Gainesville

Field Trips and Retreat Centers

This page lists field trips and retreat centers in the Gainesville, Florida area. Listings include field trips and overnight stay options for retreats for school classes or other large groups.
Listings
4-H Bug Club Tours of Entomology and Nematology Department

The 4-H Bug Club offers tours of the Entomology and Nematology Department here at the University of ...

1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32608
Alachua County Recycles - Outreach and Education Programs

​Alachua County Recycles offers FREE programs to community groups that are interested in learning ab ...

5620 NW 120th Lane, Gainesville, FL, 32653
Ashton Biological Preserve

Ashton Biological Preserve is a working conservation facility. Founded in 1996 to preserve critical ...

14260 W. Newberry Road PMB 331, Newberry, FL, 32669
Bryer Patch Field Trips, The

Field Trips at the Patch, A fun day on the farm for everyone! The Bryer Patch farm offers field tri ...

5700 SW 250th Street, Newberry, FL, 32669
Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention

The Cade Museum's exhibits, educational programs, and Creativity Labs encourage learners of all ages ...

811 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, 32601
Camp Crystal Lake Field Trips

For over 75 years, the students, teachers and parents from Alachua County schools have had the oppor ...

6724 Camp Crystal Road, Starke, FL, 32091
Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation

Open for tours only. Tours are offered every Saturday, and by appointment. Every visitor gets in ...

8528 East County Road 225, Gainesville, FL, 32609
Creekside Environmental Ed for Kids (CrEEK)

At ACT, our Creekside Environmental Education for Kids (CrEEK) Program is proud to serve around 2,20 ...

Little Orange Creek Nature Center 24115 SE Hawthorne Rd, Hawthorne, FL, 32640
Crossroads Farm & Apiary Field Trips

Are you a part of a group interested in agriculture? Or do you just enjoy getting outside and experi ...

3831 NW 156th Ave., Gainesville, FL, 32609
Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center

Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center is open for the public to enjoy our walking trails including a ...

210 SE 134th Ave, Micanopy, FL, 32667
Dudley Farm Historic State Park

Step back in time to feel what it's like to plow a field, plant a crop, bring the harvest in, mark t ...

18730 W. Newberry Road, Newberry, FL, 32669
Florida Museum of Natural History

The Florida Museum exhibits building is now CLOSED to the public. We anticipate reopening in 2026. I ...

3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, 32611
Gainesville Fire Station Group Tours

Kids can get an up-close view of real-life rescue heroes and their environs with a fire-station tour ...

Gainesville Retreat Center

The Gainesville Retreat Center is located just ten minutes from the University of Florida, on over 1 ...

1551 SE 51st Street, Gainesville, FL, 32641
Harn Museum of Art, The

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is an 112,800-square-foot-facility, which includ ...

3259 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, 32611
High Springs Historical Museum

Located in beautiful downtown High Springs, Florida directly behind City Hall inside the Old School ...

23760 NW 187th ave, High Springs, FL, 32643
Hippodrome Theatre

In 1981 the Hippodrome was designated a State Theatre of Florida. The theatre enjoys recognition as ...

25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville, FL, 32601
Keystone Heights Mini Golf

Keystone Heights Mini Golf has been renovated, and we are open to the public. You are invited to com ...

7154 SE County Rd., Keystone Heights, FL, 32656
Kika Silva Pla Planetarium

The Kika Silva Pla Planetarium seats 60 guests beneath a 34 ft Spitz projection dome and is equipped ...

3000 NW 83rd Street, Building X, Gainesville, FL, 32606
Kirby Family Farm Tours

Kirby Family Farm, located in Williston, Florida, is a 501c3 educational facility and museum that is ...

19630 NE 30th Street, Williston, FL, 32696
Kulaqua Retreat and Conference Center

Camp Kulaqua is a retreat & conference center nestled in nature, offering lodging, meeting spaces, a ...

23400 NW 212th Avenue, High Springs, FL, 32643
Lubee Bat Conservancy

Lubee places both conservation science and education as its two core institutional purposes. Lubee i ...

1309 NW 192nd Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32609
Luther Springs Living Lab Outdoor School

Living Lab Program partners with your classroom in a single day trip or a 2-3 day residential enviro ...

264 Vause Lake Rd, Hawthorne, FL, 32640
Marjorie Kinnan-Rawlings Historic State Park

Visitors to this old Florida homestead can walk back in time to 1930s farm life where Marjorie Kinna ...

18700 S. County Road 325, Cross Creek, FL, 32640
Matheson History Museum

Located in the heart of downtown Gainesville, the Matheson History Museum is home to the 1867 Mathes ...

513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32601
Mayhem Ranch Private Farm Tours

We are excited to announce that we will now be offering Private Farm Tours starting in April! These ...

17830 SE 40th St, Morriston, FL, 32668
Natural Resources and Programs

Nature Operations Division is a part of The City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affai ...

RecSports Compass Course

The University of Florida Challenge Course serves as an invaluable tool for groups, providing an env ...

3150 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32611
Red House Ranch (formerly Coon Hollo Farm) Field Trips

Same Farm, Same Family! Next Generation taking the reins at Red House Ranch! Bring your class Fi ...

22480 N Hwy 441, Micanopy, FL, 32667
Rooterville Animal Sanctuary

We offer many different AMAZING animal experiences, parties, field trips, events, weddings, engageme ...

1208 N County Road 315, Melrose, FL, 32666
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo

The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, a unique 10-acre zoo in Gainesville, Florida, is the only zoo on ...

3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL, 32606
Single Vision

Single Vision provides a happy and healthy environment that meets the animals’ physical and psycholo ...

8185 Forest Hills Rd, Melrose, FL, 32666
Skate Station Funworks

A huge recreational facility featuring roller skating, miniature golf, rock climbing, bounce houses, ...

1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL, 32606
Splitz Bowling

Looking for the perfect place for your next school field trip? Look no further than our family enter ...

1301 NW 76th Blvd., Gainesville, FL, 32606
Thomas Center, The

In 1972 when a rezoning request went before the city’s planning board to raze the hotel, the neighbo ...

602 NE 6th Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32601
Two Old Goats Farm

Two Old Goats Farm & Playtime is a small farm in Putnam County. Offering farm tours, events such as ...

245 Lynne Drive, Hollister, FL, 32147
Two Tails Ranch

The ranch is the only privately owned elephant facility of its kind. The natural coast of Florida is ...

18655 NE 81 Street, Williston, FL, 32696
UF IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Field Trips and Outreach Programs

FFS conducts over 100 onsite programs at the UF Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences facility each year, r ...

7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL, 32653