Texas, United States
Field trips near Fort Worth, TX
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 Fort Worth, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near Fort Worth. 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 Fort Worth
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 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Fort Worth Zoo before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Fort Worth Zoo are good first checks when you want indoor backup before digging into more weather-sensitive options.
2 places lean animals, aquariums, gardens, parks, or nature learning, which makes this metro strong for outdoor or live-exhibit planning.
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.

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History field trip with $5 student exhibits, $5 student Omni Theater, $3 student planetarium, one free educator or adult chaperone per 10 students, day-of payment, no purchase orders, Farrington Field bus parking, parent parking fees, 9:45 lead educator check-in before booking.
- Reserve
- Use the official Field Trips page and resource guide. Lead educators check in at the Urban Lantern box office at 1600 Gendy Street; full payment is due the day of the visit by check or card, and purchase orders are not accepted.
- Lunch
- Confirm lunch timing and storage with Group Services before promising families a meal plan; the resource guide is more explicit about check-in and parking than about guaranteed indoor lunch space.
- Bus
- Full-size buses receive free parking at Farrington Field unless otherwise stated; buses cannot park in the Cultural District. Personal vehicles use City of Fort Worth Cultural District parking for a fee.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Fort Worth Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo field trip with school-year discounted student ticket rules, online purchase at least 10 days ahead, one free ticket for every 10 student tickets, additional district employee pricing, $5 parent vehicle parking, free school bus parking, bus-driver admission rules, lunch planning before booking.
- Reserve
- Use the official Field Trips page and buy discounted student/staff tickets online at least 10 days before the visit; the field-trip guidelines say each teacher must present the printed barcode with exact student and school staff counts.
- Lunch
- Confirm lunch timing, food rules, and where students will eat before promising a meal plan; outdoor zoo routes, heat, and animal schedules can make lunch supervision more important than a single exhibit stop.
- Bus
- School buses park free in the main parking lot, all other vehicles pay $5 on field trip day, and bus drivers may receive a Zoo admission ticket if they present valid school district identification at Guest Relations.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5