Turkey Hill Experience

Columbia, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

turkeyhillexperience.com|Day trips from Berks County

Plan the day

Drive56 minutes from Reading, 42 miles1 hour 25 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 16 minutes from Hamburg · 55 minutes from Morgantown

Where301 Linden St., Columbia, PAOpen in maps →

OpenHours vary by season; the site posts a day-by-day calendar and asks visitors to check it before coming.

AdmissionSingle Scoop $16.75 (Create Your Own flavor, unlimited samples, interactive exhibits and history); Double Scoop $25.00 (adds the Taste Lab); Triple Scoop $29.75 (adds the Tea Discovery); children under 2 free (posted October 2026, no season stated). 30 percent off with code LOCAL on October 9, 2026, online purchase only.

Good forlittle kids, big kids, teens, adults, a group of friends

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.

You create a virtual flavor of your own, help yourself to unlimited ice cream and iced tea samples, and work through hands-on exhibits on how the products are made. Two upgraded tickets add the Taste Lab and the Tea Discovery. It is a Certified Autism Center, and reservations are recommended, with weekends the busiest days.

Before you go

Reservations are highly recommended, and weekends are the busiest days. Free parking on site, with a few RV and accessible spaces first come, first served. Strollers are allowed; pets are not, service animals excepted. Free Wi-Fi and a gift shop.

Coming up

Halloween Scooptacular is Sunday, October 25, 2026, 11 am to 4 pm, with trick-or-treating, a witch story time, themed floats and games; Ice Cream with Santa follows on Sunday, December 13, 2026, 11 am to 4 pm, with a Santa meet and greet, ornament decorating and cookie sampling.

Official site →Tickets →

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

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