Places in the Lehigh Valley 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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Breinigsville, PA · 36 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Grim's Orchard & Family Farms is a pick-your-own orchard and fall festival farm in Breinigsville, PA, with a corn maze, hayrides, a petting farm and a play corral on Schantz Road.
Breinigsville, PA · 40 minutes from Reading
Valley Preferred Cycling Center is an outdoor velodrome for track cycling in Breinigsville, PA, which the site also calls T-Town. Established in 1975, it hosts Friday night professional racing under the lights.
Allentown, PA · 49 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an amusement park and waterpark in Allentown, PA, part of Six Flags, with 60-plus rides, the Wildwater Kingdom waterpark and the Planet Snoopy kids area.
Orefield, PA · 53 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Lehigh Valley Screampark is a haunted attraction on a farm in Orefield, PA, where one ticket covers four haunts (House of Horrors, Condemned, Operation: Bio-Purge and Six Feet Under), the haunted hayride and a midway.
Allentown, PA · 53 minutes from Reading
PPL Center is a downtown arena in Allentown, PA, home ice of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the Philadelphia Flyers' AHL affiliate, and a stop for concerts, family shows and indoor racing.
Allentown, PA · 54 minutes from Reading
Miller Symphony Hall is an 1,100 seat concert hall in downtown Allentown, PA, home of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, in a building converted to a theater in 1899.
Allentown, PA · 55 minutes from Reading · Free
The Allentown Art Museum is a free art museum in Allentown, PA. Its galleries hold Italian, Dutch, Flemish and German paintings from the 1300s to 1700s, American art from the 1700s to the present, and a 1915 Frank Lloyd Wright library.
Allentown, PA · 55 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
America On Wheels is a transportation museum in Allentown, PA, with rare vehicles and hands-on exhibits in its galleries.
Allentown, PA · 55 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion is an interactive science museum in downtown Allentown, PA. Its galleries cover the human body, the Lehigh River watershed and Lehigh Valley industry, plus a science theater and traveling exhibits.
Allentown, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Lehigh Valley Grand Prix is an indoor go-kart track in Allentown, PA, with a quarter-mile road course, axe throwing and a sports bar in a 48,000 square foot building.
Schnecksville, PA · 57 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Lehigh Valley Zoo is an AZA-accredited zoo inside the Trexler Nature Preserve in Schnecksville, PA, run by the nonprofit Lehigh Valley Zoological Society since 2004.
Allentown, PA · 57 minutes from Reading · Free
The Mack Trucks Historical Museum is a nonprofit museum of Mack truck history in Allentown, PA, with guided tours three days a week and self-guided weekends.
Allentown, PA · 59 minutes from Reading
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are the Philadelphia Phillies' Triple-A team, playing at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA, which becomes Jefferson Park with the 2027 season.
Bethlehem, PA · 1 hour 2 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites runs museums and historic sites in Bethlehem, PA: the Moravian Museum, the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, the Colonial Industrial Quarter and Burnside Plantation, in the city's World Heritage site.
Center Valley, PA · 1 hour 2 minutes from Reading
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is a professional summer theatre company on the DeSales University campus in Center Valley, PA. Its plays run in the Labuda Center's Main Stage and Schubert Theatre.
Bethlehem, PA · 1 hour 6 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The National Museum of Industrial History is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Bethlehem, PA, set in the former Electric Repair Shop of the Bethlehem Steel plant.
Hellertown, PA · 1 hour 7 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Lost River Caverns is a limestone show cave with an underground river in Hellertown, PA, giving guided walking tours since 1930.
Bethlehem, PA · 1 hour 7 minutes from Reading
SteelStacks is ArtsQuest's 10-acre arts and entertainment campus beside the former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces in Bethlehem, PA.
Bethlehem, PA · 1 hour 7 minutes from Reading
Wind Creek Event Center is a concert and comedy venue at the Wind Creek Bethlehem casino resort in Bethlehem, PA, on the former Bethlehem Steel property.
Bethlehem, PA · 1 hour 7 minutes from Reading
Zoellner Arts Center is Lehigh University's performing arts center in Bethlehem, PA, with Baker Hall, the Diamond Theater and the Fowler Black Box Theatre.
Bath, PA · 1 hour 8 minutes from Reading · Free
Seiple Farms is a pick-your-own farm in Bath, PA, with a 40-acre pumpkin patch and a 22-acre corn maze each fall, strawberries in late spring and a sunflower festival in summer.
Easton, PA · 1 hour 13 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
HangDog Outdoor Adventure is a four-story high ropes course with two 240 foot ziplines in Easton, PA, off Route 78. It has an adult Adventure Course, a Kids Course and a brewery on site.
Easton, PA · 1 hour 15 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Crayola Experience is an indoor creative play attraction in downtown Easton, PA, on Centre Square. Its 65,000 square feet hold hands-on coloring, drawing and play attractions for families.
Easton, PA · 1 hour 15 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Raub's Farm Market is a farm market on Tatamy Road in Easton, PA. It sells local produce, farm eggs, jams and ice cream seven days a week and runs a 7-acre corn maze, hay rides and a corn pit each fall.
Nazareth, PA · 1 hour 16 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Martin Guitar's factory in Nazareth, PA, offers a one-hour guided factory tour and a free museum. Tours leave weekdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; the museum, 1833 Shop and Pickin' Parlor are open weekdays 9 to 4:30.
Easton, PA · 1 hour 16 minutes from Reading
The State Theatre Center for the Arts is a 1,549-seat historic theater on Northampton Street in downtown Easton, PA. It books touring concerts, comedians, Broadway tours, ballet, tribute bands and holiday shows.
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