Must-Visit 2025 New Jersey Fall
Activities, Festivals, and Events
Ultimate guide to the top 2025 New Jersey fall activities, festivals, and events; Our Picks for the best festive seasonal celebrations throughout NJ.
New Jersey in the Fall is an exciting time of the year to experience the many autumn seasonal activities, attractions, and festivals.
It's also an ideal time of the year to get out and see the beautiful fall foliage and the many harvest end of the growing season celebrations that occur throughout the State of NJ.
While foliage conditions vary from year to year, the season typically begins in Northern NJ around Columbus Day Weekend, with many of the ridges maintaining their golden shades into November. It appears further south with fall colors still in bloom in southern new jersey - Pine Barrens as late as late October into early November.
2025 Northern NJ Fall Activities & Events
Great Pumpkin Festival
September 13th – November 2nd, 2025
Heaven Hill Farm
451 State Route 94
Vernon, NJ
This annual Fall festival features
over 35 family-friendly outdoor activities! Enjoy a scenic hayride to the pumpkin patch, navigate the whimsical "Alice in Wonderland" themed corn maze, interact with farm animals, cheer on the pig races, watch the Canine Dog Show, ride pedal cars and touring cars, try out the giant slingshot, climb the giant straw pyramid, explore the Boo Barn, plus so much more!
Jack O' Lantern Experience
September 26 until November 2, 2025
Skylands Stadium
94 Championship Place
Augusta, NJ 07822
Experience Pure Halloween Madness, Skylands Stadium will be transformed with over 6,000+ Jack-O-Lanterns, for an Original 45-minute Walk-Thru Spectacular. Sussex County's Family Entertainment Destination is set ablaze with spectacular visuals, and a thrilling Fall Festival. Perfect for families, date nights, and lovers of Halloween spirit.
Mountain Creek Resort Fall Festival
Saturday's and Sunday's from September 27th to November 2nd, 2025
Mountain Creek
200 Route 94
Vernon, NJ
This Fall famiy event features
unlimited rides on the Mountain Coaster to view the Fall Foliage and catch a thrill. Also includes live music, bounce houses, ahay maze, and lawn games.
Morristown Fall Festival on the Green
Sunday, September 28th, 2025: Noon to 5 pm (rain or shine)
Morristown Green
Morristown, NJ
This family friendly fun event features
entertainment and activities for all ages including four stages with live music, kids place amusements, carnival games, a beer tent, and 150+ exhibitors.
JC Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 4, 2025; 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Hamilton Park
Jersey City, NJ
This family event features
many fun fall festivities including pumpkin decorating, arts & crafts, music, food vendors and more!
The Pumpkin Patch Trains
Pumpkin Patch Train Rides: October 5th, 11th, 12th, 2025
Whippany Railway Museum
1 Railroad plaza
Whippany, NJ
Celebrate the Fall Harvest and the Season on the "The Pumpkin Patch Train."The 10-mile, 45-minute round trip from Whippany to Roseland and return is the perfect way to spend a Fall afternoon with the family. After each ride, children with valid train tickets can go to the Pumpkin Patch and pick out a free kid-sized pumpkin and receive a pumpkin decorating kit while supplies last. Children of all ages are encouraged to come dressed in their Halloween costumes, helping to make the train a spooky sight!
Annual Sussex County Harvest Honey and Garlic Festival
Sunday, October 18, 2025
Sussex County Fairgrounds
37 Plains Road
Branchville, NJ
Free event
This family festival is a celebration of agritourism, ecotourism and arts & heritage tourism.
The Festival will include local artisans, crafters and vendors plus displays highlighting northern New Jersey's great open spaces and natural history. For kids there'll be a hay ride, pumpkin painting, face painting and crafts.
Celebrate Fall Festival
Sunday, October 19th, 2025
Reeves-Reed Arboretum
165 Hobart Ave
Summit, NJ
This family event features
games, crafts, music, and of course goats...these are just a few of the activities that are part of this popular fall event. With Halloween right around the corner, families can explore the Spooky Trail and enjoy the golden, autumn colors of our gardens, crisp weather, and some yummy treats from market vendors.
Ralston Cider Mill Museun Tours
336 Mendham Road West
Mendham, NJ
Experience the last authentic vestige of the once thriving cider and applejack industry in New Jersey. This is the only operational cider mill in New Jersey functioning as a privately funded museum and educational experience for students of all ages. Built in 1848 with massive stone walls anda heavy timber structure, visitors can discover the hidden still that allowed this distillery to operate through prohibition.
2025 Central NJ Fall Activities & Events
U-Pick Sunflowers: Fall Festival
September 12th through October 13th, 2025
Holland Ridge Farms
86 Rues Road
Cream Ridge, NJ
This festival is more than just a day at the farm—it's an experience that fills your hands with vibrant sunflowers, your heart with unforgettable memories, and your stomach with delicious seasonal treats. Come soak up the sun in the middle of their 300 acre flower farm!
Happy Day Farm - Fall Festival
select dates: September 13th - November 2nd, 2025
Happy Day Farm
106 Iron Ore Rd
Manalapan Township, NJ
This popular fall event features over 35 family activities including tractor rides, a sunflower maze, pig races, a kid-friendly feeding zoo, a fun slide for thrill-seekers, and more!
Fall Apple Fest
Saturday, Sunday, September 20th, 21st, 2025
The Historic Village at Allaire
4263 Atlantic Avenue
Wall Township, NJ
The Harvest has been gathered and now it is time for the families of the Howell Iron Works to relax. Please join the villagers in celebrating the harvest and try your hand at apple cider pressing and our apple pie and pumpkin pie baking contests. Enjoy live animals, over 50 craft vendors, music, free glitter tattoos, wood carver, food trucks, strolling villagers, historic demonstrations, games, and so much more! There will also be demonstrations of blacksmithing, carpentry, fiber arts throughout the day. Our Historic Buildings, Bakery (with lots of apple treats), and General Store will be open for you to visit.
September 30th to October 29th, 2025
The Delaware River Railroad Excursions
99 Elizabeth St.
Phillipsburg, NJ
During the month of October, every train is the Great Pumpkin Train. Free Pumpkins for every child! Ride the train to the beautiful century old Snyder farm. At the farm the fun begins! There are two games we can play in the maze. They have two beautiful picnic groves. The largest is in Phillipsburg at their station with views of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers.
Annual Amazing Pumpkin Carve
Thursday, October 9th to Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Woosley Park
221 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Hopewell Township, NJ
This event is an old-time festival with expanded activities – including live music, fire pits with storytelling, games, face painting…and of course, the outrageously carved giant pumpkins.
2025 Southern NJ Fall Activities & Events
Annual Woodstown Fall Festival
Saturday, September 27, 2025
downtown shopping district
Woodstown, NJ
Woodstown's historic district comes alive; scarecrows by the dozens keep watch along the streets; historic houses are decorated in their fall best; and vendors, crafters and local shops line their food and wares along Main Street. Local South Jersey wineries and breweries bring out their best wines and beer for tasting in in the tent on Main St. This year there will be train rides by Woodstown Central Railroad!
Diggerfest Fall Festival
Weekends; September until the end of November, 2025
Diggerland USA
100 Pinedge Dr
West Berlin, NJ
This family event at
a top south NJ construction-themed park features an opportintiy for kids to ride & operate all of the amazing construction machines. There will also be live music, specialty food, hay rides, fun and games, hay rides, a petting zoo, a corn maze, fire truck rides, and more!.
Annual Cranberry Fest - Bordentown
October 4th, 5th, 2025
Downtown Bordentown, Farnsworth Ave.
Bordentown, NJ
This family event features live music. a beer garden. "Family Friendly" Kids Zone, and over 100 artists and artisans, crafters and makers in offering one of a kind, handmade, vintage, and upcycled treats to nourish both the heart and the home.
Annual Rotary Club Pumpkin Festival
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Historic Cold Spring Village
720 Route 9
South Cape May, NJ
Cost: Free Admission, please bring a non-perishable food item
This family event features pumpkin painting and games throughout the day. A variety of crafters will sell their wares along the Village's shell-paved lanes. Vendors will be selling hot dogs, funnel cake, and other snacks. Visit a haunted house at the Village Barn and hop on a fall hayride through the farm. Don't miss the Children's Halloween Parade at 11 am.
Lima Bean Festival
Saturday, October 11th, 2025
Wilbraham Park
Perry Street
West Cape May, NJ
The lowly legume takes center stage delighting locals and visitors alike with her vast array of recipes, crafts and products available. Come out and celebrate West Cape May's farming heritage with lima bean soup, tacos, salad, jewelry, T-shirts and more! Enjoy great food, quality vendors, antiques, crafts, entertainment and fun.
Stafford Fall Harvest & Wine Festival
October 11, 12, 2025: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Heritage Park
Manahawkin, NJ
Cost:
$20 Advance. $25 Gate Price (cash only). Admission includes wine glass, sampling & sales of New Jersey wines. Spectartors free.
Event features live music, crafters, food trucks, and of course, showcasing of NJ wines.
Cape May Fall Festival
October 16-19, 2025
The Nature Place at Cape May Convention Hall
714 Beach Ave
Cape May, NJ
Cost: Free event
All ages are welcome.
The annual Cape May Festival is hosted by the New Jersey Audubon Society and will be all about birds. and is filled with nature-themed vendors, tour companies, environmental experts, and field trips around the festival to gain knowledge on birds. The event is hosted by Animal Adventures with Nature Nick, who has live birds and other animals on display throughout the festival weekend, and three special shows each day.
Annual Chatsworth Cranberry Festival
October 18th, 19th, 2025
Downtown Chatsworth, NJ
This family event features
a juried craft show with over 150 vendors, 15 food vendors, and live music.
Places to stay
Alpine Haus
Vernon, NJ
Located in the Sussex County Skylands, reserve one of the romantic suites in the Carriage House with gas fireplaces and Jacuzzi tubs.
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Cascades Lodge
Hamburg, NJ
A luxury resort hotel with amenities that include indoor & outdoor heated pools, mineral spa, sports & fitness facilities, and six Golf courses
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Ambersand Inn
Newton, NJ
Located on a 14-acre estate nestled within Kittatinny Valley State Park in Sussex County, New Jersey. This charming mini-estate is an ideal place for a quiet romantic getaway. Reserve one of the four deluxe rooms with a two-person soaking tub, a fireplace, and a private balcony.
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Riverside Victorian
Clinton, NJ
A 6 room 1882 historic inn located in the heart of Clinton, one block from the village shops, major attractions, and casual restaurants.
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Chestnut hill
Milford, NJ
This charming luxury Victorian B & B perched high on the banks of the scenic Delaware River features rooms furnished with antiques, and many amenities including electric fireplaces.
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Whistling Swan Inn
Stanhope, NJ
A romantic honeymoon B&B in the Skylands Region with suites having a fireplace and whirlpool tubs for two. Massage services are also available.
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