Pumpkin Patches near Plainfield, IL

Minooka

A six-generation family farm off US Highway 52 in Minooka built around a 25-acre u-pick pumpkin patch, corn maze, and flashlight maze after dark. Its record giant pumpkin weighed 731.5 pounds in 2013. The farm kitchen serves locally sourced pork and beef burgers plus fresh apple cider donuts, and the 2025 season opens September 6.

Lockport

Bolingbrook

Johansen Farms runs a seasonal pumpkin patch stocked with roughly 25,000 pumpkins each fall, plus a pie house serving fresh apple cider donuts. Next door, the 7-acre Children's Zoo houses more than 500 animals, with baby chicks to hold, pony and train rides, hayrides, and petting areas. The zoo and patch open for the fall season only; the attached nursery and garden center run daily year-round.

Channahon

Dollinger's Pumpkin Farm is listed on East Hansel Road in Channahon, along the Des Plaines River in Will County. No verifiable website or business listing was found to confirm current season dates or pricing.

Lockport

Tom and Zach's Pumpkin Patch works about an acre and a half of Bruce Road in Lockport, small enough that picking still means walking the field with your kids rather than riding out to it. The farm provides wagons and cutting tools, sells pie pumpkins, corn stalks, and straw, and sets up photo props around the grounds. The listing showed the patch closed for last season, so it's worth confirming current status before visiting.

Lockport

Tom's and Zach's Pumpkin Patch runs seasonally in Lockport, part of Will County's fall pumpkin-patch circuit. No current web listing was found describing specific hours or activities. Call ahead before visiting, since small seasonal patches like this often shift year to year.

Homer Glen

Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm has run its Fall Fest in Homer Glen since 1981, now spanning more than 25 attractions including 14 rides, a petting zoo, pig races, and a corn box. The 2026 season runs September 4 through November 8. Beyond pumpkins, the farm books school field trips, birthday parties, and corporate groups, and sells food from local vendors on site.

Homer Glen

Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm has run as a family-owned fall attraction in Homer Glen since 1980, built around a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and the Tractor Town Adventure Ride. It's one of the most-reviewed farms of its kind in the country, drawing Chicago-area families from September through early November for rides, food, and pumpkin picking on the same 151st Street property for over four decades.

Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove Pumpkin Farm opened in 2015 just off the I-88 interchange on Route 47, and the pumpkin count alone sets it apart, more than 60 varieties spanning carving, heirloom, and mini types. The farm stand runs from mid-July through pumpkin season with sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, squash, and farm-fresh eggs, then shifts fully to fall with a corn maze, mums, and gourds. Admission and parking are free.

Sugar Grove

Bridgeview

A three-weekend fall festival in the SeatGeek Stadium parking lot in Bridgeview, running carnival rides, a petting zoo, a corn maze, and a kids' haunted house alongside pumpkins. The 2025 dates are October 11-13, 17-19, and 24-26, with Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday hours.

Monee

Butterprint Farm traces back to 1857 and opens its gates each October for a month of hayrides, pumpkin picking, rope-making demonstrations, and puppet shows. Pie pumpkins sell in bulk — 25, 50, or 100 at a time — for anyone stocking up to bake rather than carve. It runs as a single fall-festival season, not a year-round market.