I don't know about you but one of my favorite things about fall is how it brings the family back together for our traditions. Like hunting for the perfect pumpkin, getting lost in a hay maze and enjoying warm cider donuts.
There are so many great farms in the Portland area so let's start with the one that holds so many memories for our family...
Lee Farms in Tualatin. Their Fall Festival has all the things; pumpkin patch, corn maze, hay rides, farm animals, cider donuts. Those DONUTS are worth the trip alone!
Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island has their annual Fall Harvest Festival. Topaz also has its very own sunflower maze. This year, the farm planted several acres of sunflowers. If you haven’t taken the kids there yet, the maze will be open for a few more weekends.
Vancouver Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze has all the gourds you can handle AND an apple cannon!
The Corn Maize At The Pumpkin Patch is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Charles M. Shulz' Peanuts. Fun Fact: 75-plus corn mazes across the United States are also doing tributes to the Peanuts gang!
Roloff Family Farm, best known from their reality show Little People, Big World has all the fall fun including the Pumpkin Express Train, face painting, hay pyramids, live music and so much more!
It's the 37th year of the Bauman Farms Harvest Festival and they're doing it up big with the petting zoo, slides and playground. One of my favorite things is the gift shop where you can buy fall (and Christmas!) decor and goodies.
At Plumper Pumpkin Patch you can take a barrel train ride and hayride, nosh on hand-dipped caramel apples, shop for homemade jams and honey, and of course pick out the perfect pumpkin for your front porch.
Looking for a dog-friendly pumpkin patch? Papa's Pumpkin Patch in Sherwood is cool with your dog as long as they're on a leash. They've got 50 acres of pumpkins, squash and gourds. This farm is free to visit and welcomes all to “go into the patch, run around and find your pumpkin.”
Is it even fall if you haven't felt the thrill of an apple slingshot? I thought not. Get out to Oregon Heritage Farms in Hillsboro stat! They've got animals, pumpkins, a picnic area and the ever popular apple slingshot.
Liepold Farms in Boring is anything but. Their corn maze theme this year is “Under the Sea,” to raise awareness about the importance of our oceans. Get lost in the themed corn maze, go on a hayride with views of Mt. Hood, and they too have an apple slingshot. They even have a “dark maze” which is apparently NOT haunted.
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