Manassas National Battlefield Park–Manassas, VirginiaAs the summer drags on, how about a day trip with the kids? The National Park Service is offering plenty of opportunities for Family Fun this year. Your kids can get ready by joining the Webrangers website and learning about the parks near you. Some parks offer FREE activity booklets at the ranger stations as part of the Junior Ranger program. Kids of any age enjoy hiking, watching for animals and birds, and exploring nature (just remember that you cannot take anything out of a national park). Older children can experience the history of people and places they’ve only read about.
There are hundreds of fee-free parks all over the country. In addition to those, the NPS is offering FREE weekends in over 100 parks that normally charge fees. Mark your calendar for July 18-19 and August 15-16. In addition, park concessioners are advertising special offers like reduced rates on horseback riding and tram tours.
For more FREE summer offerings, read about FREE Bowling and FREE Summer Movies.
We went to Yellowstone this past weekend and Robert LOVED it! We have also visited the Rocky Mountains (eh… is actually our "backyard") and he loves it too!