The Poconos is a resort area surrounded by mountains in Pennsylvania that offers a multitude of on-site activities. Various festivals happen every week, offering culturally themed food, music and activities. There are two water parks including Camel Beach Water Park, an outside park with 22 water slides and a mini water park for kids and Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor water park resort that offers 401 guest lodging suites. As of 2011, an all day pass for Camelbeach starts at $25.00 and tickets for Great Wolf Lodge's water park, which are reserved for overnight guests, are generally free when you book a room at the lodge. Other on-site attractions include several stables for horseback riding, the Poconos Golf Course, rafting and kayaking excursions and Wild Animal Park, a petting zoo with daily animal shows.
Because the weather is still fair during Labor Day weekend, an outdoor water park is a viable vacation destination. Water Country is a 1950s-themed water park located in Williamsburg, Virginia that combines family-based attractions with electronically monitored rides systems to reduce line wait times and make park visits more enjoyable. Listed on CNN's 2006 list of the top ten U.S. water parks, it offers Virginia's largest wading pool, a daily live high-divers show and various water areas just for kids. Water country's main attractions are its 1,500-foot river rafting ride and racing slide. As of 2011, tickets cost $46.99 for adults and $39.99 for children.
Camping is an option for Labor Day Weekend because the weather is still decent enough for you to enjoy yourself outdoors while participating in nature-based activities. Yosemite National Park, the place where talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, televised a 2011 vacation, is located in east central California. The park, which was listed as one the top ten national parks by ABC News in 2009, has 1,200 square miles of deep valleys, vast wilderness areas, rolling meadows, waterfalls and ancient sequoias. Yosemite has 13 campgrounds that are open all year where campers can hike, bike, walk and horse-back ride on extensive trails, as well as participate in fishing and boating activities on the many lakes within the park. The cost for camping includes a $20.00 park entrance fee, and as of 2011 ranges from $5.00 to $40.00 per night, per person, depending on which campsite you choose.
Since Labor Day marks the last days of summer, spending the holiday weekend enjoying the sun at a beach destination may be a vacation choice for you. Mentioned on USA Today's list of Labor Day Vacation Ideas, Fire Island is located off the south shore of Long Island, New York. The Island consist of several resort villages that face the Atlantic Ocean. Visitors can participate in various activities, such as swimming, surfing, water skiing, canoeing and other water sports, as well as hiking and biking on trails around the island. The island's nightlife offers an array of restaurants, clubs, bars and live shows.
