Apple Picking, Pumpkin Patches Near Golden: Fall Guide 2018

GOLDEN, CO – As fall begins Sunday, and leaves turn from green to gold, red and brown, Coloradans start to think about the harvest season, corn mazes and fresh, juicy apples and pumpkins.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture wants you to visit the apple orchards, corn mazes and pumpkin patches near you to celebrate Colorado's farmers.

Some of these locations are simple, no-frills orchards that offer just apples and other produce to pick — and perhaps, some apple-cider doughnuts for sale — while others offer fall activities and plenty of them (we are talking corn mazes, wagon rides, petting zoos and much, much more).

This is Your Patch Guide to some of the best pumpkin farms and apple orchards in and near Golden and when those farms will be open.

Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms

8500 W Deer Creek Canyon Road
Littleton

Corn maze opens weekends Sept. 21 - 28

HOURS: Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Last ticket sold at 6 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

After Dark Corn Maze and Dead Zone Haunted Attraction

OPEN: Oct. 5 - 28

Friday & Saturday, 7 p.m. - Midnight p.m. (Last ticket sold at 11pm)
Sunday 7 -11 p.m. (Last ticket sold at 10pm)

Thursday October 18 and 25, 7-11 p.m. (Last Ticket sold at 10pm)

Pumpkin Festival

OPEN: Oct. 12 – 14

HOURS: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Visit www.botanicgardens.org/content... for more event details including
admission prices.

Historic Olde Town Arvada's Festival of Scarecrows

7525 W 57th Ave.

Arvada
OPEN: Oct. 13

Scarecrows placed around Olde Town Arvada, a pumpkin patch, kids costume parade, giant
pumpkin contest and more.

Jared's Nursery Gift & Garden Center

10500 W Bowles Ave.
Littleton

13th Annual Jared's Giant Pumpkin Festival and Weigh-Off

OPEN: Sept. 29, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The festival will feature a hundred-foot pumpkin drop off, a half-ton pumpkin weigh off, live music, beer, food vendors, a straw maze, inflatable games for kids and adults, and over $5,000 of prizes awarded to attendees.

Maize in the City & Haunted Field of Screams

10451 McKay Rd.

Thornton
OPEN: Late September to October 31

From I-25: take 104th Ave. east 3.5 miles to McKay Rd., north on McKay to entrance.
From Hwy. 85: take 104th Ave. west 2 miles to McKay Rd., north on McKay to entrance.

Features a 20-acre Crazed Corn Field Maze and Mini Maze, fit for youngsters. Kids will also enjoy the petting zoo, hay or pony rides, jumping castles and playground.

The Haunted Field of Screams features three frightful haunts: Dead Man‛s Night Maze, Zombie Paintball Massacre and Haunted Field of Screams.

All three haunts are open Thursday through Sunday at sundown and close at 10 p.m.

Other Apple Orchards in Colorado

• Berry Patch Farms
• Colon Orchards
• Delicious Orchards
• Happy Apple Farm
• Jenkins Farms Apple Valley Orchard
• Third Street Apple
• Uncle Johnny’s U-Pick Farm
• Venetucci Farm
• YA YA Farm and Orchard
• Z’s Orchard

Image via Renee Schiavone/Patch

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