Kids & Family

Favorite Place to Take the Family on a Day Trip?

Voter for your favorite staycation destination with the fam.

For this week's topic, we're asking readers to tell us their favorite place to take the family on a day trip.

What's the best staycation destination?

We've gathered together a bunch of places around the area, but if there's somewhere else you love to go, please let us know and we'll add it below.

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If you're looking to stay in Peabody, there's always fun with the kids at , or a trip over to the city owned and operated or also a spin on the city's bikeway -- the  stretches for 4.6 miles from behind Lahey Clinic out to the end of Russell Street at the Middleton line.

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If it's local history you're after, there are the , and all the properties maintained by the .

Salem, of course, has its own attractions from the  to the  and the . And there's fun to be had in the opposite direction over in Danvers at the ,  or Monkey Joes.

And there's also Bow Ridge Reservation next door in Lynnfield, the , the Marblehead Lighthouse, or if you want to go down to the ocean there's , also in Marblehead, and and in Swampscott, or take a trip down to the and the IMAX Theater in Reading.

Vote for your favorite, leave a comment below and a review on that place's page in our directory between 5 a.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Friday. Please just vote once.

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