Family Attractions

When traveling to New Jersey with your family, kids will be easily entertained by the countless family-friendly attractions in New Jersey. For family fun, let Choice Hotels help you find the family attraction for your next adventure.

In North New Jersey

Liberty Science Center
222 Jersey City Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ   07305
201-200-1000

Explore Liberty Science Center's three themed floors: environment, health and invention, and take in a show at the nation's largest IMAX dome theater. Interactive experiences include designing and testing your own skyscraper, testing your decision making skills to fight disease in Infection Connection, and much more.

Mountain Creek Waterpark
200 Route 94
Vernon, NJ   07462
973-864-8444

Carved into the mountainside, this waterpark offers visitors high-energy rides, relaxing pools, roaring rapids, and special areas for the kids.

Jersey Gardens
651 Kapkowski Road
Elizabeth, NJ   07201

Visit New Jersey's largest outlet mall located just 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan and five minutes from the Newark Liberty International Airport, Jersey Gardens has more than 200 stores with tax-free shopping on clothes and shoes, a deluxe food court, several themed restaurants and a children's play area.

New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
Solberg Airport, Readington
9 Thor Solberg Road
Whitehouse Station, NJ   08889
908-534-4887

The Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning is held each year, and is the largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival in North America. Visitors to the festival can admire over 100 balloons of all shapes and sizes, take rides and enjoy the amazing balloon glows, where the craft are filled with light from their burners after sunset. There's also headlining concerts, family entertainment, delicious food, fireworks, and much more!

In South New Jersey

Adventure Aquarium
1 Aquarium Drive
Camden, NJ   08103
856-365-3300

Located just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia in southwestern New Jersey is the city of Camden. The whole family will enjoy Adventure Aquarium, home to two dozen sharks in 760,000 gallon open-ocean tanks, 4,000 aquatic animals and daily seal and dive shows. At Interactive Inlet, guests can see and even touch many exotic sea creatures including shrimp, jellyfish, fresh-water stingrays, lobsters and more!

Cape May
Cape May Welcome & Information Center
405 Lafayette Street
Cape May, NJ   08204
609-884-9562

There is something for everyone in Cape May! It is the oldest seashore resort in the United States and one of the most unique, offering the largest collection of authentic Victorian structures in the nation. Here, you can relax on the beaches, enjoy a wide variety of shopping, try sailing, take in a museum, bring the whole family on a whale watching expedition, and so much more. There are countless ways to spend your days.

Ocean City
Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce
854 Asbury Avenue
Ocean City, NJ   08226
609-399-1412

Also known as "America's Greatest Family Resort," Ocean City offers more than eight miles of clean beaches, a well-maintained boardwalk and a calendar of events that's fun for the whole family. The two and a half mile boardwalk is the main attraction and is lined with shops, restaurants, movie theatres, amusement rides, miniature golf courses, and a water park.

Wildwood
4501 Boardwalk
Wildwood, NJ   08260
609-729-9000

For the ultimate Jersey Shore getaway, visit Wildwood and its 38 blocks of attractions, restaurants, white-sand beaches, and shopping. Also find three Wildwood amusement piers with world-class roller-coasters, golf (including miniature golf) nightlife, and so much more. There's something for everyone at Wildwood!

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