Fall Fun and Pumpkin Pickin'
Sep 09, 2022
It’s almost everyone’s favorite season—FALL! The time when everyone falls into love with everything pumpkin spice, corn mazes, apple cider, and pumpkin picking. Check out all of the fall fun that are happening in Stark County!
Fall Festivals
Yankee Peddler Festival
10:30AM-5:00PM
September 10-11, 17-18, & 24-25
Clay's Resort Jellystone Park
Guests will enjoy seventy-five acres of entertainment for the whole family at the 49th annual Yankee Peddler Festival. Town criers update festival goers with events happening on the fairgrounds throughout the day. Visit with the militia and mountain men, or learn crafts with hands-on instruction. Visit with the master crafters and artists while they demonstrate the way they transform nature into something unique for you and yours. Click here for more information and to pre-order your tickets.
Fall Fest at the North Canton Farmers Market
3:00PM-6:00PM
September 28
North Canton Civic Center
Come out and celebrate the season and enjoy a night of family fun, featuring fall decor, seasonally spiced baked goods, apple cider, pumpkins, and more! Activities include Pumpkin Bowling, a Scavenger Hunt, Apple Tasting, and much more!
Enchanted Forest
6:30PM-9:00PM
October 7-8
Wilderness Center
Visitors will meet costumed volunteers such as Mouse, Spider, Salamander, Tree Frog, and Possum as they are escorted along our pumpkin-lit trails. These friendly characters will sing, tell jokes and share stories of life in the woodlands. The experience is a fun, safe event for families.
Spring Hill Fall Heritage Festival
1:00PM-4:00PM
October 15
Spring Hill Historic Home
Enjoy watching various trade demonstrations such as pottery and a cider press; take part in a scavenger hunt to win a treat; listen to Stringed Fantasy play Civil War-era music in the barn; and shop from several vendors showcasing their handcrafted or hand-grown goods.
Family Fall Fest
2:30PM-9:00PM
October 22
Tam O'Shanter Park
We'll be celebrating the season with a non-scary event at Tam O'Shanter Park. Costumes encouraged! Hay Rides, crafts, games, a fall photo booth, and the Treat Trail will be available until 6:30PM. The Shootouts, a chart-topping honky-tonk, country & western band, will be playing live from 3:00PM-6:00PM. Stay after to enjoy a seasonal movie on the green! Hocus Pocus will start at 7:00PM and run for approximately two hours.
Haunted Hayride
7:00PM-10:00PM
October 22
Jackson Township South Park
This scary outdoor event is perfect for families with kids old enough to brave the ride through the woods in a hay wagon that takes riders through the scariest of rides! Not recommended for younger kids - this event is meant for older kids and adults.
Fun Fall Activities
Arrowhead Orchard Fall Activities in the Orchard
September 2-October 31 (Mondays & Fridays-Sundays)
Arrowhead Orchard
All ages will enjoy the 40+ acre apple and peach orchards, pumpkin patches, and Applehouse market. Seasonal “Fall Family Fun” activities in September/October include Pick Your Own apples, pick your own pumpkins, pick your own sunflowers, unlimited hay rides, 2-acre corn maze for children and adults, sunflower walk, fort delicious, hay mountain, hamster run, tire climb, obstacle course, small grass maze, train cart ride, and so much more!
The activities are open Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9AM-6PM and Sundays 12PM-6PM.
Admission: $7 for Adults 18+, $10 for Ages 3-17, and FREE for 2 and under.
Season Passes: The 2022 season pass is $25/person.
Fall Festival at Cedar Crest Farm
September 24-October 23 (Fridays-Sundays)
Cedar Crest Farm
Experience life on the farm and visit our farm animals, explore the 5 acre corn maze, straw bale climb, corn box, trike track and our education station. Bring the family for the day to enjoy outdoor exploration and the Grosenbaugh Food Truck or a quick stop for a few mums and pumpkins.
The activities are open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 11AM-6PM.
Admission: $9 for Adults & Children, $7 for Seniors 55 and up, and FREE for 2 and under.
Season Passes: The 2022 season pass is $25/person or $20 for Seniors 55 and up.
Nickajack Farms Pumpkin Days
September 11-October 31
Nickajack Farms
Have little ones? Nickajack is a functioning farm, that offers hands on farm fun along with fall themed activities. The activities include, hayrides, corn maze, pony rides, barnyard animals, chippies corn crib, Strides Slides, Rascals Round Up, Peddle Carts, and so much more. Nickajack grows family traditions, visit today to learn and have fun! Interested in only pumpkins and decor? Perfect, our non-admission area is full fall fun! Enjoy pumpkin bowling, or buy a $3 bucket of corn to blast out of our corn cannons. Also available is a bucket of paintballs for $3 to shoot at targets! Pick from 75 varieties of pumpkins, gourds, and squash.
The activities are open daily 11AM-7PM. Food truck and donut cart are only open on weekends.
Admission: $14/person and allows you unlimited access to all of the activities outside pony rides, which is $6 and only available on weekends.
Kingsway Pumpkin Farm Fall Fun
September 17-October 31
Kingsway Pumpkin Farm
Kingsway Farm prides itself in offering a family oriented, cheerful atmosphere, free from the dark side of Halloween. Creative, artistic photo ops are displayed throughout the farm. Children can crawl through a long indoor straw tunnel, pick their own pumpkin on the wagon ride, visit the petting farm to feed the animals, and experience the challenging corn 8-acre maze. They have all of your fall decorating needs with all sizes of pumpkins and corn stalks!
The activities are open Monday-Saturday 10AM-7:30PM, and Sundays 1PM-6PM.
Admission: $10 for General Admission, $8 for Seniors 60 and up, and FREE for 3 and under. Kiddie ride is $1 extra and pumpkins are not included in admission price.
Fall Fun at Maize Valley
September 17-October 31
Maize Valley Winery & Brewery
You do not want to miss this family fun at this beautiful winery in Hartville! Featuring an 8-acre corn maze, wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, straw bale mountain, tire pile, animal train ride for the younger kids, pumpkin cannon demonstrations, goat-a-palooza animal area, chicken area, pushcarts, pedal trikes, and so much more.
The activities are open select days in September (17, 18, 24, and 25). In October the activities are open Thursdays-Mondays 12PM-7PM.
Admission: Tickets are $16.95/person age 2 and up. Tickets are $10/person on Thrifty Thursdays.
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