Cox Farms
Farm · Virginia
This Centreville farm runs a daytime Fall Festival of slides, hayrides, and pumpkins alongside Fields of Fear, a nighttime haunted attraction with a scare-zone cornfield and hayride, on Friday and Saturday nights from late September into early November.
Don’t miss
Color nearby peaks: October 27–October 31
Color builds from October 16 · mostly bare by November 20
Sampled at Cox Farms’s own coordinates and elevation (85 m) rather than a regional average.
16 weather points cover Virginia, and the model shifts their answer 4 days earlier, which is what it takes to match 1 published peak date from smokymountains.com. Against Virginia's own climatology, the 2026 weather puts the peak 4 days earlier. How the forecast works
When to go to Cox Farms
Good color holds through about November 7, giving you roughly 22 days from the first turn to past peak. That is about 5 days later than Virginia as a whole.
From Washington, DC it is about 24 mi, close enough for a morning drive. Baltimore is about 55 mi out.
Cox Farms on the map
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Frequently asked
- When does Cox Farms peak in 2026?
- Peak color is predicted for October 27–October 31 (best estimate October 29). Color starts around October 16 and is mostly bare by November 20.
- How do I get to Cox Farms?
- The closest city is Washington, DC, about 24 mi away. It's part of Virginia's fall lineup.
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