United States Vegan Activities including Attractions & Vegan Shopping
In addition to activities specifically created for us vegans like vegan surf camps, vegan yoga retreats, and vegan tours, many of the activities we vegans enjoy doing while traveling abroad, as well as in our home towns, often reflect out compassionate outlook on life. For example, most vegans would never go to a zoo or aquatic park, but we would happily visit national parks and protected conservation areas.
Attractions we vegans enjoy
What attractions do we vegans like going to when we are traveling? Most vegans would love going to protected nature conservation areas like the Galápagos Islands where we can see undisturbed nature and animals roaming freely in their natural habitats. Learn which attractions your fellow vegans enjoy going to when they are traveling and those attractions local vegans would recommend for visitors to their own hometowns. And please share the attractions you’ve most enjoyed visiting, both while traveling abroad and in the region you live. Some attractions examples include the landmarks, museums, and national parks and conservation areas you and your fellow vegans really enjoyed on your holiday travels. And for those facilities that have cafeterias or provide meals, please also review the vegan meal options they offer. With your help, and the help of our vegan community, this page can truly reflect the attractions we vegans most enjoy visiting.
Vegan Shopping
Not that long ago it was challenging trying to find quality vegan clothes, shoes, and clothing accessories. And only a handful of grocery stores had a good selection of vegan groceries. Luckily, interest in vegan groceries and ethical clothing has been growing steadily. These days, we have loads of vegan shopping options available to us. From basic vegan ware to the most elite and fashionable vegan clothing outlets and vegan shoe stores. We vegans have so many options to choose from. Almost all grocery stores now carry a wide variety of ready to serve vegan items we can easily prepare at home, and we even have completely vegan grocery stores, which well deserve our patronage. When we travel it’s fun to explore and patron vegan shopping establishments. And these days, no matter where we travel, there are amazing vegan shopping options to choose from. Some countries have lots of stores stocked with vegan wares, and many have a wealth of 100% vegan food stores and clothing outlets to choose from. This page contains some of the best vegan shopping. The vegan stores listed below were dynamically generated and sorted by your reviews and the reviews of your fellow vegans. We accept no advertising. Our goal is to provide a platform that truly respects and mirrors our collective vegan opinions and perspectives. As our global vegan community adds additional vegan and vegan-friendly listings, and as we review and rate our favorites, the resulting listings will continually, and more accurately, reflect our global vegan shopping preferences.
Vegan Activities, Attractions and Vegan Shopping in United States
Scapegoat Tattoo is a tattoo shop located at 1223 SE Stark St. in Portland, OR… in the same building with vegan businesses Food Fight! grocery, Herbivore, and Sweetpea Baking Co. Scapegoat originally opened in September 2005 on SE 41st & Division and moved to the current Stark St. location in December 2007.
We have eight full-time artists with close to 40 years of combined tattooing experience with all styles. We are open every day from 12-8 and are available for walk-ins and appointments alike. You can reach us at 503-232-GOAT or scapegoattattoo@gmail.com for any inquiries… it’s best to call before stopping by to make sure we can be available that day.
We have worked hard to make sure that nothing we use in the shop has any animal products in it. This does not make the pigments we use organic or soy based. They are professional, top of the line, products.
We make vegan/vegetarian/animal rights message gear. We sell vegan wallets, belts, bags, accessories and other various vegan stuff. We sometimes publish books. We have a store in Portland, OR, in the vegan mini-mall. We ride bikes. We grow food. We’re doing our best.
At Frey Vineyards we combine the best of modern and traditional winemaking methods to showcase distinctive varietal flavors […] Our organic and Biodynamic farming methods encourage care for the soil, groundwater, and wildlife, promoting rich biodiversity in the vineyard. Ninety percent of our land is held as unspoiled natural habitat with a diverse mix of native plants and animals. As stewards of the land, we emphasize producing organic and Biodynamic wine of the highest quality while caring for planet and palate alike.
Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.
Lollipop Nail Studio uses only the finest quality organic ingredients and oils. We offer the most luxuriant, nourishing nail polish available —safe for your skin, with a delightful variety of shades and colors to match your every whimsical whim.
For each service, Lollipop sterilizes all stainless steel tools, and we use only brand-new files, sticks, and buffers (which you are free to take home after your service), as well as new liners for each pedicure. Our manicures are waterless, performed with hot towels and custom-created oils. And we strive to ensure an environment in which the only aromas arise from our four essential elements: almond, rose, camellia and gerenium.
At Lollipop, everything that touches your skin is designed to enhance your energy and ensure your health, happiness, and (well-deserved) hedonism. And every Lollipop signature service is completely customized to match the mood and moxie of the moment. We’re here to fulfill your heart’s desire!
The Farmers Market Maui in Kaanapali is a vegetarian grocery store with lots of local fresh produce and lots of vegan groceries & vegan food items. Their purpose is to support and nourish a healthy community with local, organic, sustainable, fair trade options and education.
We’ve been kicking around since 2003, trying our best to provide quality vegan junk food and uncomfortable giggles to all residents of our goofy little planet. Basically, we’re a vegan grocery/convenience store based in Portland, Oregon. We also have an online store. We have a small produce and bulk section, but we really specialize in lots of good, fun food. Chips, drinks, candies, fake meat and cheese, & stuff like that.
We also try our best to support our global community of bleeding-heart-do-gooders with monthly benefits and by trying to keep the focus on the animals, the earth, and all the non-turd people in between. We are not at all concerned with your current fad diet or food fetish, sorry.
Thanks for checking us out. Any questions or problems? Just get in touch. Product suggestions? Shoot ’em our way. And please tell your friends.
Producer-only farmers markets in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado since 1987.
On 13th Street between Canyon & Arapahoe
Saturdays: 8am – 2pm on 13th Street
April 4, 2015 – November 21, 2015
Style + Substance = Impact.
The Compassionate Closet is a vegan-owned business that sells cruelty-free apparel, shoes, belts, bags, jewelry, and other accessories.
Our goal is to merge passions for design, fashion, and being a voice for animals, the environment, people, and communities. As part of our commitment to the animals, 5% of all sales are donated to organizations that advocates for animals and donates products to a variety of animal organization for fundraising events.
We also feel strongly about the environmental impact of our products and use recycled products wherever possible including recycled shipping boxes and packaging. Every manufactured product has an unavoidable environmental cost, but we do as much as we can to minimize the impact of our products.
We believe it easy to lead a compassionate lifestyle without sacrifice in luxury or style, that’s why we’re FASHIONING A MOVEMENT.
ZERO market offers customers chemical- and preservative-free groceries, organic and locally grown produce, cruelty-free body care and eco-household products all in bulk and without disposable packaging. All of our products are healthy alternatives to the products available at conventional grocery chains and are specifically sold to be a “zero-waste” product. The creation of the market is in response to the growing demand for more convenience when it comes to a store offering zero-waste products.
ZERO market is a comfortable place to meet for a bite to eat, find all the products you need that are hard to find “zero-waste” elsewhere, and a resource center for zero-waste education, cooking classes and nutrition workshops.
In addition, the market is also be the only one of its kind in the area. There are no other stores in the city of Denver offering the variety of products in bulk and zero-waste packaging that ZERO market offers.
Along with our eco-friendly foundation of values, ZERO market gives back to the community. We participate in community projects and host fund-raisers for local community services. We offer workshops for healthier and more environmentally friendly lifestyles while keeping a sliding scale to make it affordable for all income families. ZERO market raises awareness to those shopping in the area and is also a destination market for those living in other areas around the metro-Denver area.
Brother and sister team Aubry and Kale Walch have spent the last several years perfecting The Herbivorous Butcher’s deliciously deceiving meat-free meats. Aubry has been a vegetarian for 18 years and has spent over a decade creating meat-free alternatives to all the foods that she grew up with on Guam, a place where cooking was very important and each meal consisted of 2-3 different kinds of meat or seafood, not to mention a wide variety of flavors, spices, and textures, blending traditional cuisine with culinary cultures from across the world.
After years of watching Aubry thrive as a strict non-meat eater, Kale Walch followed suit and became vegan. Over the past several years, he has developed a keen sense for the many ingredients and methods that go into making the most flavorful, nutritious and satisfying meat alternatives. Having made the change from omnivore to vegan more recently, he is able to invoke the flavors of his previous “meat palate” to create realistic and tastefully accurate meat-alternatives.
NOOCH Vegan Market is a specialty store located at Ellsworth & Broadway in Denver, Colorado, offering groceries, snacks, grab n go, books, body care, kitchenware, gifts, and accessories. We are 100% vegan and cruelty-free because we believe that animals have the right to be free from human use and see NOOCH as an extension of that ideology.
The tallest dunes in North America are the centerpiece in a diverse landscape of wetlands, grasslands, forests, alpine lakes and tundra.
Visit the park website for extensive information about the park, including planning your visit, weather information, campgrounds, Medano Creek conditions and forecast flow, Medano Pass Road conditions, nature and science, and more:
http://www.nps.gov/grsa
About the Great Sand Dunes Facebook Page
The Great Sand Dunes Facebook page was established by the National Park Service in 2008 as an interpretive outreach forum to strengthen public connections to park resources, and to encourage visitors to share experiences of the park with each other. You are welcome to “like” and comment on status updates, links, photos, and video clips posted here by park staff and visitors.
If you wish to express a comment or question about something related to the park in a formal and official capacity, please visit the park’s contact page for email, phone numbers, and physical addresses:
http://www.nps.gov/grsa/contacts.html
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain regionÛªs leading resource for informal science education.
As an education-based organization, we believe in the importance of open exchange and learning. In order to maintain a family friendly and respectful environment, we do moderate comments made on our social media networks. While most comments will remain posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can.
We are dedicated to providing our visitors with a quality experience ÛÒ whether it be online or at the Museum. We will address all constructive criticisms quickly and efficiently as long as they are not abusive, offensive, inappropriate, profane (including expletives and letters followed by dashes) or illegal.
The Pikes Peak Highway entrance is conveniently located 15 minutes west of Colorado Springs on Highway 24. The beauty of being so close to the city is that you can spend your time enjoying the mountain instead of getting to the mountains. Plan for your round trip journey to the summit to take 2-3 hours.
The safe, scenic highway provides you the opportunity to enjoy Pikes Peak at your leisure. From the gateway at an elevation of 7,400 feet, youÛªll encounter some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world as you wind your way through an alpine wonderland of scenic beauty, mountain reservoirs, beyond timberline, overtaking the cloudsÛ_all along the way to the 14,115 foot summit of AmericaÛªs most famous mountain.
Along the way, youÛªll discover the North Slope Recreation Area, Crystal Reservoir Gift Shop, Historic Glen Cove Inn, and the Summit House. There are three lakes, picnic areas, hiking trails, and breathtaking views.
Pikes Peak is classified as a “National Historic Landmark” and not a “National Park”, so National Park Passes can not be used here.
Started in Fall 2008, Leanne spent a year developing the line, launching for preorders in summer of 2009, which funded the first run. Vaute Couture has been featured on Oprah.com (who said “Vaute Couture proves that compassionate fashion can be cute, chic, & sexy”), TeenVogue.com, and on FOX Tv’s Bones. Celeb fans include Alicia Silverstone & Emily Deschanel.
Located in Midtown Manhattan (between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues) Bryant Park is visited by over 6 million people each year and is one of the busiest public spaces in the world. The Winter Market features many vegan-friendly vendors, selling food, clothing and other items.
Grape Cat is an online vegan retail store carrying all of your fashion needs from t-shirts to coats, and wallets to duffle bags, and everything in-between. Grape Cat prides itself on carrying eco-friendly and U.S. made merchandise. Thank you for dressing compassionately.
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Our year-round headquarters is in North Kohala on The Big Island of Hawaii; a beautiful area, with clean air and lovely surrounding countryside. We have a large vegan-organic garden with which we demonstrate how easy it is to grow food without the use of chemicals or any animal by-products. This location is our headquarters, from which we share our message with the world.
Gentle World is not a business or a working farm, but a team of dedicated volunteers who work cooperatively to accomplish the goals of the organization. Our gardens, rather than being for profit, are used to demonstrate the principles of veganic growing, and to feed the member-volunteers and visitors.
We ask that all visitors who come to help us be prepared to exercise their personal integrity and work ethic during their stay. Because volunteer duties do not always follow specific hours, and our needs change every day, helpers are asked to participate in a variety of tasks, including garden maintenance, landscaping, general yard work, painting, carpentry, food preparation, cleaning and organizing storage sheds. We understand that different tasks suit different people and always do our best to take that into consideration.
Gentle World does not charge money for our educational program, but we welcome donations from guests and volunteers to help with the rising cost of organic food and basic necessities (such as food, gas, water, electricity, internet, etc.). Making a donation is not a requirement for visiting however, and no matter what a person’s situation is, we welcome all applications for visiting Gentle World and all inquiries into the programs we provide.
Central Park is so much more than just a large park in the middle of Manhattan. From people meditating, and practicing tai chi, to bikers, strollers, runners, & rollerbladers, and people playing every sport imaginable, Central Park has it all.
And for those looking for a bastion of peace and tranquility, it is beautifully landscaped with ponds, rolling hills, and the most gorgeous trees – especially the Cherry Blossom trees in the spring. It has a couple of cafes and restaurants, but most people bring their own food and snacks and picnic in the park, enjoying each other’s company and a bit of people watching. For us vegans, I would highly recommend bringing your own food and enjoying a casual picnic in the park. There’s a wonderful vegan takeout named Blossom Du Jour, a couple of blocks away on Amsterdam Avenue between 67th & 68th Streets. There is also a vegan sushi takeout named Beyond Sushi a few blocks away on 56th near 6th Avenue, and there is a Whole Foods right on Columbus Circle (south west corner of the park) with lots of yummy vegan buffet items and vegan deserts for your picnic in the park.
Here’s some notes from the Central Park Conservancy on Running in the Park:
Offering both hilly and flat terrain and a combination of surfaces, Central Park is a runner’s paradise. The site of the TCS New York City Marathon’s final 3.2 miles, Central Park offers both a scenic and challenging course to all levels of runners. There are three optimal places to run in Central Park:
The Reservoir: A soft surface, the Reservoir track is a 1.58-mile loop offering some of the best skyline views in the Park. In spring, cherry trees alongside the track are in bloom. Central Park Conservancy is renovating the Reservoir Running Track. Renovation work will occur in sections to cause as little disruption as possible. Runners will be diverted to the nearby bridle path, which has been prepared in anticipation of the increase in use. Learn more about the Reservoir and the renovation project here.
Bridle Path: Runners can choose from three conjoined soft surface routes: The Reservoir loop, adjacent to the Reservoir Track, totals 1.66 miles; the North Meadow loop totals 1.1 miles; and the southern spur totals 1.5 miles.
Park Drives: Circling the entire Park, the drives provide three long-distance routes – 6.1 miles, 5.2 miles, or 1.7 miles, or shorter distances if you cross the Park at a number of scenic locations. The best time to run on the drives is when the Park is closed to traffic: Monday through Friday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, and weekends from 7:00 pm Friday to 6:00 am Monday.
When the Park is open to traffic, a runners’ lane is always available, but we do not recommend running along the Park drives when they are open to traffic. The Park is officially closed from 1:00 am-6:00 am. New York Road Runners is the premier sponsor of running events in Central Park. Visit NYRR.org for a list of upcoming events.
This beautiful beach on the North Shore of Kauai about 9.2 miles from Princeville, has lush green cliffs encasing it’s soft white sand beaches, and aqua blue waters. With it’s close coral reef it is also known for being a great snorkeling and dive spot.
MooShoes is a vegan owned and operated boutique featuring a selection of handpicked cruelty-free footwear, handbags, accessories, and vegan lifestyle goods.
Visit our stores in NYC + LA or shop at mooshoes.com!
Mana Foods is recognized for its wide range of natural and organic products, which are sold at the best prices. By buying in volume and passing on 100% of every discount received, they are able to offer those savings to the customer. With over 400 local vendors, Mana Foods is a huge supporter of Maui and Hawaii companies. The colorful produce aisle at Mana Foods has an average 80-90% Certified organic or unsprayed items and 50% of produce is grown in Hawaii.
Because we care about the environment, Mana strives toward sustainability. In our deli you will find biodegradable plastic-wear and to-go containers that are made from corn. When packaging our fresh meat products and deli sandwiches we use gluten-free trays made from wheat stalks that can easily be composted. We make sure nothing goes to waste at Mana. Local farms that supply our fresh produce come pick up any compost and nothing green goes in the trash. We have also installed LED lights throughout the store and in the coolers and freezers to reduce the amount of energy we use.
MooShoes is a vegan owned and operated boutique featuring a selection of handpicked cruelty-free footwear, handbags, accessories, and vegan lifestyle goods. Visit our stores in NYC + LA or shop at mooshoes.com!
There is also a Mooshoes located in Los Angeles.
This pedestrian mall in Boulder is a great place to take a leisurely walk with friends, dine, people watch at outdoor caf̩s and restaurants, browse local stores, and enjoy street performer’s acts. And as Boulder is one of the most progressive cities in the country, almost every restaurant along the Pearl Street Mall and surrounding blocks are vegan friendly.
The Children’s Museum of Denver is where children and their grown-ups learn by DOING! With one-of-a-kind interactive exhibits, daily programs and year-round special events, there is always something to create, explore, discover and learn!
The Children’s Museum of Denver is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and an SCFD Tier II member.
The Denver Art Museum is recognized internationally for its educational programs and unique manner of interacting with visitors. Experience world-class art in one of Denver’s must-see landmarks.
Mesa Verde, Spanish for “green table,” offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years.
Colorado National Monument preserves one of the grand landscapes of the American West. But this treasure is much more than a monument. Towering monoliths exist within a vast plateau-and-canyon panorama. You can experience sheer-walled, red rock canyons along the twists and turns of Rim Rock Drive, where you may spy bighorn sheep and soaring eagles.
Rocky Mountain National Park includes 415 square miles of some of the highest mountains in the continental United States. The top third of the park encompasses the alpine tundra, a windswept land above the trees. Landscapes on either side of the Continental Divide feature alpine lakes, forested valleys and a wide range of plants and animals. Iconic summer thunderstorms and persistent winter winds are among the forces that continue to shape this majestic landscape.
