Heading up to the mountains anytime soon? The high country is in prime form for viewing the changing of the leaves. Gorgeous yellows, oranges and bursts of red are candy for your eyes. Many routes to take, go short or long. Keep in mind Guanella Pass is still closed from Georgetown over.
Want to know where to go for Apples, Pumpkins and Corn Mazes? You came to the right place!
May Farms offers a Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, that runs October 2nd – October 31st, they are open every day, 10 am – DUSK
They also have a farmers market and flower market open now, every day. 64001 US Highway 36 Byers, Colorado 80103
YaYa Farm and Orchard offers apple and berry picking, hay rides and nighttime rides with a bonfire! They also offer a dinner club, what a great date night. Plus October feast, with activities, cider making and more! They are open now through October 24th. Friday: 10:00 – 6:00, Saturday: 2:00 – 5:00, Sunday: 10:00 – 3:00. 6914 Ute Highway, Longmont, 80503
The Lakewood Cultural Center located at Ohio and S. Wadsworth in Lakewood is hosting the 35th Annual Cider Days. To include, Apple Pie Baking Contest, pie eating contest, petting zoo, organic cider, demonstrations, and more. It runs Saturday and Sunday, October 2nd and 3rd, 10AM -5PM. Admission is 303-987-7850
If you feel like going on a day trip and maybe even taking a weekend you should go to the Happy Apple Farm in Penrose. Penrose is just before Canon City, you could spend the weekend and also visit the Royal Gorge. The Happy Apple Farm has berries, 14 varieties of apples, potatoes and more. You can choose to pick it yourself, too fun! 1190 1st St. Penrose, Colorado 81240.
Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Patch offers a Fall Festival through October. For only $7 they let you in for the day to enjoy a self-guided tour. The kids get to paint a pumpkin, use the bouncy obstacle course, feed the animals, corn maze, hay bale maze and they can also observe a honey bee colony. Tours are offered M-F 9-5. RMPP 9057 Ute Hwy / CO 66, Longmont, CO 80503
