We have been to Summers, Butler, and Gaver many times over the year. We are thinking of making the drive to Cox Farms. Is it worth the drive? Is it much better than the farms I listed. We’d be driving from Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these any fun for a 13/14 month old or too early for them to enjoy?

Krop's Crops has a little fall festival that's perfect for toddlers in Great Falls. Older kids might be bored. Hayrides, decorations, pumpkins, sometimes some farm animals. Very low-key. http://www.kropscrops.com/

Not this year. It burned down.

Anonymous wrote:How would you compare Cox Farm with Great Country Farm? We’ve only been to the latter.

Cox farm is just a fall fest with your standard cider/donuts/pumpkins/hayrides/corn maze.

Great Country Farms has all of that plus a million playgrounds, trampolines, roaming goats, chickens and goats, and pick your own.

We love Great Country Farms and IMO it is worth the extra drive most years. However, this year they are not doing PYO apples, which was a total bummer. We usually went in early Sep and picked apples & sunflowers and did the whole Fall Fest all in one day.

Homestead farms is great.

The advice to go on a day off seems good but be careful. I went to Cox Farms on an FCPS holiday last year and it was like its own circle of hell. So crowded with both parents doing the same thing I was and field trips from daycares!

My kids used to love the festival at Leesburg Animal Park.

Anonymous wrote:I hate Cox Farm, it's way too crowded. Same with Great Country Farm.

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The two times we have been to great country farms we were the first ones there not during the fall season. Had the whole place to ourselves for 30 min at least! Best tip is to go on Nov 1. We were at Bulter's last year the weekend after holloween and the weather was great and it was empty

Anonymous wrote:Is it me or are these festivals becoming less fun? They are all so crowded these days and we just end up walking around in a crowd and spending too much money on junk food. There are so many extra add ons that also cost money as well. We are spending hundreds of dollars to just walk around and eat crappy food.

We usually go as soon as it opens, and it's still fun. But I think this year we've finally aged out.

My kids LOVED Summer's Farm. It's a little out there but the giant bouncing pillows were such a unique hit that we always went at least once a fall.
https://www.summersfarm.com/

Anonymous wrote:Are these any fun for a 13/14 month old or too early for them to enjoy?

Krop's Crops has a little fall festival that's perfect for toddlers in Great Falls. Older kids might be bored. Hayrides, decorations, pumpkins, sometimes some farm animals. Very low-key. http://www.kropscrops.com/