Scroll for Fun, Shopping, Dining, & Medical Services
There is so much to do in Hershey! This is a great opportunity to bring your family to ESS.
While you are staying at the Hershey Lodge, your stay includes FREE admission to:
- Hershey's Water Works At Hershey Lodge (indoor pool complex)
- Recreation & Fitness Complex at Hershey Lodge (outdoor pool, basketball/tennis/pickleball courts, mini golf, sports equipment, board games, arcade)
- Hershey Gardens (4 miles away)
- The Hershey Story Museum Experience (2 miles away)
- Two golf courses
- More information on free resort benefits here
You can also get discounted tickets to Hersheypark and ZooAmerica. A Hersheypark ticket includes entry to ZooAmerica and the Boardwalk at Hersheypark (outdoor waterpark).
Hersheypark Stadium is an outdoor concert venue located next to Hersheypark. Check upcoming shows here.
Giant Center is an indoor performance center in the same parking lot, about 1 mile away.
Additional Hershey attractions are linked here.
A few more not included elsewhere:
Shopping
Other Attractions within a 1-Hour Drive
If you are planning on staying a few extra days, there are plenty of fun and fascinating places to visit:
- Appalachian Trail: The trail winds west and north of Hershey, and there are several trailheads within a 35-minute to 1-hour drive.
- Harrisburg (25-30 minute drive): State capitol, museums
- Harrisburg Arts District
- City Island
- Free guided tours of PA State Capitol Building (National Historic Landmark)
- National Civil War Museum
- Gettysburg (1 hour drive): Civil war historical attractions
- Guided battlefield tours by bus, segway, bicycle, horse-drawn carriage
- Historic attractions and museums
- Ghost tours and paranormal investigations
- Lancaster (45 minute drive): America’s oldest Amish settlement
- Dutch Wonderland Family Amusement Park
- Strasburg Rail Road (America’s oldest operating short line railroad)
- Antiquing
- Amish culture, food, and buggy rides
- Lancaster City: boutique shopping, eclectic dining
Dining Options
Hershey Lodge has several on-site restaurants, including:
- Stacks - Breakfast and lunch
- Cocoa Beanery - coffee, ice cream, snacks
- The Bears’ Den - sports bar for lunch and dinner, casual, no reservations
- Fire & Grain - restaurant for breakfast and dinner, accepts reservations
- Revelry - upscale dinner restaurant, accepts reservations
Expect these restaurants to be busy during the conference. Some of them do accept reservations.
Other local eateries and approximate driving time from the Hershey Lodge:
- Troeg’s Independent Brewing (brewery and restaurant; 10 min)
- Hidden Still Spirits (PA craft straight bourbon whiskey and restaurant; 4 min)
- Fenicci’s of Hershey (historic Italian restaurant; 6 min)
- Primanti Bros Restaurant and Bar (Pittsburgh style overstuffed sandwiches; 8 min)
- Rotunda Brew Pub (brewery and restaurant; 10 min)
- Devon Seafood + Steak (upscale; 8 min)
- Snitz Creek Brewery (brewery and restaurant; 15 min)
- Wasabi Bistro (Japanese/sushi; 10 min)
- A&M Pizza Hershey Market (pizza and sandwich shop; 7 min)
- Colebrook Tavern (casual pub style bar & grill; 20 min)
- The Hotel Hershey (10 min) contains several upscale restaurants
Medical Services
Emergency Rooms
Urgent Care