The Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens Park invites visitors to travel across 1,076 acres of outdoor paradise and attractions, loaded with something for everyone. Nature lovers hang out at the park's famous ornamental gardens, and recreation like boating, swimming and fishing on Lake Overstreet is popular. Also, hikers, bikers and joggers can hit the multipurpose trails for a refreshing excursion through nature.
Yogi Bear isn't teaching forest education at Bear Creek Education Forest, but kids still love to sign up to attend the park's educational programs. Most of the programs include a lesson, games, and hands-on activities like arts and crafts in the forest. Participants in the program will also get to explore the 432-acre forest on hiking and biking adventures to see some of Mother Nature's main attractions.
Get the family on the ball at Capital Lanes in Tallahassee. Spend hours of family fun time together bowling on over 40 colorful cosmic lanes with automated scoring. After the gang strikes out, stay a little longer at the game room or laser tag area, or grab eats at the bar and grill!
Larry the Cable Guy, Cirque du Soleil Dralion, Shrek the Musical, Sugarland and Young Frankenstein have hit the stage at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center! Don't miss out on the next big Broadway show, live theatrical performance, concert, comedic performance, and other major attractions on the stage where big entertainment performs.
Family fun is stationed at Fun Station, Tallahassee's number one family fun center and attraction. Kids and adults head to this attraction to spend hours of fun speeding around the go-kart track, hitting the batting cages, and teeing off at miniature golf. Once you get there, you'll discover there's arcade games, prizes and food galore!
Experience a different kind of underwater world at the Gulf Specimen Aquarium. Forget attractions like dancing porpoises and mincing sharks; come see seahorses and hermit crabs, emerald eyed spiny box fish, electric rays and red and white spotted calico crabs to discover the tiniest sea creatures swimming around in the waters of the Florida coast.
The Titanic Artifact Exhibition is just one of the fascinating exhibits to hit the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Tallahassee. Visitors travel across the two-story museum to explore world renowned historical and contemporary interactive exhibits and attractions that are the nexus of science and art.
Florida in the Civil War, WWII and Naval Ships named Florida are exhibited at the Museum of Florida History. Enjoy learning about Florida's culture and historical events as you explore the museum's attractions, and enjoy shopping at the Florida History Shop for special souvenirs carrying the State Seal of Florida.
Take the family out for some good ol' fashioned roller skating at Skate World. Any pair of skates will do, all you need is a desire to have fun and a helmet, and your family is set to roll. Do you want to learn how to swirl, jump and spin like a pro? Check out the hockey, speed and artistic skating classes.
Get a unique look at “old Florida” - St Marks Outfitters is located in the coastal fishing community of St Marks, Florida, which is adjacent to the St Marks National Wildlife Refuge. From coastal marsh, to crystal clear springs and rivers, to white sand barrier islands, come fish, paddle, photo, and relax.
Take a detour to the Tallahassee Automobile Museum, the southeast's finest collection of rare automobiles and unique collectables. Steer your way around all rare automobiles, motorcycles, antique cars, peddle cars, and gems like Lincoln's 1860 Horse-Drawn Hearse or the 1995 Batmobile from the movie Batman Forever.
Go on a wild adventure at the Tallahassee Museum. Visit a zoo devoted exclusively to animals in their natural habitat. Forget about walking from exhibit to exhibit, instead you walk across the outdoor boardwalk attraction situated inside a towering cypress forest to see wild panthers, rare red foxes and other wildlife up-close and in the wild.
Pack the family and even the family dog and head out to rent kayaks at The Wilderness Way, Florida's Big Bend paddle sport outfitter. These guys offer the best kayaks, canoes, kayak gear, professional instruction, guided tours and summer kayak camps to help your family have hours of family water adventure. This attraction is guaranteed to allow you the most fun in nature.