A Survey Of Free Field Trips In All 50 States
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Preeti Chauhan
Educational Researcher
Are you asking yourself, what’s a fun free field trip near me? Well, look no further. We’ve compiled a list of a ton of FREE activities broken down by state. While this list is far from including everything, hopefully it will inspire some ideas of great school field trips to do near you!
Do you have a favorite free destination to take your class that is not on the list? If so, please send it to us!
Free Field Trip Destinations By State
1. Foley railroad museum – Foley
2. Fairhope Museum – Fairhope
3. Museum of Art – Birmingham
4. Botanical Gardens – Birmingham
5. Airmen National Historic Site – Tuskegee
6. Audubon Bird Sanctuary – Dauphin Island
Need more ideas? Check out Trip Advisor or a listing of free activities.
1. Wells Fargo Museum – Anchorage
2. Whaling wall – Anchorage
3. Turnagain Gallery – Anchorage
4. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail – Alaska
5. Earthquake Park – Alaska
Need more ideas? Check out Grayline Alaska or a listing of free activities.
1. Heritage Square – Phoenix
2. Scottsdale Art Walk – Greater Phoenix
3. Karsten Manufacturing Tour at the Ping Factory – Arizona
4. Rookie League Baseball – Phoenix
Need more ideas? Check out Trip to Discover or a listing of free activities.
1. The Arkansas State Capitol – Little Rock
2. The Arkansas Arts Center – Little Rock
3. The Delta Cultural Center – Helena
4. The Vogel Schwartz Sculpture Garden – Little Rock
5. Blanchard Springs Recreation Area – Mountain View
Need more ideas? Check out Trip Advisor or a listing of free activities.
1. Japanese Tea Garden – San Francisco
2. Griffith Park – Los Angeles
3. Fortune cookie factory – San Francisco
4. Museum of Contemporary Arts – Chicago
5. Music Center Tours – California
6. Lakeside Botanical Gardens – Oakland
Need more ideas? Check out Matador Network for a listing of free activities.
1. Garden of the Gods – Colorado Springs
2. Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory Tour – Boulder
3. United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs
4. The Pioneer Museum – Colorado Springs
5. Nature Centers – Bear Creek and Fountain Creek – Colorado Springs
6. North Cheyenne Cañon Park – Colorado Springs
7. Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre – Denver
Need more ideas? Check out Mile High On The Cheap for a listing of free activities happening each week.
1. First Presbyterian Church – Stamford
2. Whitney Museum of American Art – New York
3. UCONN Stamford Art Gallery – Stamford
4. Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens – Stamford
5. The Connecticut Welcome Center – Darien
Need more ideas? Check out Travelling mom or a listing of free activities.
1. Air Mobility Command Museum – Dover
2. Junction and Breakwater Trail – Rehoboth Beach
3. Cape May Point State Park – Cape May Point
4. Indian River Inlet Bridge – Bethany Beach
5. Johnson Victrola Museum – Dover
Need more ideas? Check out Trip Advisor or a listing of free activities.
1. The National Naval Aviation Museum – Pensacola
2. The Town of Murals Walking Tour – Lake Placid
3. Florida Keys Eco – Discovery Center – Key West
4. Museum of Florida History – Tallahassee
5. Harry P – Leu Gardens – Orlando
6. Ideal Classic Cars Museum & Showroom – Venice
Need more ideas? Check out Only in your state or a listing of free activities.
1. The King Center for Non – Violent Social Change – Atlanta
2. Walking Tour of Our Solar System – Gainesville
3. Georgia Racing Hall of Fame – Dawsonville
4. Georgia Guidestones – Elberton
5. Cumberland Island – St Mary’s
6. Atlanta Festivals – Atlanta
7. Folkston Railroad Depot and Train Museum – Folkson
Need more ideas? Check out Only in your state or a listing of free activities.
1. Mokupapapa Discovery Center – Kamehameha Ave
2. Lava Tree State Park – Pahoa
3. Panaewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens – Stainback Hwy
4. Keanae Arboretum – Kula
5. USS Arizona Memorial and Pearl Harbor – Honolulu
Need more ideas? Check out Tripster or a listing of free activities.
1. Wander into the Morrison Knudsen Nature Center – South Walnut Boise
3. The Idaho State Capitol Building – Boise
4. Julia Davis Park – Boise
5. Old Mission State Park – North Idaho
6. Kathryn Albertson Park – Boise
7. Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial – Boise
8. North Idaho Centennial Trail – Coeur d’Alene
Need more idea? Check out Trip advisor or a listing of free activities.
1. Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
2. Millenium Park Chicago
3. Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago
4. Gail Borden Public Library – Elgin
5. Krape park – Freeport
6. Lincoln Home National Historic Site – Springfield
7. Lincoln Tomb & War Memorials – Springfield
Need more ideas? Check out Trip advisor or a listing of free activities.
1. Indianapolis Art Center – Indianapolis
2. The Philharmonic Orchestra – Indianapolis
3. War Memorials – Indianapolis
4. Rolls – Royce Heritage Trust – Indianapolis
5. Indiana Landmarks center – Indiana
6. The Indiana State Police Museum – Indiana
Need more ideas? Check out Visitindi or a listing of free activities.
1. The Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption – West Bend
2. The Iowa State Capitol Building – Des Moines
3. The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History – Mississippi
4. The Des Moines Art Center – Des Moines
5. the Union Pacific Railroad Museum – Council Bluffs
6. The Sanford Museum & Planetarium – Cherokee
Need more ideas? Check out Trip Advisor or a listing of free activities.
1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Kansas City
2. Union Station – Kansas City
3. City of Fountains – Kansas City
4. The Money Museum at the Federal Reserve – Kansas City
5. Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead – Overland Park
Need more ideas? Check out Tripsavy or a listing of free activities.
1. Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace – Hodgenville
2. Kentucky’s Folk Art Center – Morehead
3. State Capitol Building – Frankfort
4. The Historic Apple Valley Roadside Attraction – Calvert City
5. Aviation Heritage Park – Bowling Green
6. Old Kentucky Chocolates – Lexington
7. the Scott County Arts and Cultural center – Georgetown
8. Toyota’s Manufacturing Plant – Georgetown
Need more ideas? Check out Travelling mom or a listing of free activities.
1. Lower 9th Ward Living Museum – New Orleans
2. The Second Line – New Orleans
3. The LSU Museum of Art – Baton Rouge (The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission)
4. The Louisiana Art & Science Museum – Baton Rouge (Admission is free and Planetarium shows are reduced to $8 on First Free Sunday -)
5. The Baton Rouge Gallery – Baton Rouge
6. Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point – Sulphur
Need more ideas? Check out Louisiana Tourism or a listing of free activities.
1. Portland Head Light & Fort Williams Park – Cape Elizabeth
2. Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor – Maine (Only some of the days are free to get in, for further details check out Free entrance)
3. Maine State Museum – Augusta
4. Viles Arboretum – Augusta
5. Brick Store Museum – Kennebunk
Need more ideas? Check out Tripsavy or a listing of free activities.
1. The Walters Art Museum – Baltimore
2. Federal Hill Park – Baltimore
3. Fort McHenry National Monument – Baltimore (Children 15 years of age and younger are free)
4. Assateague Island National Seashore – Berlin (Check out free days here free entrance)
Need more ideas? Check out Visit Maryland or a listing of free activities.
1. The Massachusetts State House – Boston
2. The USS Constitution Museum – Boston
3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge
4. The Black Heritage Trail – Boston
5. Harvard Museum of Natural History – Cambridge
6. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) – Woods Hole
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. Meyer May House – Grand Rapids
2. Seney National Wildlife Refuge – Seney
3. Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center – Alpena
4. Michigan State Capitol – Lansing
5. Art prize – Grand Rapids
6. The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum – East Lansing
Need more ideas? Check out 101 free things or a listing of free activities.
1. Swan Park – Monticello
2. Spam Museum – Austin
3. The Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers – Pipestone
4. National Trout Center – Preston
5. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden – Minneapolis
6. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory – St Paul
Need more ideas? Check out Explore Minnesota or a listing of free activities.
1. The Fontainebleau Nature Trail – Gautier
2. Hurricane Museum – Waveland
3. Mississippi State Capitol – Jackson
4. Vicksburg National Military Park – Vicksburg
5. U -S -S – Cairo Museum – Vicksburg
6. Lynn Meadows Discovery Center – Gulfport (Only Fridays are free)
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. Forest Park – St – Louis
2. The Saint Louis Art Museum – St – Louis
3. the Saint Louis Science Center – St – Louis
4. The Missouri History Museum – St – Louis
5. The Saint Louis Zoo – St – Louis (Only first hour admission is free)
6. The Money Museum – Kansas City
Need more ideas? Check out Travel Nurse Across America or a listing of free activities.
1. Helena’s Science Museum – Jefferson City
2. Montana’s State Capitol – Helena
3. Missoula Art Museum – Missoula
4. Museum of Mountain Flying – Missoula
5. Montana Natural History Center – Montana
6. Children’s Museum Missoula – Missoula
7. Montgomery Distillery – Missoula
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. Pioneers Park Nature Center – Lincoln
2. The Tulip Bloom Gardens – Lincoln
3. The Nebraska State Capitol – Nebraska
4. The Sheldon Museum of Art – Lincoln
5. The Museum of American Speed – Lincoln
Need more ideas? Check out Trip 101 or a listing of free activities.
1. The Ethel M Chocolate Factory – Las Vegas
2. The Wildlife Habitat at the Flamingo – Las Vegas
3. Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge – Boulder City
4. Bellagio’s Conservatory and Botanical Gardens – Las Vegas
5. The Seven Magic Mountains – Las Vegas
6. Goldwell Open Air Museum – Rhyolite
7. International Car Forest of the Last Church – Goldfield
8. Virginia City, largest historic landmark in the US
9. Stewart Indian School – Carson City
10. Oxbow Nature Study – Reno
11. River Fork Ranch – Genoa
12. Taylor Creek Visitor Center – South Lake Tahoe
13. Pyramid Lake
14. Hidden Cave & Grimes Point Archaeological Area – Fallon
15. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area – Las Vegas
16. Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge – Fallon
17. Desert National Wildlife Refuge – Las Vegas
18. Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge – Elko
19. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Amargosa Valley
20. Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge – Alamo
Need more ideas? Check out Travelling Mom or a listing of free activities.
1. Libby Museum – Wolfeboro
2. The American Classic Arcade Museum – Laconia
3. Chutters Candy Store – Littleton
4. The stunning ice castles – Lincoln
5. Goffstown Giant Pumpkin Regatta – Goffstown
6. Epic of American Civilization mural – Hanover
Need more ideas? Check out Travel mag or a listing of free activities.
1. Cape May County Park & Zoo – Cape May Court House
2. Princeton University Art Museum – Princeton
3. Drumthwacket – Princeton
4. Heritage Glass Museum – Glassboro
5. Twin Lights Historic Site – Highlands
6. The Center for Contemporary Art – Bedminster Township
7. Howell Living History Farm – Lambertville
Need more ideas? Check out Visit new Jersey or a listing of free activities.
1. Open Space Visitors Center – Albuquerque
2. Petroglyph National Monument – Albuquerque
3. Albuquerque Biopark and Zoo – Albuquerque
4. Art Installations for Kids – Albuquerque
5. Historic Old Town and Tiquez Park – Albuquerque
6. Geology Museum – Socorro
7. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center – Albuquerque
8. Sky City Cultural Center & Haak’u Museum – Acoma Pueblo
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. The New York Public Library – New York
2. The Brooklyn Brewery – Brooklyn
3. The Staten Island Ferry – Staten Island and Manhattan
4. Times Square – Manhattan
5. Prospect Park – Brooklyn
6. Brooklyn Botanic Garden – Brooklyn
7. Grand Central Station – New York
Need more ideas? Check out Culture Trip or a listing of free activities.
1. Wells Fargo Museum – Charlotte
2. Reed Gold Mine – Midland
3. The Billy Graham Library – Charlotte
4. Knightdale Environmental Education Park – Knightdale
5. Historic Oakwood – Raleigh
6. JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University – Raleigh
Need more ideas? Check out visitraleigh or a listing of free activities.
1. North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum – North Dakota
2. Scandinavian Heritage Park – Minot
3. South Unit Visitor Center & Theodore Roosevelt N -P – Medora
4. The Dakota Zoo – Bismarck
5. North Dakota State Capitol – Bismarck
6. National Buffalo Museum – Jamestown
7. Frontier Village – Jamestown
8. Painted Canyon Visitor Center – Medora
9. Scandinavian Heritage Park – Minot
10. Enchanted Highway – Regent
11. Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site – Stanton
12. Rosebud Visitor Center – Valley City
13. Long X Trading Post Visitor Center – Watford City
14. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site – Williston
15. Roger Maris Museum – Fargo
16. The Greenway – Grand Forks
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation ideas for a listing of free activities.
1. Cleveland Museum of Art – Cleveland
2. Toledo’s Arboretum and Museums – Toledo
3. Cincinnati’s Conservatory and Riverfront – Cincinnati
4. Cuyahoga Valley National Park – Ohio
Need more ideas? Check out tripsvvy or a listing of free activities.
1. The Gaylord – Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum – Oklahoma City
2. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum – Oklahoma City
3. Martin Park Nature Center – Oklahoma City
4. Oklahoma City Zoo – Oklahoma City
5. Oklahoma City Museum of Art – Oklahoma City
6. Bricktown – Bricktown
Need more ideas? Check out Travelling mom or a listing of free activities.
1. Portland Art Museum – Portland
2. The International Rose Test Garden – Portland
3. “Living Museum” – Portland
4. Tom McCall Waterfront Park – Portland
5. Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum – Hood River
6. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – Portland
Need more ideas? Check out vacationidea or a listing of free activities.
1. Philadelphia Museum of Art – Philadelphia
2. Valley Forge National Historical Park – King of Prussia
3. Spruce Street Harbor Park – Christopher Columbus Blvd
4. The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation – Philadelphia
5. The Independence Visitor Center – Philadelphia
6. Rodin Museum – Philadelphia
Need more ideas? Check out vacationidea or a listing of free activities.
1. Cliff Walk – Newport
2. Beavertail Lighthouse Museum – Jamestown
3. Rhode Island Attractions: RISD Museum – Providence
4. Fort Adams State Park – Newport
5. Roger Williams Park Zoo – Providence
6. Rosecliff Mansion – Newport
7. Abrams Animal Farm – Block Island
8. Adam’s Berry Farm – Cumberland
9. Biomes Marine Biology Center – North Kingstown
10. Block Island National Wildlife Refuge – Charlestown
Need more ideas? Check out vacationidea or a listing of free activities.
1. Olde English District – Richburg
2. South Carolina State Museum – Columbia
3. Fort Sumter National Monument – South Carolina
4. McLeod Plantation Historic Site – Charleston
5. The Center for Birds of Prey – Awendaw
6. The Charleston Tea Plantation – Wadmalaw Island
7. Hagood Mill – Pickens
8. Freightliner Factory – Chicago
9. South Carolina State Botanical Gardens – Botanical Garden
10. Mepkin Abbey – Moncks Corner
11. L. W. Paul Living History Farm – Conway
12. South Carolina Railroad Museum – Winnsboro
13. South Carolina State House – Columbia
14. South Carolina Governor’s Mansion – Columbia
15. Angel Oak Tree – Johns Island
16. Piedmont Physic Garden – Union
17. South Carolina Maritime Museum – Georgetown
18. Swan Lake Iris Gardens – Sumter
19. Hitchcock Woods – Aiken
20. Duke World of Energy – Seneca
21. Pearl Fryar’s Topiary Garden – Bishopville
22. Walterboro Wildlife Sanctuary – Walterboro
23. Bush River Farm – Clinton
24. Emerald Farm – Greenwood
25. Bowie Arts Center – Due West
26. The M.A.C.K – McCormick
27. Park Seed Company – Hodges
28. Joanne T. Rainsford Region 2 Discovery Center – Edgefield
29. Laurens County Museum – Laurens
30. Gray Court-Owings Museum – Gray Court
31. Clinton Museum – Clinton
32. Edgefield County Peach Museum – Edgefield
33. Greenwood County Arts Center – Greenwood
34. Mice on Main – Greenville
35. Falls Park on the Reedy and the Liberty Bridge – Greenville
36. Downtown Parks – Greenville
37. Historic Churches and Cemeteries – Greenville
38. Greenville County Museum of Art – Greenville
39. American Legion Post 3 War Museum – Greenville
40. Kilgore-Lewis House – Greenville
41. Museum and Library of Confederate History – Greenville
42. Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum – Greenville
Need more ideas? Check out vacation idea or a listing of free activities.
1. Storybook Island – Rapid City
2. South Dakota Attractions: Ingalls Homestead – De Smet
3. Prairie Homestead Historic Site – Philip
4. South Dakota Air and Space Museum – Rapid City
5. Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village – Mitchell
6. Minuteman Missile National Historic Site – Philip
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. Ijams Nature Center – Knoxville
2. Lotz House Museum – Franklin
3. National Civil Rights Museum – Memphis
4. Stones River National Battlefield – Murfreesboro
5. Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium – Kingsport
6. Creative Discovery Museum – Chattanooga
Need more ideas? Check out vacation idea or a listing of free activities.
1. The Alamo – San Antonio
2. San Antonio Riverwalk – San Antonio
3. Houston Museum of Natural Science – Houston
4. Texas State Capitol – Austin
5. South Padre Island Dolphin Research and Sea life Nature Center – Isabel
6. Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Houston
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. Liberty park – Salt Lake City
2. Cove Fort – Beaver
3. Hill Aerospace Museum – Hill AFB
4. Utah State Capitol – Salt Lake City
5. Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum – Salt Lake City
Need more ideas? Check out free things or a listing of free activities.
1. Hildene – The Lincoln Family Home – Manchester
2. Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park – Woodstock
3. Brattleboro Museum and Art Center – Brattleboro
4. Bennington Museum – Bennington
5. Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks – Montpelier
Need more ideas? Check out vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. The Crooked Road—Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail – Abingdon
2. Torpedo Factory Art Center – Alexandria
3. National Air and Space Museum, Udvar – Hazy Center – Chantilly
4. The King Neptune Statue – Virginia Beach
5. 5 – Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum – Virginia Beach
6. 6 – The Naval Aviation Monument – Virginia Beach
Need more ideas? Check out Trip Savvy or a listing of free activities.
1. Washington State Capitol – Olympia
2. Washington Park Arboretum – Seattle
3. Port Angeles Fine Arts Center – Port Angeles
4. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site – Vancouver
5. Bellevue Botanical Garden – Bellevue
1. The Supreme Court – Washington
2. The Smithsonian Museums – Washington
3. The White House – Washington
4. The Library of Congress – Washington
5. The National Gallery of Art – Washington
6. The National Archives Museum – Washington
7. The Holocaust Memorial Museum – Washington
8. The National Arboretum – Washington
Need more ideas? Check out Nomadicmatt or a listing of free activities.
1. Exhibition Coal Mine – Beckley
2. West Virginia Botanic Garden – Morgantown
3. The State Capitol – Charleston
4. Bloomery Plantation Distillery – Charles Town
5. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park – Blennerhassett Island
6. National Radio Astronomy Observatory – Green Bank
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
1. The Milwaukee Central Library – Milwaukee
2. The Basilica of St – Josephat – Milwaukee
3. The Domes – Milwaukee
4. EAA Air Venture Museum – Oshkosh
5. Milwaukee Art Museum – Milwaukee
6. Paine Art Center and Gardens – Oshkosh
Need more ideas? Check out Tripsavvy or a listing of free activities.
1. The Backcountry in Yellowstone National Park – Yellowstone National Park
3. Grand Teton National Park – Wyoming
4. National Museum of Wildlife Art – Jackson
5. The Historic Occidental Hotel Museum – Buffalo
6. Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center – Moose
7. Old Faithful Visitor Education Center – Yellowstone National Park
Need more ideas? Check out Vacation Idea or a listing of free activities.
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