Fall is such a stunning time of year and possibly the best season to get out and enjoy all the fun of the season with your family in Philadelphia. There is SO much to do from hayrides to haunted houses to pick your own apples and much more. Makes me wish there were just more days to enjoy it all this fall in Philly!
Pick Your Own Apples
Linvilla Orchards, Media, PA
Solebury Orchards, New Hope, PA
Johnson’s Corner Farm, Medford, PA
Pumpkin Patches
Pumpkinland at Linvilla Orchards, Media, PA
Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Patch at Active Acres Farm, Newtown, PA
Pumpkin Festival at None Such Farm, Buckingham, PA
Pumpkin Fest at Shadybrook Farm, Yardley, PA
Hurricane Hill Farm, Coatesville, PA
Pumpkin Playground at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
Scarecrows
Scarecrow Walk at Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA (runs Oct. 5th – 20th)
Scarecrow Competition and Display at Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA (through Oct. 27th)
Hayrides
Apple and Pumpkin Picking Hayrides at Johnson’s Corner Farm, Medford, PA
Halloween Hikes and Hayrides at Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 25th & 26th)
Hurricane Hill Farm, Coatesville, PA
Linvilla Orchards, Media, PA
Corn Mazes
Hurricane Hill Farm, Coatesville, PA
Trick or Treating
Boo at the Zoo @ the Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 19-20, 26-27)
The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular, at Sesame Place, Langhorne, PA (Weekends through 10/27)
Little Boo at the Zoo at Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, PA (Oct. 19-20, 26-27)
Halloween on the Farm at Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (Oct. 26)
Trick or Treat in the Art Museum at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Oct. 30th, starts at 5:15pm)
Scarier Stuff for Big Kids Only
Sleepy Hollow Haunted House and Haunted Hayrides at Active Acres Farm, Newtown, PA
Terror Behind the Walls Tours at Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA (through Nov. 9th)
Pennhurst Asylum at Pottstown, PA (through Nov. 2nd)
Horror Fest at Shadybrook Farm, Morrisville, PA
Worth the Day Trip
Halloween in Hersey/Hershey Park in the Dark at Hershey Park, Hershey, PA
Happy Hauntings at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA
Festivals & More Fun
October
10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26: Fall Family Fun Days at Sister Cities Park, Philadelphia Enjoy family fun and special seasonal activities at Sister Cities Park Saturdays this October.
10/10-10/13: Harvest Happenings at The Oval, Philadelphia, PA Philly’s hottest new spot along the Ben Franklin Parkway reactivates for some fall family fun with hayrides, a costume contest, petting zoo and more.
10/19-10/20: Pumpkin Days Celebrations at Tyler Arboretum, Media, PA The annual family festival featuring food, performances and of course pumpkins!
10/24, 10/25, 10/26: The Great Pumpkin Carve in Chadd’s Ford, PA. Enjoy three nights of spooktacular fun as giant pumpkins are carved by master carver and light for all to enjoy.
10/26: Healthy Halloween at SMITH, Philadelphia, PA Kids can show off their costumes and march in the Halloween Parade at SMITH and enjoy pumpkin ring toss and other games, live entertainment and more.
10/19: All Hallow’s Eve Fall Fest at Pennypaker Mills, Schwenksville, PA
10/26: East Passyunk Spooky Saturday and Fall Festival, East Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA
10/27: Halloween Festival at Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athen, PA. The annual festival features a Harry Potter scavenger hunt, wheat weaving, Angels, Devils and Spirits cell phone tour and much more!
November
11/2: Apple Festival at Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA
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