Event

Celebrate the harvest at one of the oldest continually-farmed plantations in the nation on Saturday, October 17th, 2026, from 10 am to 5 pm. Chippokes' Harvest Festival features music and family activities such an antique tractor pull, painting a pumpkin, creating a corn cob doll, playing corn hole, and going on a hay ride. Shop the craft and food vendors for a wide variety of selections. See antique harvest equipment in operation and watch costumed interpreters cook on the hearth in the 1850s Brick Kitchen. Tours of the antebellum Jones-Stewart Mansion and the Farm and Forestry Museum included.

Weather permitting, the BBAA will setup solar telescopes and share the skies with festival goers!

 

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026

Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

Location: Chippokes State Park
695 Chippokes Park Road
Surry, VA 23883

Information for Visitors
Instructions for the Public:

 

Location Details

Chippokes State Park
Club location for our monthly Night Watch event and for our semi-annual ECSP. Due to a limitation on the NSN the "Directions" feature for this location only takes you to the entrance to the park. Please use our custom Google Map to navigate to the precise location you are trying to reach: http://backbayastro.org/map.php

Notes:
Due to a limitation on the NSN the "Directions" feature for this location only takes you to the entrance to the park. Please use our custom Google Map to navigate to the precise location you are trying to reach: http://backbayastro.org/map.php

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