Top 20 Places to Take Kids In and Around Nashville

Nashville's most popular places to take kids in 2026

Every summer, thousands of local parents, grandparents, and caregivers weigh in on their favorite local places to take kids. This page is where we showcase our winners for 2026 from the Nashville area!

Of course, there are literally hundreds of wonderful places to take your kids in our area, not just this year's winners! Make sure to visit our Everything That's Free page, check out our packed daily calendar, and sign up for our fantastic FREE weekly e-newsletter with dozens of ideas each week for local stuff to do with kids, many of them free.

2026 Top 20 Places to Take Kids

Nashville

 

Top 20 Ranking

Category Winners

1. Nashville Zoo 2. Cheekwood Estate & Gardens 3. Nashville Ballet 4. Frist Art Museum 5. Warner Park Nature Center 6. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 7. Lucky Ladd Farms 8. Tennessee Aquarium 9. Adventure Science Center 10. Beaman Park Nature Center 11. Opry Mills 12. Parthenon 13. Tennessee State Museum 14. Bells Bend Park & Outdoor Center 15. Bledsoe Creek State Park 16. Boro Beach Outdoor pool at Sports*Com 17. Brentwood Skate Center 18. Cedar Creek Sports Center 19. Discovery Center at Murfree Spring 20. Edgar Evins State Park

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