Fall Enjoyable in Orange County, N.Y.

Bursts with Pumpkins to Pick, Cider to Sip and – for the Bold – Halloween Frights to Brave

Orange County, N.Y. (Sept. 25, 2025) – The air is crisp, the apple cider is recent pressed, and the leaves are glowing with vibrant shade. Orange County, N.Y. kicks off the season with Halloween thrills and chills—excellent for many who dare, full with fall festivals, scenic drives, pick-your-own pumpkins, and orchard days. Finish it off by stocking up on farm-fresh meals to your Thanksgiving desk.

“Wrap yourself in your favorite sweater and come to Orange County, N.Y.,” mentioned Amanda Dana, Director of Orange County Tourism & Film. “Pick pumpkins, sip cider from apples harvested locally, bump along in a hayride, wander through a corn maze, and, if you’re brave enough, try one of our spooky Halloween parks. With all the treats and chills you could want just an hour from New York City, you’re sure to make Orange County your home this autumn.”

Here are examples of the autumn festivals, Halloween scares and pumpkin-picking farms in Orange County, N.Y. Visit www.pickocny.com for a lot of extra:

Fall Festivals

Fall Foliage Festival, downtown Port Jervis:

Sept. 28, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The 32^nd annual autumnal celebration brings Port Jervis’s historic downtown to life with greater than 200 distributors, a basic automobile present, a beer and cocktail backyard, dwell music on three phases, a petting zoo and pony rides.

Learn more here.

Oktoberfest at Drowned Lands, 251 State School Rd., Warwick, N.Y.:

Oct. 11, midday – 10 p.m.; Oct. 12, midday – 8 p.m.

The award-winning craft brewery goes huge for Oktoberfest with two full days of stein specials, German-style craft brews and hearty meals favorites. Think brats, pretzels and extra. Test your power in a keg toss competitors. Get into the spirit by breaking out the lederhosen and dirndls. (German apparel inspired.)

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Good Vibes and Tractor Rides Fall Festival, Wagon Wheel Farm, 363 Sarah Wells Trail, Goshen, N.Y.:

Oct. 4-5 and 11-13, midday – 6 p.m.

Come for the pumpkins and sunflowers, keep for the bounce-house park, dwell music, recent cider doughnuts, meals vehicles, pleasant contests, pony rides, and kettle corn. Then toast the day with native beer, wine, and exhausting cider.

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Pumpkin Picking

Apple Ridge Orchards, 101 Jessup Road, Warwick, N.Y.: Pick-your-own pumpkin starting Sept. 20. Kids can even meet new buddies on the petting zoo and romp within the play space. Visit the farm stand for the well-known apple cider and cider doughnuts. Movie night time! Come on Oct. 10 for an out of doors displaying of Spookley the Square Pumpkin. Bring a blanket and settle in for the present!

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Piersons Farm, 1448 Route 211, Middletown, N.Y.: Pick your personal pumpkin starting Sept. 23. While you’re there, take a look at your ability in a four-acre corn maze. Looking for a lighter problem? Try the three-quarter acre maze! And that’s simply the beginning, youngsters can hop on hayrides to feed the cows, journey the barrel practice, meet barnyard buddies, zip down the slides, scramble throughout the large spider-web climb, and extra.

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Rocky Bar Farm, 52 Rocky Bar Road, Westtown, N.Y.: Visit the farm to select the pumpkin that’s excellent for your loved ones. While you’re there, pop into the Halloween store for spooky provides and decorations. Before you go, seize some recent produce to carry residence.

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Wright Family Farm, 329 Kings Highway, Warwick, N.Y.: There’s far more right here than pumpkins! Little ones and large youngsters can race pedal tractors, journey the cow practice, scoop and dig within the corn field (like a sandbox with corn kernels), hop on hayrides, get misplaced within the corn maze, and even take a pony journey.

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Spooky Thrills

Pure Terror Scream Park, 1010 Route 17M, Monroe, N.Y.: Why accept spooky when you may take a look at your mettle within the face of pure terror? The park holds the Guinness world document because the longest walk-through horror attraction. Ten large haunted sections, resembling Bedlam State Asylum, Resurrection Cemetery and Pumpkin Alley, carry on the fright with Hollywood-level units, skilled scare actors and cutting-edge particular results.

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Haunted Boo Barn and Trails, Thunderbird Farms, 13 Van Sickle Road, Pine Island, N.Y.: New chills await round each nook in each the barn and the paths. Test your braveness in opposition to lurking horrors and eerie whispers within the barn’s maze of terror or courageous the scary trails, now longer and extra terrifying than ever. For probably the most brave of tourists, a combo ticket features entry to each points of interest.

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Wine and Spirits Ghost Tour, Hudson Highlands Nature Center, 110 Muser Drive, Cornwall, N.Y.: Combine wine tasting with spirits – the spooky form – in an evening of intrigue, apparitions and enjoyable. “Soul-mmelier” Rob Lipkin will pour the vintages within the 160-year-old farmhouse whereas Carl Heitmuller recounts sightings and sounds of the “entities,” together with private accounts from three a long time on the Nature Center.

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