BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Fall is almost at our doorsteps.
At least, it feels like it is. Seasonal coffee has already made an early return, seemingly pushing the fall festivities up earlier than the autumn equinox.
Curious when local corn mazes and pumpkin patches will be ready for the masses? We've got you covered.
Sept. 5-7
In Emmaus, St. Ann's Church, 415 S. Sixth St., will hold a Fall Fest from 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday and 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7.
The event will include carnival rides, live music, Texas line dancing, raffle contests and other games. Admission and parking are free
Sept. 7
Grim's Orchard will open its Fall Festival and corn maze this weekend, according to its website. The orchard is located at 9875 Schantz Road in Breinigsville.
The festival runs only on weekends through Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are sold until the last admission at 5:30 p.m.
Guests age 3 and up require an admission ticket. Prices range from $11 to $31.99. Add-ons for specific activities are also available for any activity package.
Some activities include pick-your-own-pumpkins, pick-your-own-apples, hay ride tours, apple cannons, and, of course, its eight-acre corn maze. Typical fall fare — like apple cider donuts, dumplings and slushees — is also available for purchase at the orchard.
Hausman Fruit Farm also kicks off its apple festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8, where visitors can pick their own apples during the fall weekends, as available, according to its website.
Pick-your-own pumpkins become available later in the month.
Sept. 9
Raub's Farm Market opens its corn maze Monday and runs through the end of October.
The farm market, located at 1459 Tatamy Road in Easton, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Raub's Farm Market offers three mazes for different ages — a Farm Scene Investigation (F.S.I), a Farm Scene Tracks mystery, and Farm Scene Monster Mystery.
The farm market also offers hayrides and a selection of pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, Indian corn, straw bales and mums. Concessions are also available.
Admission costs $10 for 13 and up and $8 for both 12 and under and 60 and above.
Sept. 21
Seiple Farms (5761 Nor-Bath Boulevard, East Allen Township) begins offering fall activities on weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Sept. 21 through Oct. 27.
The farm's website says visitors can partake in the following: a free hayride to its 32-acre pumpkin patch, a 20-acre corn maze, see farm animals, walk through a straw maze, pony rides and amusement rides.
On Fridays — Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11 and 18 — Seiple Farms offers a Friday Night Flashlight Corn Maze for a Cause from 6 to 9 p.m. Each night benefits a different organization.
The regular corn maze costs $10 per person and $13 per person for its Friday Nights Flashlight corn maze.
"Seiple Farms offers pick your own pumpkins, gourds, squash, neck pumpkins, Indian corn and popcorn," the website says.
Pricing for the you-pick items is also available on the farm's website.
Sept. 28
Unangst Tree Farm in East Allen Township will open fall activities to the public a week after its farm market opens. The farm's fall schedule runs through Oct. 31 and is open Monday through Friday from 12 to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting.
This year, the tree farms' website says it's "doing something completely different."
The six-acre corn maze, which costs $9 per person, will revolve around a "farm investigation" into who kidnapped Farmer Joe. The activity, open Saturdays and Sundays, is for ages third grade and above.
Those who correctly solve the mystery will be entered to win gift cards to Amazon, Dunkin and Wawa.
The farm's one-acre Beauty and the Bees-themed corn maze, which the website says is ideal for second-graders and younger, costs $3.50 per person. This maze is open daily.
Hayrides to the pumpkin patch and corn mazes only run on weekends and are free. The farm website describes the walk to the pumpkin patch as short, and required Monday through Friday since the hayrides are unavailable.
A petting zoo — $1.50 per person — is also open seven days a week, like the farm market.
Valley Fruits and Veggies, 5309 Colony Drive in East Allen Township, also opens its Fall Festival Sept. 28.
Activities will include a pumpkin patch several mazes, pumpkin chunkin', hay rides, a play area, family-friendly events and barrel train rides.
Admission for visitors age 4 and older cost $10 per person. Children 3 and younger get in for free.
Food and pumpkin pricing can be found on the Valley Fruits and Veggies website.
Bobwhite Acres in Lower Milford Township will open its pumpkin patch Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 28 to Oct. 27, its websitesays.
Wagon rides are available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. The last day for rides is Oct. 20.
Pumpkins will be available at the stand all week, as well as Indian corn, gourds, corn stalks, apples, apple cider and squash.
Farther North in New Tripoli, Bear Rock Junction's websitesays its pumpkin patch will open up toward the end of September or early October.
Bear Rock Junction also has a corn maze, priced at $7 per person, hayrides at $3.75 per rider and fall glow golf decorated for the "Halloween Spirit with all the sights of Halloween," every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night in October.
October
Harvest Days Olde Stone Farm in Williams Township is open Saturdays and Sundays in October. The farm, located at 1350 Raubsville Road, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
These days include fall activities like a corn maze and hay ride, with a special flashlight night Oct. 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Pumpkins, tractors and face-painting are also available.
The entry fee costs $10, its website says, which covers "seasonal games, prices, covered seating and parking." Children under two years old get in free.
The farm's October food truck schedule is available online.
Juniperdale Farms and The Produce Crib in Plainfield Township offers pick-your-own pumpkins and free hayrides to the pumpkin patch each weekend in October from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
"We will also have many different fall decorations, pumpkins, and squash available at the stand as well," the farm's website says.
The farm at 1015 Browntown Road also participates in the Northampton County Open Gate Farm Tour each October. The weekend event allows the public to visit, tour, patronize and watch demonstrations from local farms.
