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Your Road Trip Close to Home adventure guide for March 21

Come along for the ride on this Road Trip Close to Home as we head to the country's oldest continuously run amusement park. Then we tip-toe through the tulips in Connecticut and raise a glass to Brooklyn's rebellious past.

Brian Heyman

Mar 21, 2024, 4:00 AM

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Come along for the ride on this Road Trip Close to Home as we head to the country's oldest continuously run amusement park. Then we tip-toe through the tulips in Connecticut and raise a glass to Brooklyn's rebellious past.


Island Rock

  • 60 Skyline Drive | Plainview, New York 11803

  • Open 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Open 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. Wednesday. Open 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

  • Website


Urban Air Adventure Park

  • 1 North Galleria Drive | Middletown, New York 10941

  • Regular open play hours 4-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 12-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sunday.

  • Website


Lake Compounce

  • 185 Enterprise Dr, Bristol, CT 06010

  • Opening day - April 27. Check schedule for daily hours. Crocodile Cove Water Park open 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. May 25 through Sept. 2.

  • Website


West End Golf Club

  • 118 Jackson Ave, Rutherford, NJ 07070

  • Open 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday.

  • Website


Colorblends House and Spring Garden

  • 893 Clinton Ave. | Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604

  • Spring Garden open from April 1 – May 12, from dawn to dusk.

    House/Gallery open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday from April 1 to May 12.

  • Website


Fort Hamilton Distillery

  • 68 34th St. - Building 6, 2nd Floor | Brooklyn, New York 11232

  • Open 1-8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 1-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday

  • Website


Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry

  • 1 Royce Cir #101B | Storrs, Connecticut 06268

  • Open 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

  • Website


Interested in more adventures? Check out last week's destinations close to home.


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