Fall is in the air, and it?s once again time to breathe it all in, drink apple cider and ready for the cooler months ahead. Fortunately, there are lots of fall activities to help you bid adieu to summer, get you outside and enjoying the sublime weather.
Northern California
Cool Patch Pumpkins in Dixon features a pumpkin patch for pick-your-own and a corn maze that covers 53 acres. The maze was named to the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007, and this year?s maze is 13 acres larger than that one. Prepare for hours of fun finding your way out! Open 9 a.m. ? 8 p.m. every day (weather permitting) through Nov. 5.
Every weekend is a reason to celebrate at Historic Hawes Farms in Anderson: Pumpkin Harvest Arts & Crafts Festival and Scarecrow Contest, Oct. 13 ? 14; Western Days, Oct. 20 ? 21; and the Farmhand 5K through the fields, orchards and more, Nov. 3. Every day, there are train rides, a pumpkin patch, and corn and hay bale mazes. Open Fridays, 5 ? 10 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. ? 11 p.m.; and Sundays, 10 a.m. ? dusk. Also open Oct. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25, 5 ? 10 p.m.
A petting zoo, train rides, hay and corn mazes, and a tractor-pulled hay ride are reasons enough to visit the Nash Ranch Pumpkin Patch in Redding. More than 40 varieties of pumpkins can be found in the 15-acre pumpkin patch, with lots of produce to take home to create your own fall feast. Open daily 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m.; extended hours on the weekends, through Nov. 3.
Slide down the hay slide and then climb atop the hay pyramid at Country Pumpkins in Orland. You can also pick your own pumpkin ? or any other gourd, for that matter! ? and wander through the corn maze. Open daily 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m. through Oct. 31.
Boccali Pumpkin Patch
Southern California
A family-friendly pumpkin patch and haunted house ? is that even possible?! ? as well as hay bale maze, train and hay rides and panning for gold are waiting for you at the Irvine Park Railroad Fall Festival in Orange County. Open daily at 10 a.m. through Oct. 31.
Leave your arachnophobia behind and take on the spider maze at Murray Family Farms? October Fun Fest in Bakersfield. After a hay wagon ride, sample the seasonal fruits and vegetables, and then pick your own pumpkin to decorate at home. Open daily 8 a.m. ? 6 p.m. through Oct. 31.
The Pierce College Farm Center Halloween Harvest Festival in Woodland Hills has a six-acre corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkin patch, hay rides, a haunted house and a stage show with ?Spookley? the square pumpkin and Jack the scarecrow. Festival and corn maze hours are 10 a.m. ? 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. ? midnight Friday and Saturday. Haunted house and trail hours are dusk ? 10 p.m. weekdays, dusk ? midnight weekends. Through Oct. 31.
Find your own ?Field of Dreams? at the Big Horse Corn Maze and Fall Festival in Temecula. Not into baseball? Check out the pick-your-own pumpkin patch, corn and hay bale mazes, hay rides and say ?hi? the resident farm animals. Open Monday ? Friday 1 ? 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. ? 4 p.m. Through Oct. 31.
In addition to pick-your-own pumpkins at the Julian Mining Company Fall Celebration in Julian, you can also pick-your-own apples. Spend the day going on hay and wagon rides, traversing the child-size hay bale maze, and take some fresh apple cider home to enjoy later. Weekends through December: 10 a.m. ? 5 p.m. For a real scare, go on the Night Time Spooky Hayride: Tale of the Doomed Miner, Oct. 20 and 27, 7:30 p.m.
The haunted hay rides at the Boccali Ranch Pumpkin Patch in Ojai are perfect for a good scare. During the day, adopt a pumpkin to take home and wander through the child-sized hay bale maze. Open 10 a.m. ? dusk through Oct. 31.
What?s your favorite way to celebrate fall?
Susan
Susan Barnes is a travel writer, editor and photographer. A proud Army brat, she was born on a military base in Belgium and has been on the go ever since. Email Susan at susan@thefullmoxie.com
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