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Stay Cool! Map of Places to Escape Heat

Air-conditioning is a hot commodity.

Hot, hot, hot! Forget frying an egg on the sidewalk, this clever cook sun-baked chocolate chip cookies on the dashboard.

, but there are many ways to stay cool. We’ve started an interactive map to make it easier to find places to escape the summer heat including water parks, public beaches and indoor, air-conditioned things to do when it's hot enough to bake cookies in your car.

Click on the map above to make it larger, move it around and discover more cool ways to beat the heat.

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