Experience the Beauty of Adirondack Farms on Thurman’s Fall Farm Tour
Tour local farms. Grow your appreciation for ADK agriculture through informative talks, food events, a visit to an animal sanctuary, wagon rides, and take-home local products.
Great events don’t have to be huge affairs with live music, fireworks, bouncy houses and a 5K race. Some of our favorite events are those that take us to places we wouldn’t normally visit to enjoy new experiences or find hidden treasures.
That’s the case for us with Thurman’s Fall Farm Tour.
Showcasing small farms, ADK artisans, and food producers.
The Thurman Fall Farm Tour is an excellent chance to explore a variety of sites promoting sustainable farming and forestry, including maple producers, sanctuaries, a tree farm, a lumber mill, and a goat and sheep farm. This self-guided tour offers a unique experience with the opportunity to visit farms that have been around for over 200 years or those that are using tech to reinvigorate classic agricultural arts.
Visitors can enjoy various activities, including tractor hay rides, animal encounters, and children's activities.
Additionally, guests may shop for products such as cheeses, jams, jellies, quilts, organic vegetables, meats, and artisan wares. Learn about sugaring, mushrooms, medicinal plants, and more.
How to find Thurman Fall Farm Tour sites.
Locations on the Fall Farm Tour are open from 10 am to 4 pm. As you drive into Thurman on Route 418 (Thurman Station area), Route 28 (The Glen) or South Johnsburg Rd. (county route 57), look at various intersections for Thurman Fall Farm Tour signposts with arrows directing you to each of our unique sites. The map below and the coordinates in our listing may make your job slightly easier.
A great schedule of farming, food and craft events in Thurman.
Cranewood Estates
Blackberry Hill Farm – 10 am – 4 pm – Blackberry Hill is a diversified family farm. The farm stand will be open offering up their line of breads, meats and more, plus other local items (like Upper Hudson coffee) and other locally made items. Plus enjoy a snack with their fresh-out-of-the oven organic soft Bavarian-style pretzels and other treats.
Candy Mountain – 10 am – 4 pm – Candy Mountain will be selling maple syrup and pint n’ pancake mix packages. They have a “learning line” to show how the sap gets to the sugarhouse and is made into maple syrup.
CR Cranewood Estate – 10 am – 4 pm – Visit this historic farmstead and working sheep ranch at Cranewood Estate. Enjoy a hayride through the property where you can view the beautiful fall colors. Sit by the bonfire and relax with a beverage while taking in the views. They look forward to seeing you!
Martin's Lumber & Lucyann’s Artistry — 10 am – 4 pm – Thurman neighbors and artisans join together at Martin’s Lumber to welcome guests with their art, demonstrations and hands-on activities. Guided walks for wild herbs and mushrooms with informal and informational talks will be scheduled throughout the day. Follow clues for a self-guided tree walk to a campfire in the woods and a blacksmith demonstration (#15 on First Wilderness Heritage Corridor Letterboxing Trail). Guided walks for both edible plants and mushrooms will be offered, be sure to check for the times to plan your day. Mushroom walks 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30, and plant walks 11:30, 1:30 and 3:30.
Mud St. Maple – 10 am – 4 pm – Sample and buy: creams, candy, walnuts, infused syrups and fresh-out-of-the-barrel best seller – Bourbon Maple Syrup. Free maple coffee. Kids’ activities: leaf rubbings, leaf collecting, coloring books, nature walk.
Nettle Meadow Farm and Kemp Sanctuary– 10 am – 4 pm – The farm opens at 10 for tours on the half-hour that will include visits to horses, mini-horses, mini-donkeys, pot belly pigs, goats, sheep, peacocks, all sorts of farm fowl, llamas, and Scottish highland cows, as well as a smattering of barn cats. All are friendly and look forward to visitors.
Cheese samples will be available up near the farm entrance, in the open air, for safety purposes.
There will be crafts for Lil’ ADKers, as well.
Coffee and Pumpkin and Apple cheese muffins will be served in the morning.
To-go sandwiches will also be available throughout the day until sold out.
Gourmet Buffet Lunch will be served from noon until 2 pm ($18) and includes Stuffed Mushrooms with Herb, Pepper Garlic Chevre, Kunik Pear and Bacon, Macaroni and Cheese made with Kunik, CMF and 26 Cheeses, Moroccan Chicken Layered with Chevre and Phyllo Pastry, Pumpkin Soup with a dollop of Apple Cider Fromage Frais, Calamity Crumble Salad with Bacon, Cherry and Port Dressing, Apple Cider, Fig & Honey or Pumpkin, Spice Cheesecake Squares, Apple Cider, Coffee, and water. We can tell you from past experience this is one of the highlights of the entire tour.
Revolution Rail Co. – Learn about railbiking and tours offered, the ten opportunities in the Lake George Area, including four offered in Thurman.
TEF Braids Manufacturing & Outlet – 10 am – 4 pm – TEF has developed a bodywear design and manufacturing art that uses century-old lace-making machines to produce down-to-earth lace-like fashions that merge old-world craftsmanship with contemporary performance and sustainably values – everything is made on-site in a virtually zero waste way. Take a factory tour, check out Tensengral bodywear, try an AMBI Bralette or our new Turtle Shell Collection – All Adirondack Originals Made in the Mountains of Athol, NY.
Thurman Quilt Show – 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – See a large display of quilted items for show and sale. Vote for your favorite. There will be items to purchase:- coasters, pot holders/hot mats, placemats, table toppers/runners, wall hangings and maybe even some tiny quilts. Pick up a First Wilderness Heritage Letterboxing Passport so you can follow Clue #14 during your town tour.
Toad Hill Maple Farm
Toad Hill Maple Farm – 10 am – 4 pm – Sugar house tours. Learn about sap to syrup. Wagon rides over the covered bridge and the sugarbush; punkin chunkin’ trebuchet. Farm store stocked with maple products, confections and gifts.
Valley Road Maple Farm – 10 am – 4 pm – Valley Rd. Maple Farm will be doing tours and have the gift shop open.
Whitefield’s Farm – 10 am – 5 pm –Stop by for tractor-drawn hay rides and sausage samples. Take a tour of the old stone barn built in the 1940s as a dude ranch horse stable. Try your hand at pumpkin painting.
Windy Ridge Farm – 10 am – 4 pm – A working farm in the same family for generations. Bobwhite quail, turkeys, Minnie the pony, and honey bees will have a photo op spot, a “through the years” picture board (photos from around the Farm from the past through the present). ….. portable band saw set up, apple grinder and press.
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