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WNC Nature Center
Animals include black bears, red wolves, otters, red pandas, foxes and goats, with hellbenders...
Best Asheville Kid-Friendly Outings
Parents looking for kid-friendly outings in Asheville and nearby towns get wildlife, hands-on museums, a farm, goats and treetop courses in this guide. Stops sit in Asheville, Fairview, Arden, Flat Rock and downtown Hendersonville. The WNC Nature Center is a city-run zoo of Southern Appalachian wildlife with black bears, red wolves, otters and red pandas. At the Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock, a goat herd descends from Lilian Sandburg's dairy herd. Hands On! Children's Museum fills about 13,000 square feet in downtown Hendersonville, and families with an EBT or WIC card get in free. The Adventure Center of Asheville offers KidZip for ages 4 to 10 and a treetop adventure park.
Mountain Play Lodge requires socks, so pack a pair for its indoor climbing structure.
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The North Carolina Arboretum
The grounds are open daily, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. November through March, with a parking fee per ve...
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Asheville Museum of Science
Gems, minerals and a fossil dig, a forest-ecology play exhibit, a tree climb and a sand-filled...
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Hickory Nut Gap Farm
A family-run farm about 20 minutes from Asheville; the farm store is open Wednesday through Su...
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Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Connemara farm has a herd of eleven goats descended from Lilian Sandburg's dairy herd, and kid...
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Hands On! Children's Museum
Kid-powered, hands-on exhibits across about 13,000 square feet in historic downtown Hendersonv...
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Mountain Play Lodge
Padded, gated indoor play area with a big climbing structure with slides and a miniature Biltm...
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Adventure Center of Asheville
Kid options include KidZip (ages 4 to 10), the Treetops Adventure Park (ages 4 and up) and Kol...
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