Alstede Farms pick-your-own
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🎃 Seasonal · Chester
4 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations
- 🚇About 80 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: About 70 minutes by car (I-78), free lot
- 🎒Carrier recommendedTerrain isn't stroller-friendly; a carrier is easier
- 🌳Little shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 4 hoursBest seasons: Fall · Summer
A big pick-your-own farm in western New Jersey where one ticket covers the hayride, corn maze, animal area, hay-bale playground and miniature train, and you pay by the pound for the apples and pumpkins you pick, with peaches and berries in summer; the full farm-day-out experience.
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