The kids are off for the summer and you have sixteen weeks to bond with them. Make the memories they’ll keep forever by discovering afternoons in these new ways (and some favorite old ones)!
Amusement Parks and Entertainment Centers
Adventureland, Farmingdale
(631) 694-6868, adventureland.us
Bayville Adventure Park, Bayville
(516) 624-7433, bayvilleadventurepark.com
Boomers Family Fun Center, Medford
(631) 475-177, boomersparks.com/site/medford
The Country Fair, Medford
(631) 732-0579, countryfairpark.com
Fun Station USA, Lynbrook
(516) 599-7757, funstationusa.com
Fun Zone, Farmingdale
(631) 847-0100, funzoneamusements.com
Splish Splash, Calverton
(631) 727-3600, splishsplashlongisland.com
Tiki Action Park, Centereach
(631) 471-1267, tikiactionpark.net
Lighthouses
Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island
(631) 661-4876
fireislandlighthouse.com
Huntington Harbor Lighthouse
Huntington Bay (631) 421-1985 huntingtonlighthouse.org
Horton Point Lighthouse, Southold
(631) 765-5500
southoldhistoricalsociety.org
Long Beach Bar (Bug Light)
Lighthouse, Orient Harbor
(631) 477-2100, eastendseaport.org
Montauk Point Lighthouse, Montauk
(631) 668-2544
montauklighthouse.com
Old Field Point Lighthouse
East Setauket
(631) 941-9412 (village directory)
Paintball
Cousin’s Paintball
Hauppauge & Coram
1(800) 352-4007, playpaintball.com
High Velocity Paintball, Coram
(631) 242-2096, hivipaintball.com
Paintball Arena, West Babylon
(631) 694-2707, islandpaintball.net
Wild West Target Shooting Range, Lawrence
(516) 239-1743, targetpaintball.biz
Visual Arts
The Crazy Monkey, Amagansett
(631) 267-3627
thecrazymonkeygallery.com
Gallery North, Setauket
(631) 751-2676, gallerynorth.org
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington
(631) 351-3250, heckscher.org
Hillwood Art Museum, CW Post Campus
Brookville
(516) 299-4073, liu.edu/museum
Long Island Children’s Museum
Garden City
(516) 224-5800, licm.com
Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Harbor
(516) 484-9337
nassaumuseum.com
Shelter Island Sculpture Park
Shelter Island enstudio.com
The Long Island Museum of American Art, Stony Brook
(631) 751-0066, longislandmuseum.org
Zoos
Animal Farm Petting Zoo, Manorville
(631) 878-1785, afpz.org
Benner’s Farm, East Setauket
(631) 689-8172, bennersfarm.com
Brookhaven Ecology Site, Park & Animal Preserve, Holtsville
(631) 758-9664, brookhaven.org
Long Island Game Farm, Manorville
(631) 878-6644
longislandgamefarm.com
Priceless Parrot Preserve, Ridge
(631) 924-8725, pricelessparrot.org
South Shore Nature Center
East Islip, (631) 224-5436
Suffolk County Farm & Education Center, Yaphank
(631) 852-4600, ccesuffolk.org
White Post Farms, Melville
(631) 351-9373, whitepostfarms.com