Cooler temperatures, colorful leaves and a bountiful harvest ... these are the hallmarks of autumn, a season celebrated at festivals throughout the country.
The top 10 winners in the category Best Fall Festival are as follows:
- Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival - Stowe, Vt.
- West Side Nut Club Fall Festival - Evansville, Ind.
- Trailing of the Sheep Festival - Hailey, Idaho
- Great Cortland Pumpkinfest - Cortland, N.Y.
- National Apple Harvest Festival - Biglerville, Penn.
- NH Pumpkin Festival - Laconia, N.H.
- Warrens Cranberry Festival - Warrens, Wis.
- Columbus Oktoberfest - Columbus, Ohio
- Hood River Valley Harvest Fest - Hood River, Ore.
- Sonoma County Harvest Fair - Sonoma, Calif.
A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.
Congratulations to all these winning fall festivals!
License the 10Best Readers' Choice Award Logo
The Experts
10Best Local Experts
10Best Local Experts provide users with original,... Read More
10Best Local Experts provide users with original, unbiased, and experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world. No business pays to be listed. Our Local Experts are well-traveled and well-educated group who are not only experts in their fields - and their cities - but discriminating in their tastes. These local experts live in the city they write about, with constantly updated content.
10Best Local Experts

10Best Local Experts provide users with original, unbiased, and experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world. No business pays to be listed. Our Local Experts are well-traveled and well-educated group who are not only experts in their fields - and their cities - but discriminating in their tastes. These local experts live in the city they write about, with constantly updated content.