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Minneapolis/ St. Paul CAMPS : Nature/Outdoors

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Harriet Alexander Nature Center Parent rating: Location: 2520 North Dale Street, Saint Paul, MN Hundreds of species of animal and plant life live within the nature center's boundaries, which include 52 acres of marsh, prairie, and forest lands. Visitors can explore the Interpretive Center...
The Science Museum of Minnesota Parent rating: Location: 120 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN The Science Museum offers visitors a wealth of hands-on activities, engaging exhibits, weekend science-in-action demonstrations, breathtaking large-format films, and a mind-boggling arra...
Westwood Hills Nature Center Parent rating: Location: 8300 West Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN This 150-acre natural area in St. Louis Park features marshland, woods, a lake, and restored prairie, with something new to discover in every season. The cozy Interpretive Center feature...
YMCA - Southdale Branch Parent rating: Location: 7355 York Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN The Southdale YMCA offers free on-site childcare (for kids from six weeks to 10 years old) while parents work out, with both indoor and outdoor play areas. And like most Ys, it al...
Dodge Nature Center Parent rating: Location: 365 West Marie Avenue, Saint Paul, MN The bees in the apiary aren't the only ones busy at Dodge Nature Center. This may well be the hardest working facility around! There's the barn and its farm animals, incl...
Green Earth Children's Academy Childcare Parent rating: Location: 4115 26th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN Green Earth, an environmentally conscious neighborhood preschool, offers children the chance to learn about sustainable practices and garner a profound appreciation of the natural world while r...
Minnesota Sea Life Aquarium Parent rating: Location: 120 East Broadway, Minneapolis, MN The former Underwater Adventures Aquarium was rechristened and redesigned in early 2011 as the Minnesota Sea Life Aquarium. The new attraction features 30 display tanks, an interactiv...
Hyland Lake Park Reserve Parent rating: Location: 10145 Bush Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN Hyland is a draw year-round, offering much to do on water and land, turf and snow, indoors and out. The reserve encompasses several lakes and ponds, providing extensive habitat for wate...
Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center Parent rating: Location: 12805 St. Croix Trail, Hastings, MN Carpenter straddles the St. Croix River - with property in both Minnesota and Wisconsin - and includes over ten miles of hiking trails through tall pines, oak savanna, restored prairies,...
Springbrook Nature Center Parent rating: Location: 100 - 85th Avenue Northwest, Minneapolis, MN Springbrook Nature Center, located on 127 acres of parkland in the midst of a rapidly developing suburban area, includes an interpretive center, three miles of hiking trails (about 1/3-m...
Blaisdell YMCA Parent rating: Location: 3335 Blaisdell Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN The Blaisdell Y offers free childcare (see website for schedule), swimming lessons for kids as young as six months old, gymnasium activities including indoor sports and fitness classes for kids...
Richardson Nature Center Parent rating: Location: 8737 East Bush Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN With the 2001 completion of its ambitious expansion project, Richardson became the largest nature center in the
Gibbs Museum of Pioneer & Dakotah Life Parent rating: Location: 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue, Saint Paul, MN The Gibbs Museum offers visitors a low-key way to step back in time, with tours of the historic site by costumed interpreters and special events throughout the site's season. Th...
Pond-Dakota Mission Park Parent rating: Location: 401 East 104th Street, Minneapolis, MN Pond-Dakota Mission Park - the site of the historic Oak Grove Mission and Gideon and Agnes Pond House - hosts the annual River Rendezvous each fall, a living history festival open...
The Landing Parent rating: Location: 2187 East Highway 101, Shakopee, MN The Landing (formerly known as Historic Murphy's Landing) - a living history museum nestled along a beautiful river valley - recreates life as it was in Minnesota in the latter half of t...

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