Have you been wondering where to go for Spring Break this year? Spring Break gives families amazing travel opportunities to create memories for a lifetime! My children have an entire week off school, so 9 full days for Spring Break! This is a great chance to travel, but we don’t want to break the bank either.
Because we fly standby and the entire state of Texas has spring break the same week, it is difficult for us to find flights with empty seats. So I always have a list of several options that would be fun and family friendly.
I’ll share with you 16 different places we’d like to go with a short list of things to do in each area. As we get closer to the week of Spring Break, we will look up flights and hopefully make it to a fun place.
Airport codes provided for your (and my) convenience.
Rapid City, South Dakota (RAP)
- Sylvan Lake
- Black Hills and Custer State Park (Needles Highway, Sylvan Lake)
- Jewel Cave or Wind Cave
- Mount Rushmore
- Badlands and ‘Wall Drug’ store
Orlando, Florida (MCO)
- Theme Parks (Disney World, Universal Studios, Discovery Cove, Sea World, Legoland)
- Castle Park or Dr. Phillips Community Park
- Gatorland
- Orlando Eye
- Kelly Park Tubing
Raleigh, North Carolina (RDU)
- Sarah P Duke Gardens & Duke Campus
- RDU Observation Park
- Greystone Recreation Center
- Museum of Natural Sciences
- Pullen Park
- Marbles Kids Museum
Austin, Texas (AUS)
- Bat Bridge
- Hamilton Pool & Hike (1-hour drive)
- Barton Springs pool
- Texas State Capitol Building (Gardens and Statues)
- Zilker Park
Charlotte, North Carolina (CLT)
- US National Whitewater Center
- Liberty Walk past 15 historic sites
Indianapolis, Indiana (IND)
- Children museum
- Motor Speedway
- Zoo
- Sodalis Nature Park
- Catacombs
Fresno, California (FAT)
- Sequoia National Park & Kings Canyon National Park OR
- Yosemite National Park OR
- Pinnacles National Park
St Louis, Missouri (STL)
- Free Zoo, Free Science Musuem and Free Art Museum
- Gateway Arch and grounds
- City Museum
- Indian Mounds
San Francisco, California (SFO)
- Bike Across Golden Gate Bridge
- Lombardi Street
- Muir Woods
- Alcatraz
- Fishermans Wharf
Flagstaff, Arizona (Grand Canyon) (FLG)
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Sedona
- Coconino National Forest
- Lava River Cave
- Grand Falls
- Fatmans loop trail
Gatlinburg (Knoxville), Tenessee (TYS)
- Smoky Mountain National Park – hikes, drives, and waterfalls
- Wilderness lodge indoor water park
- Ripleys Believe it or Not
- Dollywood
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Mall of America
- Nickelodeon Universe
- Crayola Experience
- American Girl & Lego Store
- Minnesota Children’s Museum
Miami, Florida (MIA or FLL)
- Everglades National Park
- Biscayne National Park (Bill Baggs Cape State Park)
- Drive through the Florida Keys
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Miami Children’s Museum
New Orleans, Lousiana
- Swamp Tour
- Plantation tour
- French Quarter (Jackson Square, Cafe DuMonde, Walking tour of homes)
- Art District & Cemeteries
- Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
Savannah, Georgia (SAV)
- Hilton Head
- Tybee Island
- Children’s Museum
- Historic Downtown tour/walk
- Forsyth Park
- McQueen’s Island Trail
El Paso, Texas (ELP)
- Carlsbad Caverns
- White Sands National Monument
- Chamizal National Memorial
- El Paso Zoo
- Exploreum
Phoenix, Arizona (PHX)
- Children’s Museum
- Tempe Riverwalk Park
- IDEA museum
- Papago Park
- Camelback Mountain Hiking
After looking through all these options, have you decided where to go for spring break?
Since it is still fairly cold over spring break in much of the country, I will also be looking at these 5 Winter Weekend getaways.
Hopefully, will all these options we can find flights to get us to a great place. The only problem is now I want to do ALL of them! Where do you want to end up for Spring Break?
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