Family Activities:

Ioka Valley Farm

Attraction

Ioka Valley Farm

3475 Route 43, Hancock, 01237 , MA

This third-generation working dairy farm has something for every season: pick-your-own strawberries in summertime, hayrides and a haunted house in fall, and a Christmas tree plantation in winter. But the best time of year has got to be early spring when the maple sap is flowing, and visitors can watch it being boiled into maple syrup in the sugarhouse before trying it on a stack of buttermilk pancakes in the cafe next door. Kids will also enjoy “Uncle Don’s Barnyard,” which not only features a bevy of pet-able goats, cows, rabbits and miniature donkeys, but also sports several kid-sized rides like pedal-carts and a 40-foot slide.