102 Places to Play with the Family in and Around Frederick

They say “the days are long, but the years are short” so we’ve compiled a list of parks, museums, amusement parks, and more so you can make the most of your family time.

Indoor Playground

1. FSK Mall indoor play area
2. Chic-fil-A Frederick North
3. Chic-fil-A Urbana   

Bouncing Fun

1. PumpItUp
2. Paradise of Fun
3. Backyard Inflatables
4. Players Fun Zone
5. Stratosphere Trampoline Park
6. Monkey Joe’s 

Educational

1. Library Events
2. Watch airplanes take off at the Frederick Municipal Airport
3. Watch airplanes take off at the Hagerstown Airport
4. Watch airplanes take off at the Carroll County Regional Airport
5. Civil War Medicine Museum
6. Brunswick Heritage Museum
7. B&O Railroad Museum
8. Western Maryland Railroad
9. Visit the train museum in Brunswickrail
10. Earth Space and Science Lab
11. Planetarium at Bear Branch 
12. Maryland Science Center
13. Schifferstadt Museum
14. Rose Hill Manor
15. Frederick County Farm Museum
16. Carroll County Farm Museum 
17. Catoctin Furnace
18. Monocacy National Battlefield
19. Seneca Schoolhouse
20. Historic Colored Schoolhouse
21. Gate House Museum
22. Learn all about the Battle of Antietam 

Arts

1. See a show at the Weinberg Center
2. See a show at Sky Stage 

Amusements and Arcades

1. Spinners
2. Chuck E. Cheese
3. Adventure Park USA
4. Regal Cinemas Westview
5. Roads & Rails Museum
6. Shadowland
7. Monster Mini Golf
8. Island Green Family Fun Center
9. Little Sykesville Railway Park

Arts & Crafts

1. Hot Fired Arts
2. I Made This
3. Home Depot Kids Workshops
4. Michaels Kids Workshops
5. Joanne’s Fabric Kids Workshops

Children’s Museums

1. Original Playhouse
2.  Discovery Station
3. Stop Drop & Play
4. Port Discovery

Lakes & Pools

1. Kids First Family Swim
2. Baker Park Pool
3. Brunswick Pool
4. Lovettsville Pool
5. OneLife Fitness Pool
6. YMCA Pool
7. Ida Lee Pool
8.  William R. Diggs Memorial Pool
9. Cunningham Falls
10. Greenbriar Lake
11. Volcano Island Water Park

Sports, Exercise, & Playgrounds

1. Frederick Keys Games
2. Skate Frederick
3. Terrace Lanes
4. Mt. Airy Lanes
5. Walkersville Bowling Center
6. The Boulder Yard
7. Flips
8. The Little Gym
9. Jump Climb Extreme
10. FISC
11. The Arena
12. Youth Play
13. Our List of Playgrounds
14. Harpers Ferry Adventure Center
15. Bar T
16. Liberty Rollerskate
17. Tree Trekkers
18. Reiserstown Sports Complex 

Animals

1. Catoctin Zoo
2. Green Meadows Petting Zoo
3. South Mountain Creamery
4. Land of Little Horses
5. Baugher’s Petting Zoo
6. Baltimore National Aquarium 

Nature

1. Catoctin Creek Nature Center
2. Fountain Rock Nature
3. High Knob Nature Center
4. Black Hill Nature Center
5.  Crystal Grottoes Caverns
6. Go Camping with the kids
7. Try Geocaching 

Old Fashioned Fun

1. Walkersville Southern Railroad
2. Catoctin Mountain Orchard
3. Dancing Bear Toys

Escape Together

1. Clue IQ
2. Surelocked In
3. Escape This

Catch a Fish

1. Fishing Spots
2. Rent a pole at the Brunswick Library