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    Miniature Golf

    Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf, Syracuse.
    Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf. Courtney Kless photo

    Big Don’s Outdoor Fun Center
    Where: 8408 Button Road, Cicero.
    More information: bigdons.com.

    Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf
    Where: 210 Onondaga Road, Syracuse.
    More information: fairmountglen.com.

    Gold Rush Adventure Golf
    Where: 4853 NY-233, Westmoreland.
    More information: goldrushminiaturegolf.weebly.com.

    Hickory Hill Golf Center 
    Where: 3451 State Route 31, Baldwinsville.
    More information: hickoryhillgolfcourse.com.

    Mr. Pudder’s Mini Golf & Ice Cream
    Where: 687 W. Genesee St. Road, Skaneateles.
    More information: mrpudders.com.

    Palm Springs Mini Golf
    Where: 9411 Maynard Drive, Marcy.
    More information: palmspringsminigolf.com.

    Shipwreck Amusements, Cortland.
    Shipwreck Amusements. Courtney Kless Photo

    Shipwreck Amusements
    Where: 759 State Route 13, Cortland.
    More information: shipwreck-amusements.com.

    Tom Thumb Drive In
    Where: 6143 East Lake Road, Auburn.
    More information: tomthumbdrivein.com.

    Victory Golf Complex
    Where: 7380 Thompson Road, Syracuse.
    More information: victorygolfcomplex.com.

    Zem’s Ice Cream & Miniature Golf
    Where: 124 W. Hickory St., Canastota.
    More information: zemsicecream.com.

    U-Pick Farms

    Abbott Farms
    Abbott Farms. Michael Davis photo

    Abbott Farms
    Where: 3275 Cold Springs Road, Baldwinsville.
    More information: abbottfarms.com.

    Behling Orchards 
    Where: 114 Potter Road, Mexico.
    More information: behlingorchards.com.

    Blueberry Hill Farms & Nursery
    Where: 6884 Roberts Road, Clinton.
    More information: blueberryhillfarmsandnursery.com.

    Candella’s Farm & Greenhouses
    Where: 9256 River Road, Marcy.
    More information: candellasfarm.com.

    Critz Farms
    Critz Farms. Photo provided by Critz Farms

    Critz Farms
    Where: 3232 Rippleton Road, Cazenovia.
    More information: critzfarms.com.

    Emmi Farms
    Where: 1482 W. Genesee Road, Baldwinsville.
    More information: emmifarms.com.

    Fruit Valley Orchard
    Where: 507 Bunker Hill Road, Oswego.
    More information: fruitvalleyorchard.com.

    Grisamore Farms
    Where: 749 Cowan Road, Locke.
    More information: grisamorefarms.com.

    Navarino Orchard
    Where: 3655 Cherry Valley Turnpike, Syracuse.
    More information: navarinoorchard.com.

    Reeves Farms, Baldwinsville
    Reeves Farms. Courtney kless photo

    Reeves Farms
    Where: 1220 W. Genesee Road, Baldwinsville.
    More information: reevesfarms.com.

    Stan’s Berry Patch
    Where: 208 County Route 84, West Monroe.
    More information: stansberrypatch.com.

    Water Activities

    Beaver Lake Nature Center
    Beaver Lake Nature Center. Courtney Kless photo

    Beaver Lake Nature Center
    Where: 8477 E. Mud Lake Road, Baldwinsville.
    More information: beaverlakenature.org.

    Enchanted Forest Water Safari
    Where: 3183 State Route 28, Old Forge.
    More information: watersafari.com.

    Emerson Park
    Where: 6914 E. Lake Road, Auburn.
    More information: cayugacounty.us/1391/Emerson-Park.

    Fair Haven Beach State Park
    Where: 14985 State Park Road, Fair Haven.
    More information: parks.ny.gov/parks/fairhavenbeach.

    Green Lakes State Park
    Green Lakes State Park. Courtney Kless photo

    Green Lakes State Park
    Where: 7900 Green Lakes Road, Fayetteville.
    More information: parks.ny.gov/parks/greenlakes.

    Jamesville Beach Park
    Where: 3992 Apulia Road, Jamesville.
    More information: onondagacountyparks.com/parks/jamesville-beach-park.

    Oneida Shores Park
    Where: 9400 Bartell Road, Brewerton.
    More information: onondagacountyparks.com/parks/oneida-shores-park.

    Onondaga Lake Park
    Where: 106 Lake Drive, Liverpool.
    More information: onondagacountyparks.com/parks/onondaga-lake-park.

    Roseland Waterpark
    Where: 250 Eastern Blvd., Canandaigua.
    More information: roselandwaterpark.com.

    Sandy Island Beach State Park, Pulaski
    Sandy Island Beach State Park. Photo provided by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

    Sandy Island Beach State Park
    Where: 3387 County Route 15, Pulaski.
    More information: parks.ny.gov/parks/sandyisland.

    Thunder Island Water Park
    Where: 21 Wilcox Road, Fulton.
    More information: thunder-island.com.

    Veterans Memorial Park at Gillie Lake
    Where: 2260 Sands Road, Camillus.
    More information: camillusparksrec.wixsite.com.

    Lysander Park Spray Park
    Lysander Park Spray Park. Steve Guglielmo Photo

    Looking for even more water activities?
    Click here for a list of Central New York splash pads and spray parks.

    Outdoor Entertainment

    Syracuse Shakespeare In-The-Park.
    Syracuse Shakespeare In-The-Park. Michael Davis photo

    Finger Lakes Drive-In 
    Where: 1064 Clark Street Road #9505, Auburn.
    More information: fingerlakesdrivein.com.

    Hangar Theatre
    Where: 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca.
    More information: hangartheatre.org.

    Midway Drive-In Theatre, Fulton
    Midway Drive-In Theatre. Michael Davis photo

    Midway Drive-In Theatre 
    Where: 2475 NY-48, Fulton.
    More information: midwaydrivein.com.

    Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater At Lakeview
    Where: 490 Restoration Way, Syracuse.
    More information: asmsyracuse.com/p/amphitheater.

    Syracuse Shakespeare-In-The-Park
    Where: Thornden Park Amphitheater, Thornden Park Drive, Syracuse.
    More information: ssitp.org.

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