Places outside Berks County worth the drive, 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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West Chester, PA · 52 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The American Helicopter Museum & Education Center is a rotorcraft museum in West Chester, PA, with what the museum counts as over forty helicopters, gyroplanes and convertiplanes on display.
Oaks, PA · 52 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The American Treasure Tour Museum is a pop culture museum in Oaks, PA, a 100,000 square foot indoor showcase of band organs, animatronics, toys and classic cars seen from a guided tram.
Ronks, PA · 52 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Sight & Sound Theatres is a live theater in Ronks, PA, that stages Bible stories as full stage productions; Joshua plays March 14 through December 31, 2026, and Jonah opens March 11, 2027.
Spring Mount, PA · 52 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Spring Mountain Adventures is a ski and snowboard area with an ice rink in Spring Mount, PA. In October the hill becomes Scream Mountain, a haunted hayride and a haunted chairlift ride.
Oaks, PA · 53 minutes from Reading
Arnold's Family Fun Center is an indoor family entertainment center in Oaks, PA, with electric go-karts, laser tag, bowling, bumper cars, a ropes course and an arcade.
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.
Mount Gretna, PA · 53 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach is a family-owned swimming beach on eight acres in Mount Gretna, PA, with a 300-foot sand beach, lifeguards, a diving board and a high dive platform.
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.
West Chester, PA · 53 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
West Chester Railroad is a volunteer-run excursion train in West Chester, PA, that carries vintage coaches through the Chester Creek Valley to Glen Mills and back.
Strasburg, PA · 54 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Choo Choo Barn is a 1,700 square foot model train layout in Strasburg, PA, running 17 trains past over 180 hand-built animated figures and vehicles, by the site's count.
Mount Gretna, PA · 54 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Gretna Theatre is a summer theater company that stages musicals and plays at the open-air Mount Gretna Playhouse in Mount Gretna, PA. The site calls it America's oldest summer theatre, running since 1927.
King of Prussia, PA · 54 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
iFLY King of Prussia is an indoor skydiving center in King of Prussia, PA, where you float on a column of air in a vertical wind tunnel with an instructor at your side. Children can fly from age three.
Paradise, PA · 54 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
Magic & Wonder Dinner Theater is a dinner theater in Paradise, PA, on Route 30 east of Lancaster, that pairs a buffet dinner with a two hour magic and variety show.
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.
Ronks, PA · 54 minutes from Reading
Strasburg Rail Road is a steam railroad in Ronks, PA, running 45-minute round trips through Lancaster County farmland. The 9-mile ride goes to Paradise and back behind early 20th-century steam engines, with audio commentary on board.
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.
Strasburg, PA · 55 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a state-run museum in Strasburg, PA with more than 100 locomotives and railroad cars from the mid 1800s to the 1900s on display, indoors and out.
West Chester, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Highland Orchards is a pick-your-own orchard with a farm market and bakery in West Chester, PA.
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.
Ronks, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The National Toy Train Museum is the Train Collectors Association's museum in Ronks, PA, with toy trains from the 1800s to today and seven operating layouts.
Columbia, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The National Watch & Clock Museum is a museum of timekeeping in Columbia, PA, run by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, with more than 13,000 timepieces in its collection.
Chester, PA · 56 minutes from Reading
Subaru Park is the home stadium of the Philadelphia Union, the region's Major League Soccer club, in Chester, PA, reached from I-95 exit 8 or the Commodore Barry Bridge.
Columbia, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
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.
King of Prussia, PA · 56 minutes from Reading · Free
Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site of the Continental Army's 1777 to 1778 winter encampment in King of Prussia, PA, with 3,500 acres of grounds, monuments and trails.
Willow Street, PA · 57 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The 1719 Museum is a history site in Willow Street, PA, built around the 1719 Herr House, the oldest surviving homestead in Lancaster County, and a full-sized reproduction of a Native longhouse.
Devon, PA · 57 minutes from Reading · Free
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens is a free public garden on 48 acres of woodland in Devon, PA, open every day of the year.
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.
Ronks, PA · 58 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm is a seasonal farm attraction in Ronks, PA, with a 5-acre corn maze, a pumpkin patch, animal encounters and a long list of rides, slides and games on one admission.
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.
Plymouth Meeting, PA · 1 hour from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Philadelphia is an indoor LEGO attraction inside Plymouth Meeting Mall in Plymouth Meeting, PA, with rides, a 4D cinema, build zones and a Miniland of the city built from bricks.
Norristown, PA · 1 hour 2 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Elmwood Park Zoo is a zoo in Norristown, PA, with giraffes you can hand feed, jaguars, red pandas, eagles and a playground, plus free parking.
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.
Wayne, PA · 1 hour 3 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Chanticleer is a 35-acre pleasure garden on a former estate in Wayne, PA. It opens Wednesday to Sunday from April 1 through November 8.
Lansdale, PA · 1 hour 4 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Merrymead Farm is a family dairy farm and ice cream store in Lansdale, PA, with milk from its own Holsteins processed on site and fall Harvest Days with a corn maze and hayrides.
Elizabethtown, PA · 1 hour 4 minutes from Reading
Stone Gables Estate is an estate in Elizabethtown, PA, with a full-size replica 1860s steam train, a replica Lincoln Funeral Car, the National Christmas Center museum and horseback trail rides.
Hellam, PA · 1 hour 5 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Flinchbaugh's Orchard & Farm Market is a 57-acre family farm with a market and bakery in Hellam, PA, with a corn maze, pick-your-own fields and Saturday Harvest Fests each fall.