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Places to go with Kids around Denver Colorado
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items If you have young to midage kids and are looking for some fun places to take them that will take a couple hours to a full day in and around Denver Colorado, here are our favorites!
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We absolutely love the Denver zoo, the carousel and the train are a must do and they have a new Down Under exhibit that is sooo fun!
Denver Zoo
If you have a car or train lover this is such a cool little gem. There are roating exhibits of different cars and they have two huge trains in there that you can see up close. It is a smaller museum, and I would say take 1-2 hrs. max. If you are a re...
Forney Museum of Transportation
If you have a full day and want to take the kids somewhere fun this is a GREAT place. It is huge and has so many activities for the kids.
Children's Museum of Denver | Kids Learn and Play in Colorado
The kids (and adults) always love going to the aquarium. They have a variety of activities and we always love visiting the tiger! If you hungry too they have an aweome restaraunt next to massive fishtanks.
Downtown Aquarium
The denver art museum is a really great day out. They have some fun kid zones and activities. It is geared for older kids but if you have a couple hours and your kids love looking at art this is a fun place to stop in!
Denver Art Museum
This is a GREAT day for the family. This museum has so many permanent exhibits, dinosaurs, a health zone, gems, space. There really is something for everyone! If you have kids make sure to check out the discovery zone and get tickets for the planetar...
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
This is a little outside of Denver but well worth the excursion. The butterfly pavilion has a hands on bug area, little under the sea area, of course all the butterflies and a great indoor playground for kids.
Butterfly Pavilion
Great day out for the family, they have a section for younger kids and of course the big roller coasters for older kids. They also have a great water park if your looking for something to do on a hot summer day!
Elitch Gardens
Such a fun day for the family, there are sections for really young kids but I would check the height restrictions for a lot of the rides!
Water World
This is so fun for the family. There is a really cool kids area above the parking garage that is a must see, and the gardens themself are beautiful!
Denver Botanic Gardens: Homepage
This is so fun to do with kids and a bit out of the box!
Hammond’s Candies
Great museum to find out the history of Colorado!
History Colorado Center
Such a cool family outing, a really immersive experience and keeps everyone entertained.
Meow Wolf Denver | Convergence Station
Fun couple hours for the family, lots of hands on stuff and some really cool illusions!
Museum of Illusions - Denver
If you have a little who loves planes this is where to take them! Such a fun place to see airplanes up and close.
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum