The Date Almanac
A fall day around Milton
Pick-your-own pumpkins and a corn maze, a waterfall, a local market, and a honey farm
Start with pick-your-own pumpkins and a corn maze at Andrews' Scenic Acres, then a waterfall a few minutes on, taste the honey at Backed by Bees, and finish at the Milton market. 4 stops, none more than 11 km apart, all around Milton.
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Pick the patch · Milton
Andrews' Scenic Acres
A big Halton farm where you cut your own from fields of sunflowers, dahlias and lavender, then add berries, a corn maze, wagon rides and a fruit winery to fill out the afternoon.
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See the falls
Hilton Falls
A wide, flat trail leads to a ten-metre falls dropping past the stone footings of three vanished sawmills. The reservoir beyond is the quieter half of the walk.
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Shop and refuel · Milton
Springridge Farm
A long-running Milton farm where you pick strawberries and pumpkins in season and the 19th-century barn runs as a market and bakery known for handmade pies. A paid farmyard adds wagon rides and animals for kids.
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Taste local honey · Burlington
Backed by Bees
A working apiary and meadery on Appleby Line in rural north Burlington, selling raw honey and session mead, pouring tasting flights on the patio, and running a self-guided pollinator walk and a beekeeper-for-a-day program.
Before you go
- Confirm each stop’s hours before you leave. Seasons and weekends change what is open.
- Bring cash for the farm stands and the market.
- Wear shoes for a field and a short walk, and check the forecast.
A free day out from the Home Almanac. Every stop is a verified place; days change with the season, so print it the week you go. Data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, openstreetmap.org/copyright.