Places in Lancaster County worth the drive from Berks County, for when you want to get out of the county and go do something. Each one shows how far the drive is from Reading, what it costs and when it’s open.
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Ephrata, PA · 30 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Historic Ephrata Cloister is a preserved 18th-century religious community in Ephrata, PA, established in 1732 and run by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. It is a National Historic Landmark.
East Earl, PA · 34 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Shady Maple Smorgasbord is a Pennsylvania Dutch buffet restaurant in East Earl, PA, sharing an 11-acre plaza with the Shady Maple Farm Market and the Shady Maple Gift Shop.
Lititz, PA · 36 minutes from Reading
Oregon Dairy is a family farm with a supermarket, restaurant and ice cream shop on Oregon Pike in Lititz, PA, plus The Farmstead's corn maze, pumpkin patch and escape room in fall and Christmas at The Dairy in the holiday season.
Lancaster, PA · 37 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster, PA is the state's museum of Pennsylvania German history, heritage, lifeways and farming, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Lancaster, PA · 38 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Hands-on House is a nonprofit children's museum on Landis Valley Road in Lancaster, PA, built for children ages 2 to 10, with indoor play exhibits and an outdoor adventure garden.
Lititz, PA · 39 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery is a historic pretzel bakery with guided tours in Lititz, PA. It dates to 1861 and calls itself the first commercial pretzel bakery in America.
Lititz, PA · 40 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Wolf Sanctuary of PA is a refuge for gray wolves and wolf-dogs on Speedwell Forge Road in Lititz, PA. The only way to see the wolves is on a reserved guided tour or at an event.
Lancaster, PA · 43 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Lancaster Science Factory is a hands-on, interactive science center in Lancaster, PA, for kids in Pre-K through 8th grade and their families. Admission is good for the whole day.
Stevens, PA · 43 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Refreshing Mountain Retreat & Adventure Center is a zipline and aerial adventure park on 100 acres of woodland in Stevens, PA, 25 minutes north of Lancaster, with cabins and a retreat center on the same grounds.
Lancaster, PA · 43 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Tiny Town is an indoor play place in Lancaster, PA, built as a kid-sized village of 12 furnished playhouses, from a fire station, hospital and market to a salon, post office and castle, with a coffee bar for the grown-ups.
Lancaster, PA · 44 minutes from Reading
The Lancaster Stormers are an Atlantic League professional baseball team that plays at Penn Medicine Park, 650 North Prince Street in Lancaster, PA.
Lancaster, PA · 46 minutes from Reading
The Fulton Theatre is a professional regional theatre producing musicals and plays at 12 North Prince Street in Lancaster, PA.
Intercourse, PA · 46 minutes from Reading · Free
Kitchen Kettle Village is an outdoor shopping village in Intercourse, PA, built around a working canning kitchen, with shops, restaurants and an inn on Route 340, 10 miles east of Lancaster city.
Lancaster, PA · 46 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
LancasterHistory is a history museum and research center in Lancaster, PA, on an 11-acre campus with President James Buchanan's Wheatland, the 1828 home of the 15th U.S. president, and the Tanger Arboretum.
Lancaster, PA · 46 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The North Museum of Nature and Science is a natural history and science museum in Lancaster, PA, with a planetarium, rotating exhibits and a live animal room.
Bird-in-Hand, PA · 47 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Bird-in-Hand Stage is a live theater on the banquet level of the Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant & Smorgasbord in Bird-in-Hand, PA, playing family shows, comedy and holiday musicals from April through December.
Lancaster, PA · 47 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre is a 320-seat dinner theater in Lancaster, PA, that serves a buffet before professional musicals and plays all year.
Manheim, PA · 47 minutes from Reading
The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire is a weekend Renaissance festival on the grounds of Mount Hope Estate & Winery in Manheim, PA, with jousting, stage shows and craft merchants across 35-plus acres.
Lancaster, PA · 47 minutes from Reading
Prima Theatre is a concert and contemporary theatre company in Lancaster, PA, performing in its own boutique space at 941 Wheatland Avenue.
Lancaster, PA · 48 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
American Music Theatre is a 1,600-seat live performance theatre on Lincoln Highway East in Lancaster, PA, staging touring concerts, tribute shows and its own original Christmas Show.
Lancaster, PA · 48 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Amish Farm & House is a 15-acre farm with an 1805 farmhouse, a one-room schoolhouse and farm animals in Lancaster, PA, that runs guided house tours and bus tours of the Amish countryside.
Lancaster, PA · 48 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Dutch Wonderland is a family amusement park in Lancaster, PA, built around rides for young children, with puppet and dive shows and the Duke's Lagoon water play area.
Ronks, PA · 48 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Old Windmill Farm is a working Amish family farm in Ronks, PA, that opens for hands-on tours where visitors milk a cow, bottle-feed calves, gather eggs and take a hayride.
Bird-in-Hand, PA · 48 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Amish Experience is a visitor center at Plain & Fancy Farm in Bird-in-Hand, PA, with a theater show, a replica Amish house and one-room school, and guided minibus tours through Amish farmland.
Manheim, PA · 50 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Kreider Farms Farm Tour is a 90-minute guided bus tour of a working dairy farm on Route 72 in Manheim, PA, offered Monday through Saturday from May through October.
Manheim, PA · 50 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Laserdome is an indoor entertainment center in Manheim, PA, with a two-level 9,000-square-foot laser tag arena, the Verse Immersive holographic AR theater, an arcade, a laser maze and a free disc golf course.
Ronks, PA · 50 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Amish Village is a 12-acre educational property in Ronks, PA, built around an Amish farmhouse from 1840, with guided house tours and a 90-minute bus tour of the Lancaster County countryside.
Lancaster, PA · 51 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Barnyard Kingdom is the fall play area at Country Barn, a farm and farm market on South Donerville Road in Lancaster, PA, near Mountville, open weekends in September and October.
Mountville, PA · 51 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Corn Cob Acres is a fall farm play park in Mountville, PA, on the Field of Screams farm, with over 50 outdoor activities and games by the site's count, open weekends from September into early November.
Mountville, PA · 51 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Field of Screams is a Halloween haunted attraction on a farm in Mountville, PA, with a haunted hayride, two haunted houses (Den of Darkness and Frightmare Asylum) and the Nocturnal Wasteland haunted woods, in its 34th season in 2026.
Ronks, PA · 52 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Sight & Sound Theatres is a live theater in Ronks, PA, that stages Bible stories as full stage productions; Joshua plays March 14 through December 31, 2026, and Jonah opens March 11, 2027.
Strasburg, PA · 54 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Choo Choo Barn is a 1,700 square foot model train layout in Strasburg, PA, running 17 trains past over 180 hand-built animated figures and vehicles, by the site's count.
Paradise, PA · 54 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Magic & Wonder Dinner Theater is a dinner theater in Paradise, PA, on Route 30 east of Lancaster, that pairs a buffet dinner with a two hour magic and variety show.
Ronks, PA · 54 minutes from Reading
Strasburg Rail Road is a steam railroad in Ronks, PA, running 45-minute round trips through Lancaster County farmland. The 9-mile ride goes to Paradise and back behind early 20th-century steam engines, with audio commentary on board.
Strasburg, PA · 55 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a state-run museum in Strasburg, PA with more than 100 locomotives and railroad cars from the mid 1800s to the 1900s on display, indoors and out.
Ronks, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The National Toy Train Museum is the Train Collectors Association's museum in Ronks, PA, with toy trains from the 1800s to today and seven operating layouts.
Columbia, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The National Watch & Clock Museum is a museum of timekeeping in Columbia, PA, run by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, with more than 13,000 timepieces in its collection.
Columbia, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Turkey Hill Experience is an interactive ice cream and iced tea attraction in Columbia, PA, built around how the dairy's products are made, with unlimited samples included.
Willow Street, PA · 57 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The 1719 Museum is a history site in Willow Street, PA, built around the 1719 Herr House, the oldest surviving homestead in Lancaster County, and a full-sized reproduction of a Native longhouse.
Ronks, PA · 58 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm is a seasonal farm attraction in Ronks, PA, with a 5-acre corn maze, a pumpkin patch, animal encounters and a long list of rides, slides and games on one admission.
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