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110+ Day Trips in and around New Orleans

...most less than 2 hours away!

By Suzette Wilkinson June 5, 2019
We have put together a 110+ Day Trips & Ideas for you to entertain your Mackid all summer long! We encourage you to get out and explore our beautiful state of Louisiana and Mississippi.  From lakes, museums, and state parks, this list will keep you busy all summer long!

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LASTLY, create your own SUMMER BUCKET LIST with our ideas!  Involve the kids and have them make a list too!

FINALLY ---- ENJOY! 

How to USE our 110 + List
Click on the category for information and links to detailed information

Beaches, Lakes and Rivers

1. Grand Isle State Park
2. Beach Front Lake Pontchartrain
3. White Sand Lake
4. Bogue Chitto River
5. Lake End, Park, Morgan City
6. Silver Creek, Mount Hermon
7. Gulf Port, Ms. Beaches

Explore

8. Garden District 
9. French Quarter
10. Longue Vue House and Garden 
11. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
12. Botanic Garden

Favorite Cities to Explore 

13. Baton Rouge
14. Northshore 
15. Hammond
16. Slidell 
17. Houma
 
Day at the Museum

18. Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum
19. Louisiana Children's Museum
20. Bayou Country Children's Museum
21. Knock Knock Children's Museum
22. Mardi Gras World
23. Louisiana Children's Discovery Center
24. Ogden Museum
25. Lafayette Science Museum
26. New Orleans Museum of Art
27. National World War II Museum
28. USS Kidd and Veterans Memorial
29. LSU Museum of Art
30. Maritime and Seafood Museum
 
Indoor Fun

31. Airborne X Adventure Park
32. Fulton Alley
33. NOLA Kidsground
34. Adventure Quest Laser Tag
35. Skate Country (Temporarily closed)
36. Love 2 Play
37. Utopian Gaming
38. Westside Lanes
39. Chuck E Cheese
40. Candyland Inflatables Party Place

Look Upon a Star

41. St. Charles Library Planetarium
42. Maumus Center and Planetarium
43. Kenner Planetarium
44. Irene W. Pennington Planetarium

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Splash Parks and Water Parks

45. Lafreniere Park Splash Pad
46. Audubon Cool Zoo
47. Splash Fountain
48. Aquatic Fountain
49. Wave Pool at Bayou Segnette
50. Blue Bayou Water Park
51. Tiki Tubing
52. Jambalaya Park
53. Liberty Lagoon 
54. North Park AquaPards
55. Heritage Park Splash Pad
56. Tickfaw State Park Splash Pad
57. Pearl River Splash Pad
58. Coquille Parks and Recreation Splash Pad
59. Bogue Chitto Splash Pad
60. Abita Spring Splash Pad
61. Splash Pad Lake Front Mandeville

62. Gulf Island Water Park


Boats and Cruises

63. Steamboat Natchez Cruise
64. Bonnabel Boat Launch Park
65. Swamp Tours
66. Kayaking in the Bayou
67. Kayaking at City Park 

Visit the Animals

68. Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Imax
69. Audubon Insectarium and Butterfly Garden
70. Audubon Zoo
71. Baton Rouge Zoo 
72. Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour
73. Kliebert's Turtle and Alligator Farm

Theme Parks

74. Yogi Bear Jellystone Park
75. Story Land and Carousel Gardens
76. Celebration Station Baton Rouge
77. Prehistoric Park

Get Outdoors!

78. Louisiana State Arboretum
79. Lafreniere Park
80. Lasalle Park
81. City Park
82. Audubon Park
83. Brechtel Park
84. Tammany Trace 
85. Hilltop Arboretum

Swamps, Bayous and Nature Centers

86. Bayou Segnette
87. Bayou Sauvage
88. North Lake Nature Center
89. Jean Lafitte Park
90. Fountainbleau State Park
91. Bogue Chitto
92. Mandeville Trailhead
93. Camp Salmen Nature Park
94. Bogue Falaya Park
95. Mandalay National Refuge
96. Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

97. Audubon Nature Center


Take a stroll

98. Woldenberg Park
99. Louis Armstrong Park
100. Jackson Square
101. Washington Square Park

Plantations

102. Houma House and Plantation Garden
103. Southdown Museum
104. Destrehan Plantation
105. Oak Alley Plantation
106. San Francisco Plantation
107. Laura Plantation

Take a trip back in time...

108. Confederate Memorial Hall
109. Old Governor's Mansion
110. The Cabildo
111. The Old U.S.Mint
112. Rivertown Kenner 
113. The Presbytere
114. Louisiana Museum of Natural History
115. Gretna Historical Society Museum
116. Hermann Grima House
117. Military History and Weapons Museum


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