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Children’s Attractions

geodesic dome. Life-size dioramas
re-create scenes from the Jurassic
and Triassic eras.
McAuliffe-Shepard
4
Discovery Center,
Concord, NH
MAP M5 • 2 Institute Dr • 603 271
7827 • Open mid-Jun–early Sep:
10:30am–4pm daily (Fri–Sat in off-
season) • Adm • www.starhop.com
Kids are encouraged to reach for the
stars at this space exploration center
named for astronauts Alan B.
Shepard and Christa McAuliffe.
Six Flags New England,
5
Agawam, MA
MAP C3 • Rte 159 • 413 786 9300
Riding a zipline, Ramblewild • Open Apr–Oct, call for hours • Adm
• www.sixflags.com
Ramblewild,
1 Some of the fastest, tallest, wildest,
Lanesborough, MA
and most gut-wrenching thrill rides
MAP B2 • 110 Brodie Mountain Rd in the country await at this Six Flags
• 844 472 6253 • Open Nov–Apr: amusement park located beside the
11am–1pm Fri–Sun; May–Oct: Connecticut River.
10am–3pm daily • Adm • www.
Roger Williams Park
ramblewild.com 6
Eight trails of varying difficulty snake and Zoo, Providence, RI
through the canopy with logs, nets, MAP E4 • 1000 Elmwood Ave • 401
ziplines, rope bridges, and more. 785 3510 • Open 9am–5pm daily
(Oct–Mar: to 4pm) • Adm • www.
Boston Children’s
2 rwpzoo.org
Museum
Visitors can ride the carousel or enjoy
MAP X4 • 308 Congress St • 617 426 a boat ride on the lake in this spraw-
6500 • Open 10am–5pm Sat–Thu (to ling park, but save time for the zoo –
9pm Fri) • Adm • www.bostonkids.org one of the best in the country, placed
Hands-on learning fills two former in a naturalistic setting. The zoo is
wool warehouses. Children can scale laid out in themed areas where you
a climbing sculpture, explore the can come face to
magic of soap bubbles, or join in face with over
short plays and shows on KidStage. 100 species.
Dinosaur State Park,
3
Rocky Hill, CT
MAP C4 • 400 West St • 860
529 8423 • Open 9am–
4:30pm Tue–Sun • Adm
• www.dinosaur
statepark.org
Children are awestruck by
more than 500 dinosaur fossil Elephant, Roger
tracks preserved beneath a Williams Zoo

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