Looking for weekend trip ideas? Want to have a ton of family fun within a few hours from home? Pick a city from the list below and select some corresponding places to take the kids.
Note that some of these places require advanced tickets or reservations. Please be sure to check their individual websites for operating hours and additional visiting requirements or changes.
Harrisburg
- Whitaker Center
- Pride of the Susquehanna (special ticketed events)
- Autobahn Indoor Speedway (height requirement)
- Adams-Ricci Park
- Pennsylvania State Museum
- Tour the State Capitol Complex
Lancaster
- Lodging – Double Tree with Small Indoor Water park
- Lodging – Cartoon Network Hotel
- Lodging – Eden Resort
- Dutch Wonderland (seasonal)
- Hands on House
- Turkey Hill Experience
- Lancaster Science Factory
- Spooky Nook Sports
- Cherry Crest Adventure Farm (seasonal)
- Go ‘n Bananas
- Tree House Playground
- Tiny Town
Philadelphia
- Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
- Please Touch Museum
- Adventure Aquarium (nearby in Camden, NJ)
- Philadelphia Zoo
- Franklin Institute
- Diggerland (nearby in NJ – seasonal)
Poconos
- Resort Hotels (all have indoor water parks)
- Camelback Mountain Adventures
Hershey
- Lodging – Hershey Lodge
- Lodging – Hotel Hershey
- Hersheypark (seasonal)
- Chocolate World
- Zoo America
- The Hershey Story
- Hershey Gardens
- Where the Wild Things Play
Pittsburgh
- Kennywood Amusement Park (seasonal)
- Idlewild Amusement Park (seasonal)
- Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
- National Aviary
- Carnegie Science Center
Baltimore
- National Aquarium
- Port Discovery
- Maryland Science Center
- The Maryland Zoo
Washington, D.C.
- Museum of Natural History
- Playgrounds of D.C.
- Yards Park (seasonal)
- National Building Museum
- National Zoo
- Udvar-Hazy Center
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