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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Wilkes-Barre Township, PA · 1 hour 47 minutes from Reading
Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza is an indoor arena in Wilkes-Barre Township, PA, and the home of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Concerts, family shows and touring events fill the rest of the calendar.
Flemington, NJ · 1 hour 47 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Northlandz is an indoor model railroad museum in Flemington, NJ, with a doll museum, an art gallery and an outdoor train ride on the same site. It is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm.
Flemington, NJ · 1 hour 48 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Black River & Western Railroad is a heritage railroad in Hunterdon County, NJ, that runs volunteer-staffed passenger trains between Flemington and Ringoes. Fall and holiday trains board at Flemington Station.
West Berlin, NJ · 1 hour 48 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Diggerland USA is a construction-themed theme park in West Berlin, NJ, where kids and adults drive and operate construction machines, with The Water Main waterpark on the same ticket.
Halifax, PA · 1 hour 48 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Lake Tobias Wildlife Park is a family-owned, 150-acre wildlife park and zoo in Halifax, PA. Safari tours ride through the grounds, and the park counts more than 1,000 animals from six continents.
Columbia, NJ · 1 hour 48 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Lakota Wolf Preserve is a nonprofit wolf, fox, bobcat and lynx preserve in Columbia, NJ, visited on a guided Wolf Watch tour. Tours leave at 10:30 am and 3:00 pm by reservation.
East Stroudsburg, PA · 1 hour 49 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person
Pocono Snake & Animal Farm is a small interactive zoo in East Stroudsburg, PA, where visitors feed and pet animals and see reptiles. The site says a visit takes about an hour.
Scotrun, PA · 1 hour 50 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Great Wolf Lodge Pocono Mountains is a resort with a 120,000-square-foot indoor waterpark in Scotrun, PA, kept at 84 degrees all year. Day passes to the waterpark are sold to visitors who are not staying overnight.
Hope, NJ · 1 hour 51 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
The Land of Make Believe is an amusement park and water park in Hope, NJ, built for families with kids up to age 14. One ticket covers unlimited rides, the pirate-themed water park and the shows.
Tannersville, PA · 1 hour 53 minutes from Reading
Camelback Resort is a mountain resort in Tannersville, PA, with the Aquatopia indoor waterpark, the Camelbeach outdoor waterpark, a ski area with snow tubing, and a Mountain Adventure Park. Day tickets are sold apart from hotel stays.
Shawnee on Delaware, PA · 1 hour 55 minutes from Reading
The Shawnee Playhouse is a historic theater in Shawnee on Delaware, PA, built in 1904 as Worthington Hall and staging plays, musicals and children's shows all year.
Pocono Manor, PA · 1 hour 56 minutes from Reading
Kalahari Resorts & Conventions Poconos is a resort with an indoor waterpark of more than 250,000 square feet in Pocono Manor, PA. A limited number of day passes let visitors use the waterpark without staying overnight.
Biglerville, PA · 1 hour 57 minutes from Reading · Free
Hollabaugh Bros, Inc. is a family-owned fruit and vegetable farm with a retail farm market in Biglerville, PA. The market has a bakery, a produce porch, pick-your-own apples in fall and cut-your-own flowers.
Gettysburg, PA · 1 hour 59 minutes from Reading
Land of Adventures is an outdoor family play park in Gettysburg, PA, about three miles west of the square off Route 30, on the grounds that were once Land of Little Horses.
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.