The following is a list of suggested activities and places to visit. Distance ranges from just around the corner to a day trip by car. There are things to do from toddler age on up.

Farms and Nature
Butterfly Place, Westford
Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln
Marino Lookout Farm - petting zoo and u-pick, South Natick
Drew Farms, Westford. Apple picking in season.
Zoo New England, including the Stone Zoo, Stoneham and Franklin Park Zoo, Boston. A bit run down these days.
New England Aquarium, Boston, including Whale Watch
Odiorne Point State Park, Rye, NH. Tidepooling, science center, and nature walks. Call for schedules.
Elm Bank Horticultural Center in Wellesley. See, in particular, Weezie's Garden for Children.

Libraries:
Woburn - see the Woburn Children's Room
Lexington: Cary Memorial

Museums
Discovery Museums: Children's and Science, Acton
Salem and the Salem Witch Museum
Peabody Essex Museum
USS Constitution Museum
Boston Museum of Science
Boston Children's Museum
National Heritage Museum, Lexington
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Parks
Mary Cummings Park adjacent to Quail Run
Horn Pond
Minuteman National Park and the Battle Road
The Swan Boats on Boston's Public Garden

Playgrounds
Kids' Playground - Indoors
City of Woburn Recreation Dept.
Playground nearby at Ryan Field

Other
Woburn YMCA
The Minuteman Bikeway
Boston's Freedom Trail
Boston Duck Tours
Edaville Railroad, South Carver
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth
Mount Monadnock, Jaffrey, NH
Cathedral of the Pines, Ringe, NH

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