Field Trip Ideas
McFarland Llama Farm
Marmon Valley Farm
OSU Farms (on Sawmill and Lane Ave)
Stratford Ecological Society
Columbus Zoo (as for special class prices for groups)
OSU Entomology Department
OSU Planetarium
Airport Tower
Radio Stations
AMF Sawmill Lanes
Big Walnut Skating
Local Recreation Centers
Ohio Statehouse
Ohio Theater
BalletMet's
Grocery Stores
Lynd's Fruit Farm
Roscoe Village
Velvet Ice Cream Factory
Whistle Factory
Libraries
Topiary Gardens
Anthony Thomas Candy Factory
Ohio Historical Society
Mad River Mountain
Santa Maria
Slate Run or other Metro Parks
Mohican Pow-Wow
Popcorn Factory
Pizza or bread shops
King's Island
Otterbein College
Theaters - Otterbein, High Schools, Columbus Children's Theater, CAPA, Phoenix Theater
Kelton House and Thurber House
Fire stations
Police stations
COSI
Military Museum
Art Museum
Train Museum in Worthington
Water treatment plant
Ohio Caverns
Olentangy Indian Caverns
National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton
Dawes Arboretum
Inniswoods Park
Central Ohio Field Trips for The Arts
- Columbus Art Festival – Columbus
- Columbus Museum of Art – Columbus
- Eastern Ohio Art Guild – Cambridge
- Schumacher Gallery – Columbus
- Cambridge Concert Association – Cambridge
- Columbus Symphony Orchestra – Columbus
- Lancaster Chorale – Lancaster
- Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds – Muskingum County
- Worthington Chorus – Worthington
- Y-City Barbershop Chorus – Zanesville
- Zanesville Memorial Concert Band – Zanesville
- Zanesville Museum of Art – Zanesville
Central Ohio Field Trips for Theater/Ballet
- Ballet Met – Columbus
- Cambridge Glass Museum – Cambridge
- Cambridge Performing Arts Center – Cambridge
- CAPA, Columbus Association of Performing Arts – Columbus
- Columbus Children’s Theater – Columbus
- Generations Performing Arts Center – Columbus
- Living Word Outdoor Drama – Cambridge
- Secrest Auditorium – Zanesville
- Tecumseh Outdoor Drama – Chillicothe
- Zane Trace Players – Zanesville
- Zanesville Community Theater – Zanesville
- Wexner Center for the Arts (Performing, Film/video, Exhibits, Public Programs) – Columbus
Central Ohio Field Trips for Business & Industry
- Al’s Delicious Popcorn – Columbus
- AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame – Pickerington
- American Whistle Corporation – Columbus
- Anthony Thomas Chocolates – Columbus
- Krema Nut Company – Columbus
- The National Barber Museum & Hall of Fame – Canal Winchester
- The National Heisey Glass Museum – Newark
- Velvet Ice Cream Company and Ye Olde Mill Factory – Utica
- Slate Run Living Historical Farm – Canal Winchester
Central Ohio Field Trips for History
- Adena Mansions and Gardens – Chillicothe
- Central Ohio Fire Museum – Columbus
- Gahanna Historical Society – Gahanna
- Great Circle Earthworks – Newark
- Licking County Historical Society – Newark
- Northwest Franklin County Historical Society – Hilliard
- Ohio Historical Society & Ohio Village –Columbus
- Rock Mill – Lancaster
- Ross County Historical Society – Chillicothe
- Worthington Historical Society – Worthington
- Zanesville Historical Society – Zanesville
- Adena Mansions and Gardens – Chillicothe
- Christian Waldschmidt – Cincinnati
- Georgian Museum – Lancaster
- Hanby House – Westerville
- Hopalong Cassidy Museum – Cambridge
- Lorena Sternwheeler – Zanesville
- Motts Military Museum – Groveport
- Ohio Historical Society & Ohio Village -Columbus
- Ohio Statehouse – Columbus
- Olentangy Indian Caverns – Delaware
- Rock Mill – Lancaster
- Reynoldsburg-Truro Historical Society – Reynoldsburg
- Santa Maria – Columbus
- Slate Run Living Historical Farm – Canal Winchester
- Stonehouse Museum – Cambridge
- Sherman House Museum, (Birthplace of General William T. Sherman) – Lancaster
- Thurber House, (Humorist, author and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber) – Columbus
- Wagnall’s Memorial Foundation (Library, Museum andTheater) – Lithopolis
Central Ohio Field Trips for Science
- COSI, Center of Science & Industry – Columbus
- Museum of Biological Diversity, OSU – Columbus
- Perkins Observatory – Delaware
- The Works – Newark
Central Ohio Field Trips for Arboretums, Parks & Nature Preserves
- Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Garden – Columbus
- Columbus Metro Parks – Greater Columbus Region
- Dawes Arboretum – Newark
- Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens – Columbus
- Ohio state parks – Statewide
- The Topiary Park – Columbus
Central Ohio Field Trips for Sports/Sporting Events
- AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame – Pickerington
- Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Hockey – Columbus
- Columbus Clippers Baseball MiLB – Columbus
- Columbus Crew MLS Soccer – Columbus
- Jack Nicklaus Museum – Columbus
- The Ohio State Buckeyes Athletics – Columbus
Central Ohio Field Trips for Zoo’s/Animal Preserves
- Columbus Zoo & Aquarium – Powell
- Deerasic Park Education Center – Cambridge
- The Wilds – Cumberland
Central Ohio Other Fun Field Trips for Kids
- Aha For Kids! (A Hand’s On Adventure Children’s Museum) – Lancaster
- Ohio Statehouse Museum (Children’s Interactive Museum) – Columbus
If you live in or are visiting with us in the state of Ohio, I do hope you will check out some of these great locations. Who knows perhaps you will find your family’s next great vacations spot or learn something that you didn’t previously know.
What are your favorite locations to visit in Central Ohio? Where do you take your kids for homeschool field trips? I’d love to know. Share your Central Ohio field trip experiences with me in the comments below.
This post is part of iHomeschool Network’s Best Homeschool Field Trips link up.