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Harvest and Halloween Events
Farms, attractions, and neighborhoods across New Jersey celebrate the fall season with fun-filled harvest festivals and spooky Halloween events. Visitors can enjoy quintessential autumn activities like pumpkin-picking, apple-picking, hayrides, and haunted houses!
Heaven Hill Farm’s Great Pumpkin Festival
September 14th-November 3rd, 451 State Route 94, Vernon, NJ 07462
Located in Sussex county, this is the largest fall festival in northern New Jersey. Features more than 30 attractions such as pig racing, an obstacle course, monster slingshots, a spider web crawl, a petting zoo and other traditional activities including a corn maze plus hay, pony and carnival rides.
Terhune Orchards
September 14-October 27th; weekends only
Come to Terhune Orchards in Princeton every weekend this fall for great farm fun, great food and great music. Visit the Adventure Barn and the winery tasting room. Enjoy all the apple fare. Participate in all the fall-related activities such as mazes, rides and pumpkin-painting.
Snyder’s Farm Fall Festival
September 28 thru October 27, weekends only.
Located in Somerset, activities like hayrides, pumpkin picking, corn maze, moon bounce, potato sack slide, pedal carts, food and music will entertain the whole family. Farm store will be open during Festival weekends. Note: Credit cards not accepted at this time. http://snyders-farm.com/
Lupardi’s Nursery Fall Fun
September 21 thru October 27th. Weekends only.
Located in Closter, Bergen county. Features corn maze, tractor-pulled wagon rides, farm animals feeding zoo and a 30-ft. tree house slide. Stop by the snack hut to munch on hot dogs, pretzels, fresh donuts, juice, cider or water. Make sure to visit the haunted greenhouse which will leave you shaking in your boots!
Alstede’s Farm – Fall Family Fun Daily, through November 11th. In this Chester family-owned farm, come pick your own fruits and vegetables and participate in fall fun activities! Check the calendar for special events such as tasting events, Harvest Moon hayrides and night-time corn maze fun. https://www.alstedefarms.com/
Oasis Family Farm Now open every weekend in Robbinsville. U-Pick pumpkins starts September 21st. This Halloween, treat your kids to something REALLY sweet at Oasis Family Farm! “Little Monster Kids Trail” is a kid-friendly, family-oriented, interactive activity that will help you discover the little monster that exists within you! There’s spooktacular photo opportunities available along the trail. [Text Wrapping Break]NO RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED. Check the website for dates and times. http://www.oasisfamilyfarm.com/
Apple Picking Locations
Mackey’s Orchard – Belvidere. Also sample their 40 ice cream flavors. www.mackeysorchards.com
Melick’s Town Farm – multiple locations. Pick apples through December. www.melickstownfarm.com
Phillips Farms – Milford. Family-owned spot on the Delaware River. Shop their market for fruit spreads, pumpkin butter and apple cider, thru October. www.phillipsfarms.com
Pochuck Valley Farms – Glenwood. Pick your own fall produce. Onsite deli with Amish-made meats and fixin’s. www.pochuckvalleyfarms.com
Race Farm – Blairstown. Features non-GMO produce. Free hayride. Enjoy a farm-fresh lunch at the café. Apple season ends October 31st but farm stand remains open year-round. www.racefarmllc.com
Stony Hill Farms – Chester. Apple-picking through mid-October. Little ones will enjoy the Corn Maze and Fun Maze Park as well as the faux gemstone mines and Noah’s Ark playground. www.stonyhillfarms.com
Sun High Orchards – Randolph. Fall favorites include apples and pumpkins. Join a fall farm tour where kids can get their queries answered. www.sunhigh.com
Terhune Orchards – Princeton. Throughout October visitors can pick apples, see barnyard animals or grab a bottle of handmade wine from the vineyard. www.terhuneorchards.com
Von Thun’s Country Farm Market – Monmouth. Enjoy moonlight corn maze and s’mores by the fire.Pick your own apples thru October. www.vonthunfarms.com
Wightman’s Farm – Morristown. This farm shines with apple-themed desserts and activities, including pick your own apples among ten different varieties. Try the corn maze. www.wightmanfarms.com
Halloween Attractions
Brighton Asylum – Passaic. Originally a facility for violent mentally ill patients and closed down in the 50s, it opened in 2011 as a haunted attraction filled with special effects and animatronics. Dubbed “one of the scariest places on Earth” so brace yourself to be horrified! www.brightonasylum.com
Cornfield of Terror – Egg Harbor City. Creepy twist on the classic fall favorite corn maze with terror around every stalk. Ages 10 and up. www.cornfieldofterror.com
Dracula’s Domain – Jackson. Haunted hayride through 66 acres of deep dark woods. Then, walk through Psycho Path, a terrifying trail overrun with monsters. www.draculasdomain.com
Haunted Scarehouse – Wharton. If you dare, walk through this two-floor horror house with chainsaws, prisoners and ghouls galore. Walk, or run, through the torture chambers, cells and other funhouses. Themed escape rooms also available, staffed with undead actors to assist with clue-hunting. www.hauntedscarehouse.com
Nightmare at Gravity Hill – Jackson. Located at Cicconi Farms, plenty of scares abound as cars seem to roll uphill and defy gravity. Explore the abandoned Ghost Town, Graveyard and Haunted Fields affected by this strange curse. Ages 14 and above; cash only. www.nightmareatgravityhill.com
Pantophobia –Montvale. Visit DiPiero’s Farm to see Cyrus Grain haunt the Farmstand. Wagonloads of visitors, or “victims”, are trapped onboard until it completes its journey. www.pantophobia.com
Scary Rotten Farms – Brick Twp. Biggest nightmares turn into reality as you choose your fate by entering either the Chaotic Carnival of Chaos, or Blackened the Plague where you dodge violently-ill apocalypse survivors. Both attractions priced separately, or as a combo ticket. Ages 13 and up. www.scaryrottenfarms.com
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