Activities for Teenagers
Bowling Green Skatepark
200 6th Avenue (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Just over 20,000 square feet, the park consists of a street course area, 3 bowls, and a sidewalk with small moguls, staircases with handrails, hubbas, banks, multi-level blocks, two-level pyramid with blocks, roll-ins, pockets and more.
Hours: Open 7am-11pm
Delafield Community Center
800 Beauty Avenue (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-842-6762
Basketball courts (indoor), playground, picnic shelter
eHotAir.com
Bowling Green, KY 42104
615-830-1157
Let's fly, Southern Kentucky! See the world travel beneath you from a hot air balloon. One of the south's busiest balloon ride companies boasts a 100% safety record... ehotair.com flies everyday (weather permitting) around sunrise and two hours before sunset. We offer tethers and flights. Log on for more information at www.ehotair.com. We fly out of Bowling Green.
Hours: Balloon rides available 365 days a year
GM Corvette Assembly Plant
600 Corvette Drive (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Reservations 270-745-8019, Information 270-745-8419
Every Corvette made in the world today is produced in Bowling Green. Here you can see the step by step production of America's favorite sports car. Group tours by reservation only. Free for school groups 4th-8th grade, active military and GM employees & retirees. Tours closed on holidays. Tour times subject to change without notice, call before traveling long distances. No cell phones, cameras, electronic devices, purses, backpacks or fanny packs allowed. Closed toe shoes only. Children must be seven years or older & school groups must be 4th grade or above.
Hours: Please call ahead for plant closure dates as internal business matters can cause unexpected cancellation of tours. Public Tours ($7) are offered Monday-Thursday at 8:30am, 11:30am, 12:45pm and 2:00pm CST. Some Friday tours are available if the plant is in production- call in advance. *Tours will NOT be available the week of October 4-8, 2010.
Greenwood Mall
2625 Scottsville Road (Map & Directions)
Bowling Green, KY 42104
270-782-9047
Shop one of our four department stores including Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney and Sears and over 100 specialty shops including Aeropostale, Bath & Body Works, Dunham's Sports, Forever 21, Victoria's Secret and The Great Escape Greenwood 10 Theatre. Choose from a wide variety of food selections in our family-friendly food court and take a ride on our carousel.
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-9pm, Sun. 12:30-6pm
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.
John Carpenter's Reel Sites, Real Scary Driving Tour
Bowling Green, KY 42104
270-782-0800 / 800-326-7465
Bowling Green native and master of horror John Carpenter was known to include names of local streets, communities, facilities and even people in his films. This brochure marks those sites as well as what film they are from, plus Carpenter�s childhood home and school.
