Apple and pumpkin picking season is underway across the region, with farms opening their orchards and fields to visitors.

Some offer enough activities to fill an afternoon, from corn mazes and hayrides to playgrounds and farm animals. Others keep the focus on picking fruit and browsing the farm stand. Here are seven places to visit, plus two more stops for pumpkins and fall festivities.

Check each farm’s website before heading out: Picking conditions, hours and available crops can change throughout the season.

Kelder’s Farm
5755 Route 209, Kerhonkson

Pumpkin cannons, corn mazes, hayrides and Highland cows are among the attractions at Kelder’s Farm. Children can explore the playground, jumping pads, low ropes course, duck races, tube slides and hay mountain.

The farm’s fall festival runs through Nov. 1, with pumpkin picking and weekend hayrides. Its apple season was scheduled to run through September, while supplies lasted; check availability before making a trip for apples.

Pick & Play admission, which includes a pick-your-own crop, starts at $25.95 online. Check the farm’s calendar for daily hours and Wednesday openings.

Hurds Family Farm
2187 Route 32, Modena

This seventh-generation farm offers apple cider doughnuts, hayrides, farm animals, a corn maze and a mini zip line. Children can also try the cow train, bounce pillow and obstacle course.

Apples are sold in five bag sizes, priced online at $14, $19, $32, $59 and $123. Prices are higher at the farm. Pumpkins cost $3 to $50, depending on size.

Weekend apple and pumpkin picking runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 25. Friday and select Monday hours differ; check the farm’s calendar. Tuesdays through Thursdays are reserved for groups with reservations.

On weekends, visitors ages 3 and older need a wristband to enter the orchard and pumpkin patch. Basic admission costs $5, and each apple-picking bag includes one basic wristband. Other activity packages cost more.

Kesicke Farm
229 Middle Road, Rhinebeck

Kesicke has been a family farm since Frank Kesicke bought it in 1944. His grandson, Frank Vosburgh, owns and operates the business.

Visitors can pick pumpkins, explore a corn maze, take a wagon ride and visit farm animals. Pumpkins are priced by size.

The farm stand is open daily. Fall activities run Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 1.

East Durham Farms
175 Brown Road, East Durham

A red barn houses the store at East Durham Farms, where visitors can shop for eggs, meat, honey, cheese, sauerkraut and seasonal produce, including pumpkins.

The orchard grows varieties including Honeycrisp, McIntosh and Liberty. Check the farm’s social media updates for picking hours and available fruit.

The farm says it follows organic practices in growing its vegetables. Its store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Monday, and dogs are welcome.

Stone Ridge Orchard
3012 Route 213, Stone Ridge

This 200-year-old farm offers apple and pear picking, wood-fired pizza and a farm stand stocked with cider, baked goods and other locally sourced products.

Picking runs through October, with hours listed as 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Apple bags cost $15 for a small, $25 for a medium and $45 for a large.

Wightman Fruit Farm
130 Baker Road, Kerhonkson

John Wightman’s grandfather, a New York City firefighter, bought the property in 1958. Wightman moved to the farm in 1986 after studying fruit growing.

The farm specializes in heirloom apples and grapes. Apple picking began Sept. 12 and runs through October. Weekend hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekday visits are by appointment.

Boehm Farm
233 County Route 26, Climax

Boehm Farm offers apple and pumpkin picking, along with a farm stand selling apple turnovers, honey, maple syrup and other goods. The family farm has been growing fruit since 1903.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Monday. The farm is closed Tuesdays.

Honeycrisp apples cost $2.25 per pound, and other varieties cost $1.75 per pound. Pumpkins cost 60 cents per pound.

Two More Stops

Reservoir United Methodist Church
3056 Route 28, Shokan

The church sells pumpkins from a display on its front lawn each fall.

Shandaken Inn: Autumn in the Meadow
1 Lower Golf Course Road, Shandaken

The inn’s Autumn in the Meadow festival runs Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Activities include live music by Lali & The Pops, local vendors, pumpkin picking and decorating, face painting and a puppet show. Seasonal food will also be available.

Mia Quick is an editorial assistant and reporter at The Overlook. Send correspondence to mia@theoverlooknews.com.