Pumpkin Patches near Minneapolis, MN

Dayton

Dehn's runs a 20-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Dayton alongside a 15-acre corn maze, pumpkin cannons, and an 80-by-120-foot corn pit. Weekend hayrides carry visitors out to the field, and October Friday and Saturday nights add a flashlight corn maze. The marketplace and patch stay free to enter; a per-person fee covers the attractions. The season runs late September through Halloween. Reach them at (763) 742-3550.

Medina

Scherer's is a pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Medina, on the western edge of the Twin Cities metro in Hennepin County. Patches like this open in late September and October for families choosing pumpkins straight from the field. No website or hours were verifiable online, so check locally for the current fall season before heading out.

Shakopee

The roadside stand opens daily from July into October with sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelon, berries and a wide range of vegetables. Peter grew up in a local farming family; Carmen came from Peru to teach Spanish, and the two started this Shakopee farm in 1999. October brings daily U-pick pumpkins and a corn maze, with free hayrides and U-pick apples on weekends. Call (952) 906-0247 or order through peterspumpkins.com.

Lake Elmo

Robert and Dorothy Ziertman bought this Lake Elmo farm in the 1950s, and the family has sold pumpkins here for more than 40 years, just south of Highway 36 on Keats Avenue. The non-commercial patch offers pumpkins from 2 to 200 pounds, several kinds of squash, gourds, mini pumpkins, and decorative corn, plus goats to feed and tractors for kids to climb.

Greenfield

Knapton's grows five acres of summer red and yellow raspberries, an acre of fall raspberries, pick-your-own apples, and a large pumpkin patch at the corner of Highway 55 and Lake Sarah Heights Drive in Greenfield. The farm also raises cherries, pears, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, and winter squash. It runs from late June through November, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis in western Hennepin County.

Wyoming

Pick your own pumpkins straight from a 40-acre field here, priced around $5 each, along with gourds, squash, Indian corn, giant pumpkins, straw bales, mums and raw honey. The patch runs seven days a week, 9 a.m. to dusk, from the third Saturday of September through October 31. Kids get a play area and corn pit; hayrides run on weekends. Bring cash or a check, since cards aren't accepted, though there's an on-site ATM.

Saint Michael

Make memories with your loved ones by spending a day at D Round Barn Berries. We offer a great place where you and your company will have a great time sightseeing and picking farm products such as Asparagus( Best in the state :) ) Strawberries, Honeyberries (coming soon), Sour Cherries(Coming soon), Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch.

Watertown

Dimler Pumpkin Patch lets you cut your own pumpkin straight off the vine at the corner of State Highway 7 and Carver County Road 10 near Watertown. Pick-your-own runs about $4 a pumpkin, or three for $11, any size or shape; pre-picked pumpkins sell by the pound. The stand also carries gourds, cornstalks, and mini-pumpkins. There are no fixed hours, so plan on daylight, roughly sunup to sundown.

Monticello

Fresh Acres runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, open Fridays through Sundays from early September. Two farmers left corporate careers to start the place in 2016 and added the first corn maze in 2018. The larger maze covers about 2.3 miles of paths, and a smaller one suits kids under 8. Admission also covers the pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a corn pit, and weekend wagon rides.