Pumpkin Patches near North Branch, MN

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.

Lindstrom

Tom and Teresa grow pumpkins near Lindstrom, priced at $3.99 for any size you pick, with an eight-acre corn maze, gourds, decorative corn, and cornstalks alongside. The farm opens late September through October 31, staying open to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. It grew out of a wholesale operation after the couple started inviting kindergarten classes out for cookies and pumpkin lessons. Find it on Panola Drive.

Pine City

A true pick-your-own pumpkin patch a couple miles from downtown Pine City, where any size pumpkin is one price and the kids' activities are free, including a small corn maze, bounce houses, and a corn pit, with no parking or admission charge. Apples grow on-site alongside squash and mini pumpkins. Honey and beeswax lip balm are made on the farm and sold at the stand. It runs late September through October.

Saint Croix Falls

Bergmann's Pumpkin Patch is a fall farm on 150th Avenue near St. Croix Falls, in Polk County along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. Pumpkin patches in this corner of the state open in late September and October with pick-your-own pumpkins, gourds, and squash, and often add hayrides and fall decorations. This patch's specific attractions and hours weren't confirmed online at the time of writing. It draws visitors from the St. Croix Valley and the Twin Cities.