Pumpkins Are A-Plenty; Where Will You Get Yours?

Looking for a pumpkin right off the vine? Or maybe just a big pumpkin party? 

Loudoun’s got a few to choose from. The list below includes farms and parks with some type of Halloween or pumpkin theme. There are also plenty of places to get a pumpkin from the local grocer to the farmers who have set up in community shopping centers.

Cox Farms
15621 Braddock Road, Centreville, Virginia (703) 830-4121
2013 Dates: Sept. 28-Nov. 5; Nov. 2-3 is Pumpkin Madness Weekend. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The festival includes 5 giant slides, hayrides, rope swings, farm animals and their babies, CORNundrum cornfield adventure, straw tunnels, Farm Chores, Kiddie Zone, goat village, apples & cider, food, entertainment, over 90 acres of fun! Everyone gets a small patch pumpkin to take home free with paid admission. New spaceship, mining sluice and mechanical bull this year. See Photos of Cox Farms Fall Festival 

Leesburg Animal Park
19270 James Monroe Highway, Leesburg, Virginia (703) 433-0002
Pumpkinville is open Sept. 21-Nov. 5, 2013, 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. (5 p.m. after Daylight Savings). The farm play area includes an Indian teepee, giant slides, a hay maze, unlimited hayrides, straw mountains, tot maze, rope swings, tractors to climb on, a large inflated firetruck slide, moon bounces and more. 

Ticonderoga Farms
26469 Ticonderoga Road, Chantilly, Virginia (703) 327-4424 
Open now through first week of November, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival includes hands on pick your own pumpkins, spooky fun zones, hayrides, hillside slides and tunnels, giant jumping pillow, cow pow train ride, Noah’s Ark, petting animals, giant xylophone, bamboo panda puzzle maze, swinging bridge, antique tractors, fire pits, park-like log cabin play areas, picnic areas, weekend specials and more. See Photos of the Fall Festival at Ticonderoga Farms 

Great Country Farms
18780 Foggy Bottom Road Bluemont, Virginia (540) 554-2073
The annual fall harvest festival features pick-your-own pumpkins, the Pumpkin Princess, P-Rex the pumpkin munchin’ dinosaur, Derby Pig Races, Pumpkin Jumpin' Pillow, a Double Barrel 60' Slide, rope swings, a new corn maze and more. Sept. 28-Oct. 31, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. See photos of Great Country Farms Pumpkin Harvest Festival. 

Wegmeyer Farms
38299 Hughesville Road, Hamilton, Virginia. (540) 751-1782
U-pick pumpkins, hayrides and corn maze. Travel off the beaten path to an authentic working farm and pick your own pumpkin right from the vine. Open Sept. 28 – Oct. 27, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.