Fun Field Trip Ideas


Below are some ideas for field trips that your family might enjoy!


Text Box: Activities
Ice Skating at the Ice House
www.icehouserinks.com

Kate’s Skating Rink, Indian Trail

Ray’s Splash Planet
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/
Park+and+Rec/Aquatics/Rays+Splash+
Planet/Home.htm


Text Box: Theatre/Ballet
Blumenthal Educational Programs
www.blumenthalcenter.org/education
/programs/browse.asp

Charlotte Youth Ballet
www.charlotteyouthballet.com

The Children’s Theatre-Charlotte
www.ctcharlotte.org

Matthews Playhouse
www.matthewsplayhouse.com
Text Box: Zoological Parks
North Carolina Zoological Park
www.nczoo.org

Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, SC
www.riverbanks.org

Hollywild Animal Park - Inman, SC
www.hollywild.com

Text Box: Museums
(here are just a few of MANY!)
Historic Brattonsville
www.chmuseums.org/calendar/Brattonsville.htm


Charlotte Museum of History & 
Hezekiah Alexander Homesite
www.charlottemuseum.org

Charlotte Trolley & Museum
http://www.charlottetrolley.org/ 

Discovery Place
www.discoveryplace.org

EdVenture Children’s Museum
www.edventure.org

Gaston County Museum of Art/History
http://www.gastoncountymuseum.org/

Mint Museum
www.themintmuseums.org

Historic Latta Plantation
www.lattaplantation.org

Historic Rosedale Plantation
http://libweb.uncc.edu/archives/crhc/rosedale.htm

Schiele Museum, Gastonia, NC
www.schielemuseum.org
Text Box: Outdoor Activities
Corn Maze, Mint Hill
www.countrytimecarriages.net
/maze.htm

Dan Nicholas Park
www.dannicholas.net

Windy Hill Apple Orchard
http://windyhillorchard.com