Detroit to Gettysburg Road Trip Guide

You and the family may be ready for a relaxing stay in the woods after all that Lego building and driving almost 170 miles from Columbus. Luckily, this part of Pennsylvania has some pretty fantastic natural areas including Raccoon Creek State Park in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. As one of the largest and most visited parks in the state, the 7,752-acre natural wonderland has biking, horseback riding, and even a 100-acre lake.

If you like hiking, you’re in luck because this park has 42 miles of them to choose from. After your hike, spend a day at the beach where you can cool off in Raccoon Lake. You can even toss a line in and see if you can catch some bass or catfish for dinner. Speaking of dinner, the park has plenty of BBQ grills and picnic tables for anyone to enjoy.

Don’t bother parking the rig in the lot. Go ahead and reserve a campsite before leaving for your road trip so you know you’ll have a place to spend the night. Raccoon Creek has 172 campsites that can fit RVs and trailers up to 78 feet long. They also have cabins, a lodge, and a rustic campground if you feel like getting out of the RV for the night. It’s so peaceful, you won’t even realize you’re only 24 miles from Pittsburgh.

Remember when you used to build huge skyscrapers with your Legos and knock them down? Does it make you want to go back to your youth and play with some Legos of your own again? Well, now they have new Legos that you can turn into working vehicles, machines, and more. Why didn’t they have that kind of thing when you were a kid?

You don’t have to be a kid to play with Legos though. Have you seen the Lego Masters competition where groups of adults build elaborate projects with Legos to win the “Golden Brick?” Take a side trip to Legoland Discovery Center in Columbus, Ohio, 111 miles to the south, where you can play with as many Legos as you want to. You don’t even have to bring the kids with you. However, they can probably show you a thing or two.

There is a plethora of activities at Legoland Discovery Center. Watch amazing movies on the Lego 4D cinema, build Lego Racers, and then the kids can take a creative workshop to learn how to build one of the specially chosen Lego projects such as pirate ships, rockets, or critters that can actually move. They even have a café so you can eat before heading to your next stop.

Get out of the busy city of Detroit and head to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Whether you have a group of kids, one kid, or no kids at all, Cedar Point Theme Park has something fun for everyone. The park boasts 72 carnival rides including 17 thrilling coasters, dozens of food kiosks, games, and even live entertainment.

Just 117 miles from Detroit, you can reach the park in just over two hours without traffic or bathroom breaks. It’s all interstate driving, so you won’t need to worry about doing any fancy maneuvering in your rig. The only time you will be getting off the highway is when you get to Cedar Point, which practically has its own island. It’s really a peninsula, but it sure seems like an island.

This park is not just an average theme park. Little adventurists have four sections of the park just for them! But that’s not all, the park even has a separate water park with extreme water slides, a wave pool, and special areas for pint-sized water lovers. If that is not enough, there’s also a huge sandy beach to enjoy. Instead of worrying about parking, reserve one of the 200 campsites at Cedar Point that can accommodate rigs up to 70 feet. After all, how often do you get to spend the night in an amusement park?