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Map & Attractions
Verdant
View Farm is in the town of Paradise, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
It is one mile east of Strasburg on Route #741, going toward Gap.
Distances from major metropolitan areas:
- 1 hour from Harrisburg
- 1 1/2 hours from Philadelphia
- 1 1/2 hours from Baltimore
- 2 1/2 hours from Washington, DC
- 3 hours from New York City
For detailed directions from your doorstep to ours, visit Google Maps and enter Verdant View Farm's address (listed at bottom of page).
The chart below lists local attractions and the distance from Verdant View Farm.
| Train Attractions | |
| Strasburg Railroad (the tracks go though Verdant View Farm) | 1/4 mile |
| Choo Choo Barn | 1/4 mile |
| Toy Train Museum (adjacent to Verdant View Farm) | 5-minute walk |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Museum | 1/4 mile |
| Amish/Mennonite/Regional Information | |
| you are welcome to accompany the Ranck family for Sunday services at Witmer Heights Mennonite Church | 6 miles |
| Mennonite Information Center & Hebrew Tabernacle | 5 miles |
| PA Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau | 7 miles |
| Lancaster County Information Center (website only) | |
| Amish Farm & House | 5 miles |
| People's Place Museum | 5 miles |
| Kitchen Kettle Village | 5 miles |
| Amish Village | 3 miles |
| Family Activities | |
| Amazing Maize Maze (seasonal) | 1/2 mile |
| Landis Valley Farm Museum | 11 miles |
| Lancaster County Buggy Rides | 5-minute walk |
| Ed's Buggy Rides | 2 miles |
| Village Greens Mini Golf (seasonal) | 2 miles |
| Bird-in-Hand Mini Golf (seasonal) | 3 miles |
| Lapp Valley Farm (petting zoo and homemade ice cream shop) | 8 miles |
| Strasburg Bowling Alley | 2 miles |
| Entertainment | |
| Sight & Sound Theatre | 2 miles |
| Living Waters Auditorium | 2 miles |
| American Music Theatre | 4 miles |
| Rainbow Dinner Theatre (comedy) | 2 miles |
| Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre | 12 miles |
| Hershey Park & Chocolate World | 40 miles |
| Restaurants | |
| Isaacs (Deli and Restaurant) | 1/2 mile |
| Dinners with Amish Families | several within 5 miles |
| Red Caboose | 5-minute walk |
| Hershey Farm | 2 miles |
| Dienner's Country Restaurant | 2 miles |
| Miller's Smorgasbord | 2 miles |
| Bird-in-Hand Family Restuarant | 3 miles |
| Strasburg Pizza | 1 mile |
| Strasburg Creamery & Restaurant | 1 mile |
| Good 'n Plenty Family Style Restaurant | 4 miles |
| Quilts | |
| Ruth Ranck | 3-minute walk |
| Lapp's Quilts | 2 miles |
| J&B Quilts | 2 miles |
| People's Place Quilt Museum | 5 miles |
| Outlet Shopping | |
| Rockvale Square | 4 miles |
| Tanger Outlets |
5 miles |
| Historic Sites | |
| Wheatland (home of President James Buchanan) | 10 miles |
| Edward Hand's Home | 10 miles |
| Revere Tavern (where Paul Revere stayed) | 3 miles |
| Farmers Markets | |
| Central Market | 10 miles |
| Green Dragon Farmer's Market | 17 miles |
| Root's | 20 miles |
| Bird-in-Hand Farmer's Market | 3 miles |
| Dairy Treats | |
| September Farm Cheesemaking | 12 miles |
| The Town Clock Cheese Shoppe (Gap) | 6 miles |
| Scenic Drives | |
| Lime Valley Road to Strasburg - pass an 1846 mill, a non-functioning one-room school house, many farms and a covered bridge (4 miles one way). | |
| Verdant View to Andrews Bridge - many Amish and English farms, produce stands, small shops (13 miles one way) | |
| Welsh Mountain Drive - Verdant View Farm to Gap, through Salisbury, to Blue Ball and Morgantown - Historic Poole Forge, 1859 covered bridge, stone homes of Churchtown, Smuckers's Harness Shop, farms, woods (26 miles one way). | |
| Intercourse to Middle Creek - village of Intercourse, farms with typical architecture, Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (32 miles one way) | |
| Towns/Cities | |
| Strasburg | 1 mile |
| Intercourse | 5 miles |
| Paradise | 3 miles |
| Bird-in-Hand | 3 miles |
| Lancaster City | 10 miles |
| Hershey | 40 miles |
| Philadelphia | 60 miles |
| Harrisburg | 40 miles |
| Baltimore | 80 miles |
| Washington, DC | 130 miles |
| New York City | 150 miles |
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Verdant View Farm Bed & Breakfast
c/o Don & Ginny Ranck
429 Strasburg Rd.
Paradise, Pa. 17562-9705
1-888-321-8119 (toll-free)
717-687-7353 (local)
reservations@verdantview.com