Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hayrides and apple picking, all within a short drive of Lynn, Salem, Peabody and Revere. We checked every listing on the farm’s or museum’s own website.

By our editors · Facts checked October 19, 2026 · Sources: each farm’s, museum’s and city’s own website. Hours and prices change, and weather can close things, so check the link before you go.

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Pumpkin patches and corn mazes

  • Connors Farm, Danvers (30 Valley Rd.): open daily 8 am–6 pm through Nov. 1. Admission covers the corn maze, hayrides, a play train, jumping pillows and pedal carts. Weekdays $15.99 online or $20.99 at the gate; weekends and holidays $20.99 online or $25.99 at the gate. Age 1 and under free; parking free. No backpacks or outside food. Connors Farm
  • Smolak Farms, North Andover: Fall Festival Weekend Oct. 24–25, with hayrides, a cow train, face painting and pumpkin decorating (10 am–3 pm). No general admission fee; you pay for what you do. Pick-your-own pumpkins are $0.69 a pound, 8 am–5 pm (last entry 4:15). Smolak Farms
  • Marini Farm, Ipswich (259 Linebrook Rd.): a 7-acre dinosaur corn maze with a scavenger-hunt game sheet (about 1.5 hours), plus a 20-minute mini maze for little ones. October: Saturdays 10 am–10 pm, Sundays 10 am–6 pm. $19.99 online or $22.99 at the gate, age 3 and up; 2 and under free. Kids 13 and under need an adult inside. The farm stand accepts SNAP and HIP. Marini Farm
  • Brooksby Farm, Peabody: pumpkins, a maze, hayrides, a Fall Fairytale Trail and barnyard animals. The play yard is free during business hours. Brooksby Farm
  • Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, N.H. (just over the state line): admission and parking are free. Fall festival weekends run through the end of October, with a corn maze, free tractor rides and free live music. Applecrest

Apple picking (late season)

The apple season is winding down. Call or check the farm’s page the morning you go.

  • Russell Orchards, Ipswich: still picking as of Oct. 19 (McIntosh and Cortland). Closed Mondays. Russell Orchards
  • Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury: open daily 8 am–6 pm. No pets. Cider Hill Farm
  • Brooksby Farm, Peabody: the last apple-picking bags are sold at 4 pm. No pets. Brooksby Farm

Ways to save

  • Smolak Farms has no admission fee, and Applecrest has free admission and parking.
  • Brooksby Farm’s play yard is free during business hours.
  • Lynn Museum & Arts Center: free on Wednesdays 3–7 pm, and kids under 12 are always free. Lynn Museum
  • Library museum passes give free or reduced admission: Lynn (Lynn residents 18+), Salem (age 16+) and Peabody. You need a NOBLE library card.

Holiday season

  • Brooksby Farm has a free story hour on Sundays in November, then Christmas trees, wreaths and pies in November and December. Brooksby Farm
  • Cider Hill Farm posts its holiday events here: Holiday happenings.

Know a family event we missed? Email [email protected] with the link, and we’ll check it and add it.