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Your Guide to Fall Fun

Apple picking, leaf peeping, all your fall fun events and more!

By Nicole Torretti, Publisher of Macaroni Kid Enfield September 13, 2021

It's time for fall family fun and we can hardly wait! We are lucky to have so many fall attractions and events where families have been making fall memories for years. From picking apples to leaf-peeping to Halloween fun ... Macaroni KID Enfield has all the details for you and your family to make the most of autumn.



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Pick Your Own Apple Farms 

Johnny Appleseed’s Farm

Address231 Somers Rd Ellington, CT

Details: U-pick Monday- Friday 9-1; Saturday and Sunday 9-5 (gate closes at 4:30). Now picking: Cortland, Gala, McIntosh, Jonamac, and Paulared. (wagon rides to the picking this weekends!)

More information: Johnny Appleseed’s Farm (860) 875-1000


Easy Pickin’s Orchard

Address: 46 Bailey Rd Enfield, CT

Details: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:  9am – 12noon. Saturday and Sunday: 9am - 5pm. Tuesday and Thursday: 4pm – 6:30pm. CLOSED Tuesday mornings.

More information: Easy Pickin’s Orchard (860) 763-3276


Irish Bend Orchard

Address: 9 Pioneer Hts Somers, CT

Details: Open Friday-Sunday 9am-5pm.

More information: Irish Bend Orchard (860) 698-6429



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Leaf peeping 

Shenipsit State Forest, Somers – Observation Tower 

360 Gulf Road Somers, CT 


Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent – Cobble Mountain

Macedonia Brook State Park 159 Macedonia Brook Road Kent, CT


Talcott Mountain State Park, Simsbury – Heublein Tower

1 Summit Ridge Drive Simsbury, CT 




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Fall attractions

Foster Family Farm Corn Maze

90 Foster St South Windsor, CT

Open Saturday 10am-7pm and Sunday 10am- 6Pm in September. Starting October 1 open Sunday - Friday 10am-6pm and Saturdays 10am-7pm. Taking a break from night mazes this year. Come celebrate Peace, Love and Rock n Roll this season!

Cohen Farms

112 West St Ellington, CT 

Wonderful place to find the perfect pumpkins!

Farmer’s Hay Ride

13 Niederwerfer Rd Broad Brook, CT

Open every Saturday and Sunday 10a—5pm in October.

Hayride to get pumpkins, you get to feed cows on the way back on the hayride. And there’s a petting zoo. 





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Fall events 

Macaroni KID Enfield is adding fall events regularly as we find them, so check back often for updates!


We will continue to update our Macaroni KID Enfield Fall Fun Guide with events as they are posted, so check back often!

Do you know of a 2021 family-friendly fall event or attraction in the Enfield area that isn't listed here? Please submit your event here and we will add it to our Macaroni KID Enfield Fall Fun Guide!