Hersheypark
A theme park founded in 1906 by Milton S. Hershey as a leisure park for the workers of his chocolate company. It sits in Hershey, the company town where even the streetlights are shaped like chocolate kisses, and today is packed with roller coasters.
- Where
- Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.2881, -76.6569
Get the Hersheypark stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hersheypark. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Pennsylvania volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hersheypark
Gettysburg National Military Park 72 km
The fields, ridges and woods where the three-day Battle of Gettysburg was fought in July 1863, preserved across some 1,500 hectares. Monuments line its roads, and in the Soldiers' National Cemetery Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
Philadelphia Museum of Art 130 km
An art museum on Fairmount hill at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, completed in 1928 and holding more than 240,000 objects from Europe, America and Asia. Its front steps, run up by Rocky Balboa in the films, are nearly as famous as anything inside.
Liberty Bell 134 km
A cracked bell that once hung in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House, now Independence Hall, and took its present name from abolitionists who adopted it as their symbol. It now sits in a pavilion across the street from the hall.
Independence Hall 134 km
The Georgian brick hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were both debated and adopted. A World Heritage Site since 1979, it stands at the heart of Independence National Historical Park.
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple 146 km
A Hindu temple in Lanham, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., and one of the largest in the United States. As its name says, it honours both Shiva and Vishnu, with shrines built in the South Indian manner.
Washington National Cathedral 155 km
An Episcopal cathedral modelled on the English Gothic of the late 14th century, begun in 1907 and only completed in 1990. It is the second largest church building in the United States, and a carved Darth Vader hides among the grotesques of its northwest tower.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial 157 km
A bronze statue of Gandhi in mid-stride, on a small triangle of land along Massachusetts Avenue in front of the Embassy of India. A gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, it was dedicated in 2000 during a state visit by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
White House 158 km
The home and office of every American president since John Adams moved in in 1800, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Its white-painted walls and columned porticoes face Lafayette Square to the north and the Ellipse to the south.
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Questions
Where is Hersheypark?
Hersheypark is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gettysburg National Military Park (72 km), Philadelphia Museum of Art (130 km), Liberty Bell (134 km).
How do I get the Hersheypark stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hersheypark and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Pennsylvania volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hersheypark before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Pennsylvania volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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