Field Trip Ideas
You can plan a field trip any time, whether for your own homeschool, your family and friends, or for DASH members. Have something in the works you’d like to share? Reach out to the entire DASH community via the Discord group to gauge interest or let people know of the opportunity.
- Little River Wetlands (Fort Wayne); they also provide tailored programs
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne); they provide pre-made programs for various age groups
- Fort Wayne Botanical Gardens (Fort Wayne); guided or unguided tours and programs available
- DeBrand Chocolate (Fort Wayne); guided tours available
- NATMUS (Auburn); tours
- ACD Museum (Auburn); programs and an educator’s guide
- Cooks Bison Ranch (Wolcottville); various guided programs
- Science Central (Fort Wayne); various programs
- Monster Truck Museum (Butler); tours
- Orchard Hills Farms (Kendallville); fall wagon and warehouse tours
- Salomon Farms (Fort Wayne); programs and festivals
- Embassy Theatre (Fort Wayne); school programs and guided tours
- Hilger Family Farm (Fort Wayne): I believe they only have a fall festival
- Amazing Fall Fun (Waterloo); Fall activities only
- Warner Farm (Huntertown); Farm activities throughout the year
- Kuehnert Dairy Farm (Fort Wayne); tours and Fall Festival
- Northeast Indiana Solid Waste Management (Ashley); recycling programs
- Old Fort (Fort Wayne); various historical events scheduled throughout the year
- Pumpkin Fantasy Land (Ligonier), open Oct 1-Oct 31 for fall activities
- Fox Island (Fort Wayne); programs and events throughout the year
- Sauder Village (Archbold, OH); historical village open partial year, has homeschool days
- Conner Prairie (Indianapolis); historical village; open partial year; has homeschool days
- Safety Village (Fort Wayne); programs regarding fire and safety for elementary students
- Kilwins Ice Cream (Fort Wayne); ice cream field trips
- Bowling Field Trips; Auburn and Garrett
- Skating Station (Auburn); skating programs
- Garrett Museum of Art (Garrett); field trips and various art programs
- Mid-America WindMill Museum (Kendallville)
- Maple Syrup Days (Lagrange County; various activities and field trips during Maple Syrup season
- Indiana Caverns (Corydon)
- Hidden Lake Gardens (Tipton, MI); 1.5 hours from Auburn, sky canopy, festivals, etc.
- Chain of Lakes Park (Albion); camping, various programs
- Fort Wayne Railroad Society (Fort Wayne)
- Black Pine Animal (Albion); events and tours
- Alligator Sanctuary (Athens, MI) a little over an hour from Auburn
- Image of Hope Discovery Center (Auburn); field trips and programs
- Merry Lea (Wolf Lake); homeschool classes and they will also schedule additional field trips
- Camp Lutherhaven (Albion); homeschool classes and other activities
- Sea Life (Michigan); Homeschool Week in September
Have another field trip idea to add to the list? Let us know!