08/25/2026
The snow isn’t the deadline. Halloween is.
Four of these five close by the end of October. Here’s what you can do in the Connecticut Fall 🍁
1. Southington Apple Harvest Festival: 57 years running, six days on the town green, free. Oct 2–4 and 9–11.
Parade is Sunday the 4th at 2pm, and the no-parking list along the route is long, park a few streets off and walk in. 🍏
2. Lyman Orchards Corn Maze, Middlefield: the same family has farmed that land since 1741, ten generations in. Four acres of corn, opens Sept 5, $12 adults and $7 for kids.
Last entry is right before sunset, so don’t roll in at dusk. 🌽
3. Castle Craig, Meriden: a stone tower from 1900 on top of East Peak, 1,002 feet up, and you can drive to it. Free.
The road closes for the winter at the end of October and the gate gets locked on time. 🏰
4. Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill: a bulldozer operator found the tracks in 1966. They’re 200 million years old and preserved right where they were left. $6 adults, $2 kids.
You can cast a real footprint and take it home, but casting ends Oct 31 and you bring your own plaster. Closed Mondays. 🦕
05 · Essex Steam Train, Essex: real steam down the Connecticut River at peak foliage. From $29.
Last run of the season is Oct 25, reservations are required, and foliage weekends sell out. 🚂
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