As the weather warms and school comes to an end, the Lehigh Valley offers plenty of pretty views, outdoor attractions and places to enjoy the warm sunshine.

Here are few ideas for what to enjoy in and around the Lehigh Valley when it’s nice enough to go outside.

Lehigh Valley Zoo: The zoo lets visitors enjoy red pandas, lemurs, giraffes, kangaroos, bobcats, zebras, snakes, and turtles at 5150 Game Preserve Road in North Whitehall Township.

The zoo also hosts events like the Read-A-Thon on June 10.

Tickets and memberships are available on the zoo’s website.

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: The amusement park is now open for its 2026 season at 4000 Dorney Park Road in South Whitehall Township.

Guests can enjoy roller coasters like Iron Menace and the century-old Thunderhawk, water attractions like the Aqua Racer slide and the Wildwater Cove wave pool, and events like Viva La Fiesta from late June through late July and the Star-Spangled Nights celebration July 4 and 5 for the United States’ 250th anniversary.

Tickets and season passes are available on the park’s webpage.

Camelback Resort: The resort offers several outdoor attractions in Pocono Township, Monroe County.

The Camelbeach Outdoor Waterpark, the largest outdoor waterpark in Pennsylvania, offers slides, a lazy river and a wave pool at 301 Resort Drive.

The resort itself also hosts the state’s largest aerial obstacle course with the Treetops Adventure Course, including rope bridges and ziplines.

Tickets for the resort’s attractions are available on its website.

Coca-Cola Park: Baseball fans can enjoy the Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ home games this summer for its 2026 season at Coca-Cola Park at 1050 Ironpigs Way in Allentown.

The season also features additions like the luxury cabanas and new food and drink items such as fajita burgers with guacamole, tiramisu cups, grilled corn with cilantro lime butter, garlic bread hot dogs, flatbreads with burrata and pesto and mocktails.

Tickets are available online.

Drive-in theaters: Several drive-in theaters call the Lehigh Valley home to host movie screenings and events, including Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre at 4540 Shankweiler Road in North Whitehall Township (the country’s oldest operating drive-in theater); Becky’s Drive-In Theatre at 4548 Lehigh Drive in Lehigh Township; and The Mahoning Drive-In Theater at 635 Seneca Road in Mahoning Township, Carbon County.

Twin Rivers Tubing: Customers can ride 3 miles on the Delaware River from this tubing business at 158 S. Third St. in Easton.

Online reservations are required ahead of time.

Miniature golf courses: Players can test their precision in the sun with these miniature golf courses, including at George’s Oasis Restaurant at 2355 Schoenersville Road in Hanover Township, Northampton County; Rolling Hills Recreation at 4565 Spring Hill Drive in North Whitehall Township; Two T’s at 3521 Sullivan Trail in Forks Township; and Putt U at 5201 Route 309 in Upper Saucon Township.

Lost River Caverns: Underground tours are available in this limestone cavern at 726 Durham St. in Hellertown, where Gilman’s At the Cave also provides materials for jewelry. Caves are technically outdoors, right?

Reservations are required and available through the website.

Vineyards and wineries: Customers can pair pretty views with wine such as at Blue Mountain Vineyards & Cellars at 7627 Grape Vine Drive in Lynn Township and Franklin Hill Vineyards at 7833 Franklin Hill Road in Lower Mount Bethel Township.

Flying Spur Trail Rides: Having just opened this month, the business offers guided horseback tours from 5466 Route 145 in North Whitehall Township, a news release announced.

Reservations are available on the Flying Spur website.

Lehigh Valley Insider’s Guide is an occasional series on places to go and things to do and see. Have an idea for a topic or a place that we missed? Email us at goguide@mcall.com.