State historic site · Heidelberg Township, Berks County
Conrad Weiser Homestead
The farm of Conrad Weiser, the colonial interpreter who brokered Pennsylvania's dealings with the Iroquois, with his 18th-century stone house and grave in a park landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers.
What you will find
- Historic features
- Picnic areas
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Each late winter, tens of thousands of snow geese and tundra swans crowd the lake here on their way north, a spectacle that draws birders from across the region to the visitor center and trails.
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Horse-Shoe Trail
A yellow-blazed path for hikers and horseback riders, running about 140 miles from Valley Forge to the Appalachian Trail over wooded ridges and through farm valleys and old iron-furnace country.
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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Volunteers restore and display vintage military and civilian aircraft at this airport museum, whose hangars hold rarities such as a World War II P-61 Black Widow night fighter.
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Reading Public Museum
Art, natural science and ancient civilizations under one roof, plus a planetarium and an arboretum with paths winding around the museum's landscaped grounds.
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Ephrata Cloister
Home of a celibate religious community founded in 1732, whose steep-roofed, medieval-looking wooden buildings, narrow halls and plank beds recall a life of devotion, music and ornate calligraphy.
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Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
A hosiery magnate's stone mansion and the pines and spruces he planted in the early 1900s anchor these woods, threaded with trails and streams and kept as a center for nature education.
