By Paul McMahon · Broker, eXp Realty · License 124611 · Updated October 28, 2026
Halloween is three days away, and the Snoqualmie Valley is mid-turn from harvest to holiday. The big community trick-or-treat Saturday, October 24, has come and gone, the pumpkin patches are down to their last open days, and most of the winter calendar is now locked in, with several dates newly confirmed since our Monday update. This refreshed guide covers what is still on the board through Halloween night, what is new since our last update, what is already in the rearview, and where to be in November and December. Everything below is checked against town, chamber, farm, museum, and school sources as of October 28, 2026.
Featured this week: the final pumpkin-patch days 🎃
The pumpkin season ends this weekend, full stop. Most patches across the Valley close October 31, Remlinger wraps November 1, and the gates do not reopen until next fall, so this is your last window for the corn maze, the hot cider, and the carving pumpkins. Here is what is open now, with the final 2026 dates.
Muddy Boots Pumpkins 🌽
Duvall · 15505 W Snoqualmie River Rd NE · muddybootspumpkins.com
Open every day through October 31: Sundays through Thursdays 10am to 8pm, and Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 10pm with the Night Maze. Corn maze admission is $12 for ages 6 to 15 and $17 for ages 16 and up, with ages 5 and under free; the U-Pick pumpkin patch itself has free admission and parking. Apple cannons fire Friday through Sunday, 5 shots for $5.
Novelty Hill Farm 🚲
Duvall · 26617 NE 124th St · noveltyhillfarm.com
A family farm since 1884 with a pumpkin patch, corn maze, trike track, hay mow, and corn crib. Open Fridays 3 to 6pm and Saturdays and Sundays 10am to 5pm through October 31, with the self-serve patch and corn maze also open daily 10am to 5pm. Free admission, pumpkins priced per item, and a leashed-dog welcome. A favorite stop for Duvall families with little legs.
Fall City Farms Pumpkin Patch 🍩
Fall City · 3636 Neal Rd SE · fallcityfarms.com
Open through October 31: Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 6pm, Sundays 10am to 5pm. U-pick pumpkins, hay rides, farm animals, fresh mini doughnuts, and hot apple cider. A classic, low-key Fall City outing that pairs perfectly with a drive along SR 202.
Snoqualmie Valley Pumpkin Patch 🎃
Fall City · 4025 Fall City Carnation Rd SE
New to our guide: an open field of carving and cooking pumpkins right on the Fall City-Carnation corridor, open October 1 through 31, with carving kits and hot drinks for the chilly evenings. A handy last-minute stop before the season closes.
Jubilee Farm U-Pick Pumpkins 🌾
Carnation · 229 W Snoqualmie River Rd NE · jubileefarm.org
Harvest Festival each Saturday and Sunday in October, 10am to 5pm, with free admission and parking, free tractor rides out to the pumpkin patch, hot spiced cider, animals, food trucks, and the barn store. This Saturday, October 31, is the festival finale; the U-Pick patch also opens weekdays, noon to 5pm, and pumpkins are priced by weight. Confirm the last day on the farm's site before you head out.
Remlinger Farms Fall Harvest Pumpkin Festival 🚜
Carnation · 32610 NE 32nd St · remlingerfarms.com
Runs Fridays through Sundays, 10am to 6pm, through Sunday, November 1. One wristband covers the whole farm for the day: 70-plus attractions, 30-plus rides, the corn maze, Pumpkin Village, seasonal treats, and a U-Pick pumpkin patch (each paid child admission includes one pumpkin). General admission is about $34 for ages 2 and up, children under 2 are free, and tickets bought online run about a dollar less than the gate. One final extended holiday-weekend run to close the season.
Also now closed for the year: Oxbow's Oxtober Fall Festival wrapped its final weekend October 24 and 25 at the conservation center in Carnation, and Celebration Farms' fall weekends in Fall City have wound down, so both return next fall. For fresh local produce through the holidays, the farm stands at Remlinger, Jubilee, and Carnation Farms keep the shelves stocked into November.
Halloween week: what is still ahead 👻
The October 24 community run was a great one: Snoqualmie's "Spook"Tacular triple-header on Snoqualmie Ridge and downtown, the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA Trunk-or-Treat, North Bend's Trick-or-Treat Street, Carnation's Candy Crawl at Tolt Commons, and the Si View Spooktacular all came and went with full houses, and they are now archived. Still on the board before and on Halloween night:
Halloween in Downtown Duvall 🧛
Duvall · Friday, October 30, 3 to 6pm · duvallchamberofcommerce.com
Duvall saves its celebration for Friday, October 30: trick-or-treating at participating downtown businesses (look for the pumpkin signs) plus the Chamber's free Halloween Kids Party with games and crafts at the Duvall Visitor & Community Center, 15619 Main St NE. A fun, free, small-town take on the holiday in the Valley's northernmost town. Peek at the Chamber's site for the confirmed route.
Snoqualmie Valley Halloween Wine Train 🍷
Snoqualmie · Friday, October 30, 5pm · trainmuseum.org
The 21-and-up Wine Train rolls Friday, October 30, checking in at 4:30pm and departing the Snoqualmie Depot at 5pm on a 2.5 to 3 hour evening ride. Every ticket includes a souvenir wine glass, 8 tasting tokens for one-ounce pours, hors d'oeuvres from local Snoqualmie Valley businesses, and live music. IDs are checked for all passengers; buy tickets in advance through the museum's ticket store.
Halloween Train final weekend 🚂
Snoqualmie & North Bend · Saturday and Sunday, October 31 and November 1 · trainmuseum.org
The decorated Halloween Train wraps its 2026 season on Halloween weekend itself, October 31 and November 1. Departures are at 11am, 1pm, or 3pm from the Snoqualmie Depot (38625 SE King St) and at 10:30am, 12:30pm, or 2:30pm from the North Bend Depot, on a roughly two-hour round trip to Snoqualmie Falls with hot cider, cider press demos, and live music, and costumes encouraged. Every ticket also includes admission to the Train Shed Exhibit Hall. Tickets are $32 for adults, $28 for seniors 62 and up, and $16 for kids ages 2 to 12, with children under 2 riding free on a lap; advance purchase is recommended.
A planning note for Halloween night itself: Snoqualmie, North Bend, Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall each post their own trick-or-treat windows, so check your town's website or social channels for the official hours before you head out, then meet the neighbors at the door.
Give-back & community events 🧡
The Valley shows up for each other all year, and the run-up to the holidays is full of easy ways to plug in. The Snoqualmie Valley Youth Council's Socktober drive is still collecting new socks for neighbors in need through Friday, October 31, with drop-offs at Si View Community Center and other sites around the Valley, so this week is the last window to join in.
On Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, the Northwest Railway Museum runs its annual Veterans Day Food Drive Train: hourly short excursions where a nonperishable food donation, or a direct donation to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, gets you a ticket, and the rides support the food bank's holiday shelves. Newly confirmed this year, the day doubles as a 100th-birthday celebration for Locomotive 11, built in 1926 and still pulling trains on a century of service. It is walk-up only with no advance reservations.
Also new on the Veterans Day board: the Sno-Valley Senior Center in Carnation (4610 Stephens Ave) hosts its annual Veterans Day Breakfast from 8 to 10am, a free community thank-you for veterans, and the Snoqualmie Valley School District schools are holding Veterans assemblies the week before, including North Bend Elementary on Thursday, November 6, Fall City Elementary on Friday, November 7, and Cascade View Elementary in Snoqualmie on Monday, November 10. Confirm start times with each school before you go.
The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank in North Bend (122 E 3rd St) is already gearing up for its Thanksgiving distribution: per the Snoqualmie Valley School District's food-assistance guide, it plans a turkey giveaway November 18 to 26 while supplies last (come early) and holiday side dishes November 20 to 26, with pantry hours Tuesdays 3 to 6:15pm, Wednesdays 9:30am to 4:15pm, and Thursdays 11:30am to 12:45pm (seniors shop 10 to 11:30am). Canned cranberry sauce, pumpkin, green beans, and gravy are perennial needs; the Food Bank's Donate page lists the season's most wanted items. Confirm the exact dates directly with the Food Bank as Thanksgiving approaches.
And on Saturday, November 21, the fourth annual Carnation Turkey Trot returns to Remlinger Farms: the Kids Gobble Dash for ages 7 and under rolls at 9am (about $10), followed by a 9:30am 5K (about $30, with registration rising after Friday, October 31 at 11:59pm). Participants are asked to bring nonperishable food donations, and proceeds support the Carnation Chamber of Commerce's community mission. Register online through RunSignup. The weekend before, on Saturday, November 22, Eastridge Church runs its annual turkey giveaway from 9 to 11:30am at 24205 SE Issaquah-Fall City Rd, just south of Fall City: a turkey plus a bag of Thanksgiving groceries while supplies last. And Chamber members and neighbors gather at the Snoqualmie Valley Connect Business Networking Breakfast, held every other Thursday, 8 to 9am at South Fork North Bend.
A note on markets: the summer farmers market circuit has closed for the year, with Duvall's market wrapping its 2026 season October 8, North Bend's ending September 3, and Carnation's closing out August 25. The next stop on the market calendar is Snoqualmie's Winter Market on Saturday, December 5 (noon to 6pm).
The holidays are basically here ✨
The winter calendar is mostly locked in, and several dates we flagged as still to be announced on Monday have now been confirmed. Save these now, starting with the steam-powered farewell to autumn.
November Steam Weekend 🚂
Snoqualmie & North Bend · Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8 · trainmuseum.org
Newly confirmed: the last 2026 run of the museum's Steam Locomotive 924, with two-hour round trips departing the Snoqualmie or North Bend depots. The perfect fall-leaf excursion, and a must for rail fans before 924 goes back into the shed for the winter.
Snoqualmie Holiday Open House 🛍️
Snoqualmie · Saturday, November 14, 11am to 6pm · snoqualmiewa.gov
The city's annual winter shopping day through Historic Downtown Snoqualmie, a relaxed kickoff to local holiday shopping with the shops and cafés along Railroad and Falls Avenues. This year North Bend joins in with its own valley-wide holiday open house the same day, so you can bounce between both downtowns.
Holly Days Window Fest 🪟
North Bend · Friday, November 13, 2 to 4pm · northbenddowntown.org
New to the guide: the festive kickoff to the Holly Days season, when downtown North Bend storefronts get dressed up in their holiday windows. A free, easy evening stroll down North Bend Way with the kids, and a preview of the big December 5 celebration a few weeks out.
Yuletide Express & North Pole Limited 🎅
Snoqualmie & North Bend depots · trainmuseum.org
The Northwest Railway Museum's holiday trains are set. The Yuletide Express departs the Snoqualmie Depot on Fridays, December 4, 11, and 18, on roughly 40-minute round trips toward Snoqualmie Falls with Santa gifting each child a present and a peppermint stick; $30 per person ages 2 and up, under 2 free on a lap. The longer North Pole Limited runs Saturdays and Sundays, November 28 to 29 and December 5 to 6, 12 to 13, and 19 to 20, a two-hour Santa train from the North Bend Depot to the Railway History Campus with cookies, hot chocolate, crafts, and Santa, from about $39. Both sell out, so book early.
Saturday, December 5: the Valley's big night 🎄
The first Saturday of December is absolutely stacked, and the dates are now confirmed. Holly Days brings the old-fashioned downtown festival to North Bend from 5 to 8pm at the corner of North Bend Way and Main Avenue: the official tree lighting, fire pits with s'mores, hot chocolate and cider, caroling, and Santa, all free and outdoors with a few downtown blocks closed for the celebration (the exact lighting time was not yet published as of this update; it was around 7pm last year). Christmas in Carnation runs 1 to 6pm at Tolt Commons, its ninth year, with a guaranteed Santa arrival, professional Santa photos, an artisan vendor village, food and drinks, and a tree lighting around 4:30pm. The Snoqualmie Winter Market fills Historic Downtown Snoqualmie, noon to 6pm, and the Si View Holiday Bazaar returns to the Si View Community Center in North Bend, 9am to 3pm, with local makers and holiday gifts.
Light Up Duvall: confirmed for Friday, December 4 ✨
Duvall · Friday, December 4, 5 to 8pm · Depot Park, 26219 NE Burhen Way · duvallwa.gov
Newly confirmed since our Monday update: the 2026 Light Up Duvall tree lighting is Friday, December 4, 5 to 8pm at Depot Park, presented by the City of Duvall with the Duvall Chamber of Commerce. Expect the annual tree lighting in the park, visits and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and holiday performances, plus thousands of white lights on Main Street that stay glowing from November through February. Free, family-friendly, and the northern bookend to the Valley's holiday kickoff weekend.
Carnation Farms Holiday Market: December 12 🏛️
Carnation · Saturday, December 12, 10am to 3pm · 28901 NE Carnation Farm Rd · carnationfarms.org
Confirmed for 2026: the Carnation Farms Holiday Market returns Saturday, December 12, 10am to 3pm inside the historic Hippodrome, the farm's 1922 horse stadium. Local artisan vendors, handcrafted gifts, warm drinks, and food, free and all ages. A beautiful heritage setting for grabbing the rest of your local holiday list.
Christmas tree farms: where to cut yours 🎄
Valley-wide · opens late November · check each farm for 2026 hours
Tree season is nearly here. In North Bend, Christmas Creek Tree Farm (15515 468th Ave SE) is the Valley's biggest choose-and-cut lot with Noble, Nordman, Grand, and Douglas firs, and Cedar Falls Tree Farm (15200 Cedar Falls Rd SE) offers u-cut firs and spruces. In Carnation, the historic Carnation Tree Farm (31523 NE 40th St) sits on the National Register with u-cut firs, and Ronnei Christmas Tree Farm (11210 Carnation Duvall Rd NE) is a longtime family stop. In Duvall, Lora Lee's Family Farm (17651 W Snoqualmie River Rd NE) starts its u-cut season in late November, and Novelty Hill Farm (26617 NE 124th St) sells pre-cut Noble, Fraser, Grand, Nordman, and Douglas firs plus wreaths, with its 2026 Christmas-season hours already posted on the farm's site. Most lots open the weekend after Thanksgiving, so watch each farm's site for opening day.
Winter lights and markets: confirmed, expected, and to watch ✨
Snoqualmie Winter Lights glows through Historic Downtown from late November through New Year's, and the Railroad Park tree lighting anchors the first Saturday of December, expected December 5 with the countdown around 5:30pm, Santa, cider, cookies, carols, and crafts; the city had not yet posted the official 2026 date as of this update, so watch the City of Snoqualmie calendar. New to the board: the Fall City Festival of Lights and the Fall City Holiday Market both traditionally land on the first Saturday of December, so expect Saturday, December 5 for the festival at the Giving Garden (tree lighting, band, food trucks, kids' crafts, and Santa photos) and the market at Chief Kanim Middle School (30-plus local makers, bake sale, and live music), though neither had officially posted its 2026 date as of this update, so confirm with the organizers. The Snoqualmie Tribe hosts its Christmas party Saturday, December 12 at the Snoqualmie Casino and Hotel, and Salish Lodge's holiday tree lighting has traditionally landed the Sunday after Thanksgiving (2025 was November 30) with its 2026 date to be announced. Confirm each one with the organizer as the dates firm up.
Explore the Valley in fall color 🍂
The Snoqualmie Valley ranked among the top leaf-peeping regions in the country, and this is the peak-color finale: the gold is deep, the trees are still mostly loaded, and the first serious November rains have not yet stripped them. The signature route is the 31.5-mile Snoqualmie Valley Trail, which threads Duvall, Carnation, Fall City, and Snoqualmie on its way to Rattlesnake Lake. For a shorter, family-friendly loop, Oxbow Farm in North Bend hugs the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River with strong color. Tolt-MacDonald Park in Carnation offers 574 acres of forested river trails and a 500-foot suspension footbridge, and Snoqualmie Falls puts on a show of red, orange, and gold maples and alders from the upper overlook. For a quick photo stop, Rockwood Farms' crimson-lined driveway in North Bend sits right in Mount Si's shadow. If you'd rather drive than hike, SR 202 from North Bend through Fall City to Duvall and the Middle Fork Road corridor are both lined with gold along the river.
Local fun fact 🏞️
Snoqualmie Falls is 276 feet tall, and according to Snoqualmie Tribe legend it was created by Snoqualm, the Moon the Transformer, who turned a fish trap into a waterfall in hopes of letting salmon swim upstream. The attempt failed, and to this day no salmon pass the falls. The falls remain a sacred site to the Snoqualmie people, and in 2019 the tribe repurchased the Salish Lodge and 45 surrounding acres, reuniting the tribe with the sacred site. Not far away, Remlinger Farms in Carnation, a working farm that started as a strawberry patch, is listed in the Library of Congress Local Legacies Project.
Why we love this season 💛
Halloween is three days out, and the Valley is turning on schedule: the farms that fed us all summer are closing their gates until spring, and the winter calendar is now mostly confirmed, from Light Up Duvall in the north to the December 5 triple-header of Holly Days, Christmas in Carnation, and the Snoqualmie Winter Market. The same neighbors who filled the October 24 trick-or-treat routes will be back at the turkey trot and the tree lightings before the month turns. Whether you are a longtime local or just starting to look at the Valley, this is the season that sells the lifestyle, and this year it comes with a bonus: the fourth annual Carnation Turkey Trot on November 21 is ready to burn off the stuffing. If you are thinking about making it home for good, that is exactly what Paul loves to help with. Let's reconnect soon.
A quick note on dates 👀
Schedules change, weather happens, and organizers update details. This guide reflects the best available information as of October 28, 2026, but please confirm dates, times, admission, and hours directly with each event organizer before you head out. Paul and the Paul McMahon Home Team are local, not the event planners, so when in doubt, check the organizer.
