Autumn has finally arrived, which means it’s the perfect time to visit your local farm and enjoy all the fall-time activities. Grab a sweater, some apple cider drinks and donuts and a pumpkin to carve and visit these farms where you can hop on a hayride and enjoy the autumn-esque views of the leaves falling from the trees.
Here are some farms you can visit in and around Queens to hop on a hayride.
The Queens County Farm Museum is offering hayrides this fall. Photo credit: Queens County Farm Museum
Located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Glen Oaks, the farm is the perfect spot for a hayride. The tractor-pulled hayride drives alongside the entire 47 acres of the farm, showcasing its pastures, woody areas and growing fields. This is the perfect time to grab your apple cider drinks and have a seat at the hayride.
Tickets for the Hayride are $6 per person. Hours (weather permitting) are Mondays through Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Located at 3159 Flatbush Ave., overlooking the bay, Green Meadows Farm is the perfect place for your fall activities. For the entire fall season, the farm offers a hayride with your admission ticket, where guests can explore what the farm has to offer, including farm animals and corn mazes.
Admission tickets are $14 per person (2 years and older). They are open weekends from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Drive up an hour to Westchester County, or take the Metro-North Harlem Line train to the Westchester Greenhouses and Farm. Located in Hartsdale at 332 W. Hartsdale Ave., this is the spot to not only do a hayride across the farm, but also shop for some organic products and pumpkins.
They are open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Secor Farms – Mahwah, New Jersey
Right on the border of New York and New Jersey lies Secor Farms, a three-generation family farm located in Mahwah, New Jersey, at 85 Airmont Ave. Guests can make the 1-hour-and-15-minute drive, or take the 900 bus from Port Authority to enjoy the hayrides from now until Nov. 1. Admission tickets on weekdays include the hayride on the pumpkin patch and access to two of the smaller corn mazes (note: you must take the hayride to access the corn mazes). On weekends, admission tickets include not only the hayride and access to all corn mazes, but also a petting zoo, pumpkin patch and hay maze.
Tickets are $8.50 per person on weekdays and $9.50 per person on weekends. Hours are Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In the heart of Long Island in Suffolk County, F&W Schmitt’s Family Farm has been in operation since 1944. They offer fresh produce and seasonal events, including their annual fall festival, which lasts until Halloween. Located at 26 Pinelawn Rd in Melville, guests can either drive an hour or take the LIRR to Huntington. Their fall festival has more than just hay rides through the farm – it also features a 7-acre corn maze, pumpkin picking and even a 9-hole mini golf.
Tickets are $24 to attend the fall festival. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the festival. For weekday activities, which are limited, hours are noon to 5 p.m.