Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Current Month january, Free Events. Live Music. Museum Exhibit. Performing Arts. Sporting Events. Writing Panel Discussion. View the current issue here. View past issues here. Hot and Cold Winter Wellness. How to help victims of the Marshall Fire.
Courtesy Photo. Share on facebook Facebook. Share on twitter Twitter. Share on email Email. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Sign Up for Our Newsletter. Recent Posts. Your browser is not supported for this experience.
We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Head out to these farms and breathe in the crisp, fall air, find the just-right pumpkin and take in the mountain views and fall foliage. Best to bring cash and a bottle of water and leave your pets at home. The easiest pumpkin patch to get to from central Boulder, Munson Farms is within the city limits yet has a sprawling, u-pick pumpkin patch with sweeping mountain views. You'll also enjoy the farm stand, overflowing with Indian corn, gourds of every shape, and a rainbow of pumpkin varieties to choose from.
Admission is free; pumpkins and produce are priced by the pound. A farm store is stocked with all kinds of produce and goodies.
Try a hay bale maze or climb a hay mountain. Check their site for the latest. Children under 2 free. Rock Creek Farm is a working farm about 30 minutes southeast of Boulder offering a cornucopia of autumn fun. Venture into acres of pumpkins waiting to be snipped from the vine, laugh as you explore miles of fun and challenging corn mazes in three separate patterns, and rub elbows with goats, free-ranging chickens, pigs and other farm animals.
Everything is free for children under 5 and seniors, except you pay for your pumpkins, of course, and the weekend wagon ride has a small fee. This has to be one of the best selections of pumpkins around.
Top off the day with farm animals — goats, ponies, chickens, pigs, donkeys — fall-themed snacks, a hay bale maze and a family fun area. In the past, fall food has spanned caramel apples, baked goods, pumpkin bread and more. Admission is totally free, plus whatever your pumpkin and food costs. Local tip: The corn mazes are now open after dark on Fridays and Saturdays, so bring a flashlight. Venture out to Longmont, N. The minute tours, offered weekdays by appointment, are inexpensive and set up for groups of children, like classrooms.
General admission here is free and includes farm animals like alpacas, llamas, chickens, goats and geese, as well as access to the pumpkin patch, where you can pick your own straight from the vine or select from a pre-cut pile. Kids can also explore a straw bale maze. Take a tour of the grounds and try out the obstacle course, paint a pumpkin, ride a pony, hug a llama or baby cow, go down the slide, pet farm animals and see how fast you can get through the hay maze and corn stalk tunnel.
There are also carnival rides here, making this destination definitely worth the drive from Boulder. The pumpkin carnival is only offered on weekends, although some of the other activities are offered daily.
Carnival highlights include mini airplane rides, carousel car rides and more. General admission is free and so is parking.
The carnival activities on the weekend require inexpensive tickets. At the Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Patch, you can also shop the organic farm stand, with many different kinds of veggies. If all this action has left you hungry, the farm has food vendors selling carnival-style food like cotton candy, caramel apples, hot dogs, big pretzels, snow cones, popcorn and brats. The corn maze at Munson Farms is small, but it and the pumpkin patch are free to walk through.
You can also enjoy an inexpensive hayride.
0コメント