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Skylands Region
Field Trips

The FieldTripDirectory.com is a resource for field trips for students, camp groups, homeschool groups and scout troops for day field trips, overnight field trips and youth retreats. Learn about NJ’s museums, zoos and aquariums, botanic gardens, nature centers, historic sites, amusement parks, recreation, performing arts and more in Skylands Region. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below to learn about these types of field trips.

Centenary Stage Company

Century Stage Company, a not-for-profit theatre that brings professional affordable performance entertainment all year long, offers the Young Audience Series (YAS), which provide student groups with adaptations of children’s books, classics, and the works of William Shakespeare.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Hackettstown
Skylands Region
OUTREACH
TEL - 908-979-0900
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Fairview Lake YMCA Camps

Fairview Lake YMCA’s 600 acres of unspoiled woodlands, 110-acre lake, running streams, and open fields, modern cabins, meeting rooms, an outdoor sports complex, and excellent food service to create an unparalleled site for fun and learning.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Guided Activities, Outreach. COST - Fee, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Newton
Skylands Region
TEL - 973-383-9282
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Frontline Arts

Frontline Arts creates community through the arts of papermaking and printmaking. By working with and connecting local artists, Frontline Arts is able to offer exhibition space, workshops, and residencies.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool NEW JERSEY
Branchburg
Skylands Region
TEL - 908-725-2110
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Hunterdon Art Museum

The Hunterdon Art Museum features contemporary art exhibits that focus on modern and conceptual themes, design, and mixed media.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Free, Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp NEW JERSEY
Clinton
Skylands Region
TEL - 908-735-8415.
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Jockey Hollow

Jockey Hollow is the site of the Continental Army’s winter encampment of 1779-80. The land served Washington’s men as they chopped down over 600 acres of trees for heat and shelter.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Camp NEW JERSEY
Morristown
Skylands Region
TEL - 973-543-4030.
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Pequest Trout Hatchery

The Pequest Trout Hatchery raises more than 600,000 trout each year to stock the waters of New Jersey. The Hatchery educates the public on fishing, forestry, and natural resources.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp NEW JERSEY
Oxford
Skylands Region
TEL - 908-637-4173
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Planetarium at RVCC

The Planetarium at Raritan Valley Community College offers fun, educational programs that will take you and your students on an adventure through the last frontier.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities, Show COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Branchburg
Skylands Region
VIRTUAL
TEL - 908- 231-8805 ext. 5
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Tomahawk Lake Waterpark

Tomahawk Lake Waterpark on 200 acres is NJ’s largest white sand beach with a crystal clear 20 acre lake for swimming, a mountain of waterslides, boats, a 18-hole miniature golf course, volleyball, horseshoes, picnic areas & much more.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Skylands Region
Sparta
TEL - 973-478-7490
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Treescape Aerial Adventure Park

At Treescape Aerial Adventure Park, where youth groups feel like an adventurer. Climb, zip, and adventure with us! Great for physical exercise, confidence, and team building.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Skylands Region
Vernon Townships
TEL - 862-801-7028
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Wild West City

Saddle up for adventure to Wild West City! Wranglin’ fun for everyone: shows, performances and museums, unique rides, hands-on history! Don’t just learn about the wild west, experience it.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Byram Township
Skylands Region
TEL - 973-347-8900
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YMCA Camp Mason

Offering year-round programs, YMCA Camp Mason is one of NJ’s premier destinations for outdoor education! Camp Mason is situated on 460-acres of mountain woodlands adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Hardwick
Skylands Region
TEL - 908-362-8217
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Acorn Hall

Acorn Hall is an 1853 Victorian Italianate mansion where visitors can view the authentic furnishings and art pieces owned by the families that lived there, as well as other prominent Morris County families of the era. 

GRADE LEVEL - Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool NEW JERSEY
Morristown
Skylands Region
TEL - 973-267-3465
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