Agritourism & Farm Experiences in Iowa

2-Jo's Farm & Western Town

Van Horne, IA

2-Jo's Farm & Western Town is a Van Horne-area agritourism stop with a Western-town theme built into the name. Hours, activities, and contact details aren't published online — worth a call before visiting.

3B Carriages.LLC

Corydon, IA

This Wayne County outfit runs horse-drawn carriage and hayride services out of Corydon, booked mainly for weddings, proms, anniversaries, and family gatherings. Rides are arranged by phone in advance, and payment is cash only. It's a small operation rather than a walk-up attraction, so calling ahead is the only way to reserve a time.

3 Bee Farms

Griswold, IA

Mike and Donna Brahms started 3 Bee Farms as a honey operation in 1993, then added an orchard in 2009 when they bought the neighboring Glen Robin Orchard. The family now grows 24 apple varieties across 1,200 trees outside Griswold, alongside honey, produce, and a retail store stocked with Iowa-made goods. The farm runs hayrides, tours, and campfires for groups, and keeps regular hours — 10 to 6 most days, 1 to 5 on Sunday, closed Wednesdays.

Aaron and Jordan's Pumpkin Patch

Boone, IA

Aaron and Jordan's Pumpkin Patch sits near the junction of Route 30 and T Avenue outside Boone. Beyond the name and location, hours and contact details aren't posted online.

Aaron Mallett

Salix, IA

This Salix listing is registered under Aaron Mallett's name rather than a farm brand, in the Missouri River bottomland of Woodbury County. No independent details on products, hours, or season turned up — contact ahead to confirm what's available.

America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership

Waterloo, IA

America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership is the nonprofit that manages Silos & Smokestacks, a 37-county National Heritage Area across northeast Iowa recognized by Congress for its farming history. The partnership connects visitors to more than 110 partner sites, from historic farms to implement museums, and runs youth programs including Junior Ranger badges and Camp Silos. It's based in Waterloo.

Anderson Farm

Muscatine, IA

Anderson Farm sits outside Muscatine along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. No independent listing describes current products, hours, or season — a call ahead is the best way to confirm before visiting.

Annie's Acres Strawberries

Bellevue, IA

Annie's Acres has grown strawberries outside Bellevue since 1987, pick-your-own through June with clean rows and containers provided at the stand. Pre-picked orders are also available for anyone who wants the berries without the bending. The farm is open Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with berries also showing up at area markets outside the June rush.

Appleberry Farm (Atha's Orchard)

Marshalltown, IA

Appleberry Farm, also known locally as Atha's Orchard, is listed as a Marshalltown-area orchard. Current hours, crop details, and contact information aren't available online — check locally before visiting.

Appleberry Orchard

DONNELLSON, IA

Appleberry Orchard claims the title of Iowa's oldest working orchard, with its first apple tree planted in 1852, and still offers u-pick apples alongside pre-picked pumpkins, squash, and farm-made pies from a historic 1882 barn. The Donnellson property also runs a corn maze, petting farm, and educational tours for school groups.

Autumn Acres Pumpkin Patch

Oskaloosa, IA

Autumn Acres Pumpkin Patch sits on Highway 92 outside Oskaloosa in Mahaska County. Beyond the name, address, and season, no confirmed hours or contact details are posted online.

Autumn Grove Orchard

Sioux City, IA

Autumn Grove is a you-pick apple orchard outside Sioux City with more than nine apple varieties plus pears, harvest running from early September through the end of October. The family-owned operation also sells baked goods at the stand. Check the farm's Facebook page each fall for the exact opening date, since it shifts with the season.

Barn Stahl Farm Wellsburg IA

Wellsburg, IA

Barn Stahl Farm sits on 185th Street outside Wellsburg, a small Grundy County town in north-central Iowa's corn and soybean belt. It's a working farm operating agritourism activities on the property.

Bart's Farm and Pumpkin Patch-Haunted Corn Maze

Marion, IA

Bart's Farm charges no admission or parking fee - pay only for what you pick or ride. The Alburnett Road farm runs pumpkins in every size, a small corn maze, hayrides, and weekend pony rides, open weekdays 3 p.m. to dark and weekends 9 a.m. to dark each fall through Halloween. It's built as an affordable, low-frills alternative to the bigger agritourism farms around Cedar Rapids.

Bass Farms

Mount Vernon, IA

Bass Farms sits on Highway 30 West outside Mount Vernon, in Linn County's stretch between Cedar Rapids and the Lincoln Highway corridor. It's a working farm running agritourism activities on the property.

Beck's Farm

Buckingham, IA

Beck's Farm is a small agritourism operation in Buckingham, a rural community in Tama County in east-central Iowa.

Berry Fresh Farms

Adel, IA

Berry Fresh Farms grows raspberries and strawberries for u-pick visitors just outside Adel, west of Des Moines. The farm is described in regional directories as focused on sustainable growing and getting fruit from the row to the customer the same day it's picked. No confirmed hours or contact channel turned up, so check locally before visiting.

Bloomsbury Farm

Atkins, IA

Bloomsbury Farm calls itself Iowa's premier Adventure Farm, and the year-round calendar backs it up - a spring Bunny Bash and tulip festival, a baby-animal festival, and a fall festival with a full pumpkin patch and corn maze. Add a zip line, jumping pillow, super slide, and petting zoo, and it's built for a full day rather than an hour. The farm sits 10 minutes west of Cedar Rapids and 40 minutes north of Iowa City.

Blueyah Organic Blueberry Farm

Oxford, IA

Blueyah grows 300 blueberry bushes under organic practices on a small u-pick farm 15 minutes west of Iowa City. Picking works by appointment: an $11 reservation fee applies $10 of it toward your total, with a $10 minimum purchase, or a group of five or fewer can pick for $6 a pound. It's a scenic, small-scale operation, not a commercial-size pick-your-own.

Bob's Aronia Field

Ankeny, IA

Bob's Aronia Field grows aronia berries, also known as chokeberries, in Ankeny in the Des Moines metro area. Aronia is a small, tart, deep-purple fruit increasingly grown in the Midwest for juices, jams, and fresh eating.

Boone & Scenic Valley RR

Boone, IA

The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad has run excursion trains through the Des Moines River Valley since 1983, along 11 miles of track crossing a 156-foot bridge over Bass Point Creek. Its fall Pumpkin Express is a themed ride rather than a farm visit — no patch, no hayride, just a scenic trip timed to the season. The nonprofit also runs a museum, dedicated in 2012, and the operation draws more than 30,000 riders a year.

Briar Patch Farm

Decorah, IA

The Briar Patch Farm grows organic fruits and vegetables on River Road outside Decorah, sold through a weekly harvest membership rather than a farm stand. It's a small operation — its website is still being built out — so following its Instagram is currently the more reliable way to see what's ready each week.

Buffalo Pumpkin Patch

Buffalo, IA

Buffalo Pumpkin Patch doubles as an event center on Front Street, running pumpkin sales alongside a petting zoo, pony rides, and carnival-style rides through the fall. The event-center side means the grounds get booked for private gatherings too, not just walk-in pumpkin picking. Cash and check only per its business listing.

Burr Oak Farms

Winterset, IA

Burr Oak Farms runs a u-pick orchard outside Winterset — Madison County's covered-bridge country — growing apples, pears, cherries, blackberries, and stone fruit like peaches, plums, and nectarines across a summer-through-fall season. An on-site bakery rounds out the visit for families making the drive from Des Moines.

Camp Albrecht Acres

Camp Albrecht Acres is a 40-acre residential respite camp for people with special needs, founded in 1978 and run as a private nonprofit funded entirely by donations and fundraisers. Campers swim, do arts and crafts, fish the camp pond, and visit the on-site Beidler Nature Center, with 24-hour nursing staff and camper-to-counselor ratios as tight as one-to-one. It's a working respite facility set on farmland outside Dubuque, not a farm in the agricultural sense.

Cedar Creek Apiaries

Guttenberg, IA

Carol and Tim O'Brien started Cedar Creek Apiaries in 1977, and Carol has run a honey stand in Guttenberg ever since. The apiary produces several honey varieties, including a Basswood honey and a Summer Blend, drawn from hives along the Mississippi River bluffs. Nearly five decades in, it's one of the older continuously operating honey producers in this part of the state.

Center Grove Orchard

Cambridge, IA

Center Grove Orchard grows more than 34 apple varieties across 20 acres outside Cambridge, open for pick-your-own from May into June and again August through December. Beyond apples, the farm runs a store with a restaurant and online ordering, plus pumpkins, a corn maze, hayrides, and farm animals for kids. It's built for repeat visits across two separate seasons rather than one fall trip.

Cinnamon Ridge Farms

Donahue, IA

Cinnamon Ridge Farms milks a Jersey herd through robotic milking systems on their Donahue dairy and turns part of that milk into artisan cheese made on-site. The farm has ranked first in the nation for milk production and sells cheese, beef, and raw milk through its farm store. Group tours run $17 per person, with youth and camp options by appointment.

Colony Acres Family Farm

Dean and Katie Colony run Colony Acres as third-generation farmers on ground their family has worked in North Liberty for close to a century. The farm grows pick-your-own pumpkins and a corn maze each fall, sells Christmas trees in winter, and closes down between seasons. Reach the farm at (319) 626-6091 or [email protected].

Colony Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze

North Liberty, IA

Colony Pumpkin Patch bills itself as 'a little country in the city,' running a five-acre corn maze alongside pumpkin hunting, hayrides, and a playground just outside North Liberty. It's a compact operation aimed at families who want fall activities without driving out to rural farmland - eastern Iowa's version of a pumpkin patch reachable in fifteen minutes from Iowa City or Cedar Rapids.

Community Apple Orchards

Fort Dodge, IA

Community Apple Orchards sits along 160th Street outside Fort Dodge, in Webster County's corn country. It's listed in regional agritourism directories as an apple-picking destination, though no independent details on hours or varieties were confirmed — call ahead before visiting.

Dan-D Farms

Knoxville, IA

Dan-D Farms sits on Highway 14 outside Knoxville, the Marion County town best known for the Knoxville Raceway and its sprint car racing history. It's a working farm running agritourism activities on the property.

dba Aldrich Tree Farm

Belmond, IA

Aldrich Tree Farm is a choose-and-cut Christmas tree operation on Taylor Avenue in Belmond, open noon to dark, seven days a week, from the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Lee Aldrich runs the family farm and can be reached at (641) 853-2365 or [email protected] for tree availability before the season sells down.

DeMoss Pumpkin Farm

Ames, IA

DeMoss Pumpkin Farm grows pumpkins in Ames, in central Iowa's Story County, tied to the fall pumpkin-patch season common across the state's corn country.

Diane's Pumpkin Patch

Ireton, IA

Diane's Pumpkin Patch ran south of Ireton for 17 years before owners Denny and Diane Ten Napel retired and closed the farm, according to the Hawarden Independent/Ireton newspaper. In its run, visitors picked pumpkins and squash straight from the field on Highway C-12. The listing stays here as a record of what operated at this address, not as an invitation to visit.

Ditmars Orchard

Council Bluffs, IA

Ditmars Orchard and Vineyard has grown apples outside Council Bluffs since 1994 and calls itself one of the largest orchards in Iowa. Beyond apples, the farm grows pumpkins, strawberries, apricots, peaches, and cherries, and presses some of its own fruit into wine under the vineyard side of the operation. It's a rare Iowa farm running both a u-pick orchard and a working winery on the same ground.

Doe's and Diva's Dairy, Inc.

Honey Creek, IA

Doe's and Diva's Dairy is a small dairy farm in Honey Creek, in the Loess Hills of western Iowa near Council Bluffs. The operation is listed under the region's agritourism circuit for visitors touring area farms.

East Post Pumpkins

Marion, IA

East Post Pumpkins started in 2009 as a hobby patch and has grown into a self-serve roadside stand in Marion, open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through the season. Alongside specialty pumpkins and mums, the farm grows fresh cut flowers — zinnias, sunflowers, strawflowers, peonies — plus honey and lavender, sold on the honor system rather than through a staffed stand.

East View Orchard

Fredericksburg, IA

East View Orchard grows 1,500 apple trees across 35 acres outside Fredericksburg, and visitors do their own picking rather than buying pre-bagged fruit. Beyond apples, the farm raises sweet corn, pumpkins, squash, gourds, green beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes as the season allows, plus a side business in antiques and collectibles at the farm stand. It's a working orchard first — the selection changes with what's actually ripe that week.

Eden Ridge Acres

Prole, IA

Eden Ridge Acres sells raw milk and honey from A2/A2 registered Jersey cows, grass-fed on pasture and supplemented with GMO-free sprouted grain. The family farm near Prole has run since 2017, adding chemical-free produce, pastured poultry and eggs, and farm-made teas and jams alongside the dairy program. Milk moves through cow-share arrangements rather than a retail counter, standard practice for raw milk in Iowa.

Enchanted Acres

Sheffield, IA

Enchanted Acres ran a fall pumpkin patch from 2012 to 2022 on a renovated barn property in Sheffield, offering u-pick pumpkins, hayrides, campfires, and story time for kids. The farm has since shifted into an events venue, hosting weddings and celebrations indoors and out on the same restored barn grounds. North Central Iowa still calls it one of the better patches in the area, even in its earlier run.

Ericksons Orchard

Altoona, IA

Ericksons Orchard grows pick-your-own apples on NE 38th Avenue outside Altoona, backing the orchard with a bakery, fresh cider, and a country store. The farm hosts an annual Applefest with live music and food vendors and is open seven days a week, 9 to 4 Monday through Saturday and 9 to 2 on Sunday.

Erickson's Produce

Wallingford, IA

Erickson's Produce grows and sells fresh produce in Wallingford, a small town in Emmet County in north-central Iowa near the Minnesota border.

Eva's Berries

Fonda, IA

Eva's Berries grows strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries on a bench-and-trellis system that keeps the berries up off the ground and easier to pick, outside Fonda in western Iowa. The setup is less common than a standard row planting and cuts down on the bending most u-pick strawberry patches require. Check the farm's Facebook page for which berries are ready before making the drive.

Fall Harvest Days & Pumpkin Festival

Sherrill, IA

Fall Harvest Days & Pumpkin Festival runs on the Spoerl family's Hammerand Road grounds outside Sherrill, and it's free to get in. The lineup leans toward the low-key end of fall attractions — hay wagon rides, a kiddie train, pedal tractor pulls, running gas engines, pony rides, and fall decorating supplies pulled straight from the farm. It's open dawn to dusk, seven days a week during the season.

Feargrounds Haunted Barn

Manchester, IA

Run by the Delaware County Fair Society in the fairgrounds' Small Animal Barn, Feargrounds turns the space into a haunted walk-through every October. Visitors choose between "Lite Fright," a toned-down family version, and "Full Scare," the intense late-evening run. Enter from the middle school side, on the fairgrounds' southeast corner.

Frazier Nursery

Vinton, IA

Frazier Nursery has grown windbreak trees and shrubs for Iowa farmers and livestock producers for more than 20 years from its Vinton location between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. The Frazier family — John, Carolyn, Liz, and Alex — also handles tree planting, moving, and spading for shade trees and landscaping jobs, and partners with Iowa 4-H and FFA on youth tree-planting projects.

Frohling Strawberry Hill

Rowan, IA

Frohling Strawberry Hill grows strawberries on a family farm outside Rowan, open seasonally each June for picking. It's a small, single-season operation in north-central Iowa - no corn maze or festival, just strawberries, picked or pre-picked, while they last.

Furleigh Farms

Clear Lake, IA

Furleigh Farms grows corn, pumpkins, strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelon for u-pick outside Clear Lake, with strawberries and sweet corn as the farm's best-known crops. It's a straightforward produce farm rather than an agritourism destination - no maze, no rides, just fields open for picking through the season.

Geisler Farms

Bondurant, IA

Geisler Farms sits on NE 94th Avenue outside Bondurant, a fast-growing Polk County suburb northeast of Des Moines. It's a working farm running agritourism activities on the property.

Genoa Bluffs Farms

Marengo, IA

This kid-friendly, pick-your-own strawberry farm outside Marengo offers pre-picked flats on request alongside strawberry jam, pies made to order, local honey, and kettle corn. It's a small, family-run operation incorporated in 2011, sized for a Saturday-morning trip rather than a big commercial patch.

Gerber Berries, Inc.

Larchwood, IA

Gerber Berries sits on 120th Street outside Larchwood, in Iowa's far northwest corner near the South Dakota and Minnesota borders. This part of Lyon County runs on row crops and dairy, so a produce operation here is worth a stop if you're passing through on Highway 9.

Getting's Garden

Sanborn, IA

Getting's Garden sits in O'Brien County farm country outside Sanborn, in the small-grain and row-crop belt of northwest Iowa. No public listing describes its current offerings, so confirming hours and products directly before visiting is the safer bet.

Ghost Train

Mount Pleasant, IA

Ghost Train is listed as a Halloween-season attraction in Mount Pleasant, home to the Midwest Old Threshers grounds and its train-based fall events. Whether this listing is that haunted train ride or a separate seasonal event isn't confirmed online — check current listings before visiting.

Golding's Sweet Maple Farms

Cedar Rapids, IA

Family-owned since 1991, this rural Cedar Rapids farm taps its own trees for 100% pure maple syrup, sold in sizes from a small glass decanter up to a 16-ounce jug. The Goldings also sell honey, garden vegetables, wild berries, and hay, all harvested by hand and grown without insecticides or herbicides. Visits are by appointment — call or email ahead before driving out.

Good Eetens

Everly, IA

What started in 2009 as an organic u-pick strawberry patch has grown into two working plots — one in Everly, one in Boyden — growing green beans and other seasonal vegetables without chemical sprays. Good Eetens sells at the Farmers' Market in the Park in Arnold's Park on Saturdays and the Sheldon Farmers Market on Mondays through summer, and accepts WIC and Senior checks.

Grampaw's Punkin Patch

Stanton, IA

Grampaw's Punkin Patch is a family-run pumpkin farm on 230th Street outside Stanton, a small Swedish-heritage town in southwest Iowa's Montgomery County known for its coffee-pot water tower. Expect the usual fall lineup of pumpkins and patch activities on a working farm property.

Gravert's Apple Basket Orchard

Sabula, IA

Gene Gravert planted this orchard in 1986, and it's grown to more than 65 apple varieties across 600-plus trees along Iowa's Great River Road between Dubuque and the Quad Cities. The on-site store sells apples alongside home-made jams, cider, honey, and pickles, and the orchard opens its rows for u-pick apple season.

Great River Maple

Garnavillo, IA

Great River Maple taps trees along the bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley near Garnavillo and boils the sap down into certified organic maple syrup, maple cream, maple sugar, and maple cotton candy. The family-run operation offers free walking tours of the sugarbush, showing visitors the actual tapping and boiling process instead of just selling jars at a stand. It's one of Iowa's few certified-organic maple producers, in a state better known for corn than sugar maples.

Hansen's Dairy

Hudson, IA

Hansen's has farmed the same ground in Hudson for more than 150 years, and since 2004 has run its own on-farm creamery. Milk from their Holstein herd becomes cheese curds, butter, heavy cream, and ice cream, sold creamline (non-homogenized) and produced without added growth hormones. The farm is a designated Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Site and offers reservation-only tours April through October.

Harvest Barn

Osceola, IA

Harvest Barn sits along U.S. Highway 34 outside Osceola, in Clarke County south of Des Moines. No independent listing describes current products or hours, so a call ahead is the surest way to confirm what's on offer.

Harvest Moon Manor featuring Pumpkin Paradise

Waverly, IA

Harvest Moon Manor runs its Pumpkin Paradise attraction outside Waverly in Bremer County. No independent listing confirms current hours, activities, or season dates — a call ahead is the surest way to plan a visit.

Haunted House

Chariton, IA

Chariton's seasonal haunted house operates downtown at 151 South 7th Street in Lucas County. Current-year hours, ticket prices, and operator aren't posted in any online listing found — call ahead or check local event boards before making the drive.

Hawkeye Farm

Council Bluffs, IA

Hawkeye Farm is listed at an Allis Road address outside Council Bluffs in Iowa's Loess Hills region. No further details on crops, hours, or contact are published online.

Hawk Valley Gardens

Spencer, IA

Hawk Valley Gardens sits along Highway 18 just outside Spencer, in the Iowa Great Lakes region of Clay County. It's a garden-focused agritourism stop in a part of the state better known for lakes than farm stands.

Hawthorn Hills Tree Farm

Hawthorn Hills Tree Farm has no listed city, phone, or hours in any directory found. It's catalogued as an Iowa agritourism tree farm near the 51533 zip — beyond the name, nothing about crops or visiting is confirmed online.

Heartkand Fresh Family Farm

Donnellson, IA

Heartland Fresh Family Farm raises grass-fed beef, pork, lamb, and goat on Highway 27 outside Donnellson in southeast Iowa, without antibiotics, added hormones, or chemical inputs. The farm sells directly to customers within roughly 200 miles and focuses on grazing practices meant to rebuild soil health rather than deplete it. Tours can be arranged through the farm's website.

Heartland Farms

Waterloo, IA

Heartland Farms has grown strawberries and seasonal produce on Osage Road in Waterloo since 1983, adding asparagus, sweet corn, melons, peppers, and pumpkins over the decades. The farm runs group outings and events like campfires and goat yoga alongside its farm market.

Heritage Farm - Dick and Marie Brown

Hudson, IA

Dick and Marie Brown's farm sits outside Hudson in Black Hawk County, in the same stretch of dairy and row-crop country as several other area operations. No independent listing describes current tours, products, or hours — call ahead to confirm before visiting.

Hinegardner Orchard

Montour, IA

Hinegardner Orchard grows tree fruit on 295th Street outside Montour, a small Tama County town in the rolling farmland of central Iowa. It's a working orchard property rather than a large tourist destination.

hodge greenhouse and orchard

logan, IA

Hodge Greenhouse and Orchard grows vegetable and bedding plants in its own greenhouse and sells them on-site in Logan, alongside orchard fruit, annuals, perennials, and vegetable starts. The shop also carries gardening supplies and decorative planters for home growers. It's a working greenhouse-and-orchard combination rather than a pure retail nursery, so what's on the shelves shifts with the growing season.

Hoefling's Pumpkin Patch

Marcus, IA

Hoefling's Pumpkin Patch sits on East Spruce Street in Marcus, a small Cherokee County town in northwest Iowa. It's a family pumpkin patch operating each fall on the property.

Honey Creek Acres

Swisher, IA

Honey Creek Acres is a Swisher-area farm categorized under tree-fruit and crop production in business directories, with honey listed among its offerings. Specific products, hours, and contact details aren't published online — confirm directly before planning a visit.

Honey Creek Resort State Park

Moravia, IA

Honey Creek Resort sits on 880 acres along Rathbun Lake in southern Iowa, with 105 lodge rooms, 28 private cabins, and a marina for guests fishing or boating the reservoir. The state park property also has about 25 miles of biking trails and an on-site restaurant, Harbor 72. It's Iowa's only state-park resort with full lodge and cabin accommodations.

Howards Farm

Dike, IA

Howards Farm has worked its Dike ground since Dora and Cleo Howard started farming it in 1940; Joe and Linda Bohr took over the 2.75-acre property in 2000 and added a remodeled event barn in 2023. The farm grows cut flowers, fruit, and vegetables, and opened a u-pick apple orchard in fall 2022. Open Memorial Day through Thanksgiving, 8am to 8pm. Call 319-535-5392 or email [email protected].

Howell's Pumpkin Patch

Cumming, IA

Howell's Greenhouse and Pumpkin Patch sits 25 miles south of Des Moines off I-35, with an 8-acre corn maze as the anchor and a long list of add-ons: wagon rides, a paintball range, pedal go-karts, a corn cannon, and goat cuddling during the season's first few weekends. The farm stand sells kettle corn, caramel apples, and cider donuts. It runs daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through the end of October.

Hutchinson Family Farm Campground/B&B

Decorah, IA

Hutchinson Family Farm sits along Scenic River Road outside Decorah, in the bluff country of Iowa's Driftless Area near the Upper Iowa River. The property pairs a working farm with campground sites and bed-and-breakfast rooms, drawing visitors who come to the area for trout streams, hiking trails, canoe outfitters, and the small shops of downtown Decorah.

Iowa City Culinary RIde

Iowa City, IA

This bicycle tour once routed riders through Iowa City-area farms for tastings of local produce and fermented foods, pairing a 30-mile paved "Cherry Tomato" loop with a 60-mile paved-and-gravel "Beet-it-Up" route. The event has since been rebranded as the RadTour Bike Ride and still raises money for the Farm to School program and youth cycling groups. Search for RadTour to find current dates and routes.

Iowa Maize Maze

Elgin, IA

Iowa Maize Maze sits on A Avenue outside Elgin, a small Fayette County town in the bluff-and-valley country of northeast Iowa. As the name promises, it's a corn maze attraction rather than a produce farm.

Iowa Orchard

Granger, IA

Iowa Orchard grows more than 20 apple varieties, including Honeycrisp and Jonathan, on its Granger u-pick grounds, with a separate farm market in Urbandale selling homemade pies, preserves, and raw honey. The farm runs apple picking from September into mid-October, summer u-pick berries by appointment, and a pumpkin patch through Halloween.

Iowa State Fair

Des Moines, IA

The Iowa State Fair runs each August at the fairgrounds on East Grand Avenue in Des Moines, drawing more than a million visitors over eleven days. It's one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country, built around livestock competitions, commodity displays, and the state's 4-H and FFA programs alongside midway rides and concerts.

John 15 Vineyard

Scranton, IA

John 15 Vineyard operates in Scranton, in Greene County in west-central Iowa. The name nods to the Gospel of John's vine-and-branches passage, a fitting reference for a small-town vineyard.

Jost's Country Pickin'

Bryant, IA

Jost's Country Pickin' grew strawberries for u-pick a few miles north of Elvira in eastern Iowa's Clinton County. A farm-directory update in 2025 listed the operation as likely closed - if you're planning a trip, call ahead or check current listings before driving out.

K and K Ranch

Center Point, IA

K and K Ranch grows raspberries for u-pick during July and August outside Center Point, a shorter and less crowded picking window than most eastern Iowa berry farms. There's no storefront or elaborate website - visitors call ahead to check ripeness and hours before driving out. It's a small, seasonal operation worth planning around rather than a spontaneous stop.

Kinze Innovation Center

Williamsburg, IA

Kinze Innovation Center sits just off I-80 at Exit 216 in Williamsburg, where the farm equipment maker displays its history under one roof. Exhibits include Big Blue, a 640-horsepower twin-engine tractor, the company's original grain cart, and a replica of the founder's first welding shop. The center is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Friday mornings until noon.

Klodt Cattle Co.

Keosauqua, IA

Klodt Cattle Co. is a cattle operation in Keosauqua, in Van Buren County in southeast Iowa's river-town country along the Des Moines River.

La Mar Farms

Ames, IA

La Mar Farms sells farm-fresh eggs year-round from its Ames location, then shifts into seasonal Christmas trees, pumpkins, and firewood as the calendar turns. It's a smaller operation built around whatever's in season rather than one big fall event, so egg customers can stop by outside of pumpkin and tree season too.

Lincolnway Flower Farm

Lowden, IA

Lincolnway Flower Farm grows cut flowers along the Old Lincoln Highway in Lowden, in Cedar County in eastern Iowa. The farm takes its name from the historic road, one of the first transcontinental highways in the country.

Little Sioux Orchard

Milford, IA

Little Sioux Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on 160th Avenue near Milford in the Iowa Great Lakes region, with a bakery for pies and other treats and a hard cider label, Okoboji TWP Ciderworks, made from its own fruit. The farm also runs tractor rides and a corn maze, open Saturdays 10am-5pm and Sundays noon-4pm in season.

Little Stone House farm

Colo, IA

Little Stone House Farm sits on 200th Street outside Colo, a small Story County town in central Iowa. It's a small farm operation running agritourism activities on the property.

Living History Farms

Urbandale, IA

Spread across 500 acres in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, Living History Farms walks visitors through three centuries of Iowa agriculture — an 1700 Ioway farm, an 1850 pioneer farm, and a 1900 horse-powered farm — plus a reconstructed 1875 townsite, all staffed by costumed interpreters.

Loess Hills Lavender Farm

Missouri Valley, IA

Loess Hills Lavender Farm grows lavender across walking trails cut into western Iowa's Loess Hills, with a craft store carrying goods from more than 40 local vendors alongside the farm's own bath and body products. Admission is free. The farm is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday afternoons, closed Mondays and Tuesdays, and also hosts weddings on-site.

Lone Star Meadow

Glenwood, IA

Lone Star Meadow is located in Glenwood, seat of Mills County in the loess hills of southwest Iowa. No independent listing describes its current offerings or hours — worth a call before visiting.

Lorenz Produce

Traer, IA

Charlie and Cindy Lorenz built Lorenz Produce into a family business now in its fourth decade on 150th Street outside Traer. The farm sells produce direct from the property, the kind of operation that's grown by word of mouth rather than marketing. Call 319-478-2941 before visiting to check what's in season.

Lovely Bunches

Lovely Bunches operates out of a Newport Road property northeast of Iowa City, in Johnson County's mix of farmland and small acreages. The name points to a flower-growing operation rather than a produce farm.

McCurdy's Pumpkins

Atlantic, IA

McCurdy's Pumpkins has grown pumpkins at the junction of Highway 6 and 71 outside Atlantic since the mid-2000s, building a following for its field days and photo-op farm scenes. The walk-through patch itself is no longer open to visitors, but the family still grows pumpkins each year and sells them directly — call ahead to arrange pickup.

Meadowview Farm

Palo, IA

Meadowview Farm, Inc. has worked its Covington Road ground outside Palo since being registered in 1996, growing field crops as a general crop operation. Mary Goodlove runs a WIC-approved store on the property, making it one of the area stops where WIC benefits cover farm-grown food. Phone 319-396-2010 for current availability.

Midwest Old Threshers

Mount Pleasant, IA

Midwest Old Threshers holds an annual September reunion in Mount Pleasant built around steam-powered farm equipment, antique tractors, and threshing demonstrations, plus heritage museums open on the grounds. The same site also hosts a fall Halloween event and a winter Festival of Lights. The organization's tagline captures the mission: America's story still running on steam.

Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff

Donahue, IA

Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff sits on 130th Avenue outside Donahue in Scott County, on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities region. As the name suggests, it's a flower and garden goods stop rather than a produce farm.

New Day Dairy

Clarksville, IA

New Day Dairy is a fifth-generation dairy farm near Clarksville run by Dan and Lynn Bolin, milking around 150 cows. Their GuestBarn bed-and-breakfast puts guests in a loft with 24-hour views into the dairy barn below, plus a barn tour and DIY continental breakfast. Travel Iowa named it Outstanding Rural Lodging in 2022. Reach them at (319) 278-4455 or [email protected].

New Day Dairy GuestBarn

Clarksville, IA

#sleepwiththecows at New Day Dairy\'s GuestBarn. Experience 24/7 cow gazing out our two large loft windows directly into the barn. With three bedrooms each with their own private bathroom you\'re family will have plenty of space. Every stay comes with our complimentary Intro & Farewell Tours where you can be up close with the cows, calves, and see Rita the Robot milking the cows! Head to NE Iowa for New Adventures, Authentic Cows, and Comfy Beds!

Oakland Mills Berry Farm

Mount Pleasant, IA

Oakland Mills Berry Farm grows berries on 265th Street outside Mount Pleasant, near Oakland Mills County Park in southeast Iowa's Henry County. The park nearby is a longtime local swimming and camping spot, which makes the farm an easy add-on stop in season.

Papa's Garden Patch

Belmond, IA

Papa's Garden Patch is a pumpkin patch on Reed Avenue in Belmond, in Wright County. Online listings are thin on specifics like pick-your-own details or hours, so calling ahead at 641-444-4112 is the reliable way to check what's ready before making the drive.

Papa's Pumpkin Patch

Bellevue, IA

Papa's Pumpkin Patch sits on 360th Avenue outside Bellevue, a Mississippi River town in Jackson County known for its bluffs and lock and dam. It's a family pumpkin patch operating each fall on the property.

Patch's Pumpkins & Honey Farm

Adel, IA

Patch's Pumpkins & Honey Farm combines a fall pumpkin patch with honey production on L Lane outside Adel, in the Raccoon River valley west of Des Moines. The pairing of pumpkins and hives is uncommon among Iowa's agritourism farms.

Penoach Winery

Adel, IA

Penoach Winery is a small vineyard and winery west of Des Moines in Adel, growing cold-hardy grape varieties bred for Iowa winters.

Pierce's Pumpkin Patch

Chariton, IA

Pierce's Pumpkin Patch has grown pumpkins on the same Chariton ground since 1981, cultivating more than 120 varieties of pumpkins, squash, and gourds each season. Visitors work through a hay-bale maze populated with farm animals, then pick up fall décor and treats before heading home. The patch opens the last weekend of September and runs through October, with its Fall Festival held the second weekend of October.

Pinter's Gardens and Pumpkins

Decorah, IA

The Pinter family has run landscaping and greenhouse work out of Decorah since 1998, and built it into a year-round destination with a pumpkin patch, u-pick apples, and a bakery selling scones and cupcakes alongside perennials, shrubs, and trees. The Highway 9 property doubles as a working nursery and a fall agritourism stop in northeast Iowa.

Pioneer Trail Orchard & Pumpkin Patch

Council Bluffs, IA

Pioneer Trail Orchard & Pumpkin Patch is located on Chestnut Road in Council Bluffs. Current details on what's grown, hours, and contact information aren't available online — the name suggests a combined orchard and pumpkin operation typical of the area's fall circuit.

Pride of the Wapsi

Long Grove, IA

Pride of the Wapsi runs a fall festival about 20 minutes north of the Quad Cities, built around a corn maze, wagon rides, and a working pumpkin patch with more than 30 attractions total. The farm keeps Friday-through-Sunday hours through October rather than staying open daily, so visitors plan around a weekend trip. It's grown into one of eastern Iowa's larger seasonal draws for pumpkin picking and hayrides.

Pumpkin City Corn Maze

Sioux City, IA

Pumpkin City Corn Maze sits along Harbor Drive on Sioux City's Missouri River side. As the name implies, expect a fall corn maze paired with pumpkin picking — call ahead for current hours, since no independent listing confirms this season's dates.

Pumpkinland

Orange City, IA

Pumpkinland grows what it calls the biggest pumpkins in the area on Jackson Avenue in Orange City, in Iowa's Dutch-settled northwest corner, with corn mazes, hayrides, and a petting zoo each fall. Summer visits include u-pick blueberries and farm tours, and the off-season brings pheasant and dove hunting on the same ground.

Pumpkin Palooza

Yale, IA

Pumpkin Palooza is a seasonal pumpkin operation on B Avenue outside Yale, in Guthrie County. Beyond the name and address, little is published online — no confirmed hours, so a call ahead is the safer bet before visiting.

Pumpkin Patch Pizzazz

Monticello, IA

Pumpkin Patch Pizzazz built its fall visit around more than picking a pumpkin - a bale-and-tire maze, a human hamster roll, and a corn maze walk, plus gourds and fall decor for sale at the stand. The farm sits at 16359 170th Ave outside Monticello. Some listings note the operation paused after the 2019 season, so call ahead before planning a visit.

Pumpkinville & Corn Maze in Mitchellville

Mitchellville, IA

Pumpkinville charges no general admission - walk in free and pay only for the corn maze, pumpkins, or produce you actually want. The fourth-generation family farm sits two blocks south of Casey's, about 12 miles from the I-80/I-35 interchange in Des Moines, with a full corn maze plus a smaller maze built for younger kids. Hayrides and seasonal decorations round out the visit, and the family has run the place for more than 30 years.

Quilted Gardens and Nursery

Des Moines, IA

Quilted Gardens and Nursery in Des Moines carries both common bedding plants and less typical varieties, backed by landscape design and installation services. The nursery's inventory changes throughout the season, and they keep a Facebook page updated as new stock arrives. Customers can also order through an online store for local pickup, in addition to shopping the retail lot in person.

Rawson's Berries

West Union, IA

Rawson's Berries is located outside West Union, in Fayette County's stretch of northeast Iowa's driftless region. No independent listing confirms current hours or what's in season — call ahead before making the drive.

Red Barn Pumpkin Farm

Muscatine, IA

Red Barn Pumpkin Farm is located on New Era Road outside Muscatine, near the Mississippi River. Current hours and contact information aren't published in any listing found — confirm before visiting.

Richard Taylor

Moulton, IA

Richard Taylor operates a small farm near Moulton, in Appanoose County in southern Iowa near the Missouri border.

River Valley Pumpkins

Steamboat Rock, IA

River Valley Pumpkins ran a fall pumpkin patch on 200th Street outside Steamboat Rock, in the Iowa River bottomland of Hardin County. A regional pumpkin-patch directory reported in 2021 that the farm had closed permanently. The listing stays here as a record of what operated at this address - call ahead before making a special trip.

Rolling Prairie Acres

Sigourney, IA

Doug and Tonya Webster's family runs this 10-acre market garden and orchard, best known for growing more than 90 varieties of garlic. They also raise vegetables, herbs, and honeybees, and sell eggs, baked goods, and jams alongside a CSA program with on-farm pickup. Spring brings u-pick strawberries; fall brings u-pick pumpkins. The farm belongs to Practical Farmers of Iowa and follows naturally-grown practices.

Roth's Farm

Janesville, IA

Roth's Farm sits on Marquis Road outside Janesville, listed as an agritourism stop in Black Hawk County. Public details beyond the address are scarce online, so a call ahead is the best way to find out what's currently open to visitors.

RVP~1875 Historical Furniture Shop & Museum

Jefferson, IA

RVP~1875 in Jefferson is a working furniture shop and museum run by master furniture maker Robby Pedersen, who builds pieces using only 1875-era hand tools and techniques. The museum side displays more than 650 hand planes along with an 1860s foot-powered lathe and an 1870s hand-crank ripsaw. Visitors can tour the shop, take a woodworking class, or commission custom furniture built the old way.

Sand Road Farm (formerly Bock's Berry Farm & Country Gifts)

Lone Tree, IA

Sand Road Farm operates under a new name on Sand Road SE in Lone Tree, on ground long known as Bock's Berry Farm & Country Gifts for u-pick apples, blueberries, and strawberries plus a gift shop and fresh eggs. Some directories list the u-pick operation as no longer active, so confirm current status before planning a visit.

Sass Family Farm

Riverside, IA

Sass Family Farm sits on 160th Street outside Riverside, the small Washington County town that jokingly claims to be the future birthplace of Captain Kirk. It's a family-run farm operating agritourism activities on the property.

Scarecrow Farm

Lawton, IA

Scarecrow Farm grows sunflower fields and orchard rows outside Lawton, drawing Siouxland families for pumpkin and apple picking, raspberry picking, a corn maze, hayrack rides, and a zipline. It's a working farm built for a full afternoon rather than a quick stop - most visitors plan two or three hours to get through everything. It sits at 1592 Charles Avenue, a short drive from Sioux City.

Scarecrows and Treats on the Streets

Monticello, IA

Scarecrows and Treats on the Streets is a fall community event in downtown Monticello, in Jones County in east-central Iowa, built around the small-town scarecrow-display tradition common to the region's harvest season.

Scenic Ridge View Ranch Haunted Hayrack Ride

Harpers Ferry, IA

Scenic Ridge View Ranch runs a haunted hayrack ride along Highway 76 outside Harpers Ferry, in bluff country near Yellow River State Forest and Effigy Mounds. No independent listing confirms current dates or ticket details — call ahead during fall season.

Schusters Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze

Dubuque, IA

Schuster's Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze operates on Schueller Heights Road outside Dubuque, offering pumpkins and a corn maze as its core fall draw. The farm maintains a standing website, though current hours and pricing weren't independently confirmed — check before visiting.

scuffham's Garden

Algona, IA

Scuffham's Garden is a small agritourism garden operation in Algona, the Kossuth County seat in north-central Iowa.

Sherman's Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze

Manchester, IA

Dean and Jackie Sherman started this farm in 1980 and added the corn maze in 2004; their daughter and son-in-law, Scott and Sarah Hermanson, took over in 2024. The six-acre maze includes interactive stations built around a pirate ship, a train, and a firetruck, and the farm sells pumpkins, gourds, squash, and Indian corn straight off the vine. Free hay rides run on weekend afternoons as staffing allows.

Shima Pumpkin Patch

Solon, IA

Shima Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal pumpkin farm on Highway 382 outside Solon, in Johnson County's cluster of fall patches. Hours and current offerings aren't posted online, so a call ahead is worth it before visiting.

Simon Farm

Center Point, IA

Simon Farm is located on Urbana Road outside Center Point in Linn County. No confirmed details on crops, hours, or activities are published online — call ahead to check what's currently open.

Small's Fruit Farm

Mondamin, IA

Small's Fruit Farm is located outside Mondamin, in the loess hills of Harrison County in western Iowa. No independent listing describes current fruit varieties or hours — worth a call before visiting.

Smith Farm

Kanawha, IA

Smith Farm is a family farm in Kanawha, a small town in Hancock County in north-central Iowa.

Solsma's Punkin Patch

Sanborn, IA

Solsma's has run a pumpkin patch and corn maze on Highway 18, four miles east of Sanborn, since 1999 - and sells fireworks on the side, legal in Iowa from June 1 to July 8 and again in December. The patch stays open through Labor Day, about 35 miles from Lake Okoboji. It's a rare combination: one stand handles both your Fourth of July fireworks and your October pumpkins.

Solsma's Punkin Patch LLC

Sanborn, IA

Solsma's Punkin Patch has grown from a trailer of pumpkins into acres of produce since 1999, four miles east of Sanborn on Highway 18, about 35 miles from Lake Okoboji. Fall brings pumpkins, a corn maze, and fire pits for roasting marshmallows from Labor Day through Halloween; the same lot sells fireworks June 1 through July 8. Call (712) 729-3174 or email [email protected].

St. Bridget's Flower Farm

Solon, IA

This cut-flower farm sits between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, growing blooms it turns into wedding flowers from May through October. Brides can buy wholesale stems for do-it-yourself arranging or order finished bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and full ceremony-and-reception florals directly from the farm.

Stewart Family Farm

Maxwell, IA

Stewart Family Farm in Maxwell runs an on-farm market with u-pick, we-pick, and CSA pickup options rather than a typical roadside stand. Dan and Kirsten Stewart started the operation in 2018, growing it from a market garden into a full CSA and pick-your-own setup. Call ahead at 515-967-6963 to check what's ready for picking that week.

Strawberry Hill Dairy Goat Farm & Gardens

Strawberry Point, IA

Strawberry Hill Dairy Goat Farm & Gardens is located in Strawberry Point, the Clayton County town known for the world's largest strawberry sitting atop its water tower. No independent listing confirms current products or visiting hours for the goat farm — call ahead before making the trip.

Sycamore Ridge Small Farm LLC

Farragut, IA

Sycamore Ridge is a you-pick flower farm south of Shenandoah near Farragut, run by Jessa Bears, who also keeps farm animals, sells fresh eggs, and hosts goat yoga on the property. It's a flower-and-produce operation more than a straightforward pumpkin-and-corn agritourism stop.

Ted's Garden Center

Cumming, IA

Ted's Garden Center is on Cumming Avenue in Cumming, a small Warren County town just south of Des Moines along the Raccoon River Valley Trail. It's a garden center serving the metro's southern suburbs.

Terraceberry Farm

Corydon, IA

Terraceberry Farm sits on Liberty Road outside Corydon, the Wayne County seat in south-central Iowa. The name points to a berry-growing operation on this rolling farmland.

The Amazing Haunted Maize Maze at Carter Farms

Princeton, IA

The Amazing Haunted Maize Maze runs on Carter Farms' ground along the Great River Road outside Princeton, pairing a corn maze with a Halloween-season haunt. Specific hours and pricing aren't posted in any listing found — confirm current dates before making the drive up the Mississippi River bluffs.

The Big Apple Orchard

Mount Vernon, IA

The Marti family grows 2,200 apple trees across 20-plus varieties on their property west of Mount Vernon, and the on-farm store sells what the orchard doesn't move as fresh fruit — fried donuts, baked goods, and honey. It's a weekend operation, open Saturday and Sunday, closed the rest of the week, which keeps the pace closer to a small family orchard than a full-time retail operation.

The Cellar Winery

Madrid, IA

The Cellar Winery makes wine from cold-climate grapes at its Madrid location, pouring in a tasting room open Friday 2 to 9pm, Saturday 2 to 7pm, and Sunday 1 to 7pm — closed Monday through Thursday. The winery hosts live music and weddings alongside regular tastings. Call 515-367-7777 for the current event calendar.

The Community Orchard

Fort Dodge, IA

The Community Orchard is located on 160th Street outside Fort Dodge in Webster County. Specific crops, hours, and contact information aren't available online — confirm directly before visiting.

The Garden Barn

Indianola, IA

The Garden Barn sells plants as its main focus out of a post-and-beam barn built in 1886 on Highway G24 outside Indianola, rounding out the inventory with gifts, antiques, garden art, wreaths, and wind chimes. A display garden and gazebo sit alongside the shop. It's open seasonally, April through December, and welcomes groups by arrangement.

The Pumpkin Barn

Council Bluffs, IA

The Pumpkin Barn sits on Highway 92 outside Council Bluffs, in Iowa's Loess Hills area. Beyond the name and address, details on hours and what's grown on-site aren't published online.

The Pumpkin Patch

Sioux City, IA

The Pumpkin Patch operates on Gordon Drive on Sioux City's south side, a separate operation from the Harbor Drive corn maze across town. No independent listing confirms current hours or pricing — check before visiting during pumpkin season.