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.\n<\/p>\n
Here are few ideas for what to enjoy in and around the Lehigh Valley when it\u2019s nice enough to go outside.<\/p>\n
Lehigh Valley Zoo: The zoo<\/a> lets visitors enjoy red pandas, lemurs, giraffes, kangaroos, bobcats, zebras, snakes, and turtles at 5150 Game Preserve Road in North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n The zoo also hosts events<\/a> like the Read-A-Thon on June 10.<\/p>\n Tickets and memberships are available on the zoo\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: The amusement park is now open for its 2026 season<\/a> at 4000 Dorney Park Road in South Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n 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<\/a> like Viva La Fiesta from late June through late July and the Star-Spangled Nights celebration July 4 and 5 for the United States\u2019 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n Tickets and season passes are available on the park\u2019s webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n Camelback Resort: The resort offers several outdoor attractions in Pocono Township, Monroe County.<\/p>\n The Camelbeach Outdoor Waterpark<\/a>, the largest outdoor waterpark<\/a> in Pennsylvania, offers slides, a lazy river and a wave pool at 301 Resort Drive.<\/p>\n The resort itself also hosts the state\u2019s largest aerial obstacle course with the Treetops Adventure Course<\/a>, including rope bridges and ziplines.<\/p>\n Tickets for the resort\u2019s attractions are available on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coca-Cola Park: Baseball fans can enjoy the Lehigh Valley IronPigs\u2019 home games<\/a> this summer for its 2026 season at Coca-Cola Park at 1050 Ironpigs Way in Allentown.<\/p>\n The season also features additions like the luxury cabanas<\/a> and new food and drink items<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Tickets are available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n Drive-in theaters: Several drive-in theaters<\/a> call the Lehigh Valley home to host movie screenings and events, including Shankweiler\u2019s Drive-In Theatre<\/a> at 4540 Shankweiler Road in North Whitehall Township (the country\u2019s oldest operating drive-in theater); Becky\u2019s Drive-In Theatre<\/a> at 4548 Lehigh Drive in Lehigh Township; and The Mahoning Drive-In Theater<\/a> at 635 Seneca Road in Mahoning Township, Carbon County.<\/p>\n Twin Rivers Tubing: Customers can ride 3 miles on the Delaware River<\/a> from this tubing business at 158 S. Third St. in Easton.<\/p>\n Online reservations<\/a> are required ahead of time.<\/p>\n Miniature golf courses: Players can test their precision in the sun with these miniature golf courses<\/a>, including at George\u2019s Oasis Restaurant<\/a> at 2355 Schoenersville Road in Hanover Township, Northampton County; Rolling Hills Recreation<\/a> at 4565 Spring Hill Drive in North Whitehall Township; Two T\u2019s at 3521 Sullivan Trail<\/a> in Forks Township; and Putt U<\/a> at 5201 Route 309 in Upper Saucon Township.<\/p>\n Lost River Caverns:<\/a> Underground tours are available in this limestone cavern at 726 Durham St. in Hellertown, where Gilman\u2019s At the Cave also provides materials for jewelry. Caves are technically outdoors, right?<\/p>\n Reservations are required and available through the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vineyards and wineries:<\/a> Customers can pair pretty views with wine such as at Blue Mountain Vineyards & Cellars<\/a> at 7627 Grape Vine Drive in Lynn Township and Franklin Hill Vineyards<\/a> at 7833 Franklin Hill Road in Lower Mount Bethel Township.<\/p>\n Flying Spur Trail Rides:\u00a0Having just opened this month, the business offers guided horseback tours from 5466 Route 145 in North Whitehall Township, a news release announced.<\/p>\n