Skip to content
Byway
Attraction · Pennsylvania

Choo Choo Barn

Choo Choo Barn from directly overhead

Choo Choo Barn is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is National Toy Train Museum, a museum 0.8 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 20 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Giant indoor model train layout, with over 180 handmade animations. It is the largest o-scale, animated layout in the US! Started in 1961. Always something new, every time you visit.

The record

What the record says

Built
1961
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.98235, -76.16580

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Basktetball: 1.3 mi
  • Cherry Crest Adventure Farm: 2.0 mi
  • Paradise Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • Denlinger Pond: 3.3 mi
  • Lampeter Community Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 53
Historic sites: 43
Peaks: 37
  • Bunker Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Oak Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Stony Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Dry Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Red Hill: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 31
  • The Li'l Country Store and: 0.9 mi
  • Herr's Mill covered bridge: 1.9 mi
  • The Amish Village: 2.0 mi
  • Village Green Miniature Golf: 2.2 mi
  • Amish Farm and House: 3.6 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Jakes Country Trading Post: 2.3 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 6.2 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 6.2 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 6.2 mi
  • William Penn: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Indian Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Old Quarry Pit: 12.5 mi
  • ZP16: 12.8 mi
  • ZP34: 13.0 mi
  • ZP37: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Leaman Place Junction: 3.2 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 14.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 14.3 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 19.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Black Rock Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 22.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Choo Choo Barn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakN 358°396 m24.6 mi
Governor Dick HillNW 320°350 m23.8 mi
Spring HillNW 324°331 m22.5 mi
Cushion PeakNNE 12°320 m22.7 mi
Welsh MountainNE 53°313 m15.7 mi
Eagle RockNNW 336°306 m19.7 mi
Williams HillNE 51°306 m24.1 mi
Thomas HillNE 55°295 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3719:5720:38
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2416:0016:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341536271767467554436
Precip in3.02.53.53.53.64.14.53.64.84.23.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster 2 NE Filt PLT, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5163054996

More attractions in Pennsylvania

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore attractions
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Choo Choo Barn.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens