10 days in Erie Itinerary

Get outdoors at Lake Erie Fishing Charters and Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier. Erie Maritime Museum and National Comedy Center will appeal to museum buffs. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around Erie: Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica (in Lackawanna), Lake View Cemetery (in Jamestown) and Buffalo (Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, Forest Lawn, &more). There's lots more to do: examine the collection at Experience Childrens Museum, get engrossed in the history at Firefighters Historical Museum, explore the world behind art at Erie Art Museum, and visit a coastal fixture at Presque Isle Lighthouse.

To find maps, traveler tips, photos, and other tourist information, go to the Erie online travel route planner.

Reading to Erie is an approximately 5.5-hour car ride. You can also do a combination of car and flight. When traveling from Reading in May, plan for little chillier days in Erie, with highs around 68°F, while nights are about the same with lows around 51°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 10th (Wed) early enough to travel back home.