NEARBY THINGS TO SEE AND DO
Cowtown is known as the “Cow Capital of the First Frontier”. Located just 5 miles from the Four Seasons Campground, the Cowtown Rodeo is held every Saturday night from Memorial Day through Labor Day and features professional rodeo rides and events at their best. One of the best rodeos in the world. Also, Cowtown offers their giant flea market and marketplace every Tuesday and Saturday year-round.
The New Jersey State Aquarium is located along the waterfront of Camden, NJ within 50 minutes (about 40 miles) of Four Seasons Campground. Enjoy the Ocean Base Atlantic adventure as you view this underwater world, filled with all types of marine life and fish as well as the natural settings of the ocean floor.
Longwood Gardens is a majestic area of over 1000 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows that is open every day of the year. Conservatories, illuminated fountains, 11,000 different kinds of plants greet the visitors for a great time of viewing gardening at its best. Located about 40 miles from the campground, it is a great place to spend a late summer day into the evening to see and hear the Festival of Fountains show.
Wheaton Village showcases the history of glassmaking in America. Glassmaking was started in Southern New Jersey and this unique village, located about 30 miles from the Four Seasons Campground, offers visitors a unique experience in seeing glassblowers at work in the Wheaton Glass Factory. There is a museum of American Glass, many shops of regional crafts and trades, and many unique specialty shops. Enjoy a scenic train ride on a half scale train through the Jersey Pinelands.
Cape May is famed for its great Victorian homes, shops and restaurants. Located about 90 minutes from the campground, one can tour the historic district of this grand old city and enjoy the seacoast environment. There are the Cape May Lighthouse museum and Physick estate for touring, and if you want to go on another great adventure, take the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, leaving your car behind in Cape May to visit more great shops and restaurants in Lewes, or take your vehicle and visit Lewes, then drive along the Delaware coast back to Four Seasons Campground.
Fort Mott and Finn’s Point Lighthouse is located about 16 miles from the campground in Pennsville. Tour the old coastal defense gun site as well as this old, historic lighthouse.
Decoy Museum is located on the waterfront in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Visit historic Havre de Grace, MD for the decoy museum, crafters and their shops that sell those wonderful hand carved decoys, antique and craft shops and some great restaurants. Right along the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay where the Susquehanna River meets the bay, a great place to just relax and enjoy a day.
ZOOS
The Philadelphia Zoo is the oldest zoo in the country and is a great day trip and easy to reach from the campground where young and old alike can see a tremendous variety of animals, birds, and reptiles in a pleasant surrounding. Located about 50 minutes from the campground.
Cohanzick (Bridgeton) Zoo is a small zoo about 15 miles from the campground which provides a nice experience for the family to enjoy. This zoo is in a nice quiet area of Bridgeton.
Cape May County Park and Zoo is located about 50 miles from the campground, in Cape May Court House. It is a pleasant, smaller scale zoo that is great for kids.
Brandywine Zoo is located in Wilmington, Delaware. It is Delaware’s only zoo and is located just a few blocks from the center of Wilmington. About 25 miles from the campground.
TRAIN RIDES
Wilmington and Western Railroad is on Railroad Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware. Enjoy a ride on this Natural Register of Historic Places railroad through the Red Clay Valley South of Wilmington. Located about 25 miles from the campground, they have all sorts of feature excursions as well as daily timetables.
Strasburg Railroad is in Strasburg, in beautiful Lancaster County of Pennsylvania. This train ride provides a great tour through the Amish country where you can always catch a glimpse of the Amish horses and buggies going by, as well as the rolling farmlands of the Lancaster area. Located about 1 1/2 hours from the campground, the railroad center is just across the road from the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum, which is also a great place for train enthusiasts. And while you are enjoying all of this, stop in at the Toy Train Collectors Museum, one of the best worldwide, featuring many different operating displays of toy trains of years past. There is also the Choo-Choo Barn in the area of Strasburg Railroad which also has a great model train operating display.