Thread: Looking for things to do around Paducah area!

Family vacation! Kid friendly! Good places to eat!

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It will be a little bit of a drive from Paducah but you should look into going to the Discovery Park of America.
Discoveryparkofamerica.com

And once you get done with the park go eat at The Grind Mac and Cheese Burger Bar

They have a FB page.

In Paducah there is a number of Art Galleries, the Flood Wall along the river has Murals painted on each section, The National Quilt Museum just to name a few.

There are more restaurants than you can shake a fork at. My favorite "restaurant" is actually a fish market in Lone Oak (near by) - the Gulf Coast Connection - the best, freshest and most reasonably priced place for FRESH seafood. The shop has a few tables and chairs for those who want to eat in. They run a truck once or twice a week to the Gulf Coast and supply not only their shop but most of the better restaurants beside. High end is the Freight House whose owner/chef is one of the final three in the Top Chef TV show.

Might wanna check out Jungle Golf between Gilbertsville and Draffenville. They also have a real neat petting zoo there. There is also horse back riding and go cart track near there. Also LBL has numerous family adventures that are fun; Nature Center, Planetaruim, Old Home Place, Elk and Buffalo Viewin, hiking, walking and biking trail, etc.

Downtown Paducah by the seawall has a great ice cream place. There is also a Maritime museum. The Noble Park is a nice place to drive thru and have lunch. The mall has a nice movie theater called Cimemark. At the mall is a Sam's, Gander World, Academy, etc if you need to stock up on items. The Carson Center is by the seawall and has a lot of good entertainment. Check out their website for current activities. Also downtown is Kirchoffs, its a great place for sandwiches and its a bakery with awesome bread, cookies, etc. Of course the mall area has Chuckey Cheese and Vertical Jump. Check out Paducah Camber of Commerce and Tourism site of additional information.

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Thank you, Clint!! I'll have to check that seafood place out! We moved down here 2.5 years ago from the Louisville area and finding good/quality restaurants around Kuttawa has been a challenge!

Something that is neat about Western Kentucky is the Cypress sloughs. If you're from any other part of Kentucky you've probably never seen cypress trees in the wild. I marvel at them all of the time down here. I'd like to go on a tour through some if that type of thing is available.

If you want to check out some Cypress sloughs you may want to go to Heron Pond or Cache River across the river in Illinois.

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I second Discovery Park in Union City TN. Kids of all ages love it. It's a full day adventure and not inexpensive but well worth the time. Never left there with a grandkid that was bored or unimpressed and we make the trip a couple times a year. It's about an hour from Paducah.

What age kids do you have? Mine are from 3-13 and sometimes its difficult to find something to make them all happy

Originally Posted by Kalzone

What age kids do you have? Mine are from 3-13 and sometimes its difficult to find something to make them all happy

11 and 16

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