One Day Field Trips
School field trip ideas in Lancaster County, PA are plentiful! But why be inside a classroom when your students can learn outside?
Be the hero! Give your students an engaging outdoor classroom experience they’ll love, even if they can’t participate in an overnight retreat. Black Rock Retreat offers age-appropriate half-day and full-day field trips for students in grades K-12. We can even customize your trip to fit your school’s schedule and education goals.
Can’t come for a multi-day overnight school retreat? Check out our one-day (or half-day) outdoor education options below.
Half-Day Field Trips
Sample Schedule*:
9:00am – Arrive at Black Rock Retreat
9:15am – Welcome and orientation
9:30am – Class 1
11:30am – Lunch
12:15pm – Load bus and return to school
Full-Day Field Trips
Sample Schedule*:
9:00am – Arrive at Black Rock Retreat
9:15am – Welcome and orientation
9:30am – Class 1
11:30am – Lunch
12:00pm – Group game, hike, or free time
12:45pm – Class 2
2:45pm – Load bus and return to school
* Schedules can be customized to your school’s plans
Please contact our staff at outdoor@brr.org for current pricing.
Elementary School Classes
- Creek Study
- Animal Habitats (includes hand-on time with the animals in our Nature Center)
- Ecology
- Owl Pellet Dissection
- Archery
- Team Building
- Wilderness Survival
- Geocaching
- Orienteering (using a compass)
- Laser Tag (ages 8 and up)
- Water Rockets
Middle and High School Classes
- Animal Habitats (includes hand-on time with the animals in our Nature Center)
- Team Building
- Creek Study
- Wilderness Survival
- Geocaching
- Zipline
- Giant Swing
- Low Ropes Course
- Frog Dissection
- Invertebrate Dissection
- Laser Tag
- Archery
- Orienteering (using a compass)
- Ecology
- Owl Pellet Dissection
- Water Rockets