Day trips from Berks County to Maryland

Rising Sun, MD · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Plumpton Park Zoo is a zoo in Rising Sun, MD, with giraffes, white lions, tigers, bears, wolves, sloths, zebras and camels on the grounds.

Perryville, MD · 1 hour 34 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Great Wolf Lodge Maryland is an indoor waterpark resort in Perryville, MD, with a 126,000 square foot water park kept at 84 degrees year-round, plus a ropes course, mini golf, mini bowling, an arcade and a mirror maze under the same roof.

Baltimore, MD · 2 hours 19 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is a zoo on a 135-plus acre campus in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, MD. It opened in 1876 and marks its 150th year in 2026.

Baltimore, MD · 2 hours 21 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

The National Aquarium is an aquarium on the Inner Harbor at 501 E. Pratt St. in Baltimore, MD, with Blacktip Reef, Shark Alley, Dolphin Discovery, an Upland Tropical Rain Forest and Australia: Wild Extremes under one roof.

Baltimore, MD · 2 hours 21 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Port Discovery Children's Museum is a three-floor children's museum at 35 Market Place in Baltimore, MD, built for kids under 10.

Baltimore, MD · 2 hours 24 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

The Maryland Science Center is a hands-on science museum with a planetarium and IMAX theater at 601 Light Street on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD.

Baltimore, MD · 2 hours 24 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

The National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation, formerly the B&O Railroad Museum, is a railroad museum at 901 West Pratt Street in Baltimore, MD, built around the 1884 B&O Roundhouse.