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Fall successful Colorado is blissful — particularly aft the exceptionally blistery (and smoky) summertime we had to endure this year. We tin springiness swamp coolers and cardinal aerial conditioning a rest, astatine last, airy up those backyard occurrence pits and revel successful our cooler nights and temperate days. And get retired to a autumn festival oregon three.
There are plentifulness of opportunities successful Colorado to prime a pumpkin, physique a scarecrow, instrumentality a hayride, sip immoderate cider and possibly get the bejesus frightened retired of you by a ghastly ghoul.
(Note: With COVID-19 and the delta variant lurking, delight beryllium safe: While astir of these events are outdoors, cheque websites for disguise and societal distancing requirements.)
Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera
Isabella Owellette, 9, and her parent Kiirsi effort to navigate the Anderson Farms Corn Maze connected Oct. 4, 2017 successful Erie.Fall Festival astatine Anderson Farms successful Erie
Fall Festival: Your summons astatine Anderson Farms includes a 25-acre maize maze, harvester slide, the woody train, tyre mountain, Krazy Rainbow Maze, pedal carts, workplace animals and Fort-A-Lot-A Fun, a magic amusement (on prime days), positive a wagon thrust to the 25-acre pumpkin patch, wherever you’ll find 70 varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds. Pumpkins priced betwixt $2 and $12. Open six days a week done Oct. 31.
Fall festival hours: Sat. 9 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon. and Wed. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (closed Tues.), Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Prices: Ages 4 & up, $15-$23; escaped for 3 and under.
Terror successful the Corn (ages 10 and up) oregon Zombie Paintball Hunt: Your summons to each includes admittance to the autumn festival. Terror successful the Corn is simply a 30-minute haunted hayride and shade municipality attraction. Zombie Paintball Hunt is an interactive, after-dark paintball acquisition with guests shooting “zombies” successful a cornfield from a wagon. Through Oct. 31. Terror successful the Corn/Zombie Paintball Hunt hours Thurs. and Sun. 7-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 7-11 p.m.
Terror successful the Corn: Thurs. and Sun. $30, and Fri.-Sat. $33. Quick Passes disposable for $45-$48. Zombie Paintball Hunt tickets are $25 Thurs. and Sun., $27 Fri.-Sat. Quick passes disposable for $40-$42.
Little Ghouls, Oct. 30-31, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids get a peculiar dainty bag, a thrust connected a trailer, a locomotion done portion of the haunted attraction for $5 (in summation to the Fall Festival admission).
New for 2021: The Platinum Pass for $125 gets you instant entree to Terror successful the Corn and Zombie Paintball Hunt, positive a T-shirt and more.
Anderson Farms: 6728 County Road 3¼, Erie, 303-828-5210, andersonfarms.com.
Fall astatine Botanic Gardens astatine Chatfield successful Littleton
Corn Maze: Wind your mode done 7 acres of corn, done Oct. 31. Mini-maze disposable for kids nether 10. Admission includes introduction to the pumpkin patch. Hours: Fri.-Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Prices from $10 to $15, depending connected membership. Kids 2 and nether free. New this year: Tickets indispensable beryllium purchased online successful advance; they volition not beryllium disposable on-site. Oct. 8-10, summons acquisition to Pumpkin Festival indispensable to summation introduction to Corn Maze.
Pumpkin Festival: Oct. 8-10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Includes hayrides, introduction to the pumpkin patch, antique tractor exhibit, photograph booths, carnival tickets, mini maze, section trade and artisan bootrrhs, nutrient trucks and vendors, unrecorded euphony and more. Bring your ain wagons to transport pumpkins. Average terms of pumpkins is $8. Admission $7 to $12; indispensable pre-purchase wide admittance tickets online earlier entry.
Botanic Gardens astatine Chatfield, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton, 720-865-3501, botanicgardens.org/events.
Kathryn Scott, The Denver Post
Jess Parrish and his artists from Cool Hand Ice Carving successful Longmont utilized their ice-carving skills to carve 266 jack-o’-lanterns for the archetypal Glow astatine the Gardens lawsuit connected Wednesday night, Oct. 14, 2015.Glow astatine the Gardens
A nighttime solemnisation of our favourite gourd, astatine Denver Botanic Gardens connected York Street successful Denver. Includes pumpkin artistry positive performing artists. Oct. 19-24, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cost: $17-$21 for members; $19-$23 for nonmembers. Free for 2 and under. General admittance tickets connected merchantability to nonmembers astatine 10 a.m. connected Oct. 4. Timed tickets indispensable beryllium purchased successful advance.
Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, 720-865-3500. botanicgardens.org/events
Colorado Pumpkin Patch successful Monument
Your summons includes a workplace carnal petting area, tractor hay rides, laser tag, quality foosball, a straw maze, pony rides, bounce pillow, conduit swings, straw slides, look coating and much (some activities transportation an other fee). Pumpkins scope from $2.50-$12. Through Oct. 31. Hours: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, Wed.-Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Ticket prices: $11-$14, depending connected day. Kids 3 and nether free; $38 play pass. No online ticketing; acquisition tickets connected broadside astatine the summons booth.
Colorado Pumpkin Patch, 18065 Saddlewood Road, Monument, 719-799-6708, coloradopumpkinpatch.net.
Fall astatine Cottonwood Farms in Lafayette
Your summons includes a 4-acre maize maze, straw bale maze, pumpkin patch, workplace animals, steam motor and workplace equipment, workplace basal and wagon rides ($5 per idiosyncratic connected Saturdays and Sundays, for families oregon different cohort groups only). Through Oct. 31. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Prices: $5 daily; kids nether 5 and seniors implicit 65 are free. Tickets disposable online up to 1 week successful beforehand (prepaid admissions are encouraged). Visit the Fall Market, wherever you tin acquisition pumpkins, squash, decorative items and much without admittance to the patch, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Cottonwood Farm, 10600 Isabelle Road, Lafayette, 720-890-4766, cottonwoodfarms.com.
Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post
Ashley Boggs, center, helps hole the pumpkin spot astatine Fritzler Corn Maze’s pumpkin patch.Fritzler Farm Park successful LaSalle
Farm Park: Your regular daytime summons to the workplace includes the pumpkin spot (50 cents a pound), maize mazes, go-carts, Slide Mountain, pillow jump, brew garden, backyard games and more. Cost: Fun Pass (does not see Scream Acres, paintball assemblage oregon inflatables) online is $17.95, astatine gross $22.95. The Ultimate Fun Pass for daytime admittance is $27.95 online; astatine the gross it’s $32.95, and it includes Fun Pass attractions positive 1 paintball league and 1 pumpkin cannon session. The Daytime Season Pass is $57.95. Kids 3 and nether free. Hours, done Oct. 31: Fridays 4-10 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m. Oct. 20-21, 6-9 p.m.
Select attractions adjacent astatine 6 p.m. Fireworks each Friday nighttime successful October, positive Sat., Oct. 9.
Scream Acres: Creatures lurk successful the maize and travel live arsenic you pass. Children 13 and younger indispensable beryllium accompanied by a guardian; not recommended for tiny children. Hours: Fri.-Sat. acheronian to 10 p.m., Oct. 20-21, 6-9 p.m. Through Oct. 30.
The outgo of the basal “Chillin’ ” admittance (you volition hold successful line) online is $27.95, $32.95 astatine the gate. The Shriekin’ Faster tickets (guaranteed entranceway wrong the hour) are $37.95 online. The Screamin’ Fastest tickets are $47.95 online and $52.95 astatine the gate, and warrant you front-of-the-line access. The play walk (unlimited visits) is $82.95. Paintball Gallery and Pumpkin Cannon are a $6 add-on astatine the gate.
Fritzler Farm Park: 20861 County Road 33, LaSalle, 970-737-2129, fritzlermaze.com.
Long Neck Pumpkin Farm in Colorado Springs
Admission includes the communicative barn, hay rides, the hay bale slide, duck races, legume container toss, workplace animals, games and more. Through Oct. 31. Hours: Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Prices: $13 per idiosyncratic until Oct. 3; $15 Oct. 8-31. Kids 2 and nether are free. Pumpkins are $7-$10 with paid admission; straw bales and maize stalk bundles $10. Reservations lone for 3 sessions regular (10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.); nary walk-ups. New this year: a renovated farmers marketplace and 2 caller areas to explore.
Long Neck Pumpkin Farm, 7595 California Drive, Colorado Springs, 719-551-0525, longneckpumpkinfarm.com
Sara Swenson, 5, carries a pumpkin she picked from a pumpkin spot astatine Miller Farms, located astatine Weld County Road 19 and Colorado Highway 66, Thursday, Oct. 03, 2013.Miller Farms Fall Harvest Festival successful Platteville
Admission includes a maize maze, Antique Alley, workplace animals, a elephantine “Croc-pit,” a hayride and different activities, positive a tractor thrust with stops on the mode to pick-your-own produce. Load up a wagon with pumpkins, gourds and wintertime squash and much for $40. Through mid-November. Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Prices: $25 for ages 14 and up; $15 for ages 4-14; escaped for 4 and under. Special radical and schoolhouse pricing.
Miller Farms: 13912 CR 19, Platteville, 970-785-6133 oregon millerfarms80651@aol.com, millerfarms.net.
Fall astatine Mazzotti Farms in Hudson
Ticket includes a scare-free maize maze, petting zoo, and a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. Plus, marque a scarecrow with your kids for $40. Through October. Hours: Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Prices: $14 for admission. Kids nether 2 are free.
Mazzotti Farms: 24120 Weld County Road 8, Hudson, 303-536-4089, mazzottifarms.com.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Butternut squash from Moon Farm connected Nov. 20, 2017 successful Lakewood.Fall astatine Moon Farm in Fruita
Your summons includes the petting zoo, maize maze, straw maze, creepy clown house, haunted castle, hayrides and more. Pumpkins are priced by size. Through Oct. 31. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. Cost: $7 per person. Kids 4 and nether are free.
Moon Farm, 1360 18½ Road, Fruita, 970-261-1113, moonfarm.net.
Studt’s Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze, Grand Junction
General admittance includes aggregate maize mazes (including 2 for the small ones), the pumpkin patch, pumpkin jumps, Hay Mountain, a petting zoo, zip lines, a tube train, maize cannons, pedal cars, pig races, and more. Pony rides connected weekends are an other $5. Oct. 1- 31. The PumpkinFest — starting astatine 10 a.m. connected Sat., Oct. 30 — includes games, carving contests, a treasure hunt and a pumpkin drop.
Hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-7 p.m.; Fri. noon-9 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Mondays. Prices: $12 play admission, kids 3 and nether free. Tues.-Thurs. $9. Pumpkin prices vary, starting astatine $1. Group and elder rates available.
Studt’s, 21½ and I½ Road, Grand Junction, 970-305-9006, studtspumpkinpatchandcornmaze.com.
Pumpkin Patch astatine Wishing Star Farm in Ellicott
Admission includes the petting zoo, duck races, horseshoes, roping dummies, bid rides, hay slide, tyre jungle, a pumpkin patch, a pallet maze and tons more. Oct. 1-31. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Prices: $12 per person; 2 and nether free. Pony rides are $5; pumpkins of immoderate size are $5. Group rates available.
Wishing Star, 24024 Highway 94, Ellicott, 719-244-7252, wishingstarfarm.com.
Anya Semenoff, YourHub
Decorative maize for merchantability astatine Maize successful the City connected Sept. 27, 2016, successful Thornton. Gina Palombo, Joe Palombo and Mark Villano are 3rd procreation workplace owners successful agrarian Thornton who enactment unneurotic to make Maize successful the City, a maize tract grown solely to make a fig of maize mazes, haunted houses, and family-friendly entertainment.Maize successful the City successful Thornton
Admission is escaped to this farm, with bouncers, tube bid rides, flight rooms, pony rides, petting zoo, soil art, maize kernel box, maize launchers and more. (Attractions are escaped to $20.) Entrance to the 20-acre maize maze is $12 for adults, $9 for children, and $5 per kid for the mini-maze. Choose from 15 assortment of pumpkins and gourds acceptable successful the easy-pick field; prices alteration by size, from $1 to $20. Open done Oct. 31. Hours: Fri.-Sun. 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Mon.-Thurs. noon-7 p.m. Mazes adjacent astatine 6 p.m.
Maize successful the City, 10451 McKay Road, Thornton, maizeinthecity.com.
Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns astatine Hudson Gardens
A walking way astatine Hudson Gardens with 5,000 hand-carved funkins and larger-than-life displays that picture a magical carnival, nautical seascape, dinosaurs and dragons. Open astatine 7 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, Oct. 1-31. (Gardens are unfastened sunrise to sunset.)
Tickets $10.99-$14.99 for kids (ages 3-12), $14.99-$19.99 for adults (ages 13+). Children 2 and nether free.
6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Attraction info astatine 510-896-3361, magicofthejackolanterns.com.
Evan Semon, Special to the Denver Post
Four Mile Historic Park’s escaped Great Pumpkin Harvest Festival includes a pumpkin spot — and you tin besides make a scarecrow oregon participate the pie-eating contest.<!–IPTC: Alaina Sanchez searches for the cleanable pumpkin astatine the yearly pumpkin motorboat with 2 prize pumpkins Saturday afernoon October 9, 2010. Each year, dozens of teams descend upon Aurora with elephantine trebuchets, catapults and aerial cannons successful tow, acceptable to spot who tin formal the craziest, behave the oddest and chuck a pumpkin the farthest.Pumpkin Harvest Festival astatine Four Mile Historic Park
Fall Harvest Festival Oct. 1-3 includes a pumpkin patch, prairie games, creation depot, tractor rides, a petting zoo and more. Add-on experiences see the inventing country ($25), axe throwing ($5) and build-your-own scarecrow ($25) — cheque the website for pricing and hours of operation. Live euphony by Swallow Hill Friday and Saturday 5-8 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Food trucks available. General admittance tickets $10-$16; escaped for children 6 and under. Hours: Oct. 1 5-8 p.m., Oct. 2 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Oct. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Also astatine Four Mile Historic Park: Spirits & Spirits connected Oct. 23 (21 and over) offers signature cocktails and an “Aura Experience” from 6-10 p.m. Activities see shade stories by the fire; a thenar and tarot reading; and a lantern-lit circuit of the Four Mile House Museum. General admittance tickets $50 for members; $55 for nonmembers. Aura Experience tickets $90/$100.
715 S. Forest St., Denver. 720-865-0800. fourmilepark.org/pumpkin-harvest-festival
Fall Fest and much successful Estes Park
Enjoy pumpkin coating and crafts, hay rides and a caramel pome bar, positive unrecorded euphony and line dancing connected Saturday, Oct. 2 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. astatine the Estes Park Fall Fest astatine the Dorsey Museum, 90 Program Way, Estes Park. ymcarockies.org
The Pumpkins & Pilsners Festival astatine Bond Park features nutrient trucks, a brew tent, escaped look paintings and pony rides, a pumpkin spot and more. Sat., Oct. 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. visitestespark.com
Then, formal successful your Halloween costume astatine YMCA of the Rockies connected Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 31. It’s a family-friendly haunted wood with creepy surprises. ymcarockies.org
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