Nashville Area Outdoor Family Fun

Nashville has lots of wonderful places to enjoy the outdoors. Parks, playscapes, natural areas and more – I’m sure there are great places to explore near you.

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Have several days to play? Check out our 5 day staycation plans for preschoolers, school aged kids and teens!

Outdoor Fun Centers

• Cedar Creek Sports Center (Mt Juliet)
• JellyStone Park (Opry Mills area)
• Go USA Fun Park (Murfreesboro)

Parks and Playgrounds

• Charlie Daniels Park (Mt Juliet)
• Fannie Mae Dees/Dragon Park (Nashville)
• Cumberland Park (Nashville)
• Nashville Zoo (Nashville)
• Memorial Park (Hendersonville)
• Rose Park (Edgehill)
• Reservoir Park (Edgehill)
• Centennial Park (Nashville)
• Moss Wright Park (Goodlettsville)
• Bicentennial Park (Downtown)
• Cedar Hill Park (North Nashville)
• Sanders Ferry Park (Hendersonville)
• Veteran’s Park (Hendersonville)
• Hermitage Park (Hermitage)
• Don Fox Community Park (Lebanon)
• Crockett Park (Brentwood)
• Old Fort Park (Murfreesboro)
• East Park (East Nashville)

Museums/Gardens

• The Hermitage (Hermitage)
• Traveller’s Rest Plantation and Museum (Nashville)
• Cheekwood (Belle Meade)
• Fort Nashborough (Downtown)
• The Parthenon (Nashville)
• Rock Castle (Hendersonville)
• Oaklands Historic House Museum (Murfreesboro)
• Belle Meade Plantation (Belle Meade)
• Stones River Battlefield (Murfreesboro)

Natural Areas

• Old Hickory Walking Trail (Old Hickory)
• Cedar Creek Day Use Recreation Area(Mount Juliet)
• Avondale Recreation Area (Hendersonville)
• Nashville Zoo (Nashville)
• Radnor Lake (Nashville)
• Discovery Center & Murfree Spring Wetland (Murfreesboro)
• Shelby Bottoms Nature Center and Trails (East Nashville)
• Lone Branch Recreation Area (Mt Juliet)
• Cook Recreation Area (Mt Juliet)
• Shutes Branch Recreation Area (Old Hickory)
• Rockland Recreation Area (Hendersonville)
• Laguardo Recreation Area (Lebanon)

Farms

• Lucky Ladd Farm (Murfreesboro)
• Juro Stables – Horse Riding (Mt Juliet)
• Honeysuckle Hill Farm (Springfield)
• Tojo Creek Gourd Farm (Lebanon)
• Circle S Farm (berry picking) (Lebanon)
• Pratt’s Orchard (peach and apple picking) (Lebanon)
• Shuckle’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch – open in the fall (Gallatin)

Other Adventures

• Nashville Music City Star – Commuter Train (Wilson Co. to Downtown)
• Cumberland River Cruises (Mt Juliet/Gallatin)
• LP Field & the Tennessee Titans (Downtown)