The weather is starting to get that crisp feeling of Fall! It’s time to bring out the hoodies, buy the ingredients for S’mores and plan for time outdoors. If Fall is your favorite time of year, then you know that these are quite possibly the best days of the year to get outside and make memories with your friends and family!

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100+ FREE Fall Break Destinations

Whether you are staying close to home this Fall or looking for something a little farther from home, I’ve got some great ideas for you divided by states. And ALL of these ideas are FREE! (Some of these ideas may have suggested donations or admission fees to tour the facilities.)

Just click on the links and discover some amazing destinations to fit into your Fall break plans.

Arkansas

• Bentonville – Walmart Museum
• Bentonville – Crystal Bridges Art Museum

Arizona

• Drive Route 66
• Williams: Wild West Show Downtown

California

• Aguora Hills:  Paramount Ranch
• Hollywood:  Hike to the top of the Hollywood Sign
• Free and Cheap things to do in San Fransisco
• Inverness:  Point Reyes Light Station
• Malibu Creek State Park – Hike to the M*A*S*H set
• San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge
• San Francisco:  Climb Lombard Street
• Fairfield:  Jelly Belly Factory Tour
• El Matador State Beach
• Leo Carillo State Beach

Colorado

• Colorado Springs: Garden of the Gods

Florida

• Sanibel Island Lighthouse Beach Park
• Pensacola: National Naval Aviation Museum 
• Pensacola: Another perspective of the Naval Aviation Museum
• Little Talbot: Hunting Island

Georgia

• Atlanta – Martin Luther King Jr Historic Site

Illinois

• Chicago: Millenium Park (Cloud Gate Sculpture)
• 20 Things to do in Chicago in 24 hours
• Tampico: Ronald Reagan Birthplace Museum

Indiana

• Charleston: Indiana Dunes State Park
• Clifty Falls State Park

Iowa

• Des Moines – PappaJohn Sculpture Park
• LeClaire: Antique Archaeology Store

Kentucky

• Bardstown: My Old KY Home(FREE/$)
• Berea:  Anglin Falls
• Corbin: Colonel Sanders First KFC
• Corbin: Cumberland Falls
• Danville, KY: Central KY Wildlife Refuge
• Fleming County, KY: Covered Bridge Capitol of KY
• Frankfort, KY: Free Things to Do in Frankfort
• Harrodsburg, KY:  Osage Orange Tree
• Land Between the Lakes (FREE & $)
• Jamestown: Wolf Creek Fish Hatchery
• Knob Creek: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home 
• Lexington: McConnell Springs
• Louisville:Speed Art Museum (FREE on Sundays)
• Louisville: Big Four Pedestrian Bridge
• Louisville: Fairmount Falls
• McCreary County: Yahoo Falls
• McCreary County: Princess Falls
• Munfordville:  Kentucky Stonehenge
• Nancy:  Mill Springs Battlefield Driving Tour
• Russell County: Rock House Natural Arch
• Shallowfee:  Switzer Bridge
• Somerset – Mill Springs Battlefield Mill
• Springfield: Mt Zion Covered Bridge
• Stearns:  Blue Heron Mining Camp
• High Bridge Park
• Whitley City, KY: Natural Arch
• Winchester: Ale-8-One Bottling Company
• Kentucky Waterfall Hikes

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you have to travel long distances for Fall Break to make it amazing.  Sometimes it’s nice to just wake up in your own beds, eat breakfast in your own kitchen and then drive to a new place for a day of fun!  We discovered that with a little creativity and planning, you can find something amazing to do right in your own local state!

Kansas

• Goodland: Oversize Van Gogh
• Oakley: Monument Rocks

Massachusetts

• Boston: Freedom Trail
• Springfield Armory
• Springfield: Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden
• Plymouth Rock

Michigan

• South Haven Beach

Minnesota

• Austin – The SPAM Museum
• Minneapolis – Minnehaha Falls
• Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Missouri

• Kansas City: Nelson Atkins Art Museum
• St Louis: CityGarden

Nevada

• Hoover Dam

New  Hampshire

• Lyme: Hike to Holt’s Ledge
• Portsmouth:  Waterfront and city walking tour

New York

• Buffalo: Niagara Falls
• New York City:
  • New York City Public Library
  • Staten Island Ferry
  • Brooklyn Heights Promenade
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Free Things to do in New York City

• Rochester: Lake Ontario Chimney Bluffs State Park
• Rochester:  Susan B Anthony Memorial Park

Ohio

• Cincinnati:
  • William H Taft Presidential Home
  • Cincinnati Art Museum
• Dayton: National Museum of the Airforce
• Cleveland:  President Grover Cleveland’s Gravesite
• Zanesville: World War II & Korean Memorial

Pennsylvania

• Erie: Presque Isle State Park
• Roadside Giants – Lincoln Highway
• Gettysburg National Park
• Mercerburg:  President James Buchanan’s Birthplace
• Philadelphia:
  • Independence National Park
  • Valley Forge
  • Reading Terminal Market

South Carolina

• Free Things to do in Hilton Head
• Things to do in Hartsville
• Yemassee:  Old Sheldon Ruins

South Dakota

• Deadwood
• Mitchell: World’s Only Corn Palace
• Rapid City:
  • City of Presidents
  • Mount Rushmore
• Sioux Falls: Falls Park

Tennessee

• Knoxville: Ijams Nature Center
• Knoxville: Sunsphere & World’s Fair Park
• Nashville: Antique Archaeology Store
• Monterey: Muddy Pond Community
• Pikeville:  Fall Creek Falls
• Free things to do in Sevierville
• Sparta: Burgess Falls
• Rugby: Visiting Historic Rugby & RM Brooks Store

Utah

• Moab: Arches National Park

Virginia

• Things to do in Rock Knob  – Blue Ridge Parkway
• Covington: Falling Springs Falls
• Fairfax:  Firearm Museum
• Roanoke: Historic Star
  • Black Dog Salvage
  • Free Things to do in Roanoke, VA

Washington DC

• National Museum of American History
• Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
• National Gallery of Art
• Ford’s Theatre
• Washington DC Monuments
• Arlington Cemetary
• Museum of Natural History

Vermont

• Quechee: Vermont Toy Museum

Wisconsin

• Pleasant View: Jelly Belly Visitors Center
• DeForest: Roadside Attraction – Pink Elephant

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What free things when you will and your family do on Fall Break?  I’d love to have more FREE Fall destinations to put on our bucket list!