Day trips more than two hours from Reading

East Stroudsburg, PA · 2 hours from Reading · Over $50 a person

Shawnee Mountain Ski Area is a family-owned ski area and snow tubing park in East Stroudsburg, PA, in the Pocono Mountains.

Allenwood, PA · 2 hours 1 minute from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Clyde Peeling's Reptiland is a zoo for reptiles and amphibians on US Route 15 in Allenwood, PA, with exhibits mostly indoors and live shows every day.

Gettysburg, PA · 2 hours 2 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

Gettysburg Heritage Center is a museum on Steinwehr Avenue in Gettysburg, PA, that tells the story of the battle from the townspeople's and the soldiers' points of view, run by the nonprofit Gettysburg Nature Alliance.

Gettysburg, PA · 2 hours 2 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

Seminary Ridge Museum & Education Center is a Civil War museum in Gettysburg, PA, inside the seminary building whose cupola Union Gen. John Buford and his staff used to survey the ground on the first day of the battle.

Gettysburg, PA · 2 hours 3 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center is the starting point for the Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, PA. Entry, parking and the battlefield are free; the film, Cyclorama painting and museum take a ticket.

Moosic, PA · 2 hours 3 minutes from Reading

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, playing 75 home games a season at PNC Field in Moosic, PA.

Jackson, NJ · 2 hours 5 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson, NJ, with the 350-acre Wild Safari animal preserve next door.

Scranton, PA · 2 hours 7 minutes from Reading · Free

Steamtown National Historic Site is a National Park Service railroad yard and museum in downtown Scranton, PA, built around a working roundhouse and turntable.

Scranton, PA · 2 hours 8 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour is a county-run trip 300 feet underground into an anthracite mine at McDade Park in Scranton, PA, by mine car down the original slope.

Scranton, PA · 2 hours 8 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum is a state history museum in McDade Park in Scranton, PA. It tells the story of hard coal mining, the industries around it and the immigrant culture of northeastern Pennsylvania.

Scranton, PA · 2 hours 10 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person

Montage Mountain Resorts is a ski area and summer waterpark in Scranton, PA, with 27 trails on more than 140 skiable acres, 1,000 vertical feet and night skiing on the whole mountain.

Scranton, PA · 2 hours 11 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

The Electric City Trolley Museum is a Lackawanna County museum of electric streetcars on the grounds of Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, with trolley rides on the old Laurel Line.

Bushkill, PA · 2 hours 12 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Bushkill Falls is a series of eight waterfalls in the Pocono Mountains in Bushkill, PA, reached by a ticketed network of hiking trails and bridges.

Skytop, PA · 2 hours 16 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person

The Skytop Lodge Adventure Center is an outdoor activity center on the Skytop Lodge estate in Skytop, PA, open to the public as well as lodge guests.

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.

Egg Harbor Township, NJ · 2 hours 27 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Storybook Land is a family-owned children's theme park on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, with 19 rides and dozens of storybook-themed attractions, run by the same family since 1955.

Lake Ariel, PA · 2 hours 38 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Claws 'N' Paws Wild Animal Park is a walk-through zoo on Route 590 in Lake Ariel, PA, 4 miles east of Hamlin, with what the site counts as more than 120 rare and exotic species along woodland trails.

Hawley, PA · 2 hours 46 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

Costa's Family Fun Park is an outdoor family fun park on Route 6 just east of Hawley, PA, near Lake Wallenpaupack, with go-karts, water slides, mini golf, laser tag and bumper boats.

Centre Hall, PA · 2 hours 58 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park is an all-water limestone cavern and a farm-nature-wildlife park in Centre Hall, PA, 18 miles east of State College, where the cave tour is given entirely by boat.

Huntingdon, PA · 3 hours 14 minutes from Reading

Lincoln Caverns & Whisper Rocks are two crystal caverns on Route 22 in Huntingdon, PA, seen on one guided tour, with gem panning, nature trails and a rock and mineral shop at the visitors center.