Local Adventures In Lancaster, PA
Whether you are a Lancaster native, from a neighboring county, or coming to visit Lancaster, PA for the first time – Lancaster County has many adventures waiting for you and your family! From outdoor adventures and parks, to museums and learning centers, Lancaster will keep you busy with adventure. Check out all these local adventures in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to try with your crew.
1. Cherry Crest Adventure Farm
Corn maze, discovery barn, games, swings, rides, animals – what does Cherry Crest adventure farm NOT have? Full of fun adventures and activities for the kids, this place will keep you busy all day.
Price: Starting at $12.95 per person, 2 and under are FREE
2. Tiny Town
Tiny Town is a small, indoor village built specifically for young kids to explore the “grown up world.” The town includes a Doctors office, fire station, car garage, library, salon, home, and theatre. Kids can explore and play make-believe all day. Designed with parents in mind, there is a coffee station, wifi, and many seats around the town to ‘relax’ while you keep an eye on the children.
Price: Starting at $10 per person, 12 months and younger are FREE
3. Strasburg Rail Road
Take a ride on an original steam engine train at America’s oldest operating railroad. Train lovers are sure to enjoy this place filled with history, engines, and steam smoke.
Price: Starting at $9.50 for ages 2 – 11
4. Roots Country Market
The aromas of fresh produce, glazed caramel popcorn, and baked goods greet you as you enter Root’s Country Market. Lines of vendors fill the indoor and outdoor market stands, providing a range of goods including housewares, homemade crafts, antiques, spices, deli meats and cheese, produce, plants, and much more. One of our favorite things about Roots? The ice cream truck with local ice cream from a creamery!
Price: FREE to walk around, prices start when you start buying yummy things 🙂
5. Buggy Rides in Intercourse, PA
Lancaster County is known for their Amish background and culture, and a buggy ride lets you enjoy the Lancaster landscape while learning all about them. If you come to visit Lancaster, buggy rides are probably on your list of to-do’s. There are many different options for buggy rides. Here are some of the most popular.
6. Dutch Wonderland
A fun amusement park for the kids, Dutch Wonderland is every Lancaster kid’s dream (until they know about Disney). Roller coasters, rides, water attractions, and fun houses are just a few of their attractions. Visit to experience the adventure yourself!
Price: Starting at $49.99
7. Hershey Park
The next level for an amusement park, Hershey Park is packed with even more rides, attractions, and activities than Dutch Wonderland. Fun for the whole family, and I can almost guarantee you will be tired by the end of the day!
Price: $52.95 ages 3-8, $66.95 for 9 and older. Two and younger are FREE.
8. Hershey Chocolate World
Get a ride around Hershey’s Chocolate world and see how things operate on the backend. From where the cocoa comes from, to making the chocolate, and then packaging the candy bars, the informative tour is educational and entertaining.
Price: Chocolate tour is FREE
9. Fox Meadows Creamery
Fox Meadows Creamery is hands-down one of the best creameries in Lancaster County. Farm fresh milk that comes straight from the cows into your dairy products. The creamery has a visual of how the process works, as well as a window that looks right into their processing room. Fox Meadows ice cream is some of the best you’ll ever have!
Price: All depends on the size of your ice cream cone 🙂
10. Hands on House
Hands on House is a fun, interactive play area for kids. A kid-sized market, farm, construction zone, lab, and garden keeps young minds and bodies busy for hours.
Price: $11.00 for ages 2-10, $10.50 for adults
11. Lititz Springs Park
Lititz Springs Park is definitely a park to check out in Lancaster County. Water flows throughout the park from the spring, attracting many ducks and birds. A favorite pastime here for young kiddos is watching and feeding the ducks. There are a few play areas throughout the park, as well as picnic tables. The park is downtown Lititz, so coffee shops and ice cream parlors are within walking distance. Coffee and/or ice cream always make for the best park dates.
Price: FREE
12. Tree House Lititz
This playground is what dreams are made of! Slides, swings, climbing, and more, all laid out in an explorative, maze-like design. An area is sectioned off specifically for little tots, making it easy to keep an eye on the busy toddlers.
Price: FREE
13. Lancaster Science Factory
Blow your kids minds as they explore and discover all things science. Hands on experience with light and vision, structural engineering, acoustics and sound, and fluid dynamics, just to name a few.
Price: $10.95 for ages 3 and older. 2 and under are FREE
14. Longs Park
Longs Park is known for their concerts and events, but it’s a beautiful park to visit at any time! Multiple play areas, pavilions, and bathrooms are scattered throughout the park. Large grassy areas give you space to roam free and explore. A pond with colorful fish and ducks is at the center of the park, with a walking trail around it.
Price: FREE
15. Refreshing Mountain
Refreshing Mountain has lots of different activities to offer your family. Zipline, elevated obstacle course, community pool, wildlife center, pony rides, and farm animals, there’s options for everyone in your crew.
Price: Range widely according to activity, from $14 per person to $135+
16. Turkey Hill Experience
Only in Lancaster, Pennsylvania can you experience the magic of how Turkey Hill Ice cream is made. Visit the center to learn about the history, production, and tasting of Turkey Hill’s delicious flavors!
Price: Starts at $10.00 for the experience, 3 and under are FREE
17. Go N Bananas
Indoor, rain-forest-themed, family fun center with arcade, mini golf, laser tag, toddler zone, ropes course, min bowling, and more.
Price: Starts at $14.99
18. Spooky Nook Sports
Boasting as the largest indoor sports complex in north America, just walking around the mammoth place is almost entertaining enough. If looking at courts, fields, and batting cages, isn’t your full cup of tea, the Clip n’ Climb center and Climbing wall are great activities for the kids.
Price: FREE to walk around, Climbing starts at $15 per person
Conclusion
Wow, Lancaster County is packed with things to do for you and your family. And believe me, this is not an exhaustive list of local adventures in Lancaster, Pennsylvania! Get the family together (or your girlfriends), and start planning your local adventures right in Lancaster.
Get out, go adventure.