Day trips from Berks County to Northern Delaware

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 16 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Nemours Estate is the 77-room mansion, chauffeur's garage and 200 acres of French-inspired formal gardens built for Alfred I. duPont in Wilmington, DE.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

The Brandywine Zoo is a zoo of under five acres in Brandywine Park along the Brandywine River in Wilmington, DE, run by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation with the Delaware Zoological Society.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

The Delaware Museum of Nature & Science is a natural history museum on Kennett Pike in Wilmington, DE, with galleries on Delaware's ecosystems, life around the world and the Cretaceous Mid-Atlantic.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Hagley Museum and Library is the site of the original DuPont powder yards in Wilmington, DE: 235 acres with the historic powder yard, the Nation of Inventors exhibition, and the Eleutherian Mills residence and its gardens.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading

The Grand Opera House is a performing arts center in Wilmington, DE, with three stages: Copeland Hall and The Baby Grand at 818 N. Market Street, and The Playhouse on Rodney Square two blocks up Market Street.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

The Delaware Children's Museum is a hands-on children's museum on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE, built for families with young children.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading

The Wilmington Blue Rocks are a High-A minor league baseball team, the Washington Nationals affiliate, playing at Frawley Stadium on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE.

Winterthur, DE · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is Henry Francis du Pont's former estate in Winterthur, DE: a house museum of American decorative arts, a 1,000-acre naturalistic garden and a research library.

Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 25 minutes from Reading

The Wilmington & Western Railroad is a heritage railroad in Wilmington, DE, running excursion trains from Greenbank Station through the Red Clay Valley behind antique steam and diesel locomotives and a 1929 Doodlebug railcar.

Hockessin, DE · 1 hour 27 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Mt. Cuba Center is a botanic garden of native plants in Hockessin, DE, with gardens and nearly three miles of trails across 1,000 acres.