Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Elkhart, IN

Elkhart

The Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal fall farm on County Road 105 outside Elkhart, part of a stretch of Elkhart County pumpkin patches that includes bigger neighbors like Kercher's and Knollbrook Farm. Specifics on this particular patch's offerings aren't published online, so a call ahead is the most reliable way to check what's growing.

Edwardsburg

Amazing Acres Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch sits on U.S. Highway 12 in Edwardsburg, a Cass County town near the Indiana border. Maze themes, hours, and season dates aren't published online.

Mishawaka

Blueberry Ranch in Mishawaka grows nine organic blueberry varieties and calls itself the largest organic blueberry farm in the Midwest. U-pick runs July through mid-August, with frozen berries and pies sold year-round. After 50 years running the farm, the longtime owner has listed this as a final season and is seeking a buyer to take it on.

Wakarusa

Beech Road Blueberry Farm has grown blueberries in Wakarusa since 1950, serving pickers from both St. Joseph and Elkhart counties. Both u-pick and pre-picked berries are available in season, though the farm's own website has gone stale — check directory listings or call before driving out.

Goshen

Known locally as Kercher's, Sunrise Orchards has farmed 300 acres in Goshen for more than a century, growing sweet corn, pumpkins, 19 apple varieties, cabbage, squash, and peaches. The farm market also carries honey, maple syrup, noodles, cheese, meat, jam, cider, and apple butter, plus baked goods from the on-site kitchen. Fall brings u-pick apples and pumpkins, hayrides, and a corn maze.

Goshen

Yoder's has grown strawberries on this stretch of 15th Street for roughly 50 years, opening the patch each June once the berries ripen. Pick your own for $2.25 a pound or grab a flat already picked at the stand. The family runs a second, year-round farm market up in Syracuse, but this Goshen location is strawberries only, and it closes once the plants stop producing. Hours shift with the weather, so a call ahead saves a wasted trip.

Cassopolis

Diamond Lake Orchard runs as a self-serve apple shed and small fruit winery near Cassopolis, open daily from 10 to 6 once the season starts in late August. Thirteen apple varieties come through as they ripen — Honeycrisp, Gala, and Jonathan among them — alongside honey, cider, and hard cider. Weekend wine tastings run Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and this season brings the orchard's first estate wine from vines planted four years ago.

Nappanee

What was long known as Amish Acres has changed hands and now operates as The Barns at Nappanee, though the 80-plus-acre property still trades on its history of introducing visitors to Amish farm life. The site includes lodging at the Inn, a restaurant serving Amish-style and American fare, and grounds that hosted theatrical productions for decades before the sale. New management is still working out what stays and what changes.

Goshen

Knollbrook Farm is a small dairy operation in Goshen run by John and Cynthia Adam, who turn part of the property into a fall destination each September. The 12-acre corn maze includes trivia challenges along the trail, and the grounds add a 50-foot slide, a pumpkin patch, a sunflower and lavender field for cutting your own bouquet, and cow train rides. Cash is preferred; cards carry a 3% fee.

Middlebury

Indian Prairie Alpacas raises Huacaya alpacas on a small farm in Middlebury, with animals in a range of colors and bloodlines. Visitors can tour the farm, the on-site store, and the fiber processing room, but appointments are required — call ahead rather than dropping by.

Niles

Eckler's Produce and Greenhouse operates on Barron Lake Road in Niles, near Michigan's southwest border with Indiana. A combined produce stand and greenhouse suggests both field crops and bedding plants, though no hours or product list are posted online.

Three Rivers

Corey Lake Orchards has farmed 150 acres of orchards, vineyards, and fields since 1961. The farm presses heritage apples into hard cider, ferments its own wines and spirits, and bakes fruit pies and donuts on-site alongside blueberries, strawberries, and a full run of vegetables. It calls itself a marketplace for locally grown and locally made goods, and the shelves back that up with products from other regional producers too.

Syracuse

Blue Barn Berry Farm in Syracuse combines u-pick blueberries with a country market selling honey, produce, and ice cream. The same property runs as a wedding and event venue, with a 4,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor pavilion that holds up to 220 guests — so the calendar mixes picking season with Saturday weddings.

Dowagiac

PYO Blueberries runs a pick-your-own blueberry patch in Dowagiac, on the southwest Michigan fruit belt that produces a large share of the state's blueberry crop. As the name states, bring your own containers — Michigan's blueberry harvest typically runs July into August.

South Bend

Thistleberry Farm packs four separate corn mazes onto the property, along with a u-pick pumpkin patch, sunflower and lavender fields, and a corn cannon that's become the thing kids talk about on the ride home. Pony and cow rides run alongside hayrides most weekends in September, Saturdays 10 to 6 and Sundays 1 to 6. The farm has built a following in South Bend over its run; regulars treat the fall opening like a yearly tradition.

Niles

Lehman's Orchard farms 55 acres of U-pick fruit on Portage Road in Niles, growing apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, wine grapes, and tomatoes. Tart cherries ripen first, around July 4th, with blueberries following in late July. The farm turns its own fruit into wines, hard ciders, relishes, salsas, jams, and fudge, sold at a small on-site market open most days of the week.

Leesburg

Neibert's Fresh Produce runs a u-pick patch on Armstrong Street in Leesburg, with strawberries starting around June 1st and blueberries and raspberries following through summer. It's a small, family-run operation — the kind of place where picking tips get passed along in person, like checking under the leaves for the berries hiding from the sun.

Dowagiac

Butler Tree Farm sits on Crane Street in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County in the state's southwest corner. Trees grown, U-pick access, and season aren't confirmed online yet.

South Bend

New Road Natural Farm in South Bend grows a wide pick-your-own vegetable lineup — beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, eggplant, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, and watermelon. It's a working produce farm rather than an event destination, so call first to check what's ready before making the trip.

Plymouth

Pickin' Patch is a pick-your-own farm on US Highway 31 in Plymouth. Beyond the name and location, little is published about current crops or hours — call ahead or check local listings before visiting.

Marcellus

This listing is registered under the name Diane Marcellus on M-216 in Marcellus, a small Cass County community in southwest Michigan's farm belt. No further public details are available.

Ligonier

Fashion Farm has run Pumpkin Fantasyland on its 26-acre fall grounds in Ligonier for more than 50 years, with a farmhouse-turned-museum, the town's original jail relocated onto the property, a farmers market, and a giant slide alongside pumpkin displays and painted pumpkins. 2025 is the last season — the family is closing the attraction for good at the end of the year.

Warsaw

The Berry Patch is a produce and agritourism listing along US 30 in Warsaw, in Kosciusko County lake country. No verified crop list, hours, or contact information surfaced online beyond the highway address.

Dowagiac

Sprague's Family Fun Farm sits on Middle Crossing Road in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County in the state's southwest corner. Activities and season aren't confirmed online yet.

LaPaz

Tillman Farms has picked blueberries in LaPaz since 1935, back when it operated as Pertics Blueberry Plantation. The 65-acre operation still runs u-pick fields each summer, plus a stand selling pre-picked and frozen berries by the pound or in 10-pound boxes. About ten people keep it running during peak season, and they'll do takeout or delivery if you'd rather not drive out.

South Bend

Just That Honey keeps hives around South Bend without chemical treatments, letting bees forage the local area for raw honey, blackberry honey, clover honey, and wildflower honey. The operation also sells pollen and comb honey, and offers swarm control and removal for anyone dealing with an unwanted hive. It's a small beekeeping business, listed mainly through regional honey directories rather than its own storefront.

Eau Claire

Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire hosts the International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship every July, a long-running contest that's made this Berrien County u-pick farm a summer landmark well beyond its cherry, peach, and apple orchards. No current hours or pricing were independently verified this round — call ahead before visiting.

Berrien Center

Frank Farms has grown fruit in Berrien Center since 1909 and now ships individually quick-frozen black raspberries, peaches, and chocolate-covered dried cherries and blueberries nationwide, year-round. Peach varieties include Red Haven, Canadian Harmony, Glo Haven, and PF22. The farm no longer offers u-pick; orders go out by mail every Monday and Wednesday, holidays excepted.

Berrien Springs

Bixby Farms has worked the same ground in Berrien Springs for generations, growing strawberries, raspberries and peaches for u-pick alongside asparagus and rhubarb sold at the farm stand. They also jar their own salsas and jams and sell farm-fresh eggs. The family's pitch is simple — a straight line from grower to plate — and the market stays open through the spring-to-fall harvest run.

Eau Claire

Prillwitz Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Main Street outside Eau Claire for four generations, about a mile from downtown. The U-pick orchard draws a strong local following — a 4.8-star rating and thousands of Facebook likes — for fresh, pick-your-own fruit through the season.

North Liberty

The Apple Patch is a u-pick orchard on Sycamore Road in North Liberty, growing a wide variety of apples alongside pumpkins for the fall pick season. The farm also presses cider and sells honey, running seasonally before closing up each year once the crop is picked through.

Walkerton

Andrew and Nathan Matanic started this Walkerton patch in 2011 after getting tired of scrawny grocery-store pumpkins. It's grown to a 7-acre corn maze plus 4 acres of u-pick. Beyond traditional jack-o-lanterns, the patch grows heirloom Cinderella pumpkins and the pale Blue Moon and Casper varieties. There's no general admission charge, and popcorn and coffee are free.

Sturgis

Green Valley Campground is listed on West Fawn River Road outside Sturgis, near the Indiana border in St. Joseph County. Its former web domain has since lapsed and is now parked for resale, and current details on camping or farm activities aren't available online.

Wawaka

Mast Strawberry Farm in Wawaka sells u-pick strawberries at $1.25 a pound and pre-picked flats of ten pounds (six quarts) if you'd rather skip the fields. Call ahead if you're planning to pick more than 15 to 20 pounds — smaller orders need no appointment. Hours shift with the weather, so a call before driving out saves a wasted trip.

Galien

Springhope Farm grows apples, peaches, and pumpkins on Cleveland Avenue outside Galien, in Michigan's southwest corner near the Indiana line. Both u-pick and ready-picked fruit are available depending on the week, and the farm sits along the US-12 Heritage Trail, a straight shot from South Bend. Call ahead to check what's ripe before making the drive.