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Fall, Halloween, Pumpkin Patch, Fall fun with
Kids Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, NC
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Chapel Hill, Durham,
Carrboro, Raleigh NC
Fall Fun & Halloween Events Guide |
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Farms
& Pumpkin Patches
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Vollmer
Farm (further afield, just East of Raleigh in Bunn, NC)
617 NC Hwy 98E, Bunn, NC 27508. Directions
to Vollmer Farm. (2011 Note: According to the website, "Please note that
... the ONLY electronic mapping that will correctly get you to the farm is
Google - http://maps.google.com."
) Directions: Go 10 miles past Zebulon on 64. Take the
Middlesex/Spring hope Exit onto Hwy 98 and head north for 4 miles.
The farm is on the right. This is 1 mile south of the intersection
of Highway 39 and Hwy 98 just south of Bunn.
Vollmer Farm is a favorite tradition for
local families, and well worth the drive! The Vollmer Farm is a
Certified Organic Farm, and produces strawberries, blueberries,
vegetables, and pumpkins!
Vollmer Farm Fall 2011 Season:
Please check the
Vollmer Farm
website for updated info
Weekends, October
1st
through October 31st
Open EVERY Weekend
Saturday: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
FUN
for the whole family!
The
Great Pumpkin
Jump
at Vollmer Farm!
Animated image courtesy
of Vollmer Farm
From the website: "The Great Pumpkin Jump is a 40’ x 70’ in-ground jumping pillow that is a fabulous fun and fitness activity for ALL ages!
. . . all our farm-hands, family and friends have been busy jumping. The other good news is this is the safest playground equipment in the world!
Jumping Pillows have been popular for years in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and have been gaining popularity in campgrounds and farms across North America. The Great Pumpkin Jump is the largest pillow in North Carolina; we hope you’ll agree it’s fabulous!!"
Also in the Back Forty are the Udder Run Barrel Train (the train cars
look like cows!) and Uncle Russell’s Snack Shack.
Vollmer Farm Back Forty
Activities
(Admission to the Back Forty Includes:)
Hay Ride
2 Playgrounds
Great Pumpkin Jump
Puzzle Corn Maze
Udder Run Barrel Train
No Left Turn Rope Maze
Duck Races
Rat Racers
Tot Rocket Zip Line
Farm Animals
Windmill Mountain - 100 Foot Underground Slide
Corn Cube - Over 100 Bushels of Corn
During your visit to Vollmer Farm, visit
Uncle Russell's Snack Shack, and Farmer John's Country Café and Farm Market
for homemade sandwiches, soups, desserts and ice cream.
Visit Vollmer Farms website for
hours.
www.vollmerfarm.com
(919) 496-3076
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Ganyard Hill Farm, now located at 319 Sherron Rd. in Durham.
Opening for the Fall 2011 Season on Friday, September 30, 2011 through
October 30, 2011.
Fall 2011 Hours of Operation:
Monday–Saturday 9am - 6pm; Sundays 10am - 6pm
Ganyard Hill Farm offers fun farm
activities and pumpkin picking, as well as Elementary School Field
Trips. Ganyard Hill Farms is a favorite annual Fall destination for
local schools and families! Ganyard Hill Farms has everything for
Fall Fun: pumpkins, hayride tours of the farm with a complimentary
pumpkin, cornfield mazes, giant haystack, a cotton field for cotton
picking, farm animal feeding, hay maze, corn fields to pick, shuck and
feed the animals, educational murals about bees, pumpkin plant life
cycle, cows, chickens, a picnic area, and more (all included in the
price of admission). A one of a kind place that offers a true farm
experience! Family groups are welcome to drop in and enjoy all the
activities any time during open hours during the fall season. No
reservations are needed.
General Admission is $12.50 per person, ages 2 to 102 (Special rates for School Field
Trips.)
Directions to Ganyard Hill Farm lin Durham.
(In case you haven't visited Ganyard Hill Farm in a while, please
note that the Farm moved to this location from its old location in Fall 2005)
www.pumpkincountry.com
www.ganyardhillfarm.com
(919) 596-8728.
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McKee
CornField Maze,
McKee's
Cedar Creek Farm, 5011 Kiger Rd., Rougemont, NC 27572
(near Hillsborough, @ 20-30 minutes from Chapel Hill).
Come Pick out your Pumpkins and make it a Fall
Family Tradition at
McKee's Cedar Creek Farm!
2009 Field Design
See more McKee Corn Maze images
Great Fun for the entire family in the country! A favorite annual
tradition for local families. The 14 acre
cornfield maze has 2 mazes to amuse young and old alike. Also available: mums,
pumpkins, corn stalks, corn, straw, gourds, and other fall
decorations. Farm Animals, shady picnic area, wonderful children's play area, and Maple View
Ice cream!
Open for the Fall 2011 Season on weekends
beginning Saturday, September 25, 2011 through October 31, 2011. Please visit the
McKee
CornField Maze website for more information.
Admission: General, $8.00, Children 2
and under, free.
McKee Maze
2011 Hours of Operation
Cornfield Maze Hours
Friday 3-8pm
Saturday 10am-8pm
Sunday 1pm-7pm
Haunted Trail and CornField Maze:
October 22nd, 23rd,
29th, 30th and 31st
from
dusk to 10 pm
www.mckeemaze.com
(919) 732-8065.
Directions:
From Durham, take Guess Rd. approx. 10 miles to Hwy 57. Turn
left on Hwy 57. Go approx. 2 miles. Turn left on Kiger
Rd. Go 1.5 miles on Kiger. Turn right on drive.
Watch for signs.
From Raleigh/I-40: Take I-40 to
Hillsborough. Exit off of I-40 on Hillsborough Exit. Turn right
on Hwy 86 traveling through downtown Historic Hillsborough.
Cross over Hwy 70. Go 0.5 miles. Turn right on Hwy
57. Travel 8 miles to Kiger Rd. Go 1.5 miles on Kiger.
Turn right on drive. Watch for signs.
From Burlington/I-85: Take I-85
to Hillsborough. Exit off on Hillsborough Exit 164. Turn
left on Hwy 86 traveling through downtown Historic Hillsborough.
Cross over Hwy 70. Go 0.5 miles. Turn right on Hwy
57. Travel 8 miles to Kiger Road. Turn right on Kiger
Road. Go 1.5 miles on Kiger. Turn right on drive.
Watch for signs.
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Hill
Ridge
Farms, (A favorite Fall family tradition!),
703 Tarboro
Road, Youngsville, NC 27596.
(A little further afield; not far
from Wake Forest, NC.)
Directions
to Hill Ridge Farms.
www.hillridgefarms.com
(919) 556-1771 or 1-800-358-4170.
Hill Ridge Farms 2011 Fall Season:
September 17 - November 13, 2011
7 Days a week, 10am - 5pm
GREAT VALUE! $10.00 General
Admission (includes Pumpkin to take home with you); ages under 2 FREE
Click here for more
Photos of Fun Activities
at Hill Ridge Farms
The
Hillridge Farm Fall Festival
is open 7 days a week, and features covered hay
rides and pumpkin picking as well as pony rides, a moon bounce and music
in addition to the farm's year-round fun. Also explore a 3-acre
corn maze and the Giant Slide!
Hill Ridge Farms offers a day of family
fun for the whole family, including farm animal corral, barn, train rides,
pony rides, gemstone panning, antique
farm equipment, catfish feeding dock, covered hay rides to
the pumpkin patch, pony
rides (on Saturdays and Sundays - separate tickets required for each
pony ride) and much
more!
STROLLER-FRIENDLY
and wheel-chair accessible paved concrete sidewalks;
full-service restrooms.
Choose General Admission or the
Superpass for a full day of family fun on the farm!
General admission is $10 per
person (children under 2 free), and includes:
- One covered wagon hayride
with
FREE PUMPKIN from Pumpkin Patch,
- Unlimited Rides on the Giant 80' Slide,
- Farm Animal Corral
- Fish Feeding Dock
- Kids Playland
- 80' Giant Slide
- Picnic grounds
- Educational farm exhibits
- Enter the Giant pumpkin seed guessing contest
- Lots of
scheduled special events!
Also visit the farm's old-fashioned country store for sweet treats,
old-fashioned toys, gifts, pumpkins, and more.
The Hill Ridge Farms SUPERPASS ($20
per person) is good every weekend during the Fall Harvest and Pumpkin Festival
and includes:
- Everything listed above,
PLUS
- Unlimited Train Tides
- One Gem Stone Panning Bag - kids and grown-ups have a great time sifting
the contents of their gem stone panning bags into the running water sieve for
beautiful treasures!
(The $10.00 General Admission pass
includes everything EXCEPT the Gem Stone Panning bag and the unlimited
train rides. Gem Stone Panning bag and unlimited train rides are
included with the SuperPass.)
Pony Rides! Pony Rides will be available
every weekend throughout the Festival for an additional $4 per child.
Chuckwagon Grill will be selling Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Fries and more
right here on the Farm grounds during these special Harvest Festival
Weekends.
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More
Halloween & Fall Fun for Kids and Families
in the NC Triangle - Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh NC area |
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Chapel
Hill, Durham, Raleigh NC
Farms
& Pumpkin Patches
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Our
Pumpkin Patch guide
highlights pumpkin patches and farms that are family favorite outings in
the Chapel Hill - Durham - Raleigh -Triangle, NC area. These beautiful,
family-friendly, working farms are local treasures. Have fun
visiting a local pumpkin farm on a beautiful Fall Day! |
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See our
Guide to Halloween
Events at
Local Museums, Zoos and Amusement Parks
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Check out our
Guide to
Family-Fun Local Halloween Events for lots of ideas for family fun
on a beautiful Fall Day throughout the Fall season! From Boo at
the Zoo (at the NC Zoo in Asheboro, NC), Halloween festivities at the NC
Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC, to the Renaissance Festival
(near Charlotte, NC) and Scarowinds at the Carowinds amusement park (for
older kids and grown-ups), there are lots of fun things to do to
celebrate Fall in the Triangle area, all within an easy drive from
Chapel Hill - Durham - Raleigh!
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October 2011
Fall & Halloween Events |
Find
fun events and festivals taking place throughout the month of October 2011,
and find special family-friendly Halloween celebrations on and around
October 31, 2011.
Editor's highlight: A visit
to the
Fearrington Carved Pumpkin display
is a wonderful Halloween tradition! Take a stroll at night through
beautiful Fearington village and gardens, marvel at the
intricately-carved pumpkins. It's like a jack-o-lantern
treasure hunt: so much fun to discover the next jack-o-lantern
along the path! The pumpkins will be on display at Fearringon on
Sunday, October 30, 2011.
See our
Fall &
Halloween October 2011 calendar and our
Local Pumpkin
Patch and Corn Maze Guide (Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham NC) for lots more great ideas for
FALL 2011
WEEKEND FUN in the Chapel Hill - Durham - Raleigh, NC area!
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Learning Tower
Learning Tower
Kids' Kitchen Step Stool is the perfect platform for kids helping out in the
kitchen!
Bouncing, Sliding Jumping
Fun Parties!
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Pottery, and Race Cars and
Bears ... oh my! in the Heart
of North Carolina
Triangle United Soccer
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