1. The Amish Village
City: Ronks, PA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (717) 687-8511
Address: 199 Hartman Bridge Rd.
Description: Your guide will explain the workings of an Old Amish farm as you tour the authentically furnished 1840 home, operating waterwheel and windmill, and outbuildings, including blacksmith shop, one-room schoolhouse, and operating smokehouse, and pay a visit to the barnyard residents. Call or check the website for seasonal hours.
2. Cherry-Crest Farm
City: Ronks, PA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (717) 687-6843
Address: 150 Cherry Hill Rd.
Description: Best known for its “Amazing Maize Maze,” a 5-acre labyrinth carved from the cornfields to deliberately discombobulate erstwhile explorers (each year is a new maze designed by former Disney producer and co-owner Don Frantz). Your admission also includes more than 50 other farm-focused family activities such as a wagon ride through the cornfield, animal petting and education, straw bale racing, and a singing chicken show. Call for seasonal hours and activities.
3. National Toy Train Museum
City: Ronks, PA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (717) 687-8976
Address: 300 Paradise Ln.
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Description: At this national headquarters of the Train Collectors Association, you’ll find 5 operating layouts from the 1920s to the present. Open Sun; call for seasonal hours.
4. Old Order Amish Tours
City: Ronks, PA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (717) 299-6535
Address: 63 E. Brook Rd.
Description: Because this is a private tour, the places you visit can be customized to suit your interests. A particularly popular stop is the Old Order Amish working farm and home (the owners are friends of the guide). During your 2-hour (or longer) farmland foray, you can also visit some of the community’s home-based quilt and woodworking businesses. No Sun.
5. Ed’s Buggy Rides
City: Ronks, PA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (717) 687-0360
Description: You can take a 1-hour tour through the farmlands or arrange for a stop-off and chat with an Amish family (note: they have a craft shop, but it’s still an interesting experience). Open and closed family carriages are available. Tour guide drivers are Amish and Mennonite.