The Date Almanac
A fall day around Mount Albert
Pick-your-own pumpkins and a corn maze, Sibbald Point Provincial Park, a local market, and a honey farm
Start with pick-your-own pumpkins and a corn maze at Brooks Farms, then Sibbald Point Provincial Park a few minutes on, taste the honey at Circling Hawk Farm, and finish at the Zephyr market. 4 stops, none more than 21 km apart, all around Mount Albert.
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Pick the patch · Mount Albert
Brooks Farms
Ten acres of Barnyard Playland built for kids: giant jumping pillows, zip lines, a splash pad, train and wagon rides, and pick-your-own berries and pumpkins in season. The market sells gourmet donuts and preserves.
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Shop and refuel · Zephyr
Coopers CSA Farm & Maze
A 10-acre corn maze with trivia clues at the trail forks, plus a U-pick pumpkin patch, tractor-pulled wagon rides and barnyard animals. The farm store cooks meals from its own pasture-raised meat and produce and pours hot apple cider.
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Walk it off
Sibbald Point Provincial Park
A wide sandy swimming beach on Lake Simcoe, plus the Sibbald family estate with an 1830s house museum and a churchyard holding the graves of authors Stephen Leacock and Mazo de la Roche.
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Taste local honey · Richmond Hill
Circling Hawk Farm
A family honey farm on the Oak Ridges Moraine where the bees work wildflower fields. The mead bar pours flights of honey wine to picnic tables with live weekend music, and the guided honeybee tour ends in a tasting.
Before you go
- Confirm Brooks Farms is open and in season the day you go; what is ready shifts week to week.
- Bring water and bug spray for the walk at Sibbald Point Provincial Park; the footing is easy but shaded and buggy in summer.
- The Zephyr market runs limited days and hours, so check its schedule before you build the day around it, and bring cash.
- On a warm day bring a cooler if you want to take honey home from Circling Hawk Farm.
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.