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Your Chicopee-Holyoke Guide to Fall Fun

Apple picking, leaf peeping, all your fall fun events in Chicopee, Holyoke and Ludlow!

By Carrie Hotte October 14, 2021

It's time for fall family fun in Chicopee-Holyoke and we can hardly wait! We are lucky to have so many fall attractions and events in Chicopee, Holyoke and Ludlow where families have been making fall memories for years. From picking apples to leaf-peeping to Halloween fun ... Macaroni KID Chicopee-Holyoke has all the details for you and your family to make the most of autumn in the Chicopee, Holyoke, & Ludlow areas.




 


Grab some apples and pumpkins from local farms


McKinstry Market Garden

753 Montgomery St Chicopee


Details: Open Monday - Saturday 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Sunday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

More information: Click HERE for more info.


Chicopee Fresh Farmer's Market

31 Springfield St. Chicopee

Details: Every Thursday 1-6, last day will be Oct. 28th. 

More information: Click HERE for more info. 


Randall's Farm

631 Center St. Ludlow

Details: Open 7 days a week, 7:00 AM-8:00 PM

More information: Click HERE for more info. 




 

Leaf peeping in Chicopee, Holyoke & Ludlow

Fall is a beautiful time of year in New England and Chicopee, Holyoke & Ludlow have some beautiful spots to go leaf peeping. 

Ashley Reservoir

250 Whitney Ave. Holyoke

Details: Park in the free parking lot at the Elks Lodge and admire the beautiful foliage. Ashely Reservoir is an easy 4.5 mile loop around Wright Pond and Ashley Pond. 


Mt. Tom State Reservation

Rt. 141 Holyoke

Details: A beautiful drive up 141 will bring you to the Mt. Tom State Reservation. You can drive or hike up to view the breathtakingly beautiful fall foliage and look down on the town of Easthampton, MA. 


Ludlow Reservoir Shoreline Trail

Entrance is at 1129 MA-21 Ludlow

Details: This is a paved 4.1 mile trail great for all skill levels. Enjoy the peace and quiet of nature. 




 

Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hay rides oh my! 

While we may not have many pumpkin patches in our immediate area, there are some great farms in neighboring towns that do. 

Macaroni Kid Chicopee-Holyoke first annual Boo Bags event

We are partnering up with local business sponsors to pay it forward and surprise 100 lucky families in the towns of Chicopee, Holyoke and Ludlow. Be one of the lucky 100 to have a Boo Bag filled with goodies dropped off on your door step or be one of the amazing sponsors to help support this fun event and spread cheer throughout our community! 







Click HERE to join our list of sponsors for this event. 

Click HERE to sign up for a chance to get Boo'ed. 


Demented FX

530 Main St. Holyoke

Not for the faint of heart, this haunted house has been rated the #1 Haunted house in Massachusetts. With "20,000 square feet of giant monsters, Hollywood quality sets and props, and hair raising sound design and video, you will not be disappointed!! And it's local!! 

Get all the details HERE!  

Mcray's Farm 

55 Alvord St. South Hadley

Just the next town over, you can bring the kids for a tractor pulled hay ride out to the pumpkin fields to pick your own pumpkins. There is also a small petting zoo and a wonderful ice cream stand to finish off your day. If you are into the scarier evens during the Halloween season, head over to Mcray's when the sun goes down and take a ride through the "haunted" hay fields with one of this area's most talked about haunted events! 

Click HERE for pumpkin patch details!

Click HERE for Monster Mash Scream Park details! 

Six Flags Fright Fest

1623 Main St. Agawam, MA

Six Flags decorates the entire park for the Halloween season. They feature family friendly rides and attractions by day and thrilling frights by night. Get all the best of rides, haunted attractions and shows this Halloween. 

Get all the details HERE! 

Austin Brother's Valley Farms

270 West St. Belchertown

Hop on a wagon out to the pumpkin patch to pick out your own pumpkin then take a stroll through the story book trail corn maze. 

Click HERE for all the details! 

Silver Bell Farms

305 Silver St. Monson

The kids are going to enjoy a day at Silver Bell Farms. Hop on a tractor pulled wagon ride to the pumpkin patches and corn maze. Pick a pumpkin, feed the goats, enjoy some fresh ice cream, and apple cider donuts. If you want to get crazy, check out the Woodland of Wonder: Monster's Coalition. It's an outdoor interactive theater through moonlit trails of the farm. 

Click HERE for all the details! 

Mike's Maze

23 S. Main St. Sunderland

Mike's Maze has been awarded the title of "#1 corn maze" and "#1 Western Mass fall bucket list" and they certainly live up to their name. Besides having an amazing HUGE corn maze to conquer, be sure to check out the rest of the fun including the potato cannons, horse drawn wagon, pumpkin picking and fun playground. 

Click HERE for all the details! 

Hick's Family Farm

1299 Rt 2 on Mohawk Trail, Charlemont

Make it a day of leaf peeping and family fun by taking a beautiful scenic drive on the Mohawk Trail then stop by Hick's Family farm for a fun corn maze, mini golf  and pumpkin picking. 

Click HERE for all the details!  

Connecticut Trolley Museum

58 North Rd East Windsor, CT 06088

If you take a short drive over to CT, you can take a trolley ride out to the pumpkin patch field and pick out a pumpkin. A sister MK editor wrote an amazing article all about this event and you can get all the details HERE. 





Fall events in Chicopee, Holyoke & Ludlow MA


Macaroni KID Chicopee-Holyoke is adding fall events regularly as we find them, so check back often for updates!

October 15

October 16

October 23

October 24

October 26

October 29

October 30

October 31


Please let your local businesses and event venues know you heard about them through Macaroni Kid Chicopee-Holyoke. We take pride in supporting local businesses, our community and families throughout the area and rely on business advertisements to bring you the best of everything. 


We will continue to update our Macaroni KID Chicopee-Holyoke Fall Fun Guide with events as they are posted, so check back often!

Do you know of a 2021 family-friendly fall event or attraction in the Chicopee, Holyoke, or Ludlow areas that isn't listed here? Please submit your event HERE and we will add it to our Macaroni KID Chicopee-Holyoke Fall Fun Guide!