Embrace the season: Your ultimate adult fall bucket list

Me enjoying the view from the summit of Mount Peg

Fall is finally here!

Fall is my favorite season. With the crisp air, pumpkin spice everything, and cozy sweaters, there’s little not to love.

If you’re wanting to make this autumn a little extra special, check out this list of 50 fall activities to add to your bucket list this season.

Joseph and me at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, 2022

1. Drink a pumpkin spice latte

2. Go to a fall festival

3. Go for a hike in the fall foliage

4. Visit a pumpkin patch and bring home your favorite little pumpkin

5. Go apple picking

Baking chocolate chip cookies

6. Make your own fall wreath

7. Go horseback riding

8. Go to a haunted house

9. DIY some fall decor

10. Bake cookies

Joseph and me on Halloween, 2022

11. Carve or paint a pumpkin

12. Bake an apple pie

13. Cozy up with a good book

14. Make a Halloween costume

15. Drink apple cider

A charcuterie board I made with fresh apples from a local orchard

16. Go to a drive-in movie

17. Host a bonfire

18. Go on a hayride

19. Have a fall picnic

20. Go to a local football game and cheer on your home team

Joseph and me on Halloween, 2021

21. Make a pinecone bird feeder

22. Have a scary movie marathon (or, if you’re a wimp like me, here’s a list of fall movies to binge)

23. Roast s’mores

24. Host a Halloween party

25. Eat your favorite Halloween candy

Joseph and me at the Spider Hall Farm corn maze when we first started dating

26. Go to a farmer’s market

27. Host a game night with friends

28. Make homemade pumpkin pie

29. Visit a corn maze with friends

30. Roast pumpkin seeds

Me hiking in the fall foliage at Mount Mansfield in Vermont

31. Decorate your house for trick-or-treaters

32. Make a scarecrow

33. Host a murder mystery party

34. Make an autumn soup

35. Have a Harry Potter movie marathon

36. Go stargazing

37. Take a scenic drive in the fall foliage

Me walking in downtown Stowe, VT

38. Plant mums

39. Run a Turkey Trot

40. Walk a main street on a crisp fall day and window shop

41. Donate to a local food bank or shelter

42. Sip mulled wine

My family on Thanksgiving, 2022

43. Learn to knit

44. Make caramel apples

45. Make a list of what you are thankful for

46. Host a Friendsgiving

47. Volunteer with a local nonprofit

48. Write out your shopping lists for Christmas

49. Purchase an advent calendar for December

50. Rent a cabin in the mountains for a weekend

What’s your favorite fall activity? Let me know in the comments below.

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