Fall Activities in The Charlotte Area
Over the next few weeks we will be blogging about all the Haunted and spooky places you can take your older children. Also we will let you in on a list of safe places to Trick-or-Treat.
Pumpkin Picking
Hall Family Farm
10713 Providence Rd West, Charlotte, NC 28277
704.540.0367
Fall season on the farm features a 5 acre corn maze, pumpkin picking, musical hay ride, kids activities, school tours, group tours, birthday parties, and refreshments available in our sales tent. There is no admission charge. We accept all forms of payment except American Express.
Prices:
Corn Maze – $8 for ages 9 and up, $6 for ages 3-8, 2 and under are free
Pumpkins – varies by size – $0.59/lb
Bonfire – $30 for 2 hours
Hayrides – $3 for ages 3 and up, ages 2 and under are free (all ages are allowed to ride)
Combo tickets (includes corn maze and hayride): $10 for ages 9 and up, $8 for ages 3-8, 2 and under are free
Slushies – $1.50 (8 oz.) and $2.50 (16 oz.)
Kids Activities (mini maze, duck race, bouncy ball race, chickens) – FREE
Carrigan Farms
1261 Oak Ridge Farm Hwy
(Intersection of 150 & 152)
Mooresville, NC 28115
704.664.1450
www.carriganfarms.com
Looking for the authentic pumpkin patch experience? Look no farther than Carrigan Farms. Conducted every October since 1975, our tractor-drawn pumpkin patch hayrides might be old fashioned, but we assure you they are the real deal.
At Carrigan Farms we GROW tens of thousands of pumpkins every year. Each and every hayride includes a trip to the pumpkin patch, where kids of all ages (adults too!) each pick their very own pumpkin. Pumpkins range in size from 2-20 pounds +/-, so everyone can find the size that’s right for them. Cost of our hayride on weekends is $10.00 per person for everyone ages 2 and above. Young babies 23 months and under are free; however, they do not get a pumpkin.
Days and times for pumpkin patch hayrides are:
Saturdays in October: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sundays in October: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday hayrides depart approximately every 15 minutes and last 45 minutes to one hour. Our busiest time on Saturdays is from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and on Sundays from noon to 2:30 PM. So for the shortest “wait time” come either before or after the peak.
Our farm market is open from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM every day of the week during the month of October. Come enjoy a fun time shopping for fresh apples and apple cider, corn stalks, straw bales, mini pumpkins and giant pumpkins, colorful and fun shaped gourds, Indian corn, turnips and greens, colorful mums, local honey, and pumpkins by-the-pound.
Apple Picking
Granddad’s Apples
2951 Chimney Rock Road
Hendersonville, NC. 28792
(828) 685-1685
grandadsapples.com
August-October Open 7 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm
This is a great day trip, you and your kids can pick Apples and Pumpkins. They also have ample farm animals that you can feed, and a Cow Train
Corn Maze
Aw Shucks Farms
3718 Plyler Mill Rd., Monroe, NC, 28112
(704) 709-7000
This is a great place for kids with tons of activities and a great corn maze. Aw Shucks was also featured on the show American Pickers this year.the farm features,
A corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch, haunted trail, animals, and pony rides.
Carolina Renaissance Fair
16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville, NC 28078 – (704) 896-5544 or toll free at (877) 896-5544 www.royalfairies.com
Saturdays and Sundays October 5th- November24th
The Carolina Renaissance Fair is always a fun Fall event. This fair features activities, performers, camel rides, jousting, and turkey legs.
Harris Teeter
Purchase discounted tickets in advance at Harris Teeter Stores:
$21 for adults
$11 for children 5-12 (under 5 always free).
Print Your Own Online Tickets
Print Your Own Tickets Online
$21 for adults
$11 for children 5-12 (under 5 always free).
There is no additional service fee charged for on-line ticket sales.
Festival Box Office
Purchase them at the Festival Box Office for:
$22 for adults
$12 for children 5 – 12 (Children under 5 always free).
$19 for seniors 60 and over ($3.00 savings).
$19 for active and/or retired adult military personnel and their spouses ($3.00 savings). Must show military ID. Spouses must show dependent military ID.
$9 for child dependents of active and/or retired adult military personnel and/or their spouses ($3.00 savings). Children must show dependent military ID.
