FamilyDay AI · Denver · Boulder · Colorado Springs · Fort Collins · Loveland · Estes Park · Summit County · Grand Junction · Glenwood Springs · Aspen · Telluride · Durango · Steamboat Springs · Pueblo · Keystone & Copper Mountain

Plan a family day out in Colorado

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Loveland metros, the mountain towns of Estes Park and Summit County, Grand Junction on the Western Slope, and Glenwood Springs and Aspen / Roaring Fork Valley, plus Telluride and Durango in the southwest mountains, Steamboat Springs in the northwest, Pueblo in the south, and Keystone & Copper Mountain in the high country, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

277 verified activities 181 lunch spots 44 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Dallas–Fort Worth · Houston · Austin · San Antonio

Plan a family day out in Texas

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio metro areas, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

112 verified activities 64 lunch spots 81 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue · Spokane

Plan a family day out in Washington

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metro area and Spokane, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

52 verified activities 32 lunch spots 56 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Los Angeles · San Francisco Bay Area · San Diego · Sacramento

Plan a family day out in California

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, and Sacramento metro areas, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

107 verified activities 64 lunch spots 80 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Portland Metro · Eugene–Springfield

Plan a family day out in Oregon

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Portland metro area and Eugene–Springfield, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

50 verified activities 32 lunch spots 30 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Orlando · Tampa Bay · Miami

Plan a family day out in Florida

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Orlando, Tampa Bay, and Miami metro areas, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

81 verified activities 48 lunch spots 79 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · New York City metro — the five boroughs · Jersey City

Plan a family day out in New York

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the New York City metro area — the five boroughs and Jersey City — then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

28 verified activities 16 lunch spots 40 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Chicago metro

Plan a family day out in Illinois

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Chicago metro area, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

26 verified activities 16 lunch spots 50 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Phoenix metro

Plan a family day out in Arizona

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Phoenix metro area, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

28 verified activities 16 lunch spots 37 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

FamilyDay AI · Las Vegas metro

Plan a family day out in Nevada

Tell us your ZIP, budget, and kids’ age bands. We’ll filter real activities across the Las Vegas metro area, then line up your picks into a half-day or full-day plan you can follow — with lunch, drive times, and a rain backup built in.

25 verified activities 16 lunch spots 18 verified perks & free days

“To travel is to live.”— Hans Christian Andersen

Coverage & freshness: Now covering fifteen Colorado areas — Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins–Loveland, Estes Park, Summit County, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Aspen / Roaring Fork Valley, Telluride, Durango, Steamboat Springs, Pueblo, and Keystone & Copper Mountain: 277 verified activities and 181 lunch spots (17 in the Denver area, 15 in Boulder, 13 in Colorado Springs, 16 in Fort Collins & Loveland, 11 in Estes Park, 9 in Summit County, 10 in the Grand Junction area, 5 in Glenwood Springs, 4 in Aspen, 3 in Basalt, 5 in Carbondale, 3 in Snowmass Village, 14 in Telluride & Mountain Village, 14 in Durango, 14 in Pueblo, 14 in Steamboat Springs, 14 in Keystone & Copper Mountain), last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage spans the fifteen areas listed above; it is not literally every Colorado town — smaller communities between these areas are not covered yet. Mountain and Western Slope venues are strongly seasonal, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering four Texas metro areas — Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio: 112 verified activities and 64 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — Texas is big, and other metros and smaller cities are planned for later batches. Texas venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so Texas cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Many Texas venues are seasonal or weather-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering four California metro areas — Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, and Sacramento: 107 verified activities and 64 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — California is big, and other metros and smaller cities are planned for later batches. California venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so California cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Many California venues are seasonal or weather-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering two Oregon areas — the Portland metro area (Portland, Beaverton, Gresham, Fairview, Estacada, St. Paul, and the Columbia River Gorge edge of the metro) and Eugene–Springfield: 50 verified activities and 32 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — the coast, Bend and Central Oregon, and the rest of the Willamette Valley are planned for later batches. One collected Portland listing, Lan Su Chinese Garden, is held back from this launch: its hours and prices could not be re-verified on its official site before publication, so it is left out rather than published unchecked. Oregon venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so Oregon cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Many Oregon venues are strongly seasonal, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering three Florida metro areas — Orlando (including Winter Park, Kissimmee, and a Space Coast day-trip edge), Tampa Bay (Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater), and Miami (including Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Homestead): 81 verified activities and 48 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — the rest of Florida is planned for later batches. Florida venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so Florida cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Many Florida venues are seasonal or weather-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering the New York City metro area — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, plus Jersey City, New Jersey: 28 verified activities and 16 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is the metro area only — the rest of New York State is planned for later batches. New York venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so New York cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Many New York venues are seasonal or weather-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering the Chicago metro area — Chicago itself and the suburbs in our listings (Brookfield, Glencoe, Glenview, Lisle, Naperville, Oak Park, Schaumburg, and Wheaton): 26 verified activities and 16 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — the rest of Illinois is planned for later batches. Illinois venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so Illinois cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Many Illinois venues are seasonal or weather-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering the Phoenix metro area — Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, and Apache Junction: 28 verified activities and 16 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — Tucson, Flagstaff, and the rest of Arizona are planned for later batches. Arizona venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so Arizona cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Desert venues are heat- and season-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Coverage & freshness: Now covering the Las Vegas metro area — Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City, plus the desert parks at the metro’s edge (Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, and the Spring Mountains): 25 verified activities and 16 lunch spots, last updated Nov 5, 2026, from official venue sites and public listings. Coverage is not statewide-complete — the rest of Nevada is planned for later batches. Nevada venues don’t have visitor-rating data in our collection yet, so Nevada cards show no ratings and no visitor shares — we’d rather show none than invent them. Desert venues are heat- and season-sensitive, so always confirm on the official site before you go.
Privacy: We only use age bands (never birthdays) and ZIP codes (never precise location). Sharing is always your choice. No accounts, no ticketing, no child profiles.

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This sets the same filters as the form below, using only places we've verified. It can't book or buy anything — and if it misreads you, tap a chip to fix it.

1 Find activities

Distances are approximate, measured from your ZIP code’s center point.

Interests (pick any)
Accessibility & sensory needs
Only venues that confirm a feature in our data will match. If a venue doesn’t list it, we don’t assume it.
Dietary & allergy needs
Same rule: only confirmed information counts. Most venues don’t publish dietary details, so these filters can return few or no matches — that’s honest, not a bug.

2 Activities

Perks shown only where verified on an official source — check the source link before you go.

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 181 Colorado restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 64 Texas restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 32 Washington restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 64 California restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 32 Oregon restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 48 Florida restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 New York restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 Illinois restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 Arizona restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

AI-Planned Days FamilyDay AI robot guide

FamilyDay turns a few basics into a day you can simply follow — no spreadsheet, no twenty open tabs.

1

Tell us the basics

Enter your ZIP, pick a date, choose your kids’ age bands, and set a drive range and budget up top. That’s all it takes — age bands and ZIP only, never birthdays or precise location.

2

Get a ready-to-follow day

Add the stops you like and we line them up in route order: a half day fits up to 2 activities, a full day up to 3 plus lunch — with start times, drive legs, and a 30-minute travel buffer between stops.

3

Lunch, maps & a rain plan

Your itinerary pairs lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 Nevada restaurants, links the whole route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation, and adds indoor backups if the weather turns.

Start planning in Step 1 above

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Colorado’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

SCFD free days

Denver’s zoo, nature & science museum, art museum, and botanic gardens all run free-admission days through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District. The 2026 dates are listed on each venue’s card.

Library passes

Denver Public Library and Arapahoe Libraries cardholders can reserve free museum & cultural passes, and any Colorado public library can lend a Check Out Colorado State Parks pass — free vehicle entry for up to 7 days.

EBT & SNAP discounts

With an EBT card, Explorer Pass admission runs $1–$5 per person at several Denver venues — $1 at the art museum and Wings Over the Rockies, $3 at the nature & science museum, $5 at the zoo.

Perks are verified venue by venue — for Denver-area venues and for participating venues in Telluride, Durango, Steamboat Springs, Pueblo, and Keystone & Copper Mountain — and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Texas’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

Museums for All

With a SNAP EBT card, admission drops to free–$5 per person at participating Texas museums and gardens — free at the Bullock, the Briscoe, and the McNay, $3 at the Dallas Arboretum and The DoSeum, $5 at the Heard and Children’s Museum Houston. Each venue’s own terms are printed on its card.

Library passes

Dallas Public Library cardholders can reserve free admission through Culture Pass Dallas, and Fort Worth Public Library cardholders can reserve free passes to the Botanic Garden, the Nature Center & Refuge, and Log Cabin Village. We could not verify a library pass program in Houston, Austin, or San Antonio, so none is listed for those metros.

Free days & the state parks pass

Texas museums run on a free-day rhythm — free Thursdays at the MFAH and The Health Museum, free first Tuesdays at the Houston Zoo, free first Sundays at the Bullock. Outdoors, the $70 Texas State Parks Pass waives entrance fees at 80+ state parks for a year.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of California’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

California State Library Parks Pass

Library cardholders can check out a free vehicle day-use pass at their local public library for 200+ participating state park units — it appears on cards across all four metros, from Malibu Creek to Angel Island to Torrey Pines.

Free Fourth Grade Pass

California fourth graders in public school — and their families — get unlimited free visits to 54 participating state parks. A parent or guardian signs up through ReserveCalifornia; the pass is valid up to 13 months.

Museums for All & resident free days

SNAP/EBT cardholders get discounted admission at participating museums statewide, San Diego’s Balboa Park museums rotate free admission days for county residents, and The Nat is free with an EBT card. Each venue’s own terms are printed on its card.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Oregon’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

My Discovery Pass

Multnomah County Library cardholders can reserve free admission to the Portland Art Museum and Portland Japanese Garden, free Community Science Night entry at OMSI, and a one-day Oregon State Parks parking permit honored at fee-charging state parks.

Arts for All & the Oregon Trail Card

With a SNAP/EBT (Oregon Trail) card, Arts for All tickets run $5 at Pittock Mansion and Portland Japanese Garden; Leach Botanical Garden offers $5 adult tickets with up to four children free; and Eugene’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History drops to $1 per person.

Parking passes that pay for themselves

An Oregon State Parks 12-month parking permit is $60 for residents ($75 non-residents), and Metro’s annual parking pass ($40) covers Oxbow and Blue Lake regional parks — both pay off within a few visits.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go. One honest gap: OMSI’s general-admission EBT discount is not listed, because the museum’s own sources state conflicting amounts ($8 vs. $5) and we don’t guess.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Florida’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

Library passes in all three metros

Orange County’s Local Wanderer pass covers seven Orlando-area venues in our collection — Leu Gardens, the Mennello Museum, the Orange County Regional History Center, the Central Florida Zoo, the Polasek Museum, Maitland’s Art & History Museums, and the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. In Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County’s Discovery Pass and the Pinellas PPLC Museum Pass cover the Glazer Children’s Museum, Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa Museum of Art, the Plant Museum, Great Explorations, the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, and Sunken Gardens, and Miami-Dade Public Library runs its own Museum Pass program in Miami.

Museums for All

With a SNAP EBT or WIC card, admission is free at the Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Vizcaya, Deering Estate, and The Bass; $3 at the Orlando Museum of Art, MOSI, the Dalí, and Great Explorations; and $5 at the Orlando Science Center and the Glazer Children’s Museum. Each venue’s own terms are printed on its card.

State parks & first weekends

The Florida State Parks Annual Entrance Pass ($60 individual / $120 family) appears on the state-park cards across all three metros — Hillsborough River, Bill Baggs Cape Florida, Oleta River, and The Barnacle among them — and Bank of America / Merrill cardholders get one free admission on the first full weekend of every month at participating museums. In Miami, PAMM runs free Second Saturdays, and Culture Shock Miami sells $5 tickets to ages 13–22.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of New York’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

Culture Pass

A library card from the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, or Queens Public Library reserves a free Culture Pass at ten venues in our collection — the American Museum of Natural History, the Met, the Intrepid, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Museum, the Queens Museum, the New York Historical, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the New York Botanical Garden.

Pay what you wish

New York State residents pay what they wish for general admission at the American Museum of Natural History and at the Met — where students from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are included — and Brooklyn Botanic Garden runs pay-what-you-wish admission on winter weekdays, Tuesday–Friday, November through February.

Free days & free hours

The Bronx Zoo’s Limited Admission is free all day on Wednesdays (advance tickets required) and the Museum of the City of New York is free for everyone on Wednesdays; Wave Hill is free all day on Thursdays; and Thursday and Friday afternoons bring free hours at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the New York Hall of Science.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Illinois’ biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

Museums for All

With an EBT (Link) or WIC card, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is free for up to two adults and up to six children, the Field Museum is $3 per person for up to six people, and thirteen venues in our collection run a Museums for All rate in all. Each venue’s own terms are printed on its card.

Chicago Public Library passes

Chicago Public Library’s Kids Museum Passport provides free general admission for a family of four at participating Chicago-area institutions, and cardholders 18 and older can reserve free passes online through the Explore More Illinois digital passes — confirmed on the Art Institute of Chicago’s own free-admission page. Both program records are printed in full in this section’s data, alongside the venue perks.

Illinois free days & state parks

Illinois residents get free days or free hours at several venues in the collection — Shedd Aquarium runs Illinois Resident Free Hours and the Field Museum runs Illinois Free Wednesdays — and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources charges no entrance fee at any state-owned or operated land; beaches charge $1 a day per person for beach use only.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Arizona’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

Act One Culture Pass

Phoenix-area library cardholders can check out an Act One Culture Pass — free admission for two — at five venues in our collection: the Desert Botanical Garden, the Heard Museum, the Phoenix Art Museum, the S’edav Va’aki Museum Archaeological Park, and Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West.

Museums for All

With a SNAP EBT card, admission drops to $3 at Heritage Square and the Rosson House Museum, $4 at the i.d.e.a. Museum and the Arizona Museum of Natural History, and $5 at the Arizona Science Center and the Heard Museum. Each venue’s own terms are printed on its card.

First weekends & military families

Bank of America / Merrill cardholders get one free admission on the first full weekend of every month at participating venues in the collection, and Blue Star Museums offers free admission for active-duty military families over the summer — both are printed in full on the venues’ cards.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

Free Days & Smart Savings

Plenty of Nevada’s biggest family venues have a free or nearly-free way in — you just have to know which day, or which card, to bring. Every perk below is verified on an official source and printed in full, with its source link, on the venue’s card.

Library passes — LVCCLD

A Las Vegas–Clark County Library District card unlocks the Family Adventure Pass at DISCOVERY Children’s Museum, the Family Pass at Springs Preserve, Family Farm Days at Horses4Heroes, and a Nevada State Parks Pass that covers Valley of Fire — each is recorded in full on the venue’s card.

Museums for All

With a SNAP EBT card, Museums for All rates apply at DISCOVERY Children’s Museum, Springs Preserve, and the Neon Museum — and admission to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas is included with Springs Preserve admission.

Park passes & free days

Valley of Fire also sells a Nevada State Parks annual day-use permit, Red Rock Canyon accepts the America the Beautiful interagency passes, Floyd Lamb Park runs City of Las Vegas Free Entry Days, and Southern Nevada teachers get in free at the Las Vegas Science & Natural History Museum.

Perks are verified venue by venue, and terms change — each perk on a venue card links to its official source so you can confirm before you go.

On the Road

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
— attributed to Saint Augustine
Illustration of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains above an alpine lake, with red rock formations and pine forest

Meet Colorado

Colorado is built for family days out. The Rocky Mountains run down the middle of the state, so a single weekend can hold a morning at a Denver museum, an afternoon on a state-park swim beach, and a next-day drive to a mountain town. The Front Range cities — Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Loveland — hold most of the museums, zoos, gardens and play spaces, while Estes Park, Summit County, Glenwood Springs, Aspen and Grand Junction trade big-city lineups for trailheads, rivers, hot springs and red-rock desert. Four real seasons shape the calendar: ski-town winters, wildflower summers, and a long, mild fall made for being outside. The newest areas reach further still: Telluride and Durango anchor the southwest mountains, Steamboat Springs the northwest, Pueblo the southern plains, and Keystone & Copper Mountain the Summit County high country.

15 Colorado areas covered 277 verified family activities 181 lunch & dinner spots 44 verified perks & free days
Illustration of Texas Hill Country in bluebonnet season, with live oaks and a distant skyline

Meet Texas

Texas family days run at metro scale. Dallas–Fort Worth pairs big-city museums and zoos with botanic gardens and prairie nature centers; Houston adds space history, a dense museum district, and the Gulf Coast within day-trip range; Austin mixes state history and capitol grounds with spring-fed pools and Hill Country trailheads; San Antonio layers the Alamo and the Spanish missions over children’s museums and shady parks. Summers are hot across all four metros, so the planner’s indoor backups and morning starts earn their keep — and since each metro’s listings cluster together, a day rarely means crossing the state.

4 Texas metro areas covered 112 verified family activities 64 lunch & dinner spots 81 verified perks & free days
Illustration of California’s golden Pacific coast with palm trees and a red suspension bridge

Meet California

California family days run at every scale. Los Angeles layers science centers, tar pits, and observatories over beach towns; the San Francisco Bay Area mixes hands-on science with ferries, bayfront parks, and redwood shade; San Diego anchors on Balboa Park’s museum row and the zoo, with surf-town day trips up the coast; and Sacramento pairs Gold Rush history and the railroad museum with farm-to-fork ease. The planner keeps each metro’s listings together, so a day rarely means crossing the state.

4 California metro areas covered 107 verified family activities 64 lunch & dinner spots 80 verified perks & free days
Illustration of a tall two-tier Oregon waterfall in a mossy gorge, with a small stone arch bridge

Meet Oregon

Oregon family days are built around water and green. The Portland metro packs the zoo, OMSI, and Washington Park’s gardens into one hill, then spills east to Multnomah Falls and the Columbia River Gorge and out to Metro’s big river parks — with a long rainy season that rewards the indoor spine of science museums, libraries, and the rail heritage center. Down the Willamette Valley, Eugene–Springfield pairs University of Oregon museums with raptors, riverfront parks, and Willamalane’s pools and play spaces.

2 Oregon areas covered 50 verified family activities 32 lunch & dinner spots 30 verified perks & free days
Illustration of a Florida white-sand beach with turquoise water, palms and a pastel lifeguard stand

Meet Florida

Florida family days split three ways in this collection. Orlando pairs the big theme-park resorts — Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista and Universal Orlando — with Winter Park’s museums and gardens and the Kennedy Space Center out on the Space Coast. Tampa Bay runs from the Riverwalk and Ybor City across the bay to St. Petersburg’s art museums and Clearwater’s beaches. Miami layers Museum Park and Wynwood over Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and the Everglades and Biscayne Bay entrances at its southern edge.

3 Florida metro areas covered 81 verified family activities 48 lunch & dinner spots 79 verified perks & free days
Illustration of the Manhattan skyline across a river, with a park in autumn colors in the foreground

Meet New York

New York family days in this collection run borough by borough. Manhattan stacks the big museums — the Met and the American Museum of Natural History on Central Park, the Intrepid on the Hudson, MoMath and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan further south. Brooklyn adds its children’s museum, botanic garden, and museum, plus the aquarium at Coney Island; Queens puts the Hall of Science, the Queens Museum, the Queens Zoo, and the Queens Botanical Garden in and around Flushing Meadows Corona Park; the Bronx holds the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and Wave Hill; Staten Island has Snug Harbor’s children’s museum and zoo. Across the Hudson, Jersey City adds the Liberty Science Center and Liberty State Park, and Governors Island sits in the harbor between them.

1 New York metro area covered 28 verified family activities 16 lunch & dinner spots 40 verified perks & free days
Illustration of Chicago’s skyline along the Lake Michigan shore, with a green lakefront park

Meet Chicago

Chicago family days in this collection center on the lakefront: the Museum Campus trio — Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, and Adler Planetarium — Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park in the Loop, and Lincoln Park’s free zoo and conservatory just to the north. Children’s museums anchor Navy Pier, Oak Park, Glenview, and DuPage County; the Morton Arboretum spreads across Lisle, the Chicago Botanic Garden sits in Glencoe, and Brookfield Zoo Chicago holds the western suburbs.

1 Illinois metro area covered 26 verified family activities 16 lunch & dinner spots 50 verified perks & free days
Illustration of Arizona red-rock buttes and a glowing canyon at golden hour, with saguaro cacti

Meet Phoenix

Phoenix family days in this collection pair desert landscapes with a strong museum row. Papago Park and South Mountain frame the city with trails and desert gardens; downtown and midtown hold the Heard Museum, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Arizona Science Center, and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix; Scottsdale adds Western Spirit and the McDowell Mountains foothills; Mesa and Tempe bring the Arizona Museum of Natural History, the i.d.e.a. Museum, and Tempe Town Lake; and Apache Junction points at the Superstition Mountains.

1 Arizona metro area covered 28 verified family activities 16 lunch & dinner spots 37 verified perks & free days
Illustration of a Nevada high-desert canyon at dusk, with distant Las Vegas lights on the horizon

Meet Las Vegas

Las Vegas family days in this collection run well past the Strip. Downtown holds DISCOVERY Children’s Museum, the Neon Museum, the Atomic Museum, and Container Park; Springs Preserve and the Nevada State Museum anchor the west side; and the desert does the rest — Red Rock Canyon to the west, the Spring Mountains and Floyd Lamb Park to the northwest, Valley of Fire to the northeast, Henderson’s bird viewing preserve and Ethel M’s cactus garden to the southeast, and Boulder City’s railroad museum on the way to Hoover Dam.

1 Nevada metro area covered 25 verified family activities 16 lunch & dinner spots 18 verified perks & free days

Colorado Flavors

Colorado cooking starts with green chile — a pork-and-pepper stew ladled over burritos, burgers and breakfast plates, made with chiles grown around Pueblo, the state’s chile capital. Bison and Colorado lamb show up on menus across the state, Western Slope towns like Palisade are known for orchard fruit and farm stands, and farm-to-table kitchens from Boulder to Grand Junction build their menus around whatever Colorado farms are harvesting. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 181 Colorado restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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Texas Flavors

Texas cooking starts with smoke: slow-cooked brisket and ribs anchor barbecue joints across all four metros, and Tex-Mex — enchiladas, fajitas, and breakfast tacos — is the everyday family table from San Antonio to Dallas. Houston adds Gulf seafood and one of the most international food scenes in the country, Austin layers food-truck casual over its taco breakfasts, and bakeries across the state turn out kolaches and pan dulce alongside the pies. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 64 Texas restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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California Flavors

California cooking is a tour of the state itself: French-dip sandwiches and Jewish deli classics in Los Angeles, Cuban bakery rolls in Burbank, and soup dumplings in Arcadia; burgers at the Ferry Building and Chicago-style pizza across the bay in San Francisco and Oakland; the original fish taco in San Diego, with 1950s diners and mesquite barbecue a short drive inland; and farm-to-fork cafes in Sacramento, the capital of California agriculture. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 64 California restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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Oregon Flavors

Oregon cooking starts with the Willamette Valley: farm-driven French cooking in Eugene’s market hall, Southern comfort plates and chicken and waffles in Portland, wood-fired pizza and handmade pasta on both sides of the river, and taquerias rolling housemade corn tortillas. Breakfast is a serious meal here — biscuit sandwiches and diner brunches fuel the morning before a zoo or garden day. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 32 Oregon restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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Florida Flavors

Florida cooking in this collection starts with the Cuban sandwich: Versailles and Sanguich de Miami in Miami, Black Bean Deli in Orlando’s Mills 50 district, and the Columbia in Ybor City — Spanish-Cuban cooking in Florida’s oldest restaurant, founded in 1905 and open 365 days a year. Smoke runs the other thread: 4 Rivers Smokehouse in Winter Park, Big John’s Alabama BBQ in Tampa, and Shorty’s Bar-B-Q in South Miami. On the Gulf side, Frenchy’s Rockaway Grill is known for its grouper sandwich on Clearwater Beach, and Hawkers serves its Asian street food in both Orlando and St. Petersburg. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 48 Florida restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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New York Flavors

New York cooking in this collection is the classic lineup: coal-fired whole pies at John’s of Bleecker Street and at Grimaldi’s under the Brooklyn Bridge, cheesecake at the original Junior’s in Brooklyn, and dim sum made to order at Nom Wah Tea Parlor, Chinatown’s oldest restaurant, going since 1920. Ellen’s Stardust Diner publishes a kids’ menu for ages 10 & under in the Theater District, the original Shake Shack stands in Madison Square Park, Rosa Mexicano runs a ‘Young Amigos’ kids menu at Union Square, and Dinosaur Bar-B-Que serves Harlem from under the Riverside Drive viaduct with a Dino Kids menu of its own. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 New York restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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Chicago Flavors

Chicago cooking in this collection starts with deep dish: Lou Malnati’s in River North and Pequod’s Pizza, both publishing kids’ menus of their own. Portillo’s keeps a Kid’s Dishes section on its menu downtown, Smoque brings barbecue with a kids’ menu, Xoco and Joy Yee Noodle in Chinatown cover the Mexican and noodle sides of the city, Eataly’s La Pizza & La Pasta offers a children’s menu, and R.J. Grunts sits directly across from Lincoln Park Zoo. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 Illinois restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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Phoenix Flavors

Phoenix cooking in this collection starts at the Fry Bread House, a Native American kitchen serving lunch and dinner Monday–Saturday, and at Pizzeria Bianco in Heritage Square. Matt’s Big Breakfast is breakfast and lunch only — it closes at 2 p.m. — while Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa runs the opposite schedule, opening at 4 p.m. (3:30 on weekends) for dinner service, with lunch appearing only as special ticketed events. Los Dos Molinos anchors South Central Phoenix, Bobby-Q brings the barbecue in Mesa, Chelsea’s Kitchen covers Arcadia, and Oregano’s holds South Tempe. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 Arizona restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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Las Vegas Flavors

Las Vegas cooking in this collection is the locals’ side of the menu: Blueberry Hill, a family diner open 24 hours, and Makers & Finders’ Latin-inspired brunch in the Arts District cover the daytime, while Lotus of Siam — family-run Northern Thai since 1999 — splits its day between a lunch and a dinner service. Pizza Rock and Settebello cover the pies, Tacotarian is plant-based, and Juan’s Flaming Fajitas flambés its fajitas tableside. Lazy Dog runs a kids’ menu for guests 12 & under and Family Nights on Wednesdays. When you build a day, FamilyDay lines up lunch and dinner picks near your stops from our 16 Nevada restaurants, with cuisine filters and each spot’s own dietary notes.

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On the Road

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust

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On the Road

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
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