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Ten ways to have fun in and around Ammon

Even if you're the type of person who can flip through 150 channels and say there's nothing on TV, you won't complain there's nothing to do in and around Ammon after looking through the ideas included here. Whether you're new to the area or an old-timer you'll find something exciting to do.

1. Ammon city swimming pool

3000 Southwick, Ammon
(208) 612-4044

When it's hot as blazes in Ammon and there's no rain in sight, it's time to take a dip in the Ammon City swimming pool. The pool has a children's area, and swimming and diving areas. The pool is 10-feet deep at its deepest point.

Local residents should take advantage of the swimming lessons also offered at the pool. Online sign up and other information is available online here. Or you may call the Ammon City Pool for information during the operating season. Jennifer Kerner is the pool manager.

2. Edwards Grand Teton Stadium 14

2707 S 25th East, Ammon
(208) 552-7544
www.regmovies.com

Beat the heat by heading to the movies. A summer tradition of watching a movie at Edwards Grand Teton Stadium 14 offers the best in stadium seating, digital sound and wall-to-wall screens. This first-run theater is located in Ammon, across from the Grand Teton Mall, making "dinner and a movie" easy.

3. Tautphaus park zoo

2725 Carnival Way, Idaho Falls
(208) 612-8552
www.idahofallszoo.org

Watch the flock of threatened African Penguins, experience a wallaby mob on the move, discover the gibbons' acrobatic abilities or surround yourself with sights and sounds of South American birds in the walk-through aviary. Stop by the Children's Zoo and pat a donkey, feed a lamb or just relax on a bench and enjoy the beautifully landscaped grounds. Over 300 animals, the largest collection in Idaho, call Tautphaus Park Zoo home.

4. Teton spectrum raceway

2363 Eagle Drive, Ammon
(208) 529-6611
www.tetonspectrumraceway.com

If you have unfulfilled dreams of taking the checkered flag at Talladega, consider getting a taste at the Teton Spectrum Raceway. TSR offers go-cart racing and an arcade.

5. Idaho Falls Chukars

McDermott Field, 568 W. Elva, Idaho Falls
(208) 522-8363
www.ifchukars.com

From June to September, summer nights are filled with the sound of the crack of the bat and smell of peanuts and popcorn at Idaho Falls Chukars games. The Chukars play in the Pioneer League and offer a chance for tomorrow's major leaguers to be seen today.

6. Willard Arts Center / Colonial Theater

498 A Street, Idaho Falls
(208) 522-0471
Hours: Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
www.idahofallsarts.org/

For years the Colonial Theater in downtown Idaho Falls served as a stop for vaudeville performers. In more recent history, the theater was used to show movies. However, the three-building facility now serves as a cultural centerpiece to the region and brings art of all kinds to Idaho Falls and the surrounding area.

The Willard Arts Center has a visual arts building (comprised of the Taylor and Betty Carr Gallery and the Blake and Laurel Hall Gallery for Young Artists) as well as three classrooms, a conference room, a reception area and a theater lobby.

The renovated 970-seat Colonial Theater welcomed its first show in March 1999.

7. Local restaurants

Various Locations

Before you visit the other attractions listed here, make sure and grab a bite to eat. Although national restaurants can be found in or near Ammon, there are also some local favorites that are worth a try.

Ammon residents and visitors have their choice of American, Chinese, Italian or Mexican restaurants all within a very short drive. Most of the standard fast food restaurants have also popped up along 17th St. and Hitt Road.

8. Museum of Idaho

Broadway and Yellowstone Highway #91, Idaho Falls
(208) 522-1400
www.museumofidaho.org

The Museum of Idaho, located near downtown Idaho Falls, features many varied traveling exhibits from around the country and is devoted to preserving and showcasing the natural and cultural history of Idaho and the Intermountain West.

In addition to featuring traveling exhibits, the museum is the permanent home of displays concerning the Columbian Mammoth, Lewis and Clark and the Race for Atomic Power.

9. Walking Paths

The City of Ammon has three walking paths, one each in McCowin, Peterson and a brand new path in Eagle's Homestead Park. Each walking path allows for leisure walking or fitness conditioning in beautiful park settings. The paths are maintained for year round activities.

Idaho Falls Greenbelt
Downtown Idaho Falls
http://www.idahofallsidaho.gov/city/city-departments/parks-recreation.html

The Idaho Falls Greenbelt is a center for area events - from 4th of July fireworks to weddings. It is also a place for boating, running, in-line skating and picnics. The greenbelt offers a great place to take out-of-town visitors, as it passes by hotels, restaurants, picnic areas, waterfalls and the LDS Church's temple.

Take your time walking around the greenbelt and notice the memorials to fallen soldiers and community leaders. Read about the water falls that gave Idaho Falls its name and its electrical impact.

Walking distances around the Greenbelt: Broadway to John's Hole and around: 2.3 miles. Around Freeman Park: 1 mile. Broadway to Pancheri and back: 1 mile.

10. Area golf courses

http://www.idahofallsidaho.gov/city/city-departments/parks-recreation/golf-courses.html

Each of the area's three public golf courses offers a slightly different challenge. Enjoy the windswept dunes surrounding Sand Creek Golf Course, which is the closest course to Ammon, or head closer to downtown and play Pinecrest Golf Course, complete with large evergreens and passing traffic. Sage Lakes is the newest of the three courses, but is quickly becoming a favorite.