Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Riverside, CA

Riverside

Cali-Dragon Farm and Orchard is on De Anza Avenue in Riverside, a city built on the citrus industry that once made this part of Southern California famous. The name points toward dragon fruit, a crop small Inland Empire growers have taken up in recent years, though the farm's current offerings aren't listed online.

Jurupa Valley

Unity Farm is on Crestmore Road in Jurupa Valley, a Riverside County community that still holds small-acreage farms and horse properties even as suburban growth presses in from Riverside and Ontario.

Corona Pumpkin Farm at CJ's Ranch sits on Gavilan Road in the Perris area of Riverside County, despite the Corona name. No hours, activities, or pricing are published online for this seasonal pumpkin patch; call ahead before visiting.

Ridgedale Orchard & Vineyard is off Ridgedale Drive in Riverside County, in the 92570 zip shared by Perris and Winchester near the edge of Temecula Valley wine country. Small orchard-vineyard operations in this stretch typically pair fruit trees with a few acres of wine grapes.

San Bernardino

Northwest Christmas Trees and Pumpkins is listed on Waterman Avenue in San Bernardino, running the two-season model common to Southern California tree lots: pumpkins in October, cut Christmas trees in December. No working website or social page turned up in research, so current pricing and hours could not be confirmed.

Redlands

Live Oak Canyon has run its fall harvest festival on the same working farm in Redlands for 45 years, billing itself as the largest pumpkin patch in Southern California. The grounds include a corn maze, a petting zoo with 400-plus animals, 70-plus rides and attractions, and a general store, before the same site switches over to cut-your-own Christmas trees.

Chino

Hey There Honey sells jarred honey out of Chino, in San Bernardino County's Inland Empire dairy and agriculture belt.

Mentone

Arnott Farms sits in Mentone, a citrus-growing pocket of San Bernardino County below the Yucaipa Ridge that shipped oranges and lemons by rail through the early 1900s. No verified details on this farm's current crops, hours, or products turned up online this session — confirm directly before visiting.

Mentone

Greenspot Farms has worked the same ground in Mentone, near Redlands, for six generations. The family farm grows citrus and avocados and keeps its own bee house for honey, with pumpkins and cut Christmas trees each fall and winter. Hayrides, school tours with farm animals, horseback riding lessons, and an outdoor wedding venue round out the operation. Open daily, 9am-6pm.

San Juan Capistrano

South Coast Farms has grown strawberries and seasonal vegetables without pesticides or GMOs since 1996, run by farmers George and Rebecca. The u-pick strawberry, pumpkin, and heirloom tomato operation relocated to the Tree of Life Nursery site on Ortega Highway in 2024, and the farm still runs a CSA program with weekly pickup baskets around Orange County.

Mission Viejo

Henry's Land & Cattle Co. operates out of a property on Holly Oak Lane in Mission Viejo, listed in business directories as a small-scale land and livestock operation active for close to a decade. No public listing describes visiting hours, sales, or what livestock is kept on-site.

Mentone

Chris and Angie Turkett started Punk Rock Ranch Bee Co. in Mentone in 2021, turning a backyard hobby into a working apiary. They sell raw wildflower and orange blossom honey along with comb honey and honey infused with garlic, hibiscus, and lemon, and they run a honeybee rescue and relocation service across San Bernardino County. The ranch also does pollination work, bee sales, and farm field trips.

Orange

Family entertainment park inside Orange's Irvine Regional Park, running since 1904. The narrow-gauge train loops past picnic areas and oak groves, with pony rides, paddle boats, bike rentals, and access to the free Orange County Zoo next door. Fall brings a seasonal pumpkin patch alongside the regular rides, and the railroad hosts school field trips and birthday parties year-round. Open daily from 10am.

Orange

Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center sits inside Irvine Regional Park in Orange, running outdoor science and nature-education programs mostly for school field trips rather than public farm visits. Specific program details and contact information weren't confirmed online.

Menifee

The Wickerd Farm is listed as an agritourism site on Scott Road in Menifee, in Riverside County's fast-growing Inland Empire farm belt. No details on crops, animals, or visiting hours are published online — the listing exists, but the farm hasn't built out a public web presence yet.

Irvine

This is UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' South Coast Research and Extension Center, a roughly 200-acre research farm in Irvine established in 1956. One of nine UC ANR field stations statewide, it runs agricultural and horticultural research trials, demonstration gardens, and Orange County's UC Cooperative Extension programs for growers and the public.

Pomona

Run by Cal Poly Pomona's Huntley College of Agriculture, this Kellogg Ranch store sells fresh produce grown by students, fresh-squeezed CPP orange juice, and campus-made items like Nonna's Meatball Mix, open daily 10am-6pm. Curbside pickup runs through orderfarmstore.com, and the attached nursery sells plants separately.

Winchester

Drake Family Farms runs a Certified Humane goat dairy in Winchester, making small-batch farmstead cheeses — chevre, feta, a soft mold-ripened style, and an aged semi-hard — entirely from milk produced on-site. The herd is raised on alfalfa, Bermuda grass, and tree browse rather than corn or soy, with no routine antibiotics, and every batch is lab-tested for residues.

Beaumont

Providence Farm is listed at a Brookside Avenue address in Beaumont, in the San Gorgonio Pass area of Riverside County. No working website or business listing confirms what the farm grows or whether it sells direct to the public.

Beaumont

B&R Organic Cherry Orchard grows cherries under organic practices in Beaumont, in Riverside County's San Gorgonio Pass, an elevation band cool enough for stone fruit that struggles lower in the valley. No public listing confirms hours or u-pick access.

Laguna Hills

Pumpkin City has run Orange County pumpkin lots since 1978, and the Laguna Hills location at 24203 Avenida de la Carlota anchors both its fall pumpkin patch and its winter Christmas tree lot. October brings pumpkins of every size along with rides, games, and a beer garden; the same site sells fresh strawberries February through June.

Beaumont

This Beaumont u-pick orchard, formerly known as Wohlgemuth's and now called BR Organic Cherry Orchard, grows mostly Rainier cherries — prized for lower acidity and higher sugar content than standard sweet cherry varieties. The orchard has operated organically from the same Eleventh Street property for years and is worth a call ahead before visiting.

Placentia

A seasonal pumpkin patch at 300 East Yorba Linda Boulevard in Placentia, typical of the pop-up patches that open across Orange County parking lots each October. No independent website or listing turned up beyond the address itself, so confirm current operating status before planning a visit.

Guldseth Cherry Orchard grows cherries near Cherry Valley, in the San Gorgonio Pass area of Riverside County — high enough in elevation to get the winter chill hours stone fruit needs, unlike most of inland Southern California.

Beaumont

123 Farm grows lavender and presses olive oil from century-old groves on the historic Highland Springs Ranch, near Cherry Valley outside Beaumont. The organic operation also bottles small-batch jams and herbal teas, and its lavender fields turn into a seasonal festival each summer with live music and food vendors.

Brea

Enchanted Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal pumpkin patch on North State College Boulevard in Brea, in the pattern of the pop-up lot patches common across Orange County each October. No confirmed details on hours, activities, or hayride offerings beyond the pumpkin sales.

123 Farm is a certified-organic 20-acre working farm inside the 2,400-acre Highland Springs Ranch and Inn in Cherry Valley, named for California's three growing seasons. Lavender is the signature crop, sold as honey, lotion, sleep balm, and shrub syrup, alongside pasture-raised sheep and vegetables. The farm runs five annual festivals — a Lavender Festival, Lavender Nights with 500,000 lights, Christmas Nights with over a million, a Sheep Shearing Festival, and a Sourdough Bread Festival.

Oak Glen

Serendipity Ranch is a bed and breakfast on Green Lane in Oak Glen, the San Bernardino Mountains apple-growing community best known for its u-pick orchards and cider mills each fall.

Hemet

Valley View Christmas Trees is a choose-and-cut tree lot in Hemet, in the San Jacinto Valley foothills below Idyllwild — a stretch of Riverside County with several seasonal Christmas tree farms drawing on the cooler mountain-adjacent climate.

Yucaipa

Riley's Apple Farm has worked the Oak Glen apple country above Yucaipa since 1979, growing more than 30 varieties, including several heirloom types you won't find in a grocery store. Visitors pick their own apples and berries, walk the orchard on a guided tour, or browse the country store for cider and preserves. Oak Glen Road runs thick with orchards this time of year — Riley's is one of the originals.

Snow-Line Orchard has grown apples in Oak Glen since 1898, when Isaac Ford first planted the land; Mert and Shirley Hudson have run it for more than 36 years since. Today it's an orchard, cidery, and winery in one, growing three dozen-plus apple varieties, pressing cider in a mill older than most of the surrounding town, and opening a raspberry patch to u-pick each August.

Yucaipa

Stone Pantry Orchard sits on Oak Glen Road in Yucaipa's apple-growing highlands, open weekends from Labor Day through Thanksgiving for u-pick apples, pears, and wild blackberries. Visitors can press their own cider and buy it by the gallon or half-gallon. Weekday visits run by appointment only, and the orchard also hosts school tours, church retreats, and weddings.

Yucaipa

A working apple orchard in Oak Glen since long before the tourist crowds, with pick-your-own berries running May through October and apples August through November. The market barn sells fresh-baked goods, slow-cooked meats, and hard cider alongside the fruit, and Riley's Livery runs pony rides on-site. Pumpkins come in for September and October, plus mountain trails and an annual apple butter festival.

Oak Glen

Willowbrook Apple Farm's Stayman Winesap trees went into the ground in 1910, making them well over a century old and still bearing fruit. Visitors pick apples and berries by hand, press their own cider, and take a tractor ride through the orchard rows against the San Bernardino Mountains. Caramel apples and farm animals round out the visit.

Santa Ana

The Pumpkin Factory runs a seasonal pumpkin patch in the parking area of Westfield MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana, one of several mall-lot patches that pop up across Orange County each October. No confirmed listing details this location's specific hours or activities.

Oak Glen

Riley's Farm has grown heritage apples on 760 acres in Oak Glen since 1986, alongside strawberries, cherries, peaches, pears, and pumpkins that ripen from April through November. The family-run orchard pairs pick-your-own fruit with living-history programs, dinner theater, group banquets, and period-costumed overnight stays, making it as much a working farm as a history destination.

Santa Ana

Backyard Bees produces Orange County honey that's gravity strained and unheated, keeping its natural aroma and flavor intact, alongside beeswax skin care products made from the same hives. The operation also runs pesticide-free bee removal and relocation for homes and businesses, plus hive adoptions, garden tours, and honey house tours for anyone curious how it's made.

A pumpkin patch fundraiser tied to a youth mentorship organization at 17939 Gale Avenue in the City of Industry area. Current operating status wasn't verifiable online — this reads as a community-run seasonal lot rather than a commercial farm.