6 fall farm festivals for pumpkin picking and more in the Pittsburgh region

Although temperatures have been unseasonably warm, October is here and pumpkin-picking is in full swing in the Pittsburgh area. Check out these six fall festivals for the chance to pick pumpkins (and pick apples, too!), take hay rides and enjoy delicious treats at farms in our region. 

Five of these festivals will be running now through Oct. 26. They are: 

Soergel Orchards Fall Festival: Weekends are filled with games and activities, tractor rides, flower picking, pumpkin and apple picking. The pumpkin patch is also open on weekdays. Admission is free with activities individually priced.

Trax Farms Fall Festival: Festivities operate on weekends with hayrides, pumpkin picking, a 3-acre maze, yard games and farm animals. Festival admission is free. Hayrides are $12 online, $14 onsite, free for ages 2 and younger.

Triple B Farms Fall Festival: Explore the Big Boo Barn, ride Scootin’ Scooters and play a game of Grain Bin Basketball. Other entertainment includes the Singing Chicken Show, hayrides and two corn mazes. Activity wristbands are $18.

Harvest Valley Farms Fall Festival: October weekends transform the working farm into a pick-your-own pumpkin festival with a straw tunnel, hayrides, cornstalk maze and corn pit. Live music, food and craft beer will keep the grownups entertained. Admission is free with activities individually priced.

Freedom Farms Fall Festival: Visit the farm on October weekends, plus Columbus Day, for tractor rides, a challenging corn maze, corn pit, hay mountain, petting zoo and pick-your-own sunflowers, with a Trunk or Treat planned for Oct. 26. Military Appreciation Day takes place on Oct. 25, with free admission for military, vets, police, fighters and EMS workers and their families. On Oct. 26, moms are free for Moms Appreciation Day. Festival admission is $10, free for ages 3 and younger. The Pumpkin Patch, pony rides and facepainting are priced separately.

And one more farm festival is running now through Nov. 2:

Simmons Farms Fall Festival. Activities include pumpkin, apple and flower picking, a 100-foot mega slide, petting zoo, hayrides, duck races and human hamster wheels. Activity wristbands are $18-$23, free for kids measuring less than 33 inches.

Photo at top of this story courtesy of Soergel’s Orchard.