Top new kid-friendly places to check out in Savannah & the Lowcountry
Here are a few new kid-friendly spots to check out in Savannah & the Lowcountry that have opened in 2021.
New location of The Sandbox Children’s Museum, Lowcountry Celebration Park, Hilton Head Is.
Lowcountry Celebration Park – which opened in December 2020 – includes Adventure Playground for kids, a discovery trail, pavilion and lawn for festivals, exercise stations, Wi-Fi, restrooms.
The Sandbox Children’s Museum has moved there, too, to its new location (pictured above).
Purchase tickets to the Sandbox Children’s Museum online here.
The Sandbox will have 3-hour play sessions! Hours vary by day so check out the availability on the Sandbox calendar.
(Please note the new address below)
The Sandbox Children’s Museum HHI,
80 Nassau St.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
(843) 842-7645
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New Skidaway Island State Park Visitor Center, Savannah
The new visitor center @ Skidaway Island State Park includes floor-to-ceiling windows to showcase the maritime forest and marsh plus birding from a screened porch; a 20-feet high giant ground sloth skeleton, a replica of an ancient fossil found within the park in 1822; nature exhibits including turtles and snakes; a gift shop is filled with clothing, toys, books, camping supplies, jewelry and local foods. The visitor center also includes meeting space, classroom space and staff offices.
Skidway Is. State Park regularly offers kid-friendly events. Find the schedule here.
SouthernMamas.com and Friends of Georgia State Parks are partnering to make it even easier to get outside with your kids this summer.
SouthernMamas.com readers can receive a 15 percent discount on Friends of Georgia State Parks membership levels. Use the code southernmama to get your discount.This discount is valid through July 31 2021.
Get your discount here.
Skidaway Is. State Park
52 Diamond Causeway
Savannah, GA 31411
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Bike rides in Savannah
Savannah mom-tween bonding on bikes during Downtown Savannah Tree Tour? Read how that turned out here in our newspaper column.
Just want to check out the Downtown Savannah Tree Tour by bike? See the map & detailed description of each stop on Bike Walk Savannah here.
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Mohawk Lake trail, Savannah
Mohawk Lake Trail
The 17-acre lake (pictured above) located at 1132 Mohawk Street now has a new walking/jogging trail and dog park that opened in July 2021.
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Savannah’s Truman Linear Park Trail
A roughly three-mile section of the proposed six-mile public Truman Linear Park Trail runs between Lake Mayer and East DeRenne Avenue, parallel to the Truman Parkway and Casey Canal. Part of the trail includes a boardwalk (pictured below) that runs through a woodsy section of Magnolia Park neighborhood. Learn more here.
Truman Linear Park Trail, Savannah