anyone know of great places to travel within 8-10 hours of cincinnati with teenage boys?
I am planning a 4-5 day trip with my 14 year old son and a friend in July. I was looking for something fun that is close enough to drive to, without exhausting me. The boys are very active and love sports and outdoors. Gatlinburg is out, we've been there a few times and they dont want to go there.
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Cleveland: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Indians, and there's another museum [science, maybe?] that, I think, is near the RRHOF. Or Chicago. Lots to do there, including baseball games, MOSI, Shedd Aquarium, Natural History Museum, Millennium Park, etc.
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Cedar Point, in Sandusky is a blast! There is a water park connected to the theme park, and it's right on Lake Erie. Hocking Hills, Ohio is beautiful, you can canoe, kayak, hike, camp, fish all the outdoors activities you can think of.
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The Red River Gorge is a really great place to do some Hiking (and only about 3 hours from Cincinnati). If you want to camp, I would recommend Miguel's campground (1890 Natural Bridge Rd Slade, KY 40376). Otherwise there are plenty of small cabins to rent (but still stop by Miguel's for some great pizza). Your boys would probably really enjoy some via ferrata rock climbing while they are there too (http://www.torrentfalls.com/).
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I was gonna say Cedar Point or Red River Gorge. I've been to both and they are way less than 8 hrs away =) Red River Gorge is kind of like Gatlinburg only it's not built up like a tourist attraction. There is lots of great hiking and caves to explore. Rock climbing if you know how or are into that. The Natural Bridge. The hiking isn't super easy either so that's nice to have a bit of a challenge. And Cedar Point is just a blast. Way more fun than Kings Island (although I do love KI). Plus it's close enough to Cleveland to hop over and go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if you/they want, it's about an Hr drive.
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Chicago is fun or if you want to go on a beach vacation, Virginia or Myrtle Beach. For an adventurous vacation that your 14 year old and friend would like, look in places like Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee for things like whitewater rafting and hoarse back riding but it will probably be about the same as your Gatlinburg trip. Or you can stay in Ohio and go to Cedar Point. It's really fun to rent a house by the lake. Or to the Rock and Roll hall of fame and stuff. Just Google tourist sites in Ohio. Put-in bay is nice but your teenagers might get bored but you can check that out. Um, there's this package were you can go to the columbus zoo, zoombezie (spelling?) bay, the aquarium and some "african" Safari. My friend goes toMichigann for a week and likes it. Those PureMichigann trips look nice. But of coarse Michigann is Ohio's rival so...lol. Wherever you go, have fun!
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