Check out our updated list of over 50 places that are worth visiting this summer - click on links to read more and fill your calendar with fun day trips all summer long!

BEACHES

JERSEY SHORE LINE BEACHES

• Point Pleasant Beach, NJ: Complete with boardwalk, aquarium, skee ball and rides ( Carry your own food) – While you are there checkout Jenkinson’s Aquarium 
• Sandy Hook, NJ -  7 mile beach rated in the Top Five Beaches for Families in NYC.
• Long Branch, NJ  - Boardwalk, great restaurants, shopping – Checkout Oceanfest on July 4
• Ocean Grove Beach, NJ - Quiet and very clean beach in an elegant resort town
• Asbury Park – If you are looking for the less crowded experience, head to the north beach
• Spring Lake Beach – Pristine beaches with family friendly crowd
• Cape May, NJ: Not only are there gorgeous beaches, but there's a light house, old Victorian homes, nice shopping and dining, too. 
• Atlantic City – The furthest but the one with the mostest fun. Not a daytrip but more an overnight stay. Casinos don’t allow kids so plan accordingly.

LONG ISLAND, NY BEACHES – Don’t own a car? MTA from Penn will take you there. Click here (Recommend only for folks who ‘love’ train rides and day trips.. Can get harrowing for families with babies/toddlers)

• Robert Moses State Park,– This is the traditional and quintessential Long Island massive beach that families have been going to since 1908
• Jones Beach State Park – Relatively cleaner compared to the Robert Moses Park
• Fire Island, NY  - Make a weekend trip out of this. The place is far and a hike to get to but well worth it
• NY Aquarium and Coney Island Beach  - Not a Long Island Beach but one that is closest to Manhattan and accessible by Subway. Easiest for mums that want to do a daytrip without being driven there.

AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Victorian Gardens Amusement Park at Central Park 
• Dutch Wonderland (Lancaster, PA) (Combine visit with Hershey park that is 40 mins away)
• Crayola Factory, Easton, PA 
• Land of make belief, Hope , NJ 
• Sesame Place - Family Amusement Park in Pennsylvania (Parade is a must see)
• Hershey park- Roller coasters, water rides and more ( Visit Hershey's Chocolate factory also)
• Waterworks Family Aquatic Complex, West Windsor
• Keansburg Amusement Park
• Coco Water Resort , Mount Laurel, NJ ( Indoor)
•  Zoom Ziplines at Mountain Creek
• Sahara Sam's (West Berlin)  (Indoor)
• Great Wolf Lodge (Scrotun, PA) (Indoor)
• Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom (Allentown, PA)

PARKS, FARMS & ZOOs

• Picnic at  Bear Mountain State Park, NY
• Picnic at South Mountain Reserve, NJ (Short Hills)
• Branch Brook Park, located within Newark and Belleville
• Central Park and Central Park Zoo – Manhattan
• Prospect park and the Zoo
• New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Zoo– the Bronx
• Alstede Farms NJ
• Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange
• Cape May County Zoo (Cape May)
• Six Flags Safari Off Road Adventure (Jackson)
• Duke Farms, Hillsborough

CAMPING

• Adventure Bound Camping - Cape May- (Camp grounds by the ocean) 609-465-4440, abcamping.com/abcapemay
• Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Camp Resorts (Elmer) - Cabins - 856-451-7479, campjellystone.com
  
• Sea Pirate Campground (Long Beach Island) (wooded lakeside setting) - Cabins, tents, RVs- 609-296-7400, sea-pirate.com
  
• Delaware River Family Campground (Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area) - 908-475-4517 or 800-543-0271, njcamping.com/delaware
  
• Spruce Run Recreation Area (Clinton) (Lakefront camping) - 908-638-8572, reserveamerica.com
  
• Keen Lake Camping and Resort (PA) - Keen Lake Camping and Cottage Resort

WATERFALLS

•  Great Falls of the Passaic, Paterson
• Boonton Falls, Boonton
• Bridal Veil Falls, North Haledon (near William Paterson University)
• Silver Spray Falls, Walpack Township
• Greenbrook Falls, Tenafly

MUSEUMS AND OTHER FUN PLACES

• Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia
• Hot Air Balloon Festival - Jul 29-31st, 2016, Readington, NJ
• High Point Monument, Sussex 

Know of any other great places that you have visited and want to recommend to other? Just list them below on the comments.