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Amusement parksHershey, Harrisburg and Lebanon

Adventure Sports in Hershey

Hershey, PA · 1 hour 8 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

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Adventure Sports in Hershey

Plan the day

Drive1 hour 8 minutes from Reading, 52 miles1 hour 37 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 9 minutes from Hamburg · 1 hour 6 minutes from Morgantown
Where3010 Elizabethtown Road, Hershey, PA 17033, Hershey, PAOpen in maps →
OpenHours set day by day on the site's calendar; currently mini golf and indoor games Friday to Sunday, rides Saturday and Sunday, driving range daily.Driving range daily 12 to 8 (last bucket 7:30); other attractions by the day's posted hours, with the last mini golf round sold 30 minutes before closing.
AdmissionNo admission fee; mini golf $11 (3 and under free with a paying adult), go-karts and bumper boats $11 a ride ($3 passengers), laser tag $11, escape rooms $11, batting cages $4 per 16 pitches; no year posted.
Good forlittle kids, big kids, teens, adults, a group of friends

Adventure Sports in Hershey is a family fun park in Hershey, PA, four miles south of town, with go-karts, mini golf, bumper boats, batting cages, laser tag, escape rooms, a driving range and an arcade.

There is no gate: you park free and pay $11 a ride or round, so a family can pick two or three things (go-karts, bumper boats, 18 holes of mini golf, outdoor laser tag, mini escape rooms, batting cages, a driving range, an arcade) and pair it with a Hershey day. From November 21 to January 3 the mini golf course is strung with Holiday Lights and a round drops to $5 on Friday evenings and weekends.

Before you go

No admission fee, free parking, pay per attraction. Go-kart drivers must be 10 and 58 inches tall, bumper boat drivers 44 inches, passengers 40 inches with an adult 18 or older. Laser tag needs closed-toe shoes and ages 6 and up; escape rooms are ages 8 and up.

Coming up

Holiday Lights on the mini golf course, posted for November 21 through January 3: Fridays 4 to 8, Saturdays 12 to 8, Sundays 12 to 6, $5 a round, with the snack bar open and hot chocolate.

Official site →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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