LI Fall Day Trips Guide: Orchards, Farms, Festivals, and Family Getaways 2025

The best things to do this fall on Long Island includes incredible harvest festivals, apple picking, pumpkin patches, and winding our way through a corn maze with the kids!

In this guide to fall fun on Long Island, we're also sharing our favorite day trip ideas and weekend getaways, perfect for all those fall school holidays.

Best Long Island Fall Events and Activities
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, known for an eclectic blend of acrobats, jugglers, and vaudeville acts, is coming to Stony Brook. Photo courtesy of the circus
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Enjoy the beauty of the season with a fall foliage walk on one of Long Island's beautiful trails. Photo courtesy of Discover Long Island
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Fall is a great time to go pumpkin picking on the East End. Photo by the author
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Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Photo courtesy of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Two kids share a caramel apple. Photo by Meghan Rose
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