Summer is the perfect time of year for relaxing in the pool or flying down a waterslide! This amazing waterpark in Grafton Illinois is the perfect place to enjoy summer in style. Raging Rivers Waterpark is located at 100 Palisades Pkwy in Grafton, Illinois. About 40 miles from St. Louis. For more information, click here.

Raging Rivers Water-Park is the perfect place for summer vacation. The water-park has some amazing attractions for guests of all ages. This place has family fun written all over it!

Raging Rivers Water-Park has some amazing attractions! including Breaker Beach Wave Pool, a never ending Lazy River that loops around the park, there is Treehouse Harbor and the Itty Bitty Surf City for the younger guests.

If you love water-slides, they have those too! They have the Swirlpool, the Shark Slide, Runaway Rafts,  the Cascade Body Flumes, and the brand new MIssissippi Monster!

The Mississippi Monster water-slide offers the biggest thrills in the park and has three hidden chambers. This waterslide is worth the price of admission alone!

Pack your suitcases and stay for the week, Grafton is an amazing place to visit and has some of the Midwest’s best attractions. If you need a place to stay Aerie’s Resort is located just down the road and offers an exceptional lodging experience! There is also an incredible  zipline tour right here in town, featuring the longest zipline in the Midwest. Last but not least there is the only Alpine Coaster in Illinois! Combine that with restaurants, breweries, and all the little gift shops in Grafton, and you have a fantastic place for a long weekend or even a summer vacation!

Make plans now to visit Grafton and Raging Rivers Water-Park! This is the ultimate place for a unique getaway or a summer vacation!

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While the Hocking Hills Region has a ton of amazing cabin/vacation homes in the area, The Silo Cottage is without doubt one of the most unique I have see. Anywhere! The Silo Cottage is located in New Plymouth Ohio. Just minutes from Hocking Hills State Park. To check availability or to book this gorgeous home, click here. Prices are very affordable!

The property is a farmhouse style home, with all the modern updates you would expect! Including Super Fast WIFI, Roku TV! There is also an indoor fireplace.

This memorable place is anything but ordinary. While The Silo Cottage is rather small in size (around 500 square feet) the 25 foot high ceilings make it feel much larger than it really is.

The Silo Cottage has one bedroom with a queen sized mattress, and the property is capable of accommodating two adults.

The Silo Cottage is the first of this style in the entire Hocking Hills Region. The kitchen area is divided into two stations, and even includes a coffee bar! The kitchen includes a induction cooktop, microwave/oven/air fryer combo, and a retro refrigerator with freezer.

There is a covered porch on the back side of the house, that has hammock swings, comfortable patio furniture and a generous Masterspa Hot tub! The outside also has a gas grill, fire pit, and plenty of space to relax!

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Manatee Springs State Park proves boardwalks aren’t only for the beach. The park’s 800-foot boardwalk runs through a majestic cypress forest overlooking one of Florida’s breathtaking first-magnitude springs.  Manatee Springs State Park is located at 11650 N.W. 115 Street in Chiefland Florida. For more information, click here.

People have enjoyed the cool waters of Manatee Springs for more than 10,000 years, from early Paleo Indians to modern park visitors. The first-magnitude spring releases an astounding 100 million gallons of water daily. This makes it a popular cooling-off spot and a great place to stroll on the park boardwalk and gaze into watery depths.

True to its namesake, manatees can be seen in the cooler months, and birds, mammals and fish are spotted year-round. The park is open 8 am to sundown, 365 days a year!

The park features 80 campsites in three loops, each with its own hot shower restroom and all within easy walking distance of the spring. There is electricity and water at each site. There is no sewer hook-up in Magnolia 2 or Hickory but a dump station is provided.

The park also offers 8.5 miles of nature trails and a safe connection to the 32-mile Nature Coast State Trail, so don’t forget to bring your bicycles!

Whether it’s sitting next to the campfire at one of the 80 campsites, canoeing or kayaking down the Suwannee River, or hiking the many trails, Manatee Springs has you covered. A wide variety of wildlife and wildflowers inhabit the park.

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White water Water-Park in Branson features over two million gallons of fun, spread out across 13 acres of water rides, slides and waves. Whitewater is located at 3505 West 76 County Blvd in Branon Missouri. For more information, click here.

White Water has numerous slides and attractions to keep even the busiest families active all day long! There are 15 water slides to choose from ranging from mild to wild, they have something for everyone!

Aloha River at Hula Hula Bay, is an amazing lazy river totaling in at over 800 feet in length. The lazy river has a jungle theme to it. Calm waters carry you through the wild island landscape, but watch out for unexpected twists and turns, fountains, misters, bubblers, geysers, a 30-foot tall tiki water tower and more.

Enjoy the high tide of the 500,000-gallon Surf’s Up Wave Pool, float your cares away on the Aloha River or splash with little ones in Coconut Cove. For high thrills take a 70 degree, 40 foot plunge at a screaming 26 feet per second on KaPau Plummet or brave the side by side freefall drop slides at Kalani Towers.

Earn speed-demon status when you race your family and friends on the 4-lane multi-drop mat racing slides, traveling over 25 mph and 312 feet to the finish line. You’ll have a spine tingling, heart-pounding, bone-chilling, wild and wet ride to the bottom!

The smallest splashers in your family will love White Water’s Coconut Cove! This exciting play structure features five slides, four water blasters, “bubbler” fountains, hose jets, tipping buckets and more, all created for interactive play. All pictures used in this article are owned by White Water Water-Park and Silver Dollar City.

This highly-themed family attraction will transport you to the lush Polynesian jungles of the South Pacific. Plan your White Water adventure today! If you plan on staying longer than a day, there is a wonderful campground nearby, complete with Cabin, RV, and Tent sites. For more information, on the campground, click here.

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As the largest water-park in South Dakota, Wild Water West is the best summer entertainment in the state! They have been in  the business of providing safe, family fun for over 30 years. Wild Water West is located at 26767 466th Ave, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For more information, click here.

Thousands visit every year, traveling from near and far. With water and land attractions for the young and the young at heart, everyone can get their fill of thrills. Wild Water West is open daily from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.