Flushing Meadows-Corona Park | Queens, NY

Sure, you’ve been to Citi Field. But that’s not the only reason to make the trip to Willets Point: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, an expansive mass of greenery a stone’s throw from where you watch the Mets, offers more space than you could ever explore in one day. Depending on whom you ask, it’s the second-largest park in the city (1,255 acres), home to U.S. Open–caliber tennis at Arthur Ashe Stadium, flowers, history and art at the Queens Botanical Gardens, Museum and Theatre, par-3 golf courses, lakes, BBQ pits, countless soccer fields and more than enough lounge-worthy places to spend an afternoon in the sun. Aside from being the perfect venue for your weekend pursuits, it’s worth noting that the park hosted two World’s Fairs (1939 and 1964), and iconic reminders of the latter still stand in the park.