Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Charles Alley Memorial Park, Lancaster

A wedding at Charles Alley Memorial Park in Lancaster brings you into 350 acres of woods, lakes and trails run by the city's parks department. For wedding photos and wedding film, the park has the kind of scenery couples usually travel for: two lakes, seven miles of hiking trails, a log cabin and a covered bridge, which photographers love for a picture of the two of you in any season, from spring green to snow.

The center of a wedding day here is the Goslin Nature Center, whose upstairs Great Room can be rented for weddings and parties. That gives you an indoor room with restrooms and a place to gather guests, and the room can be rented with an audio and video system that includes two large televisions and a sound system, handy for a slideshow, music or toasts your videographer can record cleanly. Ask the parks office whether your wedding ceremony can be held outdoors on the grounds, by one of the lakes or near the covered bridge, and what it requires.

Rentals are handled through the main park office, which is taking reservations for 2026 and has written rental procedures. The park is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., so plan portraits within those hours, and allow time to walk to the bridge or cabin in your shoes. Shelter houses are also listed among the park's facilities.

• Call the main park office to reserve the Great Room and ask for the rental procedures.
• Walk the trail to the covered bridge with your photographer before the wedding.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and any rules for ceremonies outdoors.

A little about Charles Alley Memorial Park

Lancaster Parks and Recreation has run the park since 1978. It also hosts seasonal events such as a maple tapping festival, a pumpkin hike and winter lights.