# Slate Run Living Historical Farm Autumn 1880s Farm Chores & Animal Encounters > Event for families in the Columbus area (OH). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Fri, Nov 27 · 10:00 AM - Where: Slate Run Living Historical Farm, 1375 St. Rte. 674 N, Canal Winchester, OH 43110 - Ages: All ages (Historic farm animals, wagon paths, and barn exploration for children of all ages) - Price: Free admission and parking - Organizer: Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks - Official page: https://www.metroparks.net/parks-and-trails/slate-run/ - Last checked: Sat, Nov 7 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Nov 11, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-10), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/slate-run-living-historical-farm-autumn-1880s-farm-chores-and-animal-e--listing-062c582e15e261eda007f9e7 ## About Transporting visitors back to rural Ohio life in the 1880s, Slate Run Living Historical Farm offers families an enriching, screen-free Thanksgiving weekend outing. Costumed historical interpreters carry out authentic late-autumn farm chores, tending to heritage-breed livestock including massive Percheron draft horses, heritage turkeys, wooly sheep, pigs, and pasture cows. Children can step inside the gothic revival 1856 farmhouse to watch staff bake seasonal biscuits on a wood-burning cookstove, tour the timber-frame barn, and learn how nineteenth-century farming families preserved root crops for winter. Outside, families can stroll quiet pastures, pump water with cast-iron pumps, and interact with friendly barnyard animals. The surrounding Slate Run Metro Park provides scenic hiking trails and covered picnic shelters. Family Experience & Accessibility: • Stroller Accessibility: Farm access paths and lane ways are packed gravel and crushed limestone, suitable for all-terrain strollers and sturdy wagons. • Nursing & Rest Spots: The entrance visitor shelter offers modern heated restrooms with baby-changing facilities and shaded porch rocking chairs. • Age Suitability: Excellent for multi-generational families; young children delight in watching real heritage turkeys, horses, and chickens up close. • Sensory Tips: Authentic farm sounds and woodsmoke aromas; gentle pace with lots of open pasture space for children needing movement breaks. ## Similar picks in Columbus - [Blendon Woods Metro Park Autumn Turkey Habitat Walk & Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/blendon-woods-metro-park-autumn-turkey-habitat-walk-and-nature-center--listing-da9632ea7e387fd3727dbb18) — Wed, Nov 25 · 10:00 AM · Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville · All ages · Free · checked Nov 7. 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