Plan Your Visit to The The Amish Farm and House (2024)

Amish Country is the perfect summer destination! Allow us to be your guide through Lancaster County. Our guided tours will give you an up-close and personal look into the Amish lifestyle.

From Bird-in-Hand Farmer’s Market:

Turn left onto Old Philadelphia Pike (Route 340). Follow this road west for 1.7 miles and make a left turn onto Witmer Road. Follow Witmer Road for approximately 1 mile and turn left onto Covered Bridge Drive. Our property is accessed through the Target parking lot.

The Amish Farm and House is easily accessible from Lincoln Highway (Route 30 East) in Lancaster. We’re about 3 hours from New York City and 2.5 hours from Washington D.C. We are a short 1.5-hour drive from Philadelphia and Baltimore. Hershey is only 45 minutes away.

Lancaster is also easily accessible by train. The local train station here is called “Lancaster Amtrak Station.”

The train station is located at 53 McGovern Avenue, Lancaster, PA, 17602.

If you arrive by train, you have a couple options to get to our location:

Use a ride share service: Uber and Lyft both operate in Lancaster.

Call a taxi: Lancaster Express Taxi can be reached at 717-390-1000. Another option is Unique Cab at 717-669-2574.

Our address is 2395 Covered Bridge Drive, Lancaster, PA, 17602.

Many of our guests plan an entire day around their visit with us to make their experience a memorable one. We highly recommend that you arrive early and spend time on the farm.

You can choose to visit the farm before and after your guided tour.

To see what you can do on our farm visit our Interactive Map. You can also see which artisans and activities will be offered on our Event Calendar.

We are open year-round, 7 days a week. Even though the Amish community does not work on Sunday, we are open for tours on Sundays. Click on the date range you’re visiting to see our specific hours of operation and tour departure times.

Closed: Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day

Our guided house tours are given by English-speaking tour guides. For those who speak a foreign language, we have written translations available for this tour. Here is the list of written translations available for the guided house tour:

Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

For groups of 15 people or more, please know that we have guides who speak French, Spanish, German, and Mandarin, with advance reservations. Please contact the group sales manager for more information about your foreign language requirements.

Currently, translations for the guided bus tour are available in Spanish and French.

Make sure you do not leave Amish Country without tasting our famous whoopie pies, baked goods and the home cooking of an Amish family. Make sure you also try a warm and buttery soft pretzel!

• Have a picnic-style lunch from The BBQ Barn! This Amish-run food stand is located on our farm. They have a wide variety of barbequed meals, snacks and drinks. See menu.
• Baked goods like whoopie pies and shoofly pies can be purchased at stops during our countryside bus tours or on our farm during the summer months.
• Soft pretzels and ice cream are available on our farm during the summer months.
• Eating a home-cooked meal inside an Amish home is an unforgettable experience. (currently not available)
• See what other restaurants are open in Amish Country.

Parking is free here. Our parking lot has plenty of space to accommodate large vehicles, RVs, and tour buses. Parking is also available behind our farmhouse. Please always enter through the front of the farmhouse to purchase tickets and to enjoy the farm and the exhibits.

Learn more about parking and directions >

We have a handicap accessible bus that is available with prior reservation. Our handicap accessible bus has a wheelchair lift. Our farm, restrooms, and gift shop are all handicap accessible.

Please note that our farmhouse has a flight of stairs and is not handicap accessible to the second floor. Please keep this in mind when booking the Premium Package, as it includes the guided house tour.

If you’re visiting with us on a Sunday, you will find that Amish businesses and attractions are closed, as well as many local attractions. The Amish community does not believe in working on their church day. However, we are open on Sundays. Your tour experience will be slightly altered when touring on a Sunday, but have your camera ready, to capture the peaceful beauty of Lancaster Country. The bus tour will not make stops at Amish stores, but might stop at a local shop selling Amish products. Our gift shop is full of Amish made jams, jellies, quilts, and souvenirs available for purchase. If you can’t make it to Amish Country, we can ship Amish souvenirs to you! To place an order, call us at 717-394-6185 or email us info@amishfarmandhouse.com

The farm experience may also be altered when visiting on a Sunday. Most of our artisans do not work on Sundays. Please check our event’s calendar for their weekly schedule.

To enhance your visit, our farmhouse is just minutes from Sight & Sound Theatre and American Music Theatre.

Shopping options include our own gift shop, as well as the Shops at Rockvale and Tanger Outlets. The Bird-in-Hand Farmers Market and the Central Market in downtown Lancaster are great options for farmers markets.

Nearby attractions include the Turkey Hill Experience (Columbia), Hershey Park (Hershey), and Dutch Wonderland (Lancaster).

See what’s open in Amish Country here.

We value our local relationships and encourage you to enjoy all the Lancaster area has to offer. Check out these locally-owned and -operated restaurants near The Amish Farm and House.

• Dienner’s Family Restaurant (buffet)
• Katie’s Kitchen (Amish-owned)
• Speckled Hen (café)
• Fireside Tavern (local menu dining)
• Strasburg Creamery (dessert)
• Lancaster Brewing Co. Tap Room & Grill (American faire)

• Cartoon Network Hotel
• Eden Resort
• Country Inn of Lancaster
• Holiday Inn of Lancaster