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Family Fun Day

The Meckauer Park playground in the morning, then pizza on the Square, the bookstore and ice cream at Dr. Mike's.

5Places
5Min on foot
6Min by car

Plumtrees RoadGreenwood Avenue

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P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees
Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Morning

    Meckauer Park Playground

    Parks & OutdoorsPlumtrees Road

  2. Drive 2.2 mi, about 6 min via Shelter Rock Road, Walnut Hill Road, Plumtrees Road

    Driving directions to Famous Pizza

  3. Lunch

    Famous Pizza

    Dining1 P.T. Barnum SquareGreenwood Avenue

  4. Walk 70 ft, about 1 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to P. T. Barnum Square

  5. P. T. Barnum Square

    Parks & OutdoorsGreenwood Avenue

    A small triangular park laid out in 1881 as Fountain Place, renamed for the showman in 1928, with Ernest Moore Viquesney's bronze Doughboy at its center.

    P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees
    P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees.Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

  6. Walk 700 ft, about 3 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Byrd's Books

  7. Byrd's Books

    Arts & Culture178 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    An independent bookstore in an Italianate building from about 1860.

    Call 203-730-2973

  8. Walk 150 ft, about 1 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop

  9. Afternoon

    Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop

    Dining158 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    Ice cream in a Greek Revival building from about 1845.

    Hours Sunday–Thursday, noon–9 pm; Friday–Saturday, noon–10 pm. Check holiday and weather changes. Call 203-792-4388

    The carved sign inside Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop, a wooden hand holding a cone above a gilded name board
    The carved sign inside Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop, a wooden hand holding a cone above a gilded name board.Brianegge · CC0

Hours change by season, so check with each place before you set out. Drive times are estimates.

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Dining Tour

Locally roasted coffee, pizza on the Square, bubble tea, ice cream at Dr. Mike's, Molten Java, and dinner at the Sycamore Drive-In.

6Places
17Min on foot

Historic Bethel

A walk through the historic district: St. Thomas's, the Square, the Methodist church, Byrd's Books, the Barnum statue and the library.

6Places
7Min on foot

Outdoor Adventure Day

Trails and ponds at Huntington State Park in the morning, Stephenson Preserve on the way back, lunch on the Square, and Meckauer Park after.

4Places
18Min by car