Finding fun places to take your kids in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia
Marty Snook Park is located at 17901 Halfway Blvd in Hagerstown, Maryland. Hagerstown is about an hour northwest of Baltimore. The park includes many sports fields, a swimming pool, four picnic pavilions, and a one mile walking path. This post will focus on a newer feature of Marty Snook Park, which is the mythical woods […]
Sponsored Post – Magnolia Meadows hosted us. All opinions are my own. Magnolia Meadows Farms is an adventure farm coupled with a working farm. It’s located in Thurmont, which is northern Frederick County, Maryland. The farm opens for weekends each year for the fall season, typically mid-September until the end of October. Check their website […]
The Harry S. Parker Athletic Complex is located at 711 West Naylor Mill Road in Salisbury, Maryland. Salisbury is south of Delaware and about 30 miles from Ocean City, Maryland. The athletic complex features 41 acres of fields, including eight baseball / softball fields. There’s also two concession stands, meeting rooms, a large parking lot, […]
Watkins Park is located at 615 Center Street in Mount Airy, Maryland. Center Street is along Route 27, Ridge Road. This is close to Interstate 70, between Baltimore and Frederick. The park is about 20 acres and features two playgrounds, a walking path, exercise equipment, and pavilions. It’s important to not confuse this park with […]
Whitemarsh Park is a 182-acre park located at 6300 Crain Highway, Bowie, Maryland. This park is part of a large sports complex with a football field and other sports fields. There’s also a fitness club nearby and a community theatre. Whitemarsh Park Playground When entering the park, a football field and parking lot will be […]
Carroll Creek Park is located in downtown Frederick, Maryland. Frederick is approximately 50 miles west of Baltimore and about 30 miles from the Pennsylvania border. The park consists of a creek walk that follows Carroll Creek. It was originally created as flood control after two major floods in the 1970s. Storm water management was installed […]
Pen Mar County Park is located in Washington County, Maryland. It’s close to the Mason-Dixon Line. The park’s address is 14600 Pen Mar Road, Highfield-Cascade, Maryland. Once an amusement park in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the rides and buildings were dismantled in 1943. In 1977, the former amusement park was developed into a […]
Millard Cooper Park is located in the town of Sykesville, Maryland. Sykesville is about 25 miles west of Baltimore and about 17 miles south of Westminster, Maryland. Parking is available right beside the park, as you enter the park beside the gate house. The park recently added new playground equipment and a splash pad. The […]
Salisbury Zoo is a free-admission zoo located at 755 South Park Drive, Salisbury, Maryland. There are two entrances to the zoo, and this address is for the zoo’s east entrance. There’s another parking area at the other end of the zoo, near Ben’s Red Swings playground. This entrance is the west entrance. If your plans […]
Kinder Farm Park is located at 1001 Kinder Farm Park Road, Millersville, Maryland. It’s a 288-acre park featuring a large playground, animals, biking, fishing, and picnic pavilions. There is a fee to enter this park. It’s collected at a booth at the entrance of the driveway leading into the park or online. The daily fee […]