Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Durango, CO

Durango

Callie Burgess and Tom Jense have run this u-pick pumpkin patch at the corner of Highway 172 and County Road 220 since 2008. The field holds around 2,000 pumpkins by peak season, and the owners add something new to the pumpkin maze and cemetery display every year, plus slides for younger kids. Open weekends only — Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — through October. A no-frills La Plata County stop for families who want pumpkins picked, not shipped.

Ignacio

Happy Apple Orchard grows apples on County Road 513 outside Ignacio, in the same southwest Colorado valley as Fox Fire Farms' vineyard. No website or social presence turned up in research beyond the address on file — call ahead to confirm what's in season.

Ignacio

Jack-A-Lope Acres is a working farm and ranch on County Road 318 in Ignacio, opened to the public in 2021 for farm tours, a pumpkin patch, and a corn maze serving the Durango and Farmington area. It also runs a gift shop with snacks and slushies.

Aztec

Sutherland Farms has grown pesticide-free produce near Aztec for over 35 years and runs a retail market alongside grass-fed beef and lamb raised without grain or hormones. The stand carries sweet corn, melons, chile, tomatoes, squash, and much more from mid-August through Halloween. Fall brings a Green Chile Festival and a Pumpkin Festival with a corn maze, hayrides, and duck races. It sits in the San Juan River valley of northwest New Mexico.

Fox Fire Farms grows wine grapes at 6,500 feet on a 910-acre ranch that's been in the same family for five generations, making it one of the few commercial vineyards operating between Durango and Pagosa Springs. Cold-climate hybrid varieties go into Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, rosé, and fruit wines, poured Thursday through Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m., May 15 through October 31. Friday nights in summer add live music and food from 6 to 9 p.m.