By Summer Stair

Looking for something fun to do this fall? There’s nothing better than a day out on the farm enjoying the fall crop, picking your own pumpkins, petting animals, taking a hay ride and enjoying corn mazes. Gather your family and friends and head out and enjoy the many local farms.

Anderson Farms

Anderson Farms has plenty to offer visitors this fall. Not only does the farm have the largest corn maze in Colorado at 30 acres, but they also offer a maze made out of hay bales for younger children to run through. Visitors can also pick their own pumpkin from the patch. Other events to look forward to is hand feeding and petting the farm’s buffalo, painting pumpkins and pedal cart rides for adults and children. 6728 Weld County Road 31/4, Erie, 303-828-5210, www.andersonfarms.com.

Cottonwood Farm

Lose yourself in a straw bale maze or in the 1.5-acre corn maze at Cottonwood Farm. Organically grown pumpkins are also there for your picking, as well as a 1906 Case steam tractor and other farm equipment. Also, don’t forget to watch the calves, sheep, goats, chickens and Jackson, the farm dog. 75th Street and Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 720-890-4766, www.cottonwoodfarms.com.

Miller Farms

The Fall Festival at Miller Farms begins Sept. 6 and continues until mid-November. In its 15 years of sharing their farm with the public, visitors can pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch or pay $50 for a hay ride out to the fields to fill up a 6-pound bag of produce to take home and enjoy. Kids can enjoy the playground where they will find pedal carts and a dirt pile to play on. Other activities include a petting zoo, jumping pillow, trains, airplanes and, of course, a lot of tractors to explore. 9040 Colo. Highway 66, Platteville, 970-785-6133, www.millerfarms.net.

Munson Farms

Enjoy a hay ride to the pumpkin patch where you can explore and pick your own pumpkin at Munson Farms. The family-owned and -operated farm offers a fun and cozy atmosphere to kids and adults of all ages and sizes. Valmont Road and 75th Street, Boulder, 303-442-5330 or 720-971-8847, www.munsonfarms.com

Ollin Farms

Enjoy the Open House Fall Festival at Ollin Farms on Oct 3. Visitors can spend the day enjoying pumpkin pie, music and dancing, and food from the farm. Kids can wander and enjoy seeing the farm’s chicken and sheep.8627 N. 95th St., Longmont, 303-717-0586, www.OllinFarms.com.

Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch

Enjoy a self-guided tour during the Fall Festival at the Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch. Tours are available seven days a week and include painting a pumpkin, an inflated jumping obstacle course, a corn maze, hay bale maze and a petting zoo. Depending on the weather, visitors may even get to see the ranch’s Honey Beeeeeezzz Observatory Hive. In October, enjoy the Pumpkin Festival on Saturdays and Sundays. This event caters to children and is full of fun events and activities. 9057 Ute Highway, Longmont, 303-684-0087, www.rockymtnpumpkinranch.com.