Editor's Note

Lentini is two experiences in one, and both are the real thing. From May through November it's a working produce operation, farming over 1,000 acres with six farmstands around the county, and the daily-picked sweet corn and Jersey tomatoes are what locals genuinely drive out of their way for. Then every weekend in September and October, the main Route 94 farm transforms into a full harvest festival: a 10-acre corn maze that changes design each year, a pumpkin chucker and corn cannons, pick-your-own pumpkins, food trucks, live bands, and fireworks. Come October, Friday and Saturday nights bring the haunted hayrides, which have become a local Halloween tradition in their own right and the reason plenty of families make a second trip after their daytime festival visit. The kids' area is a real standout too, with a hay tower and tunnel, corn bins, a tire crawl, tractor bikes, and farm animals, plus fire pits where you can buy s'more kits and roast your own. Note the festival runs weekends only; the farmstands are open daily in season.

At a glance

Daily-picked sweet corn and Jersey Fresh tomatoes that locals consider the county standard
A genuinely big fall festival: corn maze, pumpkin chucker, haunted hayrides, food trucks, live music, and fireworks
A kids' area that goes well beyond a token play zone, with corn bins, a hay tower, tractor bikes, and farm animals