Summer Fun
50 Things for Families To Do In & Around Wilmington
1. Beach
2. Surf lessons
3. Party and fishing charter boats at Carolina Beach
4. Fort Fisher aquarium
5. Fort Fisher
6. Thursday night concert and fireworks at Carolina Beach boardwalk (and Britt’s doughnuts)
7. Movie at the Lake in Carolina Beach
9. Wilmington Sharks baseball games
10. Public pools
11. Movie in the Park in Leland
12. Downtown Sundown Concert Series
13. Kids museum
14. Cape Fear Museum
15. Serpentarium
16. Battleship
17. Carriage, walking, and ghost tours downtown
18. Henrietta III river cruises
19. Jungle Rapids golf, water park, go carts, arcade, etc.
20. Jellybeans rollerskating
21. Airlie Gardens and Summer Concert Series
22. Mayfaire "Music on the Town," Fridays 6:30-9:30
23. Mayfaire Summer Movie Express Tuesdays and Wednesdays
24. Defy Gravity
25. Strawberry (and blueberry and blackberry) picking at Lewis Strawberry Farms
26. Old McFaye’s Farm in Castle Hayne
27. Bowling
28. Library
29. Parks (Hugh McRae, Halliburton, Ogden, Castle Hayne, Wrightsville Beach, Greenfield Lake, etc.)
30. Public boat launches (Belville, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Hampstead, etc.)
31. Cross City Trail for biking, jogging, etc, getting to many of the mentioned locales
32. Camp Invention at N. Topsail Elementary in Hampstead
33. UNCW Marine Science camps
34. UNCW swim lessons
35. Dance lessons
36. Karate lessons
37. Gymnastics lessons
38. YMCA, YWCA, Boys and Girls Club
40. Ripley’s Believe it or Not
41. Pirate’s Voyage
42. Medieval Times
44. House of Blues
45. Wonderworks
46. Carowinds
47. Clean your room, house, yard
48. Play in the sprinkler
49. Gardening
50. Crafts