Farms Near Manhattan, KS

Manhattan

The Wilson family has run Lazy T Ranch in the Flint Hills outside Manhattan since 1968, on land first homesteaded in 1855. Beyond ranch suppers and cowboy-poetry nights, the property hosts pony rides, prairie tours, weddings in venues like the Bluestem Barn and Tallgrass Arena, and a fall festival built around a corn maze. Events run by appointment.

The Downtown Farmers' Market of Manhattan has operated since 1979, making it one of the oldest in Kansas. It sets up year-round in the Dillard's west parking lot at 3rd and Leavenworth, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from April through October and 9 a.m. starts in winter, with added Wednesday hours from 4 to 7 p.m. in summer. Roughly 50 vendors sell meat, produce, and baked goods weekly, with more during peak season. Leashed pets are welcome, and EBT is accepted.

Flint Hills Farmers' Market sets up at 632 Tuttle Creek Boulevard in Manhattan, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., April through December — a longer season than most Kansas markets, stretching well past the usual fall cutoff. Expect a wide range of produce grown around the Flint Hills, from early spring greens to late-season squash.

MANHATTAN

MHK Community Market runs Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through August, in the American Legion parking lot at 114 McCall Road in Manhattan. Vendor space is free for anyone selling farm or craft goods — a low-barrier setup that keeps the roster changing week to week. The same organizers also run a winter Christkindl Markt each December.

Manhattan

A&H Farm sits about five minutes south of Manhattan and runs as a working farm year-round, not just a fall pop-up. Fall brings a 60-foot slide, hayrack rides, a petting zoo, train rides, and corn mazes redesigned each year. Come spring and summer, the same fields open for U-pick strawberries.

Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan

The Downtown Farmers' Market of Manhattan has been running since 1979, making it one of the oldest in the state. Its Wednesday evening market sets up at Cico Park, Kimball and Avery, 4 to 7 p.m., April through October, alongside a Saturday market at 3rd and Leavenworth and a winter market inside Pottorf Hall.

Manhattan

Britt's Garden Acres has sold homegrown produce out of Manhattan for more than three generations, farming 250 acres pollinated by its own honeybees. Summer brings u-pick strawberries and blackberries and sunflower fields you can walk through; fall adds a pumpkin patch, corn maze and fun zone. The farm also bottles its own jams, salsas and milk, and books hayrack rides and field trips for school groups.

Manhattan

Manhattan

Feast of the Fields is a registered Kansas agritourism property on Zeandale Road in the Flint Hills outside Manhattan. Details on hours and offerings weren't verifiable online; contact directly before visiting.

Alma

Cori and Jarrod Meseke run Little Munchkins with their five kids just south of I-70 near Alma, and it shows in how kid-focused the patch is — train rides, a tube slide, a petting zoo, and a jumping pillow alongside the actual pumpkin picking. There's a corn maze and paintball range for older visitors too. Most activities are covered under general admission, with a few add-ons priced separately.

Olsburg

Nelson's Family Farm has stayed with the same family since Tom Nelson's great-grandfather bought the land in 1903, in the Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County. The corn maze and pumpkin patch started in 2007, after years of Tom talking his wife Donica into it. The barn also books as a wedding and event venue, working-farm scenery included.

Riley

The Fork in the Road in Riley, Kansas runs an honor-system farm market open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, stocked with home-raised beef and pork, fruits and vegetables, local honey and jams, locally roasted coffee, and homemade pies, cookie dough, and take-and-bake casseroles. Warm, gooey cinnamon rolls come out of the oven every Friday morning at 7 — first come, first served.

Alma

Alma's market keeps a light schedule — the first Saturday of May, June, July, August, and October, plus the third Saturday in September, 9 a.m. to noon — selling handmade and homegrown goods from Wabaunsee County, the Flint Hills, and Kansas more broadly. SNAP is accepted. It's the county-seat market for one of Kansas's smallest counties, so the once-a-month pace reflects the size of the town, not a lack of vendors.

Westmoreland

Junction City

Geary Community's market sets up Thursdays, 4 to 7 p.m., May through September, in the JC Naz Church parking lot at 1025 S. Washington in Junction City. It started in 2014 out of a county health needs assessment aimed at getting more fresh food into the community, and expanded to include handmade crafts and artisan goods in 2021 alongside produce, baked goods, honey, meat, and eggs.

Junction City

Munson Angus Farms has raised registered Angus cattle west of Junction City since 1924, with genetics on the place that trace back that far. Charles and David Munson run it now as both a working cattle operation and a butcher shop, selling beef raised on Flint Hills pasture rather than a feedlot. Beef is sold direct from the farm and traceable back to the herd it came from.

Onaga

Barr Bunch Family Farm sits in Onaga, in the Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in northeast Kansas — rolling native-tallgrass cattle country. Little is published about this stop online beyond its location, so calling ahead is the surest way to confirm current hours and offerings.

Saint Marys

Chapman