New Jersey, United States
Field trips near Northern New Jersey, NJ
Local school field trips, kids field trips, and day trips with official photos, prices, weather fit, lunch, parking, accessibility, and booking links.
Local planning snapshot
This page is built around local searches like field trips near Northern New Jersey, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near Northern New Jersey. Start with distance and weather fit, then open detail pages to verify current ticket calendars, reservation windows, group rules, arrival logistics, food policies, and source freshness.
Where to start in Northern New Jersey
Start with the local places that have enough price, booking, photo, and logistics detail for a useful first comparison.
If you need a quick first pass, start with venues like Alstede Farms, Kiddie Dome, and Sterling Hill Mining Museum before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.
Alstede Farms, Kiddie Dome, and Sterling Hill Mining Museum are good first checks when you want indoor backup before digging into more weather-sensitive options.
2 places lean museum, science, history, or culture, which makes this metro stronger for curriculum-tied classroom trips than for purely outdoor day trips.
That gives you a cleaner local shortlist for class groups, homeschool meetups, or scout/camp planning without relying on broad “things to do” pages.
What this metro page answers best
Use these blocks to compare nearby options by cost, weather fit, trip type, and how much planning detail is available before you open each venue page.
That makes this page stronger than a generic “things to do” list when you need a nearby comparison set with official links, prices, and trip-day logistics in one place.
Start with those for class planning, then open the venue pages to confirm current dates, class-size rules, chaperone ratios, and arrival details.
That gives homeschool pods and co-ops a narrower local set to check before falling back to broader statewide exploration.
Use those counts together when the trip needs to work for younger students, short bus windows, or uncertain weather.

Alstede Farms
Northern New Jersey farm field trip with 20+ group tours, $18.99 spring or one-picking options, the $24.99 two-picking option, 90-minute spring tour context, lunch tables, tour parking, accessibility caveats.
- Reserve
- Use the official farm tour request form or group tours phone line; the FAQ says the date and time are not booked until the $75 non-refundable deposit or approved purchase order is received.
- Lunch
- Official tour pages provide picnic or lunch tables after the tour; groups can bring lunch or ask about Farmhouse District snack availability for the visit date.
- Bus
- Follow the official Tour Parking signs, use the designated tour area, and check in at the Information Shed with the Tour Supervisor; groups are asked to arrive 15 minutes early.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Kiddie Dome
Northern New Jersey option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Ogdensburg NJ Sterling Hill Mining Museum field trip with 15+ private group tour rules, two-week advance scheduling, $15 adults, $14 seniors, $13 children 4-12, $5 under 4, roughly two-hour guided tour, Zobel Hall, 1300-foot mine walk, Warren Museum of Fluorescence, Rainbow Tunnel, educator resources, 56°F mine conditions, wheelchair/stroller accessible route.
- Reserve
- Call 973-209-7212 to schedule because official guidance says tours are not scheduled through email. Request the private school/group tour at least two weeks ahead and confirm date, headcount, prices, arrival time, chaperones, accessibility, and rain/seasonal public-tour differences.
- Lunch
- The official site lists a gift shop/snack bar but does not publish school lunch logistics in the tour copy; confirm whether the class should eat before arrival, use the snack bar, or return to buses for lunch.
- Bus
- Use the official 30 Plant Street, Ogdensburg, NJ address and confirm bus arrival, parking, check-in, gift shop/snack bar access, and whether the group will also use outdoor equipment areas or sluicing.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5