Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Ripon, CA

Ripon

Jessop Farms is a family farm outside Ripon, in San Joaquin County's almond and walnut country along the Highway 99 corridor. The farm keeps a Facebook page under its name, but current crops, hours, and other contact details aren't posted publicly online.

Ripon

Double Dutch Farms operates in Ripon, a San Joaquin County farm town known for its almond orchards, walnuts, and dairies along the Stanislaus River bottomland. No working website confirms which crops this specific farm grows or sells direct.

Ripon

Harris Orchards is on North Ripon Road in Ripon, a San Joaquin County town that calls itself the almond capital of the world and grows orchard crops throughout its surrounding farmland. No further confirmed details on Harris Orchards' specific varieties or u-pick access.

Modesto

Freddy's Farm is the kids' zone inside FUNWORKS, the family entertainment center on Coffee Road in Modesto that also runs go-karts, mini golf, and an arcade. No verified specifics on the farm area's current activities, age range, or hours turned up online this session.

Modesto

Ott Farms sits in the Central Valley farmland outside Modesto, in Stanislaus County's almond and walnut belt. Details on what's grown or sold here aren't publicly listed, so visitors should confirm hours before making the drive.

Lathrop

Family-run Lathrop farm known for its fall Pumpkin Maze, opening every October, and a spring cherry-picking season called Cherries on the Farm. The Central Valley operation draws Bay Area and Sacramento families for both seasonal windows rather than running as a year-round farm stand. Check ahead before visiting outside pumpkin or cherry season, since the farm closes between runs.

Lathrop

Dell'Osso Family Farm's annual pumpkin maze on Manthey Road in Lathrop, now running for close to three decades. The corn and pumpkin maze anchors the visit, with train rides, pedal cars, a bakery, and a pumpkin patch filling out the grounds each fall.

STOCKTON

Countryside Farms sits on East Main Street across from the Stockton East Water District and runs u-pick blackberries, grapes, strawberries, sour cherries, tomatoes, and pumpkins in season, alongside a fruit and vegetable market. The farm recently resumed its field trip program after a three-year pause.

Stockton

Alpine Blue is a u-pick blueberry farm off Highway 26 east of Stockton, open daily 8 to 6 during summer season. Beyond blueberries, the family sells apples, apricots, blackberries, peaches, walnuts, raw honey, and blueberry jam made on site. Pricing and exact opening dates are posted seasonally on Facebook, so call ahead before driving out.

Stockton

Allen's Pomegranate Farm grows pomegranates on Beyer Lane outside Stockton, in the San Joaquin Valley — the region that supplies most of California's pomegranate crop, typically harvested from September through November. No website or visiting details are posted online yet.

Stockton

Burge Road Farm is a small, family-owned u-pick cherry orchard in Stockton, growing organic fruit on a short spring season the family says can sell out fast. Cherries run $5 a pound, typically Saturday through Monday, 9am to 4pm, starting in late May.

Linden

Miramont Estate Vineyards has grown grapes in the Sierra foothills outside Linden since 1997, within the Lodi appellation. The family-owned winery pours tastings on-site and gives tours through vineyard rows that supply its own label along with bulk wine sold to other producers. Visitors single out the Celestial Cabernet. Reach the tasting room at (209) 887-3178 before making the drive out Milton Road.

Modesto

Dutch Hollow Farms sits on Milnes Road outside Modesto, in Stanislaus County's Central Valley almond and dairy belt, one of the most productive agricultural counties in the country. No confirmed details on what Dutch Hollow Farms specifically grows, raises, or sells.

Country Lake Ostriches raises ostriches near Linden, in the San Joaquin County foothill grazing land east of Stockton and Lodi. Ostrich operations remain uncommon in California agriculture, making this one of the few working ostrich ranches in the northern San Joaquin Valley.

Modesto

VanderHelm Farms is a family-run u-pick operation in Modesto growing 15 varieties of blueberries, 8 of cherries, and a dozen peach varieties, alongside strawberries, nectarines, and apricots from April through August. Their StreetCar Fruit Stand sells pre-picked produce Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm, and the farm hosts field trips and seasonal hiring.

Patterson

Fantozzi Farms runs a corn maze and pumpkin patch in Patterson, in the Central Valley farm belt between Modesto and Gustine. Like most valley patches, the season is brief, mainly weekends through October.

Patterson

Fantozzi Farms has worked land in Patterson for more than four decades, selling fresh apricots from a summer fruit stand on Walnut Avenue and running a fall corn maze, pumpkin patch, and haunted maze at its Sperry Avenue property. The farm also hosts school field trips and a scarecrow contest each October.

Lodi

San Joaquin County Historical Museum sits on 18 acres inside Micke Grove Regional Park in Lodi, with eight exhibition buildings and four historic structures including an 1847 pioneer cottage and an 1866 one-room schoolhouse. Exhibits trace the region from the Miwok and Yokuts through Captain Charles Weber's founding of Stockton to the rise of Central Valley agriculture. Open Thursday through Sunday, 10am to 4pm; admission runs $5 to $7.

Turlock

Mariposa Ranch is an agritourism stop in Turlock, in Stanislaus County's Central Valley dairy and row-crop belt between Modesto and Merced.

Arya Farm Produce is listed at a South Reeve Road address in California's Central Valley produce belt. No working website, social page, or business listing confirms what's grown or sold here, or when the stand operates.

May Flowers, doing business as American Rooted Flower Farm, grows organic seasonal cut flowers on 2.5 acres near Oakdale using sustainable, no-spray practices. The woman- and veteran-owned operation runs u-pick flower sessions and a bouquet bar where visitors design their own arrangements, plus custom florals for weddings and events.

Lockeford

Buon Giardino Produce sits on Highway 88 in Lockeford, in the San Joaquin County farmland east of Lodi. The name is Italian for 'good garden,' a fitting label for a produce stand in a stretch of the Central Valley known for wine grapes, walnuts, and row-crop vegetables.

Lodi

Lodi Blooms is Chinchiolo Farming Co.'s cherry orchard experience on Lower Sacramento Road, with u-pick season typically running mid-May into mid-June across five varieties: Bing, Brooks, Coral Champagne, Lapin, and Tulare. The farm also sells California walnuts and honey, runs a guided Cherry Sunrise Tour, and is open Friday through Sunday during the season, plus Memorial Day.

Turlock

Macedo's Mini Acre is a ten-acre alpaca and llama ranch run by full-time ranchers Larry and Maureen Macedo, raising fiber animals for over 20 years in the San Joaquin Valley north of Modesto. The farm mills its own yarn, rugs, hats, and dryer balls on-site and welcomes visitors for tours, birthday parties, school groups, and photo shoots among the herd.

Acampo

Acquiesce Winery farms an estate near Acampo dedicated only to Rhone-style white and rose wines, including Grenache Blanc, Picpoul Blanc, Roussanne, and Viognier. Winemaker Sue Tipton has taken Double Gold and Best of Show honors at the California State Fair. The tasting room is open Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., by reservation.

Clements

The Country Pumpkin is a family-owned and operated organic pumpkin patch on Highway 88 in Clements, open weekends through most of October, roughly the 4th through the 27th depending on the year. Friday hours run noon to 6pm, with Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm, and the farm posts current dates on Facebook and Instagram each season.

What started as a roadside fruit stand became Michael David Winery in 1984, when fifth-generation growers Michael and David Phillips began bottling grapes from the family's Lodi land. The winery farms roughly 650 acres and now runs a tasting room and an on-site café serving breakfast, lunch, and wood-fired pizza on weekends. Wine labels include Freakshow, Earthquake, and Seven Deadly Zins.

Hilmar

Hilmar Cheese Company's visitor center sits next to a plant that turns out more than a million pounds of cheese a day from roughly 200 dairy trucks of milk. Free tours walk visitors past the production line, including the packaging of 640-pound cheese blocks, and end with complimentary tastings and a gift shop stop. The on-site deli-cafe serves cheese chowder and sandwiches, and the center runs school field trips and hands-on ice cream-making sessions for groups.

Brentwood

Chavez U-Pick Cherries farms 38 acres on Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, growing Coral, Lapins, Tioga, and Brooks cherries at $4 a pound. The farm is open daily 8am to 4:30pm during season; bring your own bucket, and expect strollers and wagons but no bags or coolers.

Brentwood

Enos Family Farms grows cherries along Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, part of East Contra Costa County's u-pick corridor of more than 65 direct-to-consumer growers. The family markets its fruit locally under the 5 Star Cherries name. Cherry season on this stretch of road runs the traditional late-spring window, typically wrapping before the Central Valley's summer heat sets in.

Discovery Bay

Pomeroy Farms works Marsh Creek Road land near Discovery Bay, listed among the more than 65 growers on the Brentwood-area u-pick trail in East Contra Costa County. The farm sits at the western edge of that corridor, closer to the Delta than the cluster of cherry stands further up the road.

Byron

Byron Growers is a family-owned u-pick strawberry farm east of the Bay Area, growing Albion, Monterey, and Sayulita varieties across its Byron fields using organic growing practices. The farm has also planted native wildflowers alongside its berry rows. Operations run seasonally, so it's worth checking ahead before making the trip out.