Day Trips In or Near Harford County, Maryland

Instead of repeatedly sharing about some of these places with people, I thought I would make a list of all the places our family has visited on day trips in or near Harford County. This is not an exhaustive list and a few of the places are on our list to visit, but haven't yet. Those are marked with an asterisk (*). Bookmark this page and keep checking back for my personal posts about these locations and more! (Updated on 2/9/20)
KEY:
PP- Personal Post about the location
F- FREE! There may be a cost to park or use public transportation.
S- State Park with parking fees that vary. Some have free parking areas as well.
G- Groupon (I also often use their 20% off codes to get even better prices for admission.)
AZA- Part of the reciprocal zoo program where we were members at one (Brandywine Zoo) and can get free or 50% at others for a year.
NARM- Another reciprocal program where we were members of a museum in SC and could get free admission to other museums or locations for the year. Winterthur has a level that offers that benefit. We currently have this benefit through the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.
ASTC- The science and technology museum reciprocal program that we now have with our Franklin Institute membership. There are limits based on locations of other museums.


Walters Art Museum
MARYLAND
Fort Washington Park
Big Gunpowder Falls (F)
Geppi's Entertainment Museum

DELAWARE
Air Mobility Command Museum (Dover Air Force Base) (F)

Pennsylvania State Capitol

PENNSYLVANIA
Herr's Factory Tour (no longer free)
Chocolate World (Hershey) (F- ride)
Liberty Bell and Independence Hall

D.C.

MLK Jr. Memorial

VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA

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