Black Island Farms in Syracuse

Black Island Farms is a local farm in Davis County that has an amazing Fall Festival. This one was much bigger than the smaller pumpkin patches, and there is so much more to do. Black Island Farms is located in Syracuse, and we loved the variety of activities for all ages. We especially felt like it was extra fun for older kids and teens.

Activity Options

Black Island Farms offers a bunch of different attractions, and most of them cost different amounts. There is a courtyard and corn maze area. You can also purchase tickets to ride the hayride and pick your own pumpkin. You also need another ticket for the Spooktacular Light show walk. The final ticket would be for the Haunted Corn Maze. You are also allowed to come and purchase pumpkins without buying tickets to any of the activities.

We bought tickets for the courtyard and Spooktacular Light show. The courtyard has a ton of games, and it was a good thing. We visited on Saturday night, and there were tons of people. Most of them were headed to the haunted corn maze, but lots of them spent time in the courtyard, too.

There were a lot of varieties of pumpkin and squash for purchase.

Courtyard

We started in the courtyard. There was a three story tube slide that was really fast! Make sure to grab a mat to slide on before heading up. There were several other slides for the kids, too. We came across three different playgrounds set up with massive tractor tires to climb, slides, and other play toys. There was a unique place to make massive soap bubbles, which our boys enjoyed. We stopped at a spot to look at live animals including donkeys and goats.

There are quite a few other slides like this around the courtyard.

This area is a little smaller for little kids.

There are four different routes through the corn maze, so you can pick your level.

Though it was crowded, the variety of activities made it so that there was plenty of open space. In fact, we even took a little time to sit down at the fireside and relax for a few minutes. There are several fire pits with benches or chairs that you can use to take a break.

You can also buy food and treats, so come hungry.

Spooktacular Lights

After we spent enough time in the courtyard, we moved into the Spooktacular Lights. This was like a corn maze, but there was only one path through the corn. As you follow the winding trail, you see skeletons posed in a ton of creative ways, all lit with colored lights. There were fishing skeletons, skiing skeletons, and skeletons posed in just about every other imaginable pose. There are bat and ghost lights along the path, too. We enjoyed the lights and the fact that there were no scarers in this part of the property.

This light walk is great for young kids.

It was fun to see what the skeletons were doing through the corn maze.

The teenagers and young adults were all heading for the haunted corn maze. We are not big scary people, so we didn’t walk through. We also chose not to do the wagon ride in the dark. If it had been light outside, we would have enjoyed the ride.

We love supporting these local farms, and this one was just right for our older teens and tweens. Black Island Farms has tons to do, and will keep your family busy for quite awhile. For updated hours and pricing, their website is the best place to get current info: Black Island Farms.