Pumpkin Patches near Half Moon Bay, CA

Half Moon Bay

The Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival takes over Main Street every October (the 54th edition runs October 17-18, 2026) with juried art, live music, a parade, and pie-eating and costume contests. It's built around the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, held a few days earlier at the IDES Grounds, and is put on by the nonprofit Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee.

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The marquee event of Half Moon Bay's Art and Pumpkin Festival, where growers haul in giant pumpkins — some pushing past a ton — to be weighed on Main Street in front of a crowd chasing a world record. Organized by the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee, the weigh-off runs the Monday before the main festival weekend each October on the IDES Grounds.

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G. Berta's Pumpkin Patch farms a stretch of Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, the same coastal corridor where Bay Area families have picked pumpkins each October since local growers began selling roadside in the 1930s.

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A pumpkin farm on the Half Moon Bay coast, part of San Mateo County's well-known pumpkin-growing belt along Highway 1, where fog-cooled soil produces some of the giant pumpkins the region is famous for each October. No independent website turned up in research beyond the listing itself.

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Repetto's Pumpkins is a family pumpkin patch on San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay, part of the Highway 92 farm corridor that turns into one of the Bay Area's busiest pumpkin stretches every October.

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Family-owned working farm on Highway 92 above Half Moon Bay, in operation since 1942. October turns it into a full fall outing with pony rides, a train, a petting zoo, hayrides, and even goat yoga, alongside the pumpkin patch itself.

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4-C's Pumpkin Patch sits on Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, part of a corridor growers have farmed since the 1930s after two brothers first sold pumpkins to passing motorists. The town now calls itself the pumpkin capital of the coast, and 4-C's is one of several family-run patches along that stretch each October.

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Bob's Vegetable Stand and Pumpkin Farm has sold pumpkins off Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay since 1956, with a no-frills u-pick field, ornamental gourds and baking varieties, wheelbarrows provided and no entry fee. The stand is open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and draws crowds every September and October for pumpkin season. Call 650-726-4567 for current hours.

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Bob's Pumpkin Farm sits on Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay and keeps its patch old-school: haystacks, farm animals, and a hunt for the season's biggest pumpkin rather than a haunted-maze setup. It's one of the original stops on the coast's fall pumpkin route.

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Arata's Pumpkin Farm has grown pumpkins on Verde Road in Half Moon Bay since 1932, one of the oldest patches on the San Mateo County coast. Beyond the pumpkin fields, the farm runs a two-acre hay maze, a haunted barn, a petting zoo, and train, pony, and hay rides. It's open daily 9am–6:30pm through most of the season, with later Friday-Saturday hours in October.

San Mateo

ABC Tree Farms' San Mateo lot near Fashion Island Boulevard, part of the family company's roughly 15 seasonal sites across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and sold through Halloween; the company also runs a Summer Fun Zone with inflatables at a separate San Mateo address.

San Carlos

ABC Tree Farms' San Carlos lot along El Camino Real at Arroyo Street, part of a family-run network of roughly 15 seasonal pumpkin and Christmas tree sites across the Bay Area dating to 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and sold through October, with a gift shop on-site.

Oakland

This Oakland lot on Piedmont Avenue has sold pumpkins to the neighborhood for over two decades, open daily 9am-8pm through the first week of November. Hay bales and a small kids' area sit alongside the pumpkin selection, which reviewers note runs smaller and pricier than a farm-based patch. Located at 4414 Piedmont Avenue.

San Jose

A seasonal Halloween pumpkin patch and haunted trail on Doyle Road in San Jose, one of several neighborhood pop-up patches that open each October in the South Bay. No independent website turned up in research, so confirm current hours before visiting.

Castro Valley

Part of the Moore family's pumpkin and Christmas tree operation, running in the East Bay since 1984, though current listings point to San Ramon and Livermore locations rather than Castro Valley specifically. Worth confirming this address is still active before visiting.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Monroe Street site in Santa Clara, one of the family company's roughly 15 Bay Area lots running since 1983. Pre-picked pumpkins are on sale through Halloween, followed by Christmas trees in the same spot come November.

Santa Clara

A seasonal pumpkin patch on El Camino Real in Santa Clara, one of the pop-up lots that fill vacant South Bay parcels each October. No independent website surfaced in research — confirm current hours before visiting.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Santa Clara lot on Benton Street, one of about 15 seasonal patches the family-run company has operated across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and ready for carving, with school tours and birthday parties booked on-site through October.

Pleasanton

Classic Pumpkin Patch & Trees sells pumpkins each fall and Christmas trees each winter from Rowell Ranch on Dublin Canyon Road between Pleasanton and Castro Valley. The lot runs Wednesday through Sunday afternoons and evenings, closed Mondays, with staff on hand to help load up a tree or a truck bed of pumpkins.

Los Gatos

Not a farm at all — this is an annual glass-art fundraiser held on the lawn of Los Gatos High School, where Bay Area glassblowers sell thousands of handmade glass pumpkins starting around $25 each. The one-weekend sale has raised more than $250,000 for the high school's programs since it began, drawing collectors as much as families out for a fall outing.