Green Spots: Earth Friendly Family Vacations

GreenSpotsLandingPageWe've got spots - green spots that are both earth friendly and family friendly. Our list includes places, products, tours, services and people that care about the future of our planet. Our green companies and green destinations provide families with exceptional vacation options that tread lightly on the earth as well as demonstrating respect cultures and people. They are companies with policies to encourage sustainability, making the future more promising for everyone. (Montana image provided by Austin Lehman Family Adventures.)
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Canada: Western Edge, Best Corn Mazes and Fall Festivals for Families.

From Alberta to BC it’s time to celebrate the season. Taste sweet apple butter or corncob jelly; carve a pumpkin or stuff a scarecrow; play flashlight tag or chase the kids through the corn stalks; ride on a wagon full of hay or bob for apples; walk on a cranberry bog. The season has family fun written all over it. Forget the lawn; the laundry will wait. Take the kids and go. [Read More]

Canada: Heartland, Best Corn Mazes and Fall Festivals for Families.

From Ontario to Manitoba and Saskatchewan there is no time like the present to take the kids and getaway for some fun. Mazes provide unique examples of agri-art meant to be enjoyed and we have assembled some of the best for you review. It’s time to find the perfect pumpkin; share a hayride with your child; hug a goat feed a bunny. [Read More]

Canada: Atlantic, Best Corn Mazes and Fall Festivals for Families 2010.

From Nova Scotia and Quebec to Prince Edward Island, the idea is simple, enjoy the season. Sometimes with a pumpkin patch and sometimes haunted on weekend nights, mazes provide unique signatures as the lunar calendar ends the calendar year. Taste sweet apple butter or corncob jelly; carve a pumpkin or stuff a scarecrow; ride on a wagon full of hay or bob for apples. Make time for fun with your kids. [Read More]

Florida: Kissimmee/St.Cloud, Zip Through Forever Florida with Your Family.

We are always looking for new zipline locations because ziplining is crazy fun and menat to be shared with kids of all ages. The good news is Florida EcoSafaris offers awesome ziplining possibilities including a fly-by-night experience. [Read More]

California: San Diego North, Free or Almost Free Family Vacation Fun.

Southern California has awesome beaches, delightful climate and plenty of great family vacation activities including SeaWorld, LEGOLAND, Wild Animal Park, and Scripps. Fun right? But we found a slew of fun and free family-friendly things to do that may not be on your family vacation radar screen. [Read More]

Wisconsin: Baraboo, Seeing Cranes on Our Own Family Fieldtrip.

The International Crane Foundation, near Baraboo and not far from Wisconsin Dells, offers naturalists and families with budding naturalists a front row view of more than a dozen crane species in their natural habitats. [Read More]

Georgia: Pine Mountain, Callaway Gardens – A Natural Family Vacation Retreat.

If being hugged by Mother Nature sounds appealing Callaway Gardens is the spot to make it happen. Within the tranquil complex, the ways to interact with nature are innumerable. Even a day will give you a lovely dose of calm but stay a week at the Resort and you will find new energy. [Read More]

USA/Canada: Shell Vacations Hospitality - This Summer Build-A-Cation.

Summer family vacation planning may be just a tad easier. Along with great, low summer rates at popular destinations you’ll also receive a special value-added bonus items offered by participating resorts in destinations including Arizona, Hawaii, Ontario, Las Vegas, Napa Valley, and San Francisco. [Read More]

West Virginia: Oak Hill, ACE Adventure Center, Rafting, Kayaking, Biking, Climbing, Hiking, Rappelling and Ziplining – Family Adventures Made Easy.

Imagine one family vacation spot tucked away amid a forest but within footsteps of a slew of day adventures - a place where all you have to do is arrive, check in and your family adventure vacation fun begins. [Read More]

Tours: Thomson Family Adventures, Family Trips - Fun, Easy, and Amazing.

Imagine taking a family adventure vacation created by families for families, one that makes it easy to get away, have fun, create memories. Think about sharing one of a kind experiences with your children or grandchildren like hiking in a Costa Rican cloud forest, cruising the Galapagos Islands, gazing at the Pyramids of Giza, witnessing the amazing wildlife of Tanzania, or counting stars in Morocco. [Read More]

Maine: Rangeley, Grant’s Kennebago Lake Camps – A Secret Family Fishing Spot.

Amid the western mountains of Maine there’s a secret family vacation spot that has been offering old-fashioned hospitality and rustic charm to guests since 1904. It’s a place where time slows if only for a week and the only decisions to be made relate to fishing, boating, hiking, swimming or when to show up for dinner. [Read More]

Florida: Anna Maria Island, A Florida Secret for Families.

There is a place in Florida that does not have the very best in beaches, the most Caribbean-like climate, the most up-scale or hottest resorts or nightlife in the State. So, why is an island peninsula community of 15,000 residents on the Gulf Coast considered by many to be a “best kept secret”? For those in the know, it is affordable subtropical nirvana. [Read More]

USA: Mid Atlantic, Best Beach Spots for a Family Vacation.

Throughout the Mid Atlantic region beach options vary from windswept barrier islands to boardwalks, piers and fishing zones. We know that “perfect” depends on your family. For sure a terrific family beach vacation includes sand, sun, sea plus an occasional surf board, a little beach music, crabbing, sailing and oceanside picnics. Find the perfect match for your family. [Read More]

USA: Heartland, Best Beach Spots for a Family Vacation.

es, it is possible to have a family beach vacation in the center of the USA. The Heartland offers a dazzling array of lakes and reservoirs which play host to a wide range of fun aquatic activities for families, from boating and wind surfing to fishing and swimming. We have a few energizing suggestions for aquatic adventures for your consideration. [Read More]

Costa Rica: San Jose, Summer Family Vacations at Costa Rica’s Most Sustainable Inn.

Finca Rosa Blanca Coffee Plantation and Inn offers a relaxing and exhilarating destination for family vacations in Costa Rica, with comfortable amenities and close proximity to outdoor and cultural activities that appeal to both young adventurers and older explorers. [Read More]

Mexico: From Cancun to Playa del Camen - Family Vacation Fun.

Mexico’s Costa Maya edges the dramatically beautiful Yucatan Peninsula. Anchored by Cancun and Playa del Carmen, with resorts, night life and shopping, the area encompasses miles of white, powdery sand beaches, aquamarine water, and luscious sunshine. [Read More]

Mexico: Cancun, A ‘Green Door’ to Family Vacation Activities – Camping, Butterflies, and Whale Sharks.

Seven Mayan communities offer vacationers a sea and jungle circuit showcasing both environmental and cultural awareness and providing the potential for marvelous memories. [Read More]

Dominican Republic: Punta Cana - Family Vacation Fun.

Celebrated beaches of white powers and sparking turquoise waters are the main reason families chose to vacation in the Dominican Republic. Punta Cana hosts the perfect atmosphere for families; just about every tour embarks from this area so no one in the group can complain about being bored. Punta Cana is undeniably breathtaking with tall swaying palms scattered along 21 miles of some of the whitest and finest coral sand beaches in the world. [Read More]

Idaho: Boise, Share a Family Adventure - Get on the Salmon River and Go.

Do the cool, rugged (not for sissies) Main Salmon with your favorite kid and share the thrills in an oar-rigged raft, paddle raft, or inflatable whitewater kayaks. Paddle like crazy and share the glide; this is the fun stuff better than TV. [Read More]

Dominican Republic: North Coast, Family Fun on the Amber Coast.

Home to the popular family vacation towns of Puerto Plata, Cabarete and Sosua, the beautiful north coast of the Dominican Republic is teeming with great activities and family fun. The north coast has everything from lush jungle to rolling mountains, turquoise water to golden sand – it’s one of the most versatile and rewarding areas of the Dominican Republic for traveling families. [Read More]


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Raymond, Maine: Kingsley Pines Vacation Camp

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Multiple Places, United States: Feather Down – Back to basics fun for families.

Enjoy your own Feather Down farm stay adventure. [Read More]

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Leesburg, Alabama: Chesnut Bay Resort

Our resort on beautiful Lake Weiss welcomes families to the best vacation ever in northeast Alabama! [Read More]

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Iron River, Wisconsin: Delta Lodge in the North Woods

Relax in our large, deluxe cabins and enjoy easy access to such North Country outdoor recreation as canoeing, kayaking, swimming, boating, golfing, hunting and world class fishing. [Read More]

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