Family Activities

Bringing your family and young children on your vacation to the Fox Valley area?

Below are various activities which are fun for the entire family

Fox Cities Visitors & Convention Bureau

Huge listing of links for area information and events

Neenah/Menasha:

• Bergstrom Mahler Museum (free admission)
• Riverside Park (right across the street from the Bergstrom Mahler Museum)
• Neenah-Menasha YMCA
• Fox Valley Lanes Bowling
• Neenah Public Pool
• Funland Go Kart & Mini Golf – 1423 Green Valley Road, Neenah
• Heckrodt Wetland Reserve
• Neenah Events Calendar
• City of Menasha Parks directory

Oshkosh:

• Oshkosh Events
• Sawdust Days
• Oshkosh Zoo
• The Paine Art Center and Gardens
• Oshkosh Public Museum
• EAA AirVenture Museum
• Thursday night music at Leach Amphitheater (known as Waterfest)
• Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway
• Pollock Community Waterpark – 1550 Taft Avenue
• Mini Golf
• Oshkosh YMCA (has an indoor ice skating rink and a great pool area for kids)

Appleton:

• Downtown Appleton
• Appleton YMCA
• The Building for Kids
• History Museum at the Castle
• Paper Discovery Center
• Wild Air Play Zone
• Monkey Joes
• Funset Boulevard
• Badger Sports Park
• Timber Rattlers Baseball
• Special Memories Zoo
• Barlow Planetarium and Weis Earth Science Museum
• Hearthstone Historic House Museum
• Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve
• LaserQuest
• Plamann Park
• Players Choice (indoor sports facility)
• Appleton Family Ice Center
• Gardens of the Fox Cities

Partial list for outlying Areas (Green Bay, New London, Fond du Lac, etc.)

• Mosquito Hill Nature Center (New London)
• Bay Beach – where amusement rides are still only $.25 (Green Bay)
• Wolf River Rafting (New London)
• Fond du Lac Visitor & Convention Bureau
• Lakeside Spirit Cruises (ages 6 & up) -Fond du Lac
• Larsons Famous Clydesdales (Fond du Lac)
• Children’s Museum of Fond du Lac
• Visit over 200 animals at Villa Loretto (Mt. Calvary)
• High Cliff State Park
• 1000 Islands Nature Center (they also have a great list of links)