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Top 10 Ballparks
1 Wrigley Field
Chicago Cubs
Top 10 Beaches
1 Caladesi Island
State Park,
Dunedin/Clearwater,
Florida
3 Old Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees (new
stadium opened in 2009)
Watch for orca,
humpback, and gray
whales in Friday Harbor
near Seattle. Don’t miss
the opportunity to get a
close up of these giant
sea mammals!
2 Hanalei Beach,
Kauai, Hawaii
3 Siesta Beach,
Sarasota, Florida
4 Oriole Park at
Camden Yards
Baltimore Orioles
5 Coors Field
Colorado Rockies
4 Coopers Beach,
Southampton, New York
Broadway in
Bryant Park,
New York City, NY
8 Ballpark
at Arlington
Texas Rangers
Can’t afford to see a
Broadway show while
in New York? Well, on
Thursdays in Bryant
Park, cast members
perform snippets of
Broadway shows. It
is a free event! You
can even pack a picnic
lunch for these outdoor
shows.
9 Dodgers Stadium
Los Angeles Dodgers
Safeco Stadium
Seattle Mariners
http://americasbestonline.
net/baseball.htm
Remember the days
when you begged to
ride the carousel?
Well, now you can see
a collection of 300
antique carousels in
one spot! It’s much
better than spending
five bucks on one ride
at the mall.
Cornerstone Festival,
June 29 July 4 • Bushnell, Illinois
5 Coronado Beach,
San Diego, California
6 Main Beach,
East Hampton, New York
7 Hamoa Beach,
Maui, Hawaii
Top 10 Most
Visited National
Parks
8 Cape Hatteras,
Outer Banks, North
Carolina
9 Cape Florida State
Park,
Key Biscayne, Florida
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Beachwalker Park,
Kiawah Island, South
Carolina
http://www.drbeach.
org/drbeach/best beach
list 2008.htm
7 Turner Field
Atlanta Braves
2 Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox
Whale Watch
Cruise, San Juan
Island near Seattle,
Washington
New England
Carousel Museum,
Bristol, Connecticut
6 Jacobs Field
Cleveland Indians
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1 Great Smoky
Mountains National
Park, North Carolina/
Tennessee
This is an impressive
free zoo! It houses
5,000 animals including
bears, penguins, big
cats, antelope, and
many more.
4 Olympic National
Park, Washington
5 Yellowstone
National Park
Wyoming
Schlitterbahn
Water Park,
New Braunfels, Texas
6 Cuyahoga Valley,
Ohio
8 Zion National Park,
Utah
9 Grand Teton
National Park,
Wyoming
Acadia National
Park, Maine
http://www.nps.gov/pub aff/
refdesk/10MVUNP.pdf
Top 10 Roller
Coasters
Superman
Ride of Steel
Six Flags, New England
Agawam, Massachusetts
Millenium Force
Cedar Point
3 Nitro
Six Flags Great Adventure
St. Louis Zoo,
St. Louis, Missouri
2 Grand Canyon
National Park, Arizona
7 Rocky Mountain
National Park, Colorado
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Sandusky, Ohio
3 Yosemite National
Park, California
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Cornerstone is a five day event
attended by over 20,000 people to
celebrate Christianity in culture. This
year’s festival features renowned
artists Anberlin, Hawk Nelson, Relient
K, and many more. But it is not just
a concert. Cornerstone also offers
classes and workshops, seminars,
and many outdoor activities as well.
Carlsbad Caverns,
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Tour a cave the size
of 6.2 football fields,
stand in a Hall of
Giants, view an 89 foot
rock column, watch bat
flights in the evening.
Carlsbad Caverns
provides family fun.
Tickets are cheap,
and tours can be easy
(for younger siblings)
or difficult (for the
adventuresome). Just
make sure you don’t fall
in the Bottomless Pit!
Jackson, New Jersey
Louisville Slugger
Museum,
Louisville, Kentucky
Visit the birthplace of
bats used by sluggers
from Ty Cobb and Hank
Aaron to Ken Griffey Jr.
and Derek Jeter. Tour
the factory and get your
own legitimate (though
miniature) Louisville
slugger bat at the end!
Zorb Smoky
Mountains, Pigeon
Forge, Tennessee
Because who wouldn’t
want to bounce down
a hill inside a giant
inflated ball?
Schlitterbahn
showcases 17 slides, a
sandless shore, surfing
simulation, and more
stunning slippery sites!
One of the best water
parks anywhere.
4 Montu
Busch Gardens
Tampa, Florida
5 SheiKra
Busch Gardens
Tampa, Florida
6 Fahrenheit
Hersheypark
Hershey, Pennsylvania
7 The Incredible Hulk
Universal Studios
Orlando, Florida
8 Apollo’s Chariot
Busch Gardens
Williamsburg, Virginia
9 Superman
Ride of Steel
Six Flags America
Largo, Maryland
Summer
Fun
Kingda Ka
Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey
http://themeparks.about.
com/cs/coasterbooks/a/
bestcoasters.htm
http://americasbestonline.
net/index.php/pages/
rollercoasters.html
by Hannah Wakefield
46 | jul 2009 ec magazine
ec magazine jul 2009 | 47