Get your fall fix at one of these parent-recommended pumpkin patches around Chicago and beyond!
In addition to offering the perfect pumpkins for your Halloween carving ideas, many of these spots host corn mazes, farm animals, play areas, apple picking, fall festivals and not-so-spooky Halloween events for families!
Check the map to find the best pumpkin patches near you, and leave a review for any you've visited to share your thoughts with fellow parents!
County Line Orchard
County Line Orchard offers u-pick apples, u-pick pumpkins, u-pick sunflowers, a corn maze, their moo choo train, a kids farm, and more!
Harvest Tyme Family Farm
At Harvest Tyme Family Farm, your family can enjoy the pumpkin patch, amusement park rides, kettle corn, corn mazes and more!
Odyssey Fun Farm
The Odyssey Fun Farm is fun for all ages! It is built on a 110-acre farm! They boast a 5-acre courtyard full of family-friendly activities: a giant pillow bouncy, barnyard zoo, a cow train, duck races, hay rides, pony rides, and more! Their pumpkin patch offers thousands of pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colors, so you will surely find the perfect one for you!
Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm
Bengtson's offers an exciting farm theme park experience! Enjoy thrilling rides, adorable animals, a charming atmosphere, delicious treats, and more.
Konow's Corn Maze
Konow's features a corn maze, pumpkin farm, games, rides, and family fun!
Siegel's Cottonwood Farm
Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm Pumpkin Fest features a real pumpkin field where families can pick a pumpkin right off the vine. There is also a 10-acre corn maze and over 35 unlimited attractions.
Johansen Farms Children's Zoo & Pumpkin Farm
Johansen Farm has over 25,000 pumpkins in their pumpkin patch. They are also home to a great petting farm with everything from lamas to miniature ponies to little lambs that love to be petted and fed.
Didier Farm's Pumpkin Fest
Pumpkin Fest will feature family activities and attractions for all ages including amusement rides, shows, fall merchandise, pumpkin sales, and of course everyone's favorite fall treats such as apple cider donuts, fudge, and much more!
Cosely Zoo - Pumpkin Fest
Come see the animals and take in the thousands of pumpkins scattered on the lawn at Cosley Zoo. Children’s rides are also available for an additional fee. Apples, gourds, pumpkins, cider, cornstalks, and various sizes of straw bales are available to purchase
Kroll's Fall Harvest Farm
Kroll's Fall Harvest Farm provides fall fun and education to all ages. They strive for you to leave having learned something new. Each year they provide new curriculum with a game in their corn maze. Their knowledgeable staff can teach you about the different types of animals at the petting zoo and help you pick the perfect pumpkin.
Dollinger Family Farm
In addition to the pumpkin farm, Dollinger Family Farm has family favorite activities like a petting zoo, a play area, a corn bin, and a corn maze.
Sonny Acres Farm
Visit Sonny Acres Farm for their fall festival and pumpkin patch. Pumpkins, amusement rides, hayrides, self-feeding farm animals, farm-fresh produce, and beloved treats like apple cider donuts and taffy apples remain staples of the Sonny Acres experience.
Keller's Farmstand
Keller's Farmstand offers u-pick apples and pumpkins. Join them on Saturdays and Sundays for their Fall Festivities, which include an 8-acre corn maze, 2 tranquility labyrinths, adult and kid pedal vehicles on paved tracks, farm animals and so much more!
Abbey Farms - Pumpkin Daze
In addition to their pumpkin patch, Abbey Farms offers a corn maze, bouncing cow train, zip lines, corn cannon, combine slide, a jumping pillow, a pedal track, tractor/hay wagon rides and so much more!
Blackberry Farm - Pumpkin Weekends
A celebration of all things fall, Pumpkin Weekends take place Saturdays & Sundays throughout October plus Columbus Day.
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