54 Summer Family Vacation Destination 2000


what they say 

54 SUMMER FAMILY VACATION DESTINATIONS – 2000
according to Outside Magazine’s Family Vacations

BEST FOR THE FAMILY

  • Early Winters Cabins – Freestone Inn – Methow Valley, Washington
  • Costanoa Resort – California – costanoa.com
  • La Milpa – Programme for Belize – Belize – e-mail:pfbel@btl.net
  • Village Inn & Resort – Lutsen Mountains, Minneasota – villageinnresort.com
  • Pine Butte Guest Ranch – Montana
  • Stonefield Estate Villa Resort – St. Lucia

IF YOU HAVE TODDLERS

  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Penobscot Bay, Maine
  • Mount Tamalpais, California

CLASSIC MEGA-PARKS

  • Denali – Alaska
  • The Grand Canyon
  • Yosemite
  • Yellowstone
  • Great Smoky Mountains

ORGANIZED CAMPS

  • National Audubon Society Family Camp – Maine
  • Brush Ranch Family Wilderness Camp – New Mexico
  • Ace Adventure Center – West Virginia
  • Breteche Creek Ranch – Wyoming
  • Adventure Pursuits & Camps – Colorado
  • Camp Lake Hubert – Lake Hubert, Minneasota
  • Camp Seafarer – Arapahoe, North Carolina
  • Hulbert Outdoor Center – Fairlee, Vermont
  • Kingsley Pines Camp – Raymond, Maine

UNLIKELY TRIPS

  • Staying In Hogans – Canyon De Chelly, Arizona
  • Hang Gliding – Lookout Mountain Flight Park, Georgia – hangglide.com
  • Storm Chasing Adventure Tours – Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado – stormchasing.com
  • Covered Wagon Trek – Wagons West, Jackson Hole, Wyoming – (800) 447-4711
  • Gold Medal Adventure Day Camp – Lake Placid, New York – orda.org

IN YOUR MINIVAN / FOUR-WHEELER

  • Valley Of Fire – Nevada
  • Bighorn Mountains – Wyoming
  • Green Mountains – Vermont

CAR / CAMPING TRIPS

  • Heart Lake – Adirondacks, New York
  • Colorado National Monument – Colorado
  • Custer State Park – Black Hills, South Dakota
  • Cape Disappointment – Fort Canby State Park, Washington

BACKPACKING

  • Moose Mountain – White Mountains, New Hampshire – Dartmouth Outing Club – dartmouth.edu
  • Belly River Valley – Glacier National Park, Montana
  • Virginia / North Carolina Sound & Sea Trail
  • Allegheny Trail – Durbin to Dillys, West Virginia
  • Paradise Valley/Lake Annette Loop – Banff National Park, Alberta

SEASIDE CAMPING AREAS

  • Sebastian Inlet State Recreation Area – Florida
  • Point Mugu State Park – California
  • Edisto Beach State Park – South Carolina
  • Camden Hills State Park – Maine

ISLANDS

  • Madeline Island – Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
  • Block Island – Rhode Island
  • Vancouver Island – British Columbia

WHITEWATER RAFTING AREAS

  • Livingston – Montana
  • Main Salmon River – Idaho
  • Lower Klamath River – California
  • Nantahala & French Broad Rivers – North Carolina

SEA KAYAKING AREAS

  • Vancouver Island (Strait) – British Columbia
  • Avalon Peninsula – Newfoundland
  • San Juan Islands – Washington
  • Misty Fiords National Monument – Alaska

CANOE CAMPING AREAS

  • Marias River – Montana
  • White River – Colorado
  • The Rio Grande – Texas
  • Rangeley Lakes – Maine

RIDING YOUR BIKE

  • Lost Coast – California
  • Mount Desert Island – Maine
  • Rideau Canal System / Haliburton Forest – Ontario

 

 


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