The family's guide to Thanksgiving Point — six venues, one Explorer Pass
Baby animals at the farm, a tulip festival in spring, the biggest kids' museum in the state, and a dinosaur hall. Here's how to do it without overpaying.
Good morning, Happy Valley.
A Provo FOMO guide — the kind of thing we'd text a friend who just moved to the Valley and asked what's actually good.
Addresses, hours, and the insider tips, all in one place. Bookmark it, then go.
📍 30 seconds in the valley⏱️ 5 min read
- 🐑Curiosity Farms — baby animal season in spring
- 🌷Tulip Festival at Ashton Gardens
- 🦕Museum of Ancient Life's dinosaur hall
- 🎟️When the Explorer Pass actually pays off
🌷 One Campus, Six Adventures
Worth it Curiosity Farms (Farm Country)
Pony rides, a barn full of animals, and tractors — with baby-animal season landing each spring.
Our take
Spring is the moment — baby goats and lambs, and the kids lose it. Mornings are calmer than afternoons.
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Details → Worth it Ashton Gardens & the Tulip Festival
55 acres of formal gardens; the spring Tulip Festival plants hundreds of thousands of bulbs.
Our take
Peak tulips last about two weeks and the lines follow them. A weekday morning is the sweet spot.
⚠️ Heads up: Bloom timing depends on the weather — check the festival page for the live bloom update before driving up for peak color.
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Details → Worth it Museum of Natural Curiosity
A massive hands-on children's museum — water tables, a ropes course, and a Rainforest.
Our take
The single best rainy-day burner for under-10s in the Valley. Plan on hours, not minutes.
💡 Insider
The water-play area soaks sleeves — bring a change of clothes for little kids and you'll buy yourself another hour.
$$ kidsrainy day
Details → Worth it Mountain America Museum of Ancient Life
One of the largest dinosaur museums in the country — 60+ mounted skeletons and a dig pit.
Our take
Dinosaur-obsessed kid? This is the destination. The dig pit alone buys you a quiet half hour.
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Details → Worth it Butterfly Biosphere
A warm, walk-through butterfly habitat plus a bug-focused discovery space.
Our take
Small but lovely, and warm year-round — a smart pick on a cold day when you want the kids in short sleeves.
$$ toddlerswinter
Details → Worth it if you'll hit 3+ The Explorer Pass play
A combo ticket covering the venues in a single day instead of paying gate price at each.
Our take
Visiting one venue? Skip it. Hitting three or more in a day? The pass is the move.
💡 Insider
The campus is spread out and each venue is its own gate — map your three before you go and start at whichever has timed entry (the gardens or the farm in spring).
$$$ full dayvalue
Details → That's the guide. Save it for the next time someone asks what to do this weekend.
How we built this: addresses and hours were checked against each venue's own site or city page; insider detail and quotes come from first-person local reviews at Utah's Adventure Family and Utah Fun Activities, credited. Hours shift by season — call ahead before you load the car. Know a spot we missed? Reply and tell us.
— The Provo FOMO crew
