Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Madera, CA

Madera

ApCal Farm grows on Avenue 7 in Madera, in the San Joaquin Valley's fruit and nut belt between Fresno and Chowchilla.

Madera

Raisn Hell Ranch Haunted Cornfield sits near Road 32 and Highway 99 at Avenue 7 outside Madera, in California's raisin and table-grape country. The name plays on the region's raisin-growing heritage; it operates as a fall corn maze and haunted attraction, a common pairing for Central Valley agritourism sites.

Fresno

Fresno-area property near Herndon Avenue and Highway 99, listed as a u-pick apple orchard and event venue.

Madera

Toca Madera Winery pours estate wines from a tasting room at 36140 Avenue 9 in Madera, open Friday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., with live music every Sunday afternoon. The winery hosts weddings, private events, and corporate functions, and runs a wine club with member pricing and early access to new releases.

Fresno

Kinder Berry Farm is listed on North El Capitan Avenue in Fresno, in the San Joaquin Valley's dense fruit-growing belt. No website or details on varieties, u-pick access, or season are published online yet.

Fresno

Milla Vineyards is a family-run boutique winery on West McKinley Avenue in Fresno, pouring small-batch reds and whites in a tasting room open Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5pm, or by appointment. The winery hosts a recurring social gathering called Wild Women on Wine alongside private events. Licensed under the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, it's a low-key stop for Central Valley wine tasting away from the bigger Fresno County wineries.

Madera

M&D Honey keeps hives on Avenue 7½ outside Madera, in the San Joaquin Valley's almond and citrus belt — bee country where orchard bloom keeps honey flowing most of the year. The operation sells directly from the farm; call ahead before making the drive.

Fresno

Lady Liberty Maze is the seasonal maze at Cobb Christmas Tree Farm north of Fresno, part of the Central Valley's cluster of u-cut tree lots that add a fall maze and pumpkin patch ahead of the December tree season. No verified specifics on this year's maze design, hours, or tree varieties turned up online this session.

Fresno

Pizza Farm at Historic Cobb Ranch is on Highway 41 in Fresno, California, part of the San Joaquin Valley's farm belt, the highest-grossing agricultural county in the United States by production value.

Madera

Sumner Peck Ranch runs a fruit stand and small winery along Highway 41 outside Madera, selling local fruit and wine by the bottle to travelers passing between Fresno and Yosemite. It's a roadside stop rather than a destination farm, worth the short detour if you're already on Highway 41.

Fresno

Pumpkin King Farms runs a seasonal pumpkin lot on West Shaw Avenue in Fresno each fall. No hours or pricing are published online for this listing; call ahead before visiting during pumpkin season.

Fresno

Planet Pumpkin operates a seasonal pumpkin patch on East Nees Avenue in north Fresno. No current website or listing confirms whether the lot is still active or what activities it offers beyond pumpkins.

Madera

Home Grown Cellars presses its own pomegranates into 100% juice on-site in Madera, then sells it alongside local wines and other artisanal goods in a small retail shop. The pomegranate juice is the anchor product — no additives, straight from locally grown fruit. It's a small operation built around one crop rather than a full winery, and the shop doubles as a stop for regional gift items.

Friant

Sumner Peck Ranch sits along Friant Road on the San Joaquin River Parkway north of Fresno, where the river runs down from Millerton Lake through foothill grassland. The Parkway protects a corridor of ranchland and riparian habitat along this stretch of the river in Fresno County.

Fresno

Valley Fig Growers processes and packs California dried figs at 2028 S. Third Street in Fresno, supplying bulk figs, fig paste, and fig concentrate to retail and foodservice buyers. Fresno County grows most of the nation's fig crop, and the company has run its Third Street plant for decades. Customer service can be reached at (559) 237-3893.

Clovis

Mountain Brook Ranch runs agritourism activities on Auberry Road outside Clovis, in the Sierra foothill country toward Millerton Lake in Fresno County. No hours or specific offerings are published online for this listing; contact the ranch directly.

Fresno

Two sisters started this Fresno apricot patch after watching the trees ripen from their windows during a medical recovery, and the u-pick stand on West Lincoln Avenue still runs on that same small scale. The season is short, usually opening around Memorial Day for a week to ten days, cash only.

Clovis

BZ Bodies has kept its own hives in California's Central Valley since 2005, bottling raw honey and pollen without buying in from outside beekeepers. The family built the business around a simple rule: if it didn't come from their bees, they don't sell it. Products move through their Clovis pickup point and online store rather than a storefront.

Fresno

Sunshine's Farm is on South Temperance Avenue in Fresno, inside the San Joaquin Valley's most productive stretch of farmland. Fresno County leads the nation in total agricultural production, and small family operations here typically grow stone fruit, citrus, or row crops depending on the parcel.

Sanger

Aspen Acres is a quiet, secluded ranch in Sanger offering 90-minute narrated tours introducing visitors to llamas, miniature horses, pygmy and fainting goats, self-shearing sheep, and Great Pyrenees dogs. It's an animal-education stop rather than a crop farm, on North Del Rey Avenue.

Selma

Circle K Ranch runs seasonal agritourism activities out of Selma, in the raisin and stone-fruit belt of Fresno County. No hours or specific offerings for this listing are published online; contact the ranch directly for current activities.

Chowchilla

The Nunes Family Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal u-pick operation in Chowchilla, in Madera County's stretch of California's Central Valley. Fall agritourism is common through this stretch of farm country, with pumpkin fields and corn mazes popping up each October. Beyond its address on Avenue 25, little independent detail about hours or contact is published online — worth a call ahead before visiting.

Sanger

J and J Aquafarms is an aquaculture operation on East Annadale Avenue outside Sanger, in Fresno County's Central Valley farm belt. No details on which species are raised or whether the farm sells direct to the public are published online yet.

Sanger

A Sanger fall destination built for younger kids, with a decorated nature walk, a mini corn maze sized for little legs, and a pumpkin patch where every child under 2 gets in free. Admission runs $11 per person and includes a school-size pumpkin and a hayride, with straw-bale play areas and story time rounding things out. Season opens October 6.