🎿 Water park in summer, skiing/tubing in winter · gentle intro to both · 🚗 ~1 hr 25 min from Boston
Rhode Island’s two-season surprise: a water park with slides and a kiddie pool in summer, and the state’s only ski and snow-tubing area in winter. Small, affordable and never overwhelming — good first slides and first ski runs.
Water park in summer, skiing/tubing in winter · gentle intro to both. Rhode Island’s two-season surprise: a water park with slides and a kiddie pool in summer, and the state’s only ski and snow-tubing area in winter.
About 1 hr 25 min by car from downtown Boston without traffic (160 Yawgoo Valley Rd, Exeter, RI 02822). Add buffer on summer weekends.
Yawgoo Valley is water park in summer; ski area in winter. Hours shift year to year — always confirm on yawgoo.com before you go.
Water park: weekday mornings in July–August. Ski/tubing: weekday nights or Sunday mornings — Saturday afternoon tubing sessions sell out; book online ahead.
Compare all 16 parks — with a map and drive times — in our New England amusement parks guide, or browse family activities near Boston.