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Fall Family Fun: A Guide to Autumn Adventures in the Mount Airy area

Fall festivals, pumpkin patches and activities

By Kendall Karlsson September 3, 2024

Here are some fun family-friendly ideas for ways to explore, create, and play in and around the Mount Airy area this fall! Check the Macaroni Kid Calendar for free and low cost things to do in our area. Not a subscriber? Sign up today!


  Fall Festivals & Pumpkin Patches:

  • Gaver Farm (Mount Airy)
    • Fall Fun Festival: August 30 – November 5
  • Butler's Orchard (Germantown)
    • Pumpkin Festival September 21 - November 3 
  • Green Meadows Petting Farm (Ijamsville)
    • September - November open weekends only, pick your own pumpkin included with admission in October (1/admission)
  • Local Homestead Products (New Windsor) 
    • Check website or social media for pumpkin patch info, free playground and activities at the farm market 
  • Rock Hill Orchard (Mount Airy)
    • Apple picking, farm market, corn maze opens September 16 and pumpkin patch opens September 23. Activities are weekends only.
  • Larriland Farm (Woodbine)
    • Pick your own, hayrides and activities September & October
  • Sharp's at Waterford Farm (Brookeville)
    • Fall activities and open house days - check their website and social media for upcoming events
  • Baugher's (Westminster)
    • Pick your own sunflowers September - October, Pick your own pumpkins October weekends

  Fall activities

  Not so spooky events:

  Indoor activities for chilly days:

Check the Mount Airy/Urbana/Damascus Macaroni Kid events calendar weekly for more fun events in the area. This guide will be updated when more info is available too.