Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Pine City, MN

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.

Rush City

Anderson's Rock Creek Relics runs a corn maze on Forest Boulevard outside Rush City, with a second puzzle course laid out beside the main field. Weekend visitors get hayrides, a barrel train, and face painting for kids, plus a threshing and sawing show with antique tractors and working gas engines. The maze typically opens weekends from late September through mid-October, noon to 6 p.m., $5 admission.

Rush City

Treasured Haven is a 450-acre century farm north of Rush City that runs chemical-free. Late summer brings its main draw: fields of sunflowers open for walking and photos during the August bloom. The family also runs a CSA vegetable share and hosts cross-country trail-running races across the property's woods and open ground. Same family, same land, over a hundred years.

Hinckley

Ben's Berry Farm offers pick-your-own raspberries and strawberries near Hinckley in east-central Minnesota's Pine County. It shows up across regional u-pick directories but keeps little presence online beyond a phone listing. Berry season here typically runs from late June through midsummer. Call ahead to confirm ripening and picking hours before visiting.

Harris

Sunrise River Alpacas keeps a full-color herd in Harris, along the I-35 corridor north of the metro, with many animals for sale as breeding stock. The farm sells fiber products and teaches classes on preparing and spinning alpaca fleece. Visitors can arrange to meet the herd and shop the farm store.

Sandstone

Happy Land Tree Farms grows Christmas trees in Sandstone, midway between the Twin Cities and Duluth, and sells cut-your-own or pre-cut every December. The family also runs pre-cut lots down in the metro for buyers who can't make the drive north. Choose-and-cut runs through the weeks before Christmas.

Dave Whitney's family moved to this Stanchfield farm in 1987, and it now runs as a father-son operation with son Jacob. Dave tends pick-your-own strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, while Jacob grows University of Minnesota apple varieties like SweeTango, Honeycrisp, SnowSweet, Zestar, Haralson, Frostbite, and Honeygold. Fall brings sweet corn, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, and onions. The farm sits in Isanti County, north of Cambridge.

Stanchfield

Dew Fresh Produce has grown pick-your-own and pre-picked berries near Stanchfield since 2000, with June strawberries followed by fall-bearing raspberries. Beyond the berries, the farm sells squash, pumpkins, rhubarb, seasonal sweet corn, and bulk fall carrots, and offers u-pick apples in autumn. It sits on 375th Avenue in Isanti County. Call (763) 689-2282 for current picking conditions.

Cambridge

Soulfood Alpaca Garden breeds huacaya alpacas outside Cambridge, north of the Twin Cities, and opens the farm for public education days. The owners run a Children's School of Fiber Arts teaching kids to work raw fleece, and host vintage artisan markets on the property. Fiber and hands-on learning drive the place more than animal sales.

Mora

Knife Lake Farm is a small agritourism operation on Jade Street in Mora, in Kanabec County's Knife Lake area east of town. Beyond its listing, little about the farm is published online, so its current crops and visiting hours are best confirmed by contacting the farm directly.

North Branch

Rod's Berry Farm has grown strawberries and blueberries in North Branch since Rod and Sara Elmstrand set out their first plants in 1981, offering both pick-your-own and pre-picked fruit. Bring your own containers and the farm weighs them empty first, so you pay only for berries. The Elmstrands earned a 1995 Minnesota River Friendly Farmer award for erosion control, windbreaks, and integrated pest management. The season runs mid-June into mid-July.

Taylors Falls

Wild River Ranch Alpacas covers the full range of alpaca work, from shearing to husbandry and everything between, on a farm near Taylors Falls along the St. Croix River. The ranch sells animals and fiber and shares husbandry know-how with new owners. One listing flags it as closed, so check ahead before planning a visit.

Grantsburg

Finlayson

Medicine Creek Farm raises grass-fed and pastured beef, pork, and lamb using regenerative practices near Finlayson in Pine County, east-central Minnesota. The farm sells its meat directly to customers, arranged by phone or email.

Isanti

Broken Tree Horse and Harness is a horse and harness operation listed in Isanti, in the Anoka and Isanti County horse country north of the Twin Cities. Little public information exists online about its current hours or services. Anyone planning a visit should contact the business directly to confirm what it offers.

Ogilvie

Sharratt Berry Farm runs a strawberry u-pick outside Ogilvie in Kanabec County, north of the metro. June is the season: pick your own in the field or arrange farm pickup of berries already picked. Yields run around a pound per plant in a good year. A June-focused berry farm with a short, weather-driven window.