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Your Brainerd Lakes Area Guide to Fall Fun

From apple orchards, to leaf viewing, all of your favorite BLA fall events, and more!

By Arianna Larson September 8, 2023

It's time for fall family fun in Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs and we can hardly wait! We are lucky to have so many fall attractions and events in Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs where families have been making fall memories for years. From picking apples to leaf-viewing to Halloween fun... Macaroni KID Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs has all the details for you and your family to make the most of autumn in Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs.


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Pick Your Own or Ready Picked Apple Orchards in the Brainerd Lakes Area

Batts Apple Orchard

35304 Nighthawk Trl
Cushing, MN 56443

Details: Please check back for orchard hours as this orchard hasn't opened for the season yet. 

More information: Find Batts Apple Orchard on Facebook here.


Red Barn Orchard

1365 44th St. SW
Pine River, MN 56474

Details: This orchard is open! Their hours of operation this season are Saturdays from 10:00am - 2:00pm and Sundays from 12:00 - 4:00pm.

More information: Find Red Barn Orchard on the web here.


Gilby's Nursery & Orchard

30069 State Hwy 210
Aitkin, MN 56431 

Details: This orchard is open! Their hours of operation this season are daily from 9:00am - 4:00pm.

More information: Find Gilby's Nursery & Orchard on the web here.




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Leaf Viewing in the Brainerd Lakes Area

Paul M. Thiede Fire Tower Park

5230 County Road 11
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472

Details: This view does not disappoint! If you are afraid of heights, this isn't the location for you. However, if heights aren't a problem, a breathtaking view awaits you at the top of the historic fire tower!


Gull Lake 

Follow County Rd 77 around the entire south and west side of Gull Lake

Details: Access County Rd 77 one of two ways. Hope on just north of Baxter at Pine Beach Rd/ County Rd 77 to the west at the stoplight. Or, head west just south of Nisswa at the Holiday / Wendy's intersection. Not only will you see the beautiful fall colors on the lake, but you can also drive through and look at the various resorts as they decorate for fall, too.




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Brainerd Lakes Area fall attractions open all season long:

🎃 Boysnberries Farm

9925 St Mathias Rd SW
Brainerd, MN 56401

🎃 Copper Creek Nursery

24735 Hwy 371
Nisswa, MN 56468

🎃 Double T Acres 

1822 Co Rd 29
Lake Shore, MN 56468

🎃 Fall for All Acres

29303 195th Ln
Isle, MN 56342

🎃 Triple S Pumpkins

7408 Imperial Rd
Royalton, MN 56373



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Fall events in the Brainerd Lakes Area

Macaroni KID Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs is adding fall events regularly as we find them, so please check back often for updates! Did I miss a fall event in the Brainerd Lakes Area? Please submit it directly here.

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We will continue to update our Macaroni KID Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs Fall Fun Guide with events as they are posted, so please check back often!

Do you know of a 2023 family-friendly fall event or attraction in Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs that isn't listed here? Please submit your event here and we will add it to our Macaroni KID Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs Fall Fun Guide!


Thanks again to Team Ascension for keeping Macaroni KID Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Mille Lacs a free resource for Brainerd Lakes Area families!




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