Activities for Kids 5-7
Chaney's Dairy Barn
9191 Nashville Road (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-843-5567
Rolling farmlands, Jersey cows and premium homemade ice cream are only the beginning at Chaney's. Settle in for lunch or dinner daily and enjoy homemade soup, sandwiches and desserts. Choose from a wide selection of Kentucky made products in our gift shop. Catering, parties, farm tours available - call ahead for meeting space, concession trailer and tour appointments. Enjoy our outdoor pavilion and take a swing in our batting cage. Farm tours available June-July on Monday, Friday and Saturday at 11am and 1pm, and by appointment.
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11am-8pm, Sun. 12-5pm. Extended hours and walk up window in summer. Closed January.
Circus Square Park
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Outdoor amphitheater and site of many festivals and events throughout the year. Park includes refreshing water feature. Free Concerts in the Park every Friday night in July and the first Friday of August.
Covington Woods Park
1044 Covington Avenue (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-393-3821
Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Baseball/Softball Fields, Playground, Picnic Shelters, Golf
Delafield Community Center
800 Beauty Avenue (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-842-6762
Basketball courts (indoor), playground, picnic shelter
Historic Railpark and Train Museum
401 Kentucky Street (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-745-7317
Long before interstates, people resting in Bowling Green arrived at the L&N Passenger Depot. This 1925 structure has been restored and revived to house a two-story museum where visitors can learn the history of the tracks by asking questions of a "real Railroader" like a Pullman Porter, an L&N Cook and a Conductor through state-of-the art interactive galleries. Housing one of the region's largest model railroad displays inside, outside is where the Historic Railpark displays a 1911 L&N Presidential office car, a 1949 Pullman Standard dining car, a 1953 Luxury Pullman sleeper and a Chessie Class Caboose. Two rare additions are being restored, a 1921 L&N Railroad Post Office Car and a 1953 E8A Diesel Locomotive.
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 1-4pm. Closed Mondays from October through March. *TRAINS AT DUSK- SUMMER 2010* Enjoy special extended hours on Thursdays until 8 pm from June 17 through August 12 this summer.
Jackson's Orchard
1280 Slim Island Road (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-781-5303
The Jackson family invites you to visit their orchard and nursery to select your favorite spring plants during April and May. Try our delicious apples, peaches, honey, pumpkins, freshly made apple cider and many more in-season specialties throughout the year. We'll even mail your favorite products anywhere in the USA.
Hours: Mon.-Sat. mid-April through August and seven days a week September through November.
Kentucky Museum
1906 College Heights Blvd. (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-745-2592
This 80,000 sq. ft. museum's newest exhibit, "A Star in Each Flag: Conflict in Kentucky," offers visitors a chance to walk through a simulated campsite, view a slave cabin, step into a community post office, examine period artifacts including John Hunt Morgan's saddle, flags, weapons and more. Don't miss the 'Recommended by Duncan Hines' exhibit that follows the career of the Bowling Green native from traveling salesman to esteemed restaurant critic to cake-mix king. Other exhibits include The Snell-Franklin Decorative Arts Gallery, Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now, and the Felts Log House.
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9am-4pm, Sun. 1-4pm (Museum only) Closed on WKU holidays, plus August 24 and August 27, 2010 for staff training.
