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FIRST THINGS FIRST
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Pumpkin Patches, Farms and Orchards
👩🏼🌾 Winterbrook Farm
Take a Hike
🦌Morgan Run Natural Environment Area
🦌Charlotte’s Quest Nature Center
🌳Trails Carroll County, Maryland
Special Dates to Remember
👻September 9th Read and Play: Halloween Fun at the Eldersburg Branch Library
🎨September 10th Fall Craft Time at the Westminster Branch Library
👩🏼🌾September 12th Horse Show at the Carroll AG Center
🌾September 18th Maryland Wine Festival
🍎September 24th Good Game Fest
🍂September 25th Westminster FallFest
🏷September 25th Maryland Microbrewery Festival
🏷October 9th Westminster Oyster Stroll
🌾October 16 Fall Harvest Celebration
🍂October 16 Piney Run Fall Festival
🍎October 17 FREE Fall Festival
Trick or Treat Events
👻October 23rd Spooky Saturday in Downtown Westminster
🧛October 30th Not so Scary Halloween at Adventure Park USA
👻 October 30th Trunk-Or-Treat at the TownMall of Westminster
Westminster Favorites
🚜 Check out a self guided tour at the Carroll County Farm Museum
🍦 Visit Hoffman's Ice Cream for all your sweet tooth needs
☕️ Latte for the parents and hot chocolate for the kids at Furnace Hills Coffee
🧁 Have a cupcake decorating contest with an at home decorating kit from Starry Night Bakery
🦐 Dine or order from the take & bake menu at Rock Salt Grille grab a take
🍅 Pick up fresh produce from Knill's Farm Market
🍎Pick your own apples at Baugher's Orchard
📚 Pick out some of your favorite fall themed library books and schedule a curbside pickup with Carroll County Public Library
🎨 🖌 To-Go kits or studio hours, Firehouse Pottery has it all for your creative needs!
🧁 Treat yourself to cupcakes from Molli's Cafe
🛹Learn how to do a kick flip at the Parks & Recreation
🏞 Visit all the Westminster-Carroll Area Parks and Playgrounds
🐢🦅Take some time to learn about the wildlife at Hashawha Environmental Center & Bear Branch Nature Center
⛳️Learn how to play disc at Leister Park
🛶 Rent a boat at Piney Run
🌾Travel the Carroll County Barn Quilt Trail
🧸 Start your Christmas list early with a visit to All Time Toys
📚Pick up a new book from A Likely Story Bookstore
💃🏽Learn dance from the comfort of your own home with Online Dance Instruction from Taneytown Dance Center
Zipline courses at TreeTrekkers
🖼 Art exhibits and events held with Carroll Arts Center
⛳️⚾️ Mini golf, driving range or batting cages can be found at Island Green Family Fun Center
📜 Every 3rd Saturday of each month, learn what life was like in Carroll County in the 1800's Past Times for Children
✈️Watch airplanes take off at the Carroll County Regional Airport
🎳 Bowling, arcade, virtual reality at Stratosphere
👀Visit the birth place of Francis Scott Key
Rent a moonbounce from Backyard Inflatables
🍔 Food Truck Fridays at Old Westminster Winery
🐖 🐄Everyday activities and special fall events at Green Meadows
🎣 Grab the fishing poles and hit up one of these spots, Freshwater Fishing Hotspots
Stay at home activities
🌷 Plant spring bulbs
🍂🍁 Rake leaves together. Jump in the pile, then rake them up again!
