Within an hour or so of where you live...

[Kitty 34]

Not much an hour away. How about an hour and a half away and then I could say Lake Michigan and many things in Detroit.

An hour away.....Our state capital, Kelloggs and Kalamazoo Air Museum.

 

[jimmiej]

Oh I am sure you can think of more. My best friend went to UofT and Austin Rocks! I love that City. Lots of great places to eat also! I love Zilker park.

Yeah, if you like Mexican food, try Matt's El Rancho. Tastes really good after a Longhorn victory!

 

[Feralpeg]

Live in Glasgow, Scotland

1. 45 minutes - see Edinburgh Castle, walk down Princes Street

2. 35 minutes - William Wallace (Braveheart) monument

3. 15 minutes - Partick where Billy Connolly was born !?

4. 1 hour from the border to England!, 50 minutes from Paris

5. 10 minutes from Glasgow Rangers Football Club & 10 minutes from
Celtic football club!!

Oh, I really want to see Scotland. Would you like to trade homes for awhile?

 

[NeverlandClub23]

I live in Yorktown, VA. My five are:

1. Busch Gardens
2. Colonial Williamsburg
3. King's Dominion
4. Virginia Beach
5. Water Country USA

 

[Nutsy]

Brisbane, Australia

So, within an hour or so in any direction from here......

40 mins north........Australia Zoo (home of the Croc Hunter, Steve Irwin)

30 mins north......Bribie Island......nearest surf beach

60 mins north........Sunshine Coast

50 mins south........Dreamworld (Disneyland clone)

50 mins south........MovieWorld (Universal clone)

50 mins south.........Wet 'n Wild Water Park

60 mins south.........Gold Coast and more surf beaches


60 mins west........the country

60 mins east.........somewhere in the Pacific Ocean

 

[ktink]

I live in Shelbyville, Tn which is the Walking Horse Capitol of the World.

1. The Celebration (The Super Bowl of Horseshows)
2. Lynchburg, TN (The home of Jack Daniel's)
3. Tim's Ford Lake
4. Nashville, TN
5. Arnold's Air Force Base

 

[JoyG]

In Buffalo, NY:

1. Major and Minor League games, Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bisons...we love our teams.

2. Six Flags Darien Lake (1/2 hour away)

3. Niagara Falls American or Canadian Side (1/2 hour away)

4. Tours of local architecture...Frank Lloyd Wright and parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

5. Buffalo Zoo, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Science Museum, Shea's Performing Arts Center (major Broadway shows)

6. Tour of the Underground Railroad...passed right through here on the way to Canada.

7. A TON of summer festivals...Allentown Art Festival, Taste of Buffalo, Italian Festival, Chicken Wing Festival, Juneteenth, Erie County Fair, Canalfest...any many more...

8. Martin's Fantasy Island (amusement park..15 min. away).

9. Toronto, Canada is 1 1/2 hours away and makes a great day trip.

OK, I know that was more than 5, but Buffalo has a lot to offer despite it's reptutation for snow.

Joy

 

[crazyme5kids]

I'll add a few more.

The Bronx Zoo

Cradle of Aviation Museum (Aviation is a big part of LI history).

Westbury Gardens

The Carriage Museum

The Brooklyn Museum

Garden City Childrens Museum

Cooney Island

On a good traffic day I can get to New Jersey in about 45 to 50 minutes.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

Kennedy Space Center
Historic Bok Sanctuary
Gatorland
WonderWorks
Ripleys
Titanic
Cypress Gardens
American Police Hall of Fame
Daytona USA
FunSpot
(and the obvious )

 

[MoniqueU]

Disneyland
Knotts Berry Farm
Pasadena
Big Bear
Palm Springs
Beaches

 

[Monte Cristo]

1. Westerly or Narragansett beaches
2. Newport RI --Mansions, tennis hall of fame, beaches, shopping, etc.
3. Mystic Aquarium
4.Cape Cod--more like 1.5 to 2 hours
5. Boston--more like 1.5 to 2 hours

 

[arminnie]

Tale of Two Cities:

In Good Shape (just a little battered):
French Quarter
Garden District
Uptown Mansions
Audubon Zoo
River Road Plantations
Magazine Street Shopping
D-Day Museum
Tulane University
The best restaurants in the U.S.

Not back yet:
New Orleans East
Lakeview
Xavier and Dillard Universities
Aquarium
Biloxi and other parts of the Mississippi Gulf

 

[TKERBELL]

Hi neighbor I am in Charles Town

I live near Harpers Ferry, WV....within 1 hr you can visit:

Harpers Ferry Natl Historical Park
Charles Town Races and Slots
Antietam National Battlefield
C & O Canal Natl Historical Park
Summit Point Raceway

and to this list you can add

Downtown Frederick (very cool restaurants and pubs)
many many Exotic Dance clubs
Hagerstown Outlet
Washington, DC
Air & Space Museum (near Dulles airport)
and about 2 hours away is Gettysburg

 

[DisneyCP2002]

I live in Paris, TX and what you can find near me is:

1)Eiffel Tower with Red cowboy hat on the top(here in town)
2)Children's Museum(45 minutes southeast of here)
3)Cotton Museum(1 hour southeast of here)
4)Oklahoma border(15 minutes north of here)
5)Closest mall 1.5 hours from here

 

[catgurlars]

lets see
1.NYC
2.the beach
3.coney island
4.nassau collosium
5.cradle of aviation
6.queens/bronx zoo
7.chelsea piers
8.the intrepid
9.metro museum of art
10.central park
11.broadway
12.driving through hewlette harbor and seeing all of the rich ppl's houses(including the house of Mr. Snapple)
13.bike ride on the boardwalk
14.see a lot of marsh land
15.accidentally meet a celebrity

 

[willis37862]

1.Great Smoky Mountains National Park
2.Biltmore Estate(asheville,nc)
3.Fall Creek Falls
4.Ripley's Aquarium(gatlinburg)

Wow I live in a tourist town and thats the best I can do. And most of these are at least an hour away............

 

[joshsmom]

In and around St. Louis, MO......

1. The Gateway Arch
2. Missouri Botanical Gardens
3. Anheuser-Busch Brewery
4. Missouri Wine Country
5. St. Louis City Museum

Hi neighbor (across the Mississippi River!) There's so much to do in St. Louis, so here's my list to add to the above list!!

1. St. Louis Science Center
2. St. Louis Zoo
3. Cahokia Mounds (in Illinois) Native American History Site
4. St. Louis Museum of Transport
5. St. Louis Art Museum

(Numbers 1, 2, and 5 are all in Forest Park in St. Louis)

 

[Crankyshank]

From where I live in Rhode Island:

1) Downtown Providence. Have some world class Italian food up on federal hill. If you go this week you can catch sight of Richard Hatch coming in and out of the courthouse. Go to the Roger Williams Park Zoo on the Providence/Cranston line.
2) take the ferry to gorgeous Block Island
3) check out the Newport Mansions and the tennis hall of fame
4) go visit Mystic Seaport and the aquarium
5) Within an hour you can hit Boston, Salem, or Cape Cod, but if you feel like checking out small town New England and seeing weird sights head on over to Exeter and see Mercy Brown's grave - also known as the Rhode Island vampire.

 

[Poohnatic]

Crazy Me, I used to live on LI, too...plenty to do!

Within an hour of me:

1. WDW
2. Busch Gardens
3. Cypress Gardens
4. Weeki Watchee
5. St Pete Beach/DeSoto Park
6. Lowry Park Zoo
7. Florida Aquarium
8. MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry)
9. Tampa Skatepark
10. Florida State Fairgrounds
11. Apollo Beach Manatee Vistor's center and viewing area

and so much more. I love that there is so much to do close to home.

Suzanne

 

[jonestavern]

1. See a corn field
2. See a soybean field
3. See a surgar beat field
4. See a corn field
5. See a soybean field

Jean