Where to go this weekend with kids around Boston
In season now: Apple picking and pumpkin patches with kids around Boston →20 places for this weekend
Cold Spring Park woodland trail
5.0Newton · 5 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Free lot at the Beacon St entrance, busier during the summer Tuesday farmers market
Newton Free Library children's department
5.0Newton · 5 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Free lot in front of the library, busier on Saturday mornings
Brookline Public Library main branch children's room
5.0Brookline · 10 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Free lot behind the library (2-hour limit), or street parking in Brookline Village
Cambridge Public Library main branch children's room
5.0Cambridge · 15 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Small garage under the library (time-limited, often full), street parking on Broadway; or Red Line to Harvard and a 10-minute walk
Cary Memorial Library children's room
5.0Lexington · 20 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Free lots behind the library and in Lexington Center (time-limited)
Wellesley Free Library children's room
5.0Wellesley · 15 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Free lot in front of the library, easy on weekends
Boston Public Library Central Library children's library (Copley)
5.0Boston · 20 min drive
2 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Green Line to Copley puts you right there; by car use the Prudential or Copley Place garages (expensive)
Ride the Green Line D into the city
5.0Newton · 5 min drive
2 h · stroller-friendly
$ · Parking: MBTA pay lot by Newton Centre station, or the big lot at Riverside (cheaper on weekends)
Thomas Crane Public Library children's room
5.0Quincy · 25 min drive
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Free lot beside the library; or Red Line to Quincy Center and a 5-minute walk
New England Aquarium
5.0Boston · 25 min drive
3 h · stroller-friendly · reservation needed
$$$ · Parking: Blue Line to Aquarium puts you right there; by car use the Harbor Garage (aquarium discount, still about $20+)
Blue Hills Trailside Museum (Mass Audubon)
5.0Milton · 25 min drive
2 h · stroller-friendly
$ · Parking: Free museum lot (Route 138); admission about $8 adults, about $5 kids
Boston Children's Museum
5.0Boston · 25 min drive
3 h · stroller-friendly · reservation needed
$$ · Parking: Red Line to South Station and a 10-minute walk; by car use the Farnsworth St garage (museum discount)
Discovery Museum
5.0Acton · 35 min drive
3 h · stroller-friendly
$$ · Parking: Free museum lot
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
5.0Boylston · 55 min drive
3 h · stroller-friendly
$$ · Parking: Free lot inside the garden; admission about $20 adults, about $8 kids, check the website
EcoTarium
5.0Worcester · 55 min drive
4 h · stroller-friendly
$$ · Parking: Free museum lot; admission about $20 adults, about $14 kids, train extra
Museum of Science
4.0Boston · 20 min drive
4 h · stroller-friendly
$$ · Parking: Garage under the museum (about $25+); or Green Line to Science Park/West End, right at the door
Harvard Museum of Natural History
4.0Cambridge · 15 min drive
2 h · stroller-friendly
$ · Parking: Street parking on Oxford St or the Harvard campus visitor garage (weekend discount); or Red Line to Harvard and a 10-minute walk
USS Constitution Museum
4.0Boston · 25 min drive
2 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Pay lot inside the Navy Yard (about $15 on weekends); better to take the MBTA F4 ferry from Long Wharf or the Orange Line to North Station and walk 15 minutes
Lowell National Historical Park: free trolley and canal boats
4.0Lowell · 45 min drive
3 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Parking: Lot beside the visitor center (246 Market St), downtown garages cheaper on weekends; check the website
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston
3.0Somerville · 25 min drive
3 h · stroller-friendly · reservation needed
$$$ · Parking: Assembly Row garage, first 1–2 hours free (check current rules); or Orange Line to Assembly and a 5-minute walk