Prime pumpkin-picking season is happening now in southwestern PA. At these local farms, families can gather some gorgeous pumpkins while enjoying plenty of fall fun.

Check out the choices:

Through Oct. 25: Trax Farms Fall Festival. The festival operates on weekends with hayrides, pumpkin picking, a three-acre maze, yard games and farm animals. Festival admission is free. Hayrides are $12 online, $14 onsite, free for ages 2 and younger.

Photo courtesy of Trax Farms.

Through Oct. 30: Harvest Valley Farms Fall Festival. October weekends transform the working farm into a pick-your-own pumpkin festival with a straw tunnel, hayrides, cornstalk maze and corn pit. Live music, food and craft beer will keep the grownups entertained. Admission is free, though various activities are individually priced.

Through Oct. 31: Freedom Farms Fall Festival. Visit the farm on October weekends for tractor rides, a challenging corn maze, corn pit, hay mountain, petting zoo and pick-your-own sunflowers, with a Trunk-or-Treat planned for Oct. 25. At Freedom Farms, Military Appreciation Day takes place on Oct. 24, with free admission for military, vets, police, firefighters and EMS workers and their families. And on Oct. 25, moms are admitted free for Moms Appreciation Day. Festival admission is $10, free for ages 3 and younger. The Pumpkin Patch, pony rides and face painting are priced separately.

Photo courtesy of Soergels Orchard.

Through Nov. 1: Fall Fest at Soergel Orchard. Weekends will be programmed with games and activities, tractor rides, flower picking, pumpkin and apple picking, plus great food. Friday night hayrides begin Oct. 2. Weekday afternoons include flower, pumpkin and apple picking. Admission is free with individual activities priced separately.

Through Nov. 1: Simmons Farms Fall Festival. Activities include pumpkin, apple and flower picking, a 100-foot mega slide, petting zoo, hayrides, duck races and human hamster wheels. Activity wristbands are $19-$24, free for kids measuring less than 33 inches.

Photo courtesy of Simmons Farms.

Through Nov. 1: Triple B Farms Fall Festival. Explore the Big Boo Barn, ride Scootin’ Scooters and play a game of Grain Bin Basketball. Other entertainment includes the Singing Chicken Show, hayrides and two corn mazes. Activity wristbands are $18.