Farms and orchardsYork, Gettysburg and Carlisle

Perrydell Farm and Dairy

York, PA · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading

perrydellfarm.com|Day trips from Berks County

Plan the day

Drive1 hour 21 minutes from Reading, 59 miles1 hour 50 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 40 minutes from Hamburg · 1 hour 20 minutes from Morgantown

Where90 Indian Rock Dam Road, York, PAOpen in maps →

OpenMonday through Saturday 7am to 7pm, Sunday 11am to 6pm; the site posts no seasonal closing.Monday through Saturday 7am to 7pm; Sunday 11am to 6pm.

Good forlittle kids, big kids, adults, older adults

Perrydell Farm and Dairy is a working dairy farm with a farm store and ice cream counter in York, PA. The farm bottles its own milk on site and opens its grounds for a self-guided tour.

The tour is self guided, so you walk at your own pace, pet the calves, see how the milk is gathered, processed and bottled on site, and finish at the ice cream counter. The farm covers 170 acres and has been family run since 1963. It opens at 7am Monday through Saturday, so it works as a first stop on a York day.

Before you go

This is a working farm with equipment moving near the tour route and store, so keep children within arm's reach. Tours are self guided and for small groups only. The farm is handicap accessible with comfort and sanitation stations on site.

Official site →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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