Your Family’s Ultimate Guide to the Season of Fall around the San Francisco Bay Area
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Fall Family Fun at Home
1. Collect leaves and pine cones
2. Bake pies
3. Host Virtual Storytime parties
4. Try a pumpkin spiced treat
5. Have a picnic
6. Put on a puppet show
7. Make art with nature
8. Weekly dress-up nights
9. Go on a family hike
10. Roast corn on the cob
11. Make apple cobbler
12. Write down what you’re thankful for
13. Climb a tree
14. Drink hot apple cider
15. Carve a pumpkin
16. Plant Spring bulbs
17. Mix and match popcorn flavors
18. Step on crunchy leaves
19. Camp out in the backyard
20. Plan a trick-or-treat scavenger hunt
21. Go stargazing
22. Weekly family game nights
Take your family on an adventure unlike any other!
Go on a scavenger hunt at home or through your local neighborhood to rescue an abandoned astronaut or solve the case of a pilfered painting! The interactive Adventure Kits ($15-20/set) by Adventure Co use text messaging and make-believe to take your family on fun fictional experiences. Scavenger hunts are available to play at home or outside through local San Francisco Bay Area neighborhoods: Mountain View, Palo Alto, Burlingame, and Noe Valley. The adventures are designed for kids ages 6-12 and will keep the whole family engaged for hours of endless fun!
Editor’s Note: This tab will be updated regularly as we consolidate the latest information on what’s open around the San Francisco Bay Area.
U-Picks and Pumpkin Patches
U-Picks
- Blue House Farm (Peninsula)
- Andreotti Family Farms Pumpkin Patch (Peninsula)
- Cloverfield Organic Farm (East Bay)
- Brentwood U-Pick Farms (East Bay)
- Potrero Nuevo Farm (East Bay)
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Apple-A-Day Ratzlaff Ranch (North Bay)
- Gabriel Farm (North Bay)
- Clearview Organic Orchards (Santa Cruz)
- Swanton Berry Farm (Santa Cruz)
- Applehill Farms (El Dorado)
Pumpkins
- Clancy’s Pumpkin Patch (SF)
- The Guardsmen Pumpkin Patch (SF)
- Andreotti Family Farms Pumpkin Patch (Peninsula)
- Webb Ranch (Peninsula)
- Lemos Farm (Peninsula)
- Arata’s Pumpkin Farm (Peninsula)
- Blue House Farm (Peninsula)
- Farmer John’s (Peninsula)
- Pastorino Farms (Peninsula)
- Speer Family Farms (East Bay)
- Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch (East Bay)
- Perry Family Farms (East Bay)
- Smith Family Farm (East Bay)
- Spina Farms (South Bay)
- Rondoni Farms (Santa Cruz)
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch (North Bay)
- The Great Peter Pumpkin Patch (North Bay)
- Nicasio Valley Farms (North Bay)
- McClelland’s Pumpkin Patch (North Bay)
- The Godmother’s Pumpkin Patch (North Bay)
- Dell’Osso Family Farms (Lathrop)
Where to Go
San Francisco
- San Francisco Botanical Gardens
- Ocean Beach
- Baker Beach
- Joe DIMAGGIO Black Top
- Michelangelo Park
Marin County
- Stinson Beach
- Muir Beach
- China Camp State Park
- Olompali State Historic Park
San Mateo County
- Año Nuevo State Park
- Bean Hollow State Beach
- Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property
- Half Moon Bay State Beach
- Montara State Beach
- Pacifica State Beach
- Pescadero State Beach
- San Gregorio State Beach
Santa Clara County
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- Castle Rock State Park
Contra Costa County
- Mount Diablo State Park
Alameda County
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- Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (Alameda/San Joaquin counties)
Santa Cruz County
- Big Basin Redwoods State Park
- Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
- The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
- Wilder Ranch State Park
Other Counties
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- Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (Alameda/San Joaquin counties)
- Castle Rock State Park (Santa Cruz/Santa Clara/San Mateo counties)
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