Farm Trail Day

Let's Explore Farms in Steuben County!



September 23, 2023


All Farms Open at 10am

The public and families are invited to visit Steuben farms on September 23, 2023 for a look at agriculture in our county. There will be Wagon rides, Demos, Crafts, Animals to pet, Products for purchase...and more. Please wear appropriate footwear for a farm, money to purchase goods and for some excursions if you please, and a cooler bag in case you purchase farm foods. Below you will find information on what each farm will be providing along with any costs associated with that farm.

Crooked Line Apple Orchard

7780 Cold Springs Rd, Bath, NY 14810

Open 10am – 4pm

No Entry Cost

Bathroom Facility Available

Education/Activities

• Demo of a 200 year old cider press
• Hayride
• Purchase apples to feed cows
• 4-H Petting Zoo

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Lowery Family Farms

8295 NY-415, Campbell, NY 14879

Open 10am – 6pm

No Entry Cost

Bathroom Facility Not Available

Education/Activities

• Livestock Education
• Fall Games

Farm Store 

• Produce
• Pumpkins, Mums
• Fall Decor
• Beef, Pork, Poultry
• Jarred Goods, Baked Goods
• Raw Honey

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Mud Creek Bison Ranch

6130 Robie Rd., Savona, NY 14879

Open 10am – 9pm

See Costs Associated Below

Bathroom Facility Available

Education/Tours

• Self guided driving tours with radio commentary - $5 per person, kids 5 and under are free
• Pioneer wagon rides - $10 per person, kids 12 and under are $5
• Bag of apples to feed to the bison - $5
• Touch and feel bison hair, horn caps, etc.

Activities

• Bounce Houses
• Axe Throwing
• Escape Room

Food

• Full menu restaurant
• Beer/wine/spirits, 
• Ice cream

Full Gift Shop

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Stewart’s Family Farm

6443-6445 Stephens Gulch Rd, Hornell, NY 14843

Open 10am – 8pm

No Cost for Entry - Items can be purchased from Farm Store

Bathroom Facility Available

Education/Activities:

• Learn the process of making maple syrup
• 10 am - 12pm Milk a goat by hand
• 1 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration
• See if you can guess the difference between cow milk and goat milk

Farm Store - Open from 10-8 pm

• Cow/Goat Milk
• Cheese, Ice Cream, Butter
• Bulk
• Beef, Lamb, Pork

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ZiegenVine Homestead, LLC

8469 Oak Hill Road, Savona, NY 14879

Open 10am - 6 pm 

No Cost for Entry - Items can be purchased from Farm Store

Bathroom Facility Available

Education/Activities: Visitors are welcome to meet the animals on the Homestead: including goats, cows, chickens, ducks & turkeys

• Explore the walking trails
• Learn about Farm stays on the property
• 11 am Saw Mill Demonstration - turning trees into lumber
• 1 pm Goat Milk Soap Making Demonstration
• 2:30 pm Saw Mill Demonstration - milling lumber
• 3 pm Water Bath Canning Demonstration

Farm Store - Open from 10-6 pm

• Goat Milk soap
• Honey made from bees in Homestead
• Maple Syrup made from Trees on property
• Whole Turkeys and broiler chickens

Additional Farms on property for Farm Trail Day

Mountain Rose Farm (Savona, NY) - A 90 acre farm open May to November

• providing horse rides for a fee and an age limit will apply.
• Learn more about Emily and Rachel and their farm
• Trail rides on their 90 acre farm
• Farm stays in their AirBNB         

2nd Bite Farm(Bath, NY) - A pasture based farm

• Learn about how they raise their non- gmo chickens for meat and eggs
• Chicken, eggs and breads for sale

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Hemlock Ridge Farm

8690 Hemlock Rd, Avoca, NY 14830

Open Farm Store 10am – 8pm

No Entry Cost- - Items can be purchased from Farm Store

Bathroom Facility Available

Education/Activities:

• Tour a One Room Schoolhouse - The Wheeler Historical Society & Steuben County Historical Society school house committee will be on site with The Schoolhouse Traveling Exhibit
• Photo opportunity with period clothing
• No Sew rag doll, tin punch ornaments

Farm Store Products

• Pumpkins, gourds and squashes
• Organic bulk food items
• Maple Syrup and buckwheat pancake mix
• Organic-raised Beef & Chicken
• Snacks
• Handmade crochet hair scrunchies

Food for Purchase

• Hotdogs, chips and soda
• Mulled hot cider and apple cider doughnuts

Organic Valley Exhibit, coupons and hot coffee with Organic Valley half and half and creamer

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Autumn Mist Alpaca Farm

11579 Wessie Rd, Prattsburgh, NY 14873

Open 10am – 6pm

$10 per person Over 2

Bathroom Facility Available

Education/Activities: ($10 per person covers everything but gift shop)

• Learn all about Alpaca’s
• Tour the fiber mill
• Petting Zoo
• Playground
• Farm Store - Open from 10-6 pm
• Gifts ranging from $3-$300

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Bluebird Trail Farm

951 Harris Rd, Corning, NY 14830

Open 10am – 5pm

$5 Entrance Fee

Education/Activities:

• 10:15am & 12:15pm Guided nature with Monika & Robin (big pond pavilion) - Learn about our NY plants, birds and wildlife with our naturalists
• Honey Bee Education (apiary by the bridge) - Enjoy our honeybee display, visit the bees hard at work and talk to the beekeeper...sample a little fresh honey
• Fall Nature Crafts (big pond picnic tables) - Make a pretty fall nature craft to take home
• Farm Animal visits - Meet our friendly miniature horses and donkeys as well as sheep, goats, bunnies, and chickens...pet some and feed them with the help of our animal staff
• Pumpkin Hunt (farm) - As you visit the farm, can you spot 25 pumpkins? If you do visit the farm store when you leave for a prize!
• Cider Making (upper garden area) - Learn how to make apple cider the old-fashioned way. Take a jar home with you today!
• Baby Chick Hatch - Stop by the chicken house and see the eggs hatching in the incubator and learn about the life cycle of the chicken!
  • It is advised that children under 5 not hold baby chicks, and any child older should wash their hands immediately after. 

Farm Store - Open from 10-5 pm

• Honey
• Eggs
• Soap
• Yarn
• Other gift shop items

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Evermore Farms, LLC

8475 Morgan Creek Rd., Lindley, NY 14858

Open 10am – Sunset(hiking trail opens at 8am)

$8/person or $40/vehicle (discount passport price for Steuben County tour)

Free-bottle of water, hot dog and s’more to roast yourself at campfire

Bathroom Facilities Available

Education:

• Hayrides
  • 15-minute kiddie ride.Times:10:15am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm
  • 5pm Animal Pasture Move - Take a wagon ride and watch over 450 animals move to new pasture
  • 1-hour Farm Tour ride.Times:11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm
    • See over 450 animals grazing
    • 60-acre sylvo-pasture
    • Where we make biochar
• Documentary
  • Recommended to watch before Farm Tour hay ride
  • Watch a 15-minute video presentation in the barn loft about life at Evermore Farms and our philosophy and practices of farming in nature’s image.See pictures and video footage of animals grazing, people and animals working together, the beauty and symbiosis of sylvo-pasture, and the making of biochar.Available anytime during open hours; presented on a continuous loop schedule.
• Story Time
  • Anne will host kiddos under an apple tree by the petting zoo as she reads oldies but goodies like The Poky Little Puppy, The Biggest Bear, and Peter Rabbit.
  • 15-20 minutes between kiddie hay wagon rides and farm tour rides.
• Petting Zoo
  • Visitors are welcome to meet our little guys and not so little ruminants who will be hard to leave:
    • Dwarf Nigerian goats – super cute and up to tricks
    • bottle-fed lambs – Brownie will train you to pet his head
    • baby chicks nestled in their brooder
    • our mama sow with new piglets! – all scurrying for their spot in the milking row
    • peacefully grazing milk cow, Amber, and miniature horse, Thunder

Activities:

• Picnic area – gorgeous hilltop view, tables, grills, campfire, sports options
• Walking path (< 1 mile) & hiking trail (3 miles with option of shorter loop)
• Gift shop
• Grass maze
• Sylvo-pasture picnic sites
• Photo op area

Last updated September 23, 2023