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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York, PA · 1 hour 16 minutes from Reading
The York Revolution is an Atlantic League professional baseball team that plays at WellSpan Park on Brooks Robinson Way in downtown York, PA. In winter the ballpark becomes Bright Nights York, a walk-through holiday light show.
Hershey, PA · 1 hour 17 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
America's Transportation Experience is the AACA Museum's transportation museum in Hershey, PA: 71,000 square feet of cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, including the Cammack Tucker Collection.
York, PA · 1 hour 17 minutes from Reading
The Appell Center for the Performing Arts is two restored historic theatres, the Strand and the Capitol, in downtown York, PA. It presents touring Broadway, concerts, comedy, dance, family shows and films.
Phillipsburg, NJ · 1 hour 17 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Delaware River Railroad Excursions is a weekend tourist railroad that boards at 38 Market Street in Phillipsburg, NJ. Its historic train runs along the Delaware River with themed rides from spring through the Polar Express in December.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 17 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Barnes Foundation is an art museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, PA. It holds the collection Dr. Albert C. Barnes assembled from 1922, hung in wall ensembles kept exactly as he left them.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 17 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Franklin Institute is a science museum at 20th Street in Philadelphia, PA, with three floors of hands-on exhibits, the Fels Planetarium and daily live science shows.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 18 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Citizens Bank Park is the Philadelphia Phillies' ballpark in the South Philadelphia sports complex, with Phillies home games in season and 75-minute ballpark tours on select dates.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 18 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is America's first penitentiary, now a museum on Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. One admission covers the tours, exhibits and art installations.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 18 minutes from Reading · Free
Franklin Square is one of Philadelphia's original squares, a park at 200 N 6th Street in Philadelphia, PA run by Historic Philadelphia, Inc., with a carousel, mini golf, a playground and an 1838 fountain.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 18 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Mütter Museum is a museum of medical history at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on South 22nd Street in Philadelphia, PA. The site says 18 percent of its collection is human remains.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 18 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center is a Japanese house and garden in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA. The house was built in Japan in 1953 with traditional techniques and materials, designed by architect Junzo Yoshimura.
Harrisburg, PA · 1 hour 18 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is a science center, digital cinema and performance theater under one roof in downtown Harrisburg, PA. Each is ticketed on its own.
Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Brandywine Zoo is a zoo of under five acres in Brandywine Park along the Brandywine River in Wilmington, DE, run by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation with the Delaware Zoological Society.
Lehighton, PA · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · Free
Country Junction is a general store and family fun center on Interchange Road in Lehighton, PA, with nearly two acres under one roof, outdoor amusement rides, a petting farm and a fall pumpkin festival.
Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Delaware Museum of Nature & Science is a natural history museum on Kennett Pike in Wilmington, DE, with galleries on Delaware's ecosystems, life around the world and the Cretaceous Mid-Atlantic.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading
Ensemble Arts Philly is the nonprofit that runs the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, the Miller Theater and the Forrest Theatre on and near Broad Street in Center City Philadelphia.
Jim Thorpe, PA · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway is a tourist train ride from the station in Jim Thorpe, PA, run by the Reading & Northern Railroad along the Lehigh River into Lehigh Gorge State Park.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The National Constitution Center is a museum about the U.S. Constitution at 525 Arch Street in Philadelphia, PA, near Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Penn Museum is the University of Pennsylvania's museum of archaeology and anthropology in Philadelphia, PA, just off the South Street Bridge and a short walk from 30th Street Station.
Harrisburg, PA · 1 hour 19 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The National Civil War Museum is a museum of the American Civil War in Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, PA, open since 2001 on the highest point in the city.
Jim Thorpe, PA · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Asa Packer Mansion is an 1861 Victorian mansion museum in Jim Thorpe, PA, the home of philanthropist, railroad magnate and Lehigh University founder Asa Packer.
Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Hagley Museum and Library is the site of the original DuPont powder yards in Wilmington, DE: 235 acres with the historic powder yard, the Nation of Inventors exhibition, and the Eleutherian Mills residence and its gardens.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Museum of Illusions Philadelphia is an indoor attraction of optical illusions, perspective-changing rooms and installations at 401 Market Street in Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens is a mosaic art environment on South Street in Philadelphia, PA, created by artist Isaiah Zagar, with an outdoor sculpture garden and two indoor galleries.
Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading
The Grand Opera House is a performing arts center in Wilmington, DE, with three stages: Copeland Hall and The Baby Grand at 818 N. Market Street, and The Playhouse on Rodney Square two blocks up Market Street.
Jim Thorpe, PA · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Old Jail Museum is the 1870 Carbon County jail in Jim Thorpe, PA, tied to the Molly Maguires of the anthracite coal fields and known for the handprint in Cell 17 that has stayed on the wall through every attempt to remove it.
York, PA · 1 hour 20 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The York State Fair is a summer fair at the York Expo Center in York, PA, with a grandstand concert series, a midway, livestock shows and exhibit halls.
Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
The Delaware Children's Museum is a hands-on children's museum on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE, built for families with young children.
Bryn Athyn, PA · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Glencairn Museum is an art museum in the Pitcairn family's former castle home in Bryn Athyn, PA, with galleries on ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, Asia, indigenous America and New Church art.
York, PA · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading
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.
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.
Trevose, PA · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person
TreeTrails Adventures Trevose is an aerial adventure park at the Phoenix Sport Club in Trevose, PA, with tree-to-tree obstacle courses, a kids' course and zip lines.
Wilmington, DE · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading
The Wilmington Blue Rocks are a High-A minor league baseball team, the Washington Nationals affiliate, playing at Frawley Stadium on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE.
Winterthur, DE · 1 hour 21 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is Henry Francis du Pont's former estate in Winterthur, DE: a house museum of American decorative arts, a 1,000-acre naturalistic garden and a research library.
Camden, NJ · 1 hour 22 minutes from Reading
Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial is the battleship USS New Jersey, moored on the Camden, NJ waterfront and open for self guided and guided tours of the ship.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 22 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Independence Seaport Museum is a maritime museum on the Delaware River waterfront in Philadelphia, PA, with two historic ships moored outside: the cruiser Olympia and the submarine Becuna.
Philadelphia, PA · 1 hour 22 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Museum of the American Revolution is a history museum at Third and Chestnut streets in Old City Philadelphia, PA, steps from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
Harrisburg, PA · 1 hour 23 minutes from Reading
The Harrisburg Senators are the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, playing at FNB Field on City Island in Harrisburg, PA, a walk across the Walnut Street bridge from downtown.
Jim Thorpe, PA · 1 hour 23 minutes from Reading
Penn's Peak is a mountaintop concert venue in Jim Thorpe, PA, with a full-service restaurant and bar, Roadies, on site.
Camden, NJ · 1 hour 24 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Adventure Aquarium is an aquarium in Camden, NJ, minutes from Center City Philadelphia, home to sharks, hippos, sea turtles and penguins.