Parks & Recreation
OUTDOOR -
o Beaches (Scarborough Beach, Ferry Beach, Higgins Beach)
o Portland Headlight
o Gray Wildlife Park – bring lunch and eat at picnic tables
o Smiling Hill Farm
o Pineland Farms
o Gilsland Farm Audubon (Falmouth)
o Berry Picking, various farms
o Deering Oaks Farmers' Market on Saturday’s
o Splash Pad at Deering Oaks
o Feeding Ducks at Deering Oaks
o Ferry Ride to Peaks Island
o Eastern Prom Walk & Playground
o Payson Park & Splash Pad
o Riverton Playground
o Summer and Fall Fairs--Clam festival, Cumberland Fair, Common Ground Fair
o Royal River Park
o Touch a Truck
o Botanical Gardens (Fridays are Fairy Fridays)
o Kettle Cove
o Narrow Gauge Train Rides
o Bradbury Mountain
o Wolfe's Neck State Park – Farm Explorer Program on Thurs/Sat/Sun morns
o Sea Dogs Game
o Walk Mackworth Island
o Sundays on the Boulevard
o Cliff walk on Prouts Neck – park at the Black Point Inn and go around Prouts Neck.
o First Friday Art Walk
o Palace Playland in Old Orchard Beach
o Walk the Eastern Trail in Scarborough over the marshes and be a total nerd alert and check out the birds!
o Bug Light Summer Movie Series
o Maine Forest Playgroup – meets each Friday morning
o Cumberland Town Forest storywalk
INDOOR -
o Fish Tanks at LL Bean
o Library Story Times
o Children's Museum
o Greenlight Studio
o Triple Jump Fitness
o Get Air Trampoline Park (Portland)
o The Rumpus Room (Brunswick)
o Home Depot has a free craft event in the morning for toddlers – first Saturday of every month
o Michael’s (for kids 3+) does a Camp Creativity on Mon, Wed & Fri from 10:00am-12:00pm. $5 per session.
o Portland Public Library – check their calendar! They usually have a free event each day (stories, songs, etc).
o YMCA (Portland, Biddeford, Freeport, New Gloucester)
o Maine Warrior Gym
o Open Gym & Play at Tumble Tikes/Triple Jump Gym
o Ogunquit Playhouse – Children’s Theater summer season