Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Chicago, IL

Chicago

A seasonal pumpkin lot in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood on North Clark Street, selling pie pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, and hay bales through fall. It also runs $20 pumpkin-carving parties that include a medium pumpkin, carving kit, table space, and decor.

West Chicago

Sonny Acres Farm has operated in West Chicago since 1883, when German immigrants Ferdinand and Anna Nagel founded it as Oakwood Farm. Generations later it runs as a year-round destination — pumpkin patch and fresh produce in fall, pony rides, train rides, and animal feeding on a rotating schedule through the rest of the year.

Chicago

A free autumn festival at Lincoln Park Zoo running Friday through Sunday, September 26 through October 26, 10am to 5pm. Activities rotate weekend to weekend but typically include pumpkin picking, s'mores over a fire pit, pumpkin-carving demos, and fall-themed animal enrichment throughout the zoo.

A one-day fall event at Humboldt Park run jointly by the Chicago Park District and the Humboldt Park Advisory Council, built around pumpkin painting and other kid-focused activities rather than a full patch to walk through.

Chicago

Sloanstead keeps beehives in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood and sells honey drawn entirely from those local hives, plus a soap line made with the honey and beeswax through a partner maker. Two additional hives are hosted at Keeler Gardens nearby. Sales run through an online Square store with contactless pickup in Irving Park only — no shipping, and the honey regularly sells out before the season ends.

Chicago

Sweet Comb Chicago turns beeswax into grooming products out of Rogers Park — pomades, beard conditioners, shaving soaps, and a bald-care line built around head polish and scrubs. Founded in 2015, the small operation also sells raw beeswax and honey alongside its balms and pet-care items. Orders ship nationwide, free over $60, with local pickup for Chicago customers.

Bridgeview

A three-weekend fall festival in the SeatGeek Stadium parking lot in Bridgeview, running carnival rides, a petting zoo, a corn maze, and a kids' haunted house alongside pumpkins. The 2025 dates are October 11-13, 17-19, and 24-26, with Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday hours.

Oak Lawn

Midnight Terror Haunted House is a seasonal Halloween attraction in Oak Lawn, a Chicago suburb along 111th Street. Independent detail beyond the listing itself is limited online — confirm current dates, hours, and ticket pricing directly before visiting.

Niles

Meinke's Garden Center has grown its own vegetable plants and flowers onsite since 1871, supplying the North Shore with herbs, perennials, annuals, and greenhouse vegetables it starts from seed rather than buys in. The center also stocks bulk mulch, soil, and firewood. It's a working grower's garden center, not a big-box import operation.

Palos Park

The Children's Farm at The Center is located on Southwest Highway in Palos Park, associated with a nonprofit called The Center. No verifiable website or listing was found to confirm current animals, programming, or hours.

Elmhurst

Sunny Day's Honey is a small beekeeping operation working hives around Elmhurst. The farm sells comb honey directly and posts updates on the bees through the seasons — swarms, splits, and whatever the hive is doing that week. There's no storefront; check their Facebook page for what's currently available.

Tinley Park

Forest View Farms is listed on South Lockwood Avenue in Tinley Park. The domain once associated with the name is now parked for sale, so no current offerings could be verified online.

Tinley Park

Forest View Farms is listed on South Lockwood Avenue in Tinley Park. The state field here is misrecorded as Alabama; the zip code and street both place it in Cook County, Illinois, on Chicago's south side. The farm's domain name is currently parked for sale, and no working website or contact information could be found.

Tinley Park

Cavallini's in the Park is located on South Street in Tinley Park. No verifiable website or business listing was found describing current farm activities or offerings.

Orland Park

DeLair's Cornstalk Farm has sold cornstalks and pumpkins on Wolf Road since 1987, growing from a roadside stand into one of the few farms in the area offering custom-carved and custom-painted pumpkins to order. A craft barn built in 1940 sits on the property, stocked with handmade goods and jars of homemade jelly. The farm runs Friday through Monday, 10am to 6pm, from late September through October.

Orland Park

McCarthy Farmstands runs a seasonal rotation on 167th Street — summer produce, pumpkins each fall, and Christmas trees with decorated wreaths through the holidays. The stand is open Monday through Saturday 10 to 6 and Sunday 10 to 4. It's a straightforward farm stand geared toward stocking the fridge, not a destination attraction.

Tinley Park

Odyssey Fun Farm runs a fall pumpkin patch and corn maze in Tinley Park, with hayrides looping the property and a Barnyard Zoo stocked with farm animals. Corn cannons round out the activity list. It operates alongside Odyssey Fun World, a separate entertainment center nearby, though the farm attraction is seasonal.

Downers Grove

Lyman Woods Center in Downers Grove is a nature preserve and interpretive center, not a working farm — worth flagging for anyone browsing this list for u-pick crops or a farm stand. It sits within DuPage County's forest and prairie network. Check with the Downers Grove Park District directly for current trail and program hours.

Highland Park

Heller Nature Center is a 97-acre preserve run by the Highland Park Park District, not a working farm — expect oak-hickory forest, tallgrass prairie, and three miles of hiking trails rather than crops. The "Wander Woods" playscape and bird-focused nature programs draw families, and the trails open to cross-country skiing in winter. Picnic areas are scattered throughout the grounds.

Homer Glen

Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm has run its Fall Fest in Homer Glen since 1981, now spanning more than 25 attractions including 14 rides, a petting zoo, pig races, and a corn box. The 2026 season runs September 4 through November 8. Beyond pumpkins, the farm books school field trips, birthday parties, and corporate groups, and sells food from local vendors on site.

Homer Glen

Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm has run as a family-owned fall attraction in Homer Glen since 1980, built around a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and the Tractor Town Adventure Ride. It's one of the most-reviewed farms of its kind in the country, drawing Chicago-area families from September through early November for rides, food, and pumpkin picking on the same 151st Street property for over four decades.

Chicago Heights

Smits Farms runs a Food Alliance-certified greenhouse and produce operation in Chicago Heights, selling at six farmers markets across the Chicago area each week rather than just from the farm. The greenhouse itself opens seasonally for direct sales. It's a market-focused operation more than a destination farm, built around wholesale and farmers-market volume.

Highland

Scheeringa Farms has run its Highland farm stand for three generations and more than 50 years, selling homegrown tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, and cantaloupe alongside greenhouse annuals and vegetable starts each spring. The stand opens Father's Day weekend and stays open through Halloween, when the pumpkin patch, corn maze, and petting zoo take over. It's rated the highest of any farm in Highland by area reviewers.

Homer Glen

Garden Patch Farms & Orchard is listed on West 159th Street in Homer Glen, Will County. The farm's former domain is no longer active, so no current fruit varieties or hours could be confirmed online.

Griffith

C & L Lawncare is a family-owned lawn and landscaping company at 6086 N Forest Ave in Griffith, founded in 2005 — not a farm attraction, despite the agritourism listing. The crew handles mowing, aeration, fertilization, seeding, and landscaping for area homes and businesses, plus leaf removal each fall and snow removal each winter.

Griffith

Nicky and Jessica Jones started Earthling Bee Co. in 2018 as a full-service Northern Indiana bee operation — honey, nucs, hives, and pollination services, not just jars on a shelf. Their raw and wildflower honey, beeswax goods, and bee-themed gifts sell online and for local pickup, and they'll set up hives or provide pollination for other growers in the region.

Homer Glen

Konow's Corn Maze packs a corn maze, an animal barn, carnival-style rides, and both indoor and outdoor play areas onto its Cedar Road property in Homer Glen. The farm hosts car cruise nights, field trips, and birthday parties, and stays open later than most — Tuesday through Saturday until 8pm, Sunday until 7. Weekday admission runs $15; weekends and special events are $20.

Wheaton

Wheaton Landscape and Garden Center — now operating as Wheaton Nurseries — sells trees, shrubs, annuals, mulch, and garden statuary out of its Roosevelt Road location, along with full landscape design and installation services. Staff work with customers directly on planning outdoor spaces, from picking plants to sketching the layout. It's a garden center built for people doing the work themselves as much as those hiring it out.

Lockport

Tom and Zach's Pumpkin Patch works about an acre and a half of Bruce Road in Lockport, small enough that picking still means walking the field with your kids rather than riding out to it. The farm provides wagons and cutting tools, sells pie pumpkins, corn stalks, and straw, and sets up photo props around the grounds. The listing showed the patch closed for last season, so it's worth confirming current status before visiting.

Lockport

Tom's and Zach's Pumpkin Patch runs seasonally in Lockport, part of Will County's fall pumpkin-patch circuit. No current web listing was found describing specific hours or activities. Call ahead before visiting, since small seasonal patches like this often shift year to year.

Bolingbrook

Johansen Farms runs a seasonal pumpkin patch stocked with roughly 25,000 pumpkins each fall, plus a pie house serving fresh apple cider donuts. Next door, the 7-acre Children's Zoo houses more than 500 animals, with baby chicks to hold, pony and train rides, hayrides, and petting areas. The zoo and patch open for the fall season only; the attached nursery and garden center run daily year-round.

Palatine

Ethels Place runs a fall pumpkin patch in Palatine, one of the seasonal stops northwest Cook County families use for pumpkin picking each October. It operates on a short autumn calendar rather than a year-round schedule, so the visit window is narrower than at a working farm. Check current-year dates before heading out.

Lockport

Apples On Oak is a family-owned Lockport orchard growing apples, Asian pears, and garden produce with no herbicides and only organically approved fungicides and pesticides. The farm has shifted from u-pick to a Barn2Door online store for pre-picked apples and produce.