearby Walnut Street […]
Go ‘N Bananas is a new family fun center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is located close to Route 30, right off Dillerville Road. If coming from Route 30 on Manheim Pike, it is best to pass Dillerville Road and turn right onto Garfield Ave after Sheetz. We visited only a few days after their grand […]
Curiosity Connection is a special section of the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. If you’re traveling from Interstate 83, it’s the 2nd Street exit that will take you into the city of Harrisburg. A few more turns, and you’ll see parking along the street all around the circular museum. We were there on a […]
Storyville is located in the Woodlawn and Rosedale branches of the Baltimore County Public Library. It is a kid-sized village where children age five and under can interact with specially designed elements that foster early learning and literacy skills. We visited Storyville in Woodlawn on a rainy Saturday around noon. The Woodlawn branch is close […]
The Rollingcrest-Chillum Splash Pool was second on my list of indoor pools to visit this winter. The first was Germantown Indoor Swim Center, which you can read about in my post here. I apologize for the lack of photos of the pool accompanying this post. There are signs throughout the facility indicating that photos and […]
Sky Zone is an indoor trampoline park franchise. They have locations in many countries and states. Recently, two Sky Zones opened in Central Pennsylvania. One location is in Lancaster and another, that we visited this week, is in Mechanicsburg (Harrisburg area). I’ve also been to the one in Lancaster, and it looked very similar to […]
Largest of 3 pools at Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Notice the water slide entrance in the upper right. I was particularly drawn to Germantown Indoor Swim Center because it had many water slides that I thought would cater to the ages of the kids we would be taking to the pool, a 3-year-old and 7-year-old. […]