: a pleasure ride usually at night by a group in a wagon, sleigh, or open truck partly filled with straw or hay
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Take apple cider and cake doughnuts, pumpkin patches and flannel, or hayrides and hot cocoa, for instance.
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
As the fall season flourishes, activities like visiting a pumpkin patch, evening hayrides, apple-picking, and even jumping into leaf piles also become part of our daily rituals.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
During their Fall Harvest Festival, Waterman’s Family Farm offers a farm market, hayrides, farm animals, train rides, a farm playground, live music, food vendors and more activities for kids.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
Tickets include a hayride to the orchard and a half peck bag to fill with juicy apples.
—Lorenza Medley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
As the fall season flourishes, activities like visiting a pumpkin patch, evening hayrides, apple-picking, and even jumping into leaf piles also become part of our daily rituals.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
During their Fall Harvest Festival, Waterman’s Family Farm offers a farm market, hayrides, farm animals, train rides, a farm playground, live music, food vendors and more activities for kids.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
Tickets include a hayride to the orchard and a half peck bag to fill with juicy apples.
—Lorenza Medley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Hayride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hayride. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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