16 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • September 2025
Carter Mountain Orchard
Daily, 9 am – 6 pm. Pick your own in the orchard or buy pre-
picked in the store. Also available in the store: apple cider
slushies, apple cider donuts, pumpkins, and specialty crafts.
Ticketed admission on weekends begins on September 13.
WHERE: 1435 Carters Mountain Trail, Charlottesville, VA
22902. www.cartermountainorchard.com
Grave's Mountain Lodge
Oct 4 - 5, Oct 11 - 12, Oct 18 - 19. Daily, 10 am – 4:30 pm.
Pick your own apples in the orchards during our Apple Harvest
Festival. Other activities include pony rides, hayrides, petting
zoo, hay mountain, hay maze, and pumpkin patch.
WHERE: 205 Graves Mountain Lane, Syria, VA 22743.
www.gravesmountain.com
Great Country Farms
Late Aug. - Sept., Daily. Wagon rides to pick your own apples.
WHERE: 34345 Snickersville Turnpike, Bluemont, VA 20135.
www.greatcountryfarms.com
Hartland Orchard
Currently open through late Oct.
PYO apples. Cash or check only!
WHERE: 3064 Hartland Lane, Markham, VA 22543.
www.hartlandorchard.com
Stribling Orchard
Aug. - Late Oct., Times Vary. Pick your own apples, farm animals,
picnic area and bakery with cider, pies, local honey and more.
WHERE: 11587 Poverty Hollow Lane, Markham, VA 22643.
www.striblingorchard.com
Apple Picking
listed in alphabetical order
Apple Picking, Apple Picking,
Pumpkin Patches Pumpkin Patches
and Festivals and Festivals
Pumpkin Patches
listed in alphabetical order
Belvedere Plantation
Sept. 13 – Nov. 1, Thursdays and Fridays 10 am – 2 pm,
Friday evenings 6 pm – 10 pm, Saturdays 10 am – 10 pm,
Sundays 10 am – 6 pm, Columbus Day 10 am – 6 pm.
Closed the evening of Oct. 31. Pumpkin picking, bonfires,
evening hayrides, a cornfield maze, pedal tractors, pig
races, barnyard animals, and giant rope swings.
WHERE: 1410 Belvedere Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408.
www.belvedereplantation.com
Braehead Farm Festival Weekend
Sept. 27 – Oct. 26, Weekends.
Hayrides through the decorated forest, interactive game
within the corn maze, a sunflower walk for the little ones.
Visit the Great Pumpkin and sit on his hay throne.
WHERE: 1130 Tyler Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.
www.braeheadfarm.com
Cox Farms
Sept. 20 – Nov. 9, Times vary.
Hayrides, five giant slides, farm animals, rope swing, kid
zone, pumpkins and more.
WHERE: 15621 Braddock Road, Centreville, 20120.
www.coxfarmsva.com
Great Country Farms
Oct. 1 – 31, Daily. Pick pumpkins, cheer on the fastest pig-
gie, get lost in our corn maze and roast marshmallows at the
bonfire! Cider donuts, wagon rides, 5-acre play area and
live music!
WHERE: 34345 Snickersville Turnpike, Bluemont, VA
20135. www.greatcountryfarms.com
