Petting Farm?

Alton Bay · 07-29-2011, 06:42 AM

I am going to have small children visiting next week. Are there any places I can take them in the area where they can see animals...like a petting farm?

Jonas Pilot · 07-29-2011, 06:51 AM

From their web site ...

Come to the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, where the agricultural way of life in New Hampshire, from 1790 to the present, is preserved. You can see a working farm with sheep, goats, cows, steers, oxen, chickens, and turkeys. In spring and summer, see lambs and pigs. Walk into the 1830's garden and view the historic crops and vegetables. Take a leisurely 6/10 mile hike on the Binsack Trail, a low impact experience offering spectacular views of Remick Farm, Mount Chocorua, and the Ossipee Mountain Range.

http://www.remickmuseum.org/

Quilt Lady · 07-29-2011, 08:17 AM

Beans n' Greens has an outdoor enclosure behind the main building with a variety of young animals if you are looking for something close to home. It's not a big to-do but it is interesting to kids.

dragonfly03246 · 07-29-2011, 08:32 AM

Depending on how far you want to go there's always Charmingfare Farm in Candia which is a really great zoo type farm...

http://www.charmingfare.com/

and there's also (more local) Heritage farm in Sanbornton which has a petting farm

http://www.heritagefarm.net/farm.htm

and don't forget the Science Center in Holderness! Always a great time!!

http://www.nhnature.org/

Have fun!

nj2nh · 07-30-2011, 04:49 PM

And there is always York's Wild Animal Kingdom in York Beach, Me. I know is sounds far, but it is really only about an hour. The Nubble Lighthouse is also nearby and there is an arcade in York Beach as well. I was there on Monday.

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Alton Bay Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 188 Thanks: 73 Thanked 24 Times in 21 Posts	Petting Farm? I am going to have small children visiting next week. Are there any places I can take them in the area where they can see animals...like a petting farm?

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Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Remick Farm. From their web site ... Come to the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, where the agricultural way of life in New Hampshire, from 1790 to the present, is preserved. You can see a working farm with sheep, goats, cows, steers, oxen, chickens, and turkeys. In spring and summer, see lambs and pigs. Walk into the 1830's garden and view the historic crops and vegetables. Take a leisurely 6/10 mile hike on the Binsack Trail, a low impact experience offering spectacular views of Remick Farm, Mount Chocorua, and the Ossipee Mountain Range. http://www.remickmuseum.org/

07-29-2011, 08:17 AM	#3
Quilt Lady Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Alton, NH Posts: 169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 25 Times in 11 Posts	close to home . . . Beans n' Greens has an outdoor enclosure behind the main building with a variety of young animals if you are looking for something close to home. It's not a big to-do but it is interesting to kids. __________________ QL (Doing my best to encourage Global Warming ... one quilt at a time!)

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dragonfly03246 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 83 Thanks: 7 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Charmingfare Farm & Heritage Farm Depending on how far you want to go there's always Charmingfare Farm in Candia which is a really great zoo type farm... http://www.charmingfare.com/ and there's also (more local) Heritage farm in Sanbornton which has a petting farm http://www.heritagefarm.net/farm.htm and don't forget the Science Center in Holderness! Always a great time!! http://www.nhnature.org/ Have fun!

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nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 518 Thanks: 62 Thanked 42 Times in 23 Posts	And there is always York's Wild Animal Kingdom in York Beach, Me. I know is sounds far, but it is really only about an hour. The Nubble Lighthouse is also nearby and there is an arcade in York Beach as well. I was there on Monday. __________________

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