The Gowanus Harvest Fest
Beer, bake-offs and hay bales—all along the bucolic banks of the diseased Gowanus! The billing for this year’s fest includes McClure’s Pickles and Saxelby Cheesemongers, plus green advocacy booths, live folk music, canning demos and pumpkin carving. Pork fiends take note: On Fri 10, from 6 to 10pm, the Yard is hosting its first-ever pig roast and harvest hoedown. Tickets are $32 in advance and $40 at the door. The Yard, 388–400 Carroll St between Bond and Nevins Sts, Gowanus, Brooklyn (theyard.ws). Sat 11 11am–9pm, $12.

Fall Harvest Festival and Fall Fiesta!
Expect the usual suspects—a pie-eating contest, horse-drawn hayrides, musical gourds for the kiddies—but with a Latin twist: Highland Park’s Fall Fiesta also features folk music from Colombia and the Caribbean. FREE Jamaica Ave at Highland Pl, Jamaica, Queens (nycparks.org). Oct 18, Fall Harvest Festival noon–3pm, Fall Fiesta 2:30pm.

Maze By Moonlight
Yes, there really is a three-acre corn maze in Queens. And yes, it’s usually overrun with Park Slope offspring. Adults should try exploring it by flashlight at night—after the kiddies have gone to bed. 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, Queens (718-347-3276, queensfarm.org). Oct 18, 25 11am–9pm; $4–$8.

Red Hook Harvest Festival
Celebrate fall’s really local bounty at the Red Hook Community Farm, where you can press your own cider, pickle string beans, feed the chickens, and learn how to live sustainably by harvesting wind power and collecting rainwater. FREE The Red Hook Farm, Beard St at Columbia St, Red Hook, Brooklyn (718-855-5531, added-value.org). Oct 18 10am–5pm.

Old Home Day Autumn Celebration
Celebrate fall the colonial way with Dutch tunes, freshly churned butter, blacksmithing and beekeeping demos, and soup cooked over a kettle fire. A shuttle runs to Decker Farm for pumpkin picking and a corn maze. 441 Clarke Ave at St. Patrick’s Pl, Staten Island (718-351-1611). Oct 19 11am–5pm, $8.

Bartow-Pell Harvest Fest
Celebrate the Native American harvest at this elegant 19th-century country house and gardens, located in a woodsy corner of Pelham Bay Park. Visitors can make a doll from dried corn husks, learn about the jack-o’-lantern’s Irish roots and listen to Native American stories. 895 Shore Rd at Park Dr, Bronx (718-885-1461). Oct 25 10am–1pm, $5–$10.

OR, GET OUT OF TOWN!

New York Pumpkin Fest
Watch the plethora of lanterns grow as New Yorkers try to beat Boston’s 2006 Guinness record for pumpkin carving (30,128 in a day!). Camp Sunshine will truck thousands of the orange beasties to Central Park, and place them at twilight along winding paths. FREE Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park,enter at 72nd St campsunshine.org). Oct 25 3–8pm, lighting 5:30pm.

Seven Ponds Orchard
Get lost in a giant corn maze, or pick raspberries, tomatoes, sunflowers, string beans and a dozen varieties of apple at this 20-acre orchard. Its farmers’ market sells local produce plus homemade jams and pumpkin bread. Wash it all down at a wine tasting at nearby Duckwalk Vineyards. 65 Seven Ponds Rd, Water Mill, NY (631-726-8015). Travel: Take the LIRR to Southampton, then take a cab two miles to the farm. Daily 9am–6pm.

Lawrence Farms OrchardsThis 150-acre farm overlooking the Hudson Valley grows everything from sweet corn to winter squash. Try the farmhouse cider doughnuts and maple syrup, feed the goats or take a horse-drawn carriage ride. Dia: Beacon (845-440-0100, diabeacon.org) is just across the river—a must-see for contemporary art lovers. 39 Colandrea Rd, Newburgh, NY (845-562-4268, lawrencefarmsorchards.com). Travel: Take the Metro-North to Beacon, then take a cab eight miles to the farm. Daily 9am–4pm.