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A classic old-Florida roadside stop since the 1930s — free-roam wildlife, a 'dinosaur cave,' mini-golf, gem panning, and ice cream.
Looking for something the whole family will love? From splash pads and playgrounds to go-karts, mini golf, arcades, u-pick farms, gymnastics and seasonal kids' events, here's the best family fun across the Adventure Coast.
Family Fun in Hernando County
56From ~$15.99
44 lanes plus an arcade and sports bar, with weekend value deals.
Call for pricing
Family roller-skating with themed sessions, dance parties, and lessons.
From $30/person
Three themed 60-minute escape rooms — great for families and groups of 2–12.
Call to book
Walk-in and group axe-throwing lanes — a fun date night or party outing.
Jump passes
A trampoline park with toddler mornings and blacklight glow nights.
Jump passes
A trampoline and adventure park with kids' programming and special events.
The county's newest free splash park, with a playground and trails.
Standard pricing
A multiplex movie theater with premium large-format GTX auditoriums.
~$12–$14
An organic farm with a fall corn maze and pumpkin patch (Oct) and a spring sunflower maze.
~$14–$16
U-pick sunflowers (May), a fall festival (Oct), Christmas lights (Dec), and a petting farm.
Pay per pumpkin
Family fall festivals and u-pick pumpkin fields in October.
Seasonal u-pick blueberry and berry farms in spring (~April–May).
Trees from $42
A choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm (late Nov–Dec) with cider, candy canes, and photos.
Free
Free outdoor family movie nights at the bandshell.
Moonlight Movies: Willy Wonka
Free
A free outdoor family movie night with a golden-ticket hunt.
Weeki Wachee Junior Ranger Camp
Camp fee
A 3-day camp — hiking, swimming, wildlife handling, and a kids' wildlife show.
Moonlight Movies: Back-to-School Bash
Free
A free back-to-school-themed outdoor movie night with a DJ.
Hernando County Hallow Glow Festival
Ticketed
A nightly walk-through glowing-pumpkin trail.
Halloween Howl & HCSO Safety Fun Fest
Free
Downtown trick-or-treating with first responders, costume contests, and a Touch-A-Truck.
Fall Festivals & Pumpkin Patches
~$12–$16
Corn mazes, hayrides, and pumpkins at Sweetfields, HarvestMoon, and Beasley Farms.
Easter Egg Hunts (Countywide)
Free–$20
Egg hunts and bunny events including Weeki Wachee's Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, the Anderson Snow 'Hop 'n Glow', and church hunts (Easter is Mar 28, 2027).
Moonlight Movies (Summer Series)
Free
A free outdoor screening of a classic film with a DJ beforehand.
Library Summer Reading Kickoff
Free
The free summer reading program launches with family activities and prizes.
Santa's Workshop at LoCoMo
See organizer
Gingerbread decorating and photos with Santa.
Nature Coast Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale
Free admission
A spring sale with plants, produce, and garden goods.
Pedal Play Day
Free
A family bike-riding day with safety demos and wellness stations.
Monster Dash Wiener Dog Race
Free
A Halloween dachshund costume race at the flea market.
Trick-or-Treat at the Airport Flea Market
Free
Halloween trick-or-treating through the vendor booths.
Magical Mermaid Tea Party
Call to confirm
Mermaid crafts, music, treats, makeovers, and keepsake photos at the spring.
Wild n' Wacky Egg Hunt
Included with admission
A family egg hunt at Buccaneer Bay — bring baskets and swimsuits.
Camp Funshine (Summer Day Camp)
$120/week
A weekly-themed county summer camp — outdoor adventures, crafts, and field trips.
South Brooksville Avenue Halloween Stroll
Free
A neighborhood Halloween stroll with trick-or-treating.
Lakewood Family Church Fall Festival & Trunk-or-Treat
Free
A church fall festival with trunk-or-treating for families.
Free trial class · tuition varies
Artistic gymnastics, trampoline & tumbling, boys gymnastics, aerial silks/circus arts and adult classes — toddlers to teens. Step Up For Students accepted.
$70–$80/mo · free trial
Gymnastics and tumbling for ages 1 through teens, boys-only tumbling & trampoline, and tricks/martial-arts tumbling.
Price varies
USA-Gymnastics-certified coaching — preschool developmental (18 mo–6 yrs), recreational, and Junior Olympic & XCEL competitive teams.
Price varies
Tumbling for all ages, recreational and All-Star competitive cheer, private lessons and summer camp. USASF member gym.
Price varies
Cheer clinics, stunt training, tumbling classes, recreational competitive cheer teams and private lessons.
Karts from $14 · unlimited wristband $36.99
The county's family fun hub — go-kart racing, mini golf, batting cages, gem mining, an arcade, trackless train and a bounce arena.
$13 · $8 kids · under-5 free
Florida's only spring-fed water park inside Weeki Wachee Springs — water slides, a lazy river, Black Beard's Beach swim area and a Tiki bar. (Seasonal.)
Price varies (call 352-340-5904)
A classic roller-skating rink with dance parties, skate rentals, lessons and a snack bar — pizza, funnel cakes and ice cream.
From $30 per person
Themed 60-minute escape rooms — Old West Jail Break, Frost, and Room 457: The Haunted Hotel.
$6 Bargain Tuesdays · ~$10 adult evening
The county's multiplex — 2D, 3D and GTX large-format screens. Bargain Tuesdays are the best deal in town.
Price varies · leagues for all levels
A bowling center with 40+ arcade games and food & drink, running leagues for every skill level.
Free
A 20-acre neighborhood park — basketball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, shuffleboard, bocce, horseshoes, playgrounds and a half-mile lighted walking trail.
A 113-acre youth sports park with baseball/softball and soccer fields, basketball courts, a playground, picnic shelters and grills.
An 18,720 sq-ft skate park with ramps, obstacles and half-pipes, plus a basketball court, playground, horseshoe pits and pavilions.
A 21.5-acre park with multipurpose fields, a ball field, playground and tot lot, and a half-mile lighted exercise trail with fitness stations.
The county's first dog park — three fenced runs for large, small and service dogs, plus picnic shelters, a pavilion and restrooms.
A riverside park on the Withlacoochee River with a boat ramp, canoe/kayak launch, basketball, picnic tables and a shelter. Open 24/7.
Free
A City of Brooksville park with a paved trail around a pond (a National Recreation Trail), a splash pad, playground, ball diamond, volleyball and pavilions.
Free drop-in open-court basketball and pickleball at the Jerome Brown Community Center — plus a first-responder open-court night on Wednesdays.
Free / low-cost
A City of Brooksville senior program (55+) — aerobics, resistance-band training and fun athletic games at the Jerome Brown Community Center.
Free family open gym with games and crafts, plus a monthly toddler sensory playdate, at the Jerome Brown Community Center.
Low-cost (call 352-754-4031)
Low-cost Hernando County recreation classes at Delta Woods Park and the Lake House — Taekwondo, belly dance and youth cheerleading.
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