A long-established Niagara County orchard, market and brewpub that runs a haunted hayride in late October — but its own site never confirms pumpkin picking or publishes admission pricing, so call before you build a pumpkin trip around it.
No admission price is published on the pages read.
Becker Farms is an orchard, market and brewpub that also does fall, rather than a purpose-built pumpkin festival — and in Niagara County that distinction is worth understanding before you choose your Saturday. The property runs a farm market Wednesday through Sunday, u-pick apples and vegetables, a playground, a petting zoo, farm tours by appointment, and Vizcarra Vineyards’ winery and brewpub on the same site.
For a farm this established, its published fall information is unusually thin. There is no overall season start or end date, no admission pricing, and — most importantly — no statement anywhere we read that you can pick a pumpkin here. A corn maze could not be confirmed either. What the site does date is two specific events: a Fall Fun on the Farm day on September 5, 2026, and a haunted hayride running October 16 to 30, 2026.
That gap matters because Becker turns up on regional fall roundups alongside farms that do run full pumpkin operations, and it is easy to assume the same offering. If pumpkins are the reason for the drive, phone 716-772-2211 and get a yes before you load the car.
An open wagon moving through a field after dark in the last two weeks of October in western New York is genuinely cold — colder than the daytime forecast implies, and colder again once you are sitting still and the wind gets at you. Dress for standing outside for an hour, not for walking from the car. This is also the point in the season where daylight has collapsed: an activity that felt like early evening in September is full dark by late October.
Treat Becker as an apple-and-drink destination and it makes much more sense. Pick fruit in the afternoon, walk the kids through the petting zoo and playground — both open daily rather than only on festival weekends — and finish at the brewpub, which runs to 9pm on Saturdays, three hours after the market closes at 6pm. That is a well-shaped adult-friendly fall afternoon, and it does not depend on any of the unconfirmed details.
One practical note: parking arrangements are not published. Most farms in this part of the state park visitors on grass or gravel, so if the week has been wet, wear something you can hose off.
The farm market runs Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm, and the playground and petting zoo are open daily from 10am to close, so a quiet weekday morning is genuinely possible here in a way it is not at ticketed festival farms. The haunted hayride is a separate, dated attraction running October 16-30, 2026 — an evening event, and the coldest part of the season.
Two to three hours for the market, playground and petting zoo. Longer if you are picking apples or staying for the brewpub, which is open until 9pm on Saturdays — three hours after the market closes.
The haunted hayride nights in the back half of October are the busiest thing here, and they draw a different crowd than the daytime market. Weekday market hours should be the quietest.
Not published. Assume the usual western New York farm arrangement of a field or gravel lot, which means mud after autumn rain — this stretch of Niagara County gets plenty of it in October.
Picking a pumpkin is the whole point of the trip. Nothing on the farm's own pages confirms pumpkin u-pick, and we could not confirm a corn maze either. Skip it also if you need to know the price before you leave the house — no admission figure is published anywhere we read.
We could not confirm it. The farm's site advertises u-pick apples and u-pick fruit and vegetables, but does not state that pumpkin picking is offered. Call 716-772-2211 and ask before you go if that is what you are driving for.
No admission price appears on the pages we read. The haunted hayride is a separately ticketed event, and the farm market and u-pick charge per product. Budget blind or call ahead.
The farm has not published an overall fall-season start or end date. It has dated two individual events for 2026: a Fall Fun on the Farm day on September 5, and the haunted hayride from October 16 to 30.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Farm market Wednesday-Sunday; playground and petting zoo daily. Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. No admission price is published on the pages read.
3724 Quaker Road, Gasport, NY 14067, in Niagara County. It is one of 3 patches we track in Western New York.
We track 3 patches in Western New York. The farm has not published a gate price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
What sets it apart locally: it has u-pick fields, which most Western New York patches on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 3 patches we track in Western New York had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
beckerfarms.com
Checked August 2026.