the rainy one

Guides · Updated August 2026

Rainy day, small people, big energy

The forecast broke your beach plans. These are the places that absorb kid energy indoors, sorted by age so you don’t drive to a trampoline park with a toddler or a toddler museum with a 15-year-old.

Toddlers and little kids (roughly 1 to 5)

Soft floors, small chaos, snack bars nearby.

Kids

Long Island Children's Museum

Garden City

about $18 per personIndoorsAges 1-10

Kids

Long Island Explorium

Port Jefferson

about $8IndoorsAges 2-12

Kids

Safari Adventure

Riverhead

stay-all-day admission; adults freeIndoorsAges 1-10

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Nunley's Carousel

Garden City

a few dollars a rideIndoorsAges 1-10

Museum

20th Century Cycles

Oyster Bay

FreeIndoorsKids

Kids

Active Kidz Long Island

Jericho

Open play priced per child; hours vary, book or call aheadIndoorsAges 1 to 10

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Babylon Village

Babylon

FreeKidsDogs ok

MEET THE HORSES

Farm & vine

Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard

Baiting Hollow

tastings ~$15-20Indoor + outKids

Big kids (roughly 6 to 12)

Real museums, real jumping, real lasers.

RAINY DAY HERO

Museum

Cradle of Aviation Museum

Garden City

about $18 adults / $16 kidsIndoorsAges 4+

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Activate

Garden City

Per person for 75 minutes of gameplay; book a room onlineIndoorsAges 8 and up

SPIES CAME ASHORE

Museum

Amagansett Life-Saving Station

Amagansett

FreeIndoor + outAges 5+

Museum

American Airpower Museum

Farmingdale

about $18 adults / $12 kidsIndoor + outAges 5+

Museum

American Merchant Marine Museum

Kings Point

FreeIndoorsAges 8+

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Art League of Long Island

Dix Hills

workshop and class prices vary widely; specialty workshops like blacksmithing cost more than open studiosIndoorsAges programs for ages 3 to 103, per their own tagline

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ARTrageous Studio

Rockville Centre

pay per piece plus paint; glass fusing projects cost more than basic ceramicsIndoorsAges all ages

CULT CLASSIC

Farm & vine

Barrier Brewing Company

Oceanside

pints and 4-packs to goIndoorsAges with adults

Teens (won’t say it was fun, will ask to go back)

Speed, height, competition, and zero museum tours.

WORLD RECORD

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RPM Raceway

Farmingdale

~$30-40 per race; multi-race packs saveIndoorsAges 48" to race

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The Gravity Vault

Melville

day pass plus gear rentalIndoorsAges 5+

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Escape Game Long Island

Ronkonkoma

~$35-40 per person; book onlineIndoorsAges 10+

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The Rinx

Hauppauge

public skate sessions plus rentalsIndoorsAges 4+

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Scott's Pointe

Calverton

day passes and per-attraction pricingIndoor + outAges 5+

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Activate

Garden City

Per person for 75 minutes of gameplay; book a room onlineIndoorsAges 8 and up

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Art League of Long Island

Dix Hills

workshop and class prices vary widely; specialty workshops like blacksmithing cost more than open studiosIndoorsAges programs for ages 3 to 103, per their own tagline

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ARTrageous Studio

Rockville Centre

pay per piece plus paint; glass fusing projects cost more than basic ceramicsIndoorsAges all ages