Leaves are falling, pumpkins are ready to pick and Montgomery County has everything a fall-lover might need to celebrate the season.
Fall Festivals
Rock Hill Orchard in Mt. Airy hosts fun full festivities every weekend through Oct. 22.
Activities include a pumpkin cannon, corn maze and apple picking. Visitors can also watch cows being milked for their famous ice cream and pet calves.
Tickets vary by what activities visitors choose and can be purchased online.
The annual Pumpkin Festival at Butler’s Orchard is open in Germantown until Oct. 29, subject to weather conditions.
Giant slides, hayrides, tractor pulls and the twisted corn maze are just a few of the family-friendly attractions to do at the orchard.
Looking for a fall treat? Look no further than the donuts, caramel apples and kettle corn stands.
Butler’s Orchard strongly encourages purchasing tickets online before making the trip. Admission prices range from $17 and $10, depending on the day of your visit and if the purchase was made online or in-person.
MCM visited Butler’s just before the fall season.
Pumpkin and Apple Picking
Homestead Farm is the place to go to pick-your-own produce this fall in Poolesville.
Pumpkins and apples are available for picking at this family farm. Also for sale is honey, squash, eggplant, and fruit preservatives.
The admission fee for the farm is $3, which is not required for market access. The farm is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Find more information, click here.
Spooky Tours
For people wanting to get into the Halloween-mood, Field of Screams in Olney is open until the end of October.
The “haunted trail” portion leads visitors through a haunted campground and the “trail of terror” winds through a spooky forest and 29 haunted houses. Tickets range from $44 to $64.
Other nearby haunted attractions include Laurel’s House of Horror, Bennett’s Curse in Baltimore and Ghosts Tours of Historic Frederick.
Walk through the Leaves
As the leaves turn, fall becomes the perfect time for a calm walk in a forest. Maryland’s fall leaves should be full display in mid-October, peaking around Oct. 23 according to The Washington Post.
Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds offers a 4.6 mile hard-surface trail, along with 16 miles of natural surface trails around the lake and forested area.
Located in Redland is Lake Needwood Trails in Rock Creek Regional Park, which curves between a forest and the shoreline of Lake Needwood.
Fall Treat
A pumpkin-themed treat is needed to round off any good fall day.
Barking Mad, a cafe in Gaithersburg, offers pumpkin spice, maple syrup, cinnamon and apple cider flavored coffees for the fall season.
Heyser Farms in Colesville sells apple cider, fresh cinnamon sugar doughnuts and and apples for a perfect fall feast. Visitors can also pick pumpkins at the family farm.
