Hayrides Near Washington DC 2026

📍 Clinton, MD · 13 mi southeast

Pick-your-own strawberries are closed for the season, and Fall Family Fun with hayrides, a corn maze and slides opens the weekend of October 3 and 4. The 2026 Strawberry Fest weekends of May 23 to 24 and May 30 to 31 were cancelled.

💵 Pick-your-own strawberries are priced by weight at $4.39 a pound.

ℹ️ Phone is 301-297-9370. Weekday strawberry picking hours are 9am to 1pm, weather and berries permitting, with containers provided. Field trips can be booked.

📍 Brookeville, MD · 20 mi north

Fun Farm Days and evening hayrides with a campfire run April through November, creek tours May to August and gourd painting late June to August.

💵 Booked farm visits are $12 a person for a Fun Farm Day (April to November) or gourd painting (late June to August), and $13 a person for a creek tour (May to August). A scavenger hunt adds $1.50 a person and painting a birdhouse gourd $6. Each booking includes a picnic site with tables for three hours, with extra time priced separately.

ℹ️ Phone is 410-489-2572. The retail garden centre is open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm from April 10 through the season, with open houses for individuals, homeschool groups and toddlers. Our retail garden center is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. from April 10th through the month of June.

📍 Waldorf, MD · 21 mi southeast

Strawberry season is winding down for 2026, with hours subject to change based on picking conditions. Hayrides to the pumpkin patch run through October, with general admission at weekends and field trips and private groups Monday to Friday.

ℹ️ Phone is 301-645-4554. The directory marks these ways to order: online sales for customer pick up, online sales for local delivery.

📍 Harwood, MD · 22 mi east

The annual Sunflower Fest has tentative dates of September 12 and 13, 10am to 5pm, with live bluegrass, food and drink. The farm says it is watching the bloom and planning for either the second or third weekend of September, with the weather deciding.

ℹ️ Phone is 443-871-1076.

📍 Benedict, MD · 34 mi southeast

Every fall the farm holds Harvest Days weekends in October, with pumpkin picking, a hayride and a petting farm. The farm says the exact dates change each year and to check its calendar.

ℹ️ Phone is 301-274-3829.

📍 Mount Airy, MD · 36 mi north

The Fall Fun Fest runs September 4 to November 1, 2026, 10am to 6pm, with a Sunflower Festival September 4 to 20 and a Military and First Responders Appreciation Weekend September 12 and 13. The Christmas season runs November 21 to December 23, 2026, 9am to 5pm, closed Thanksgiving.

🌱 USDA organic (farm's own description)

ℹ️ Phone is 301-865-3515. Tickets and reservations are sold online, and the farm is booking fall field trips and parties.

📍 Frederick, MD · 38 mi northwest

Sunflowers are listed for August 22, 23, 29 and 30 and September 5, 6 and 7, with a second set of dates on August 23, 24, 30 and 31 and September 1, 6 and 7. The fall season runs September 26 to November 1, 2026. Open September 26th to November 1st!

ℹ️ Phone is 301.304.3031.

📍 Hampstead, MD · 48 mi north

Maryland's Best, the state's own producer directory, carries this description from the farm: "Url: http://www.martintreefarm.com/ Family owned and operated tree farm in Baltimore County since 1975. Pre-cut, live B&B + CC trees. Tree shaking and netting free. Wagon rides, food & saws available. You cut or we cut your tree for you."

ℹ️ Phone is 410-374-2226.

📍 Thurmont, MD · 53 mi northwest

The orchard publishes a 2026 season update: no sweet cherry picking and no sour cherry picking for 2026 due to frost damage, and it asks visitors to call the market or check Facebook or Instagram for updates on cut your own flowers for 2026. The market is open daily 9am to 5pm.

💵 There is an entrance fee of $3 per person to enter the pick your own apple field, with children 3 and under free. The wagon ride to and from the field is included.

ℹ️ Phone is 301-271-2737. The farm says you must ride the pick your own wagon or bus to and from the picking field, no walking, and the wagons run continuously. Open Daily 9am-5pm.

📍 Churchville, MD · 61 mi northeast

Maryland's Best, the state's own producer directory, carries this description from the farm: "Url: http://www.harmansfarm.com At Harman's Farm Market, we offer a wide assortment of homegrown vegetables, fruits, and cut flowers in a friendly and warm atmosphere. From our spring offerings of hanging baskets and potted plants, and fresh strawberries, a bountiful supply of summer fruits and vegetable, and fall harvest time fun with pumpkins and hayrides, Harman's striv..."

ℹ️ Phone is 410-734-7400. The web address we held for this farm now serves unrelated gambling content, so it is no longer the farm's own site and has been removed from this listing.

Verified 2026-08-28 against marylandsbest.maryland.gov and marylandsbest.maryland.gov. This farm has not published hours, prices or dates yet, so everything we hold on it is right here.

📍 Aberdeen, MD · 62 mi northeast

The 2026 season runs on September, October and November nights, with November blackout nights at the end.

💵 2026 tickets: a combo ticket for all four attractions is $43 to $53 on September, October and November nights and $43 on November blackout nights; hayride only $25 to $30; a fast pass adds $10 to $20 a ticket depending on the night; optional ticket insurance is $8 a ticket, online sales only. Pre-season tickets were half price until August 30, 2026 and are valid on any night of the 2026 season.

ℹ️ Phone is 410-879-8277.

📍 New Park, PA · 65 mi northeast

9th Sunflower Festival Aug 1-2 & 8-9, 2026 (Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5); 185,000+ sunflowers on 8 acres; lavender & fruit PYO; Maize Quest corn maze. The farm's own site says: "The u-pick season has been affected by two late frosts in April. This will result in a limited number of u-pick days. Please stay tuned on Facebook and Instagram for updates on when u-pick will be opening."

💵 Gate $19 adult/$15 youth, under 3 free (online discounts); incl. wagon ride + 1 bloom; all-you-can-carry +$20

📍 Red Lion, PA · 72 mi north

Summer stand at 4802 Dairy Road runs July-September. October brings Family Fun Weekends with the corn maze and pumpkin patch at 4688 Dairy Road. Choose and cut Christmas trees start December 1st, weekdays only, 1 to 5.

ℹ️ Corn maze with two who-done-it mystery games (one for all ages, one for ages 2-6), straw bale tube slide, pumpkin painting, scarecrow dressing, apple flinging target game, and free tractor or wagon rides to the pumpkin patch and seven-acre apple orchard with pick-your-own apples.