Pumpkin Patches in Minnesota

Barten Pumpkins

New Prague, MN

Roman and Fran Barten have run Barten Pumpkins for more than 30 years, about 45 minutes southwest of the Twin Cities in New Prague. The patch grows more than 45 varieties of pumpkins, squash, and gourds, plus broom corn and straw bales for fall decorating. Admission is free, with photo spots, games, and live music on select weekends.

Big Springs Farm Pumpkins & Corn Maze, LLC

Lanesboro, MN

Big Springs Farm runs a ten-acre corn maze with multiple trail routes on an active farm outside Lanesboro, alongside a u-pick pumpkin patch and more than 20 other activities — a goat pen, sunflower field, jump pad, and corn pit among them. One admission covers everything on-site. The farm opens weekends and MEA breaks from mid-September through Halloween.

Buffalo River Pumpkin Patch

Glyndon, MN

Buffalo River Pumpkin Patch opens weekends from late September through October on Highway 10 in Glyndon, near Fargo-Moorhead. A single gate fee covers most attractions: a petting zoo, straw maze with hay-bale slides, duck races, a Cowboy Camp with roping and stationary ponies, and Papa Bob's Village of pioneer scarecrows. Horse-drawn rides and barrel cars cost extra, and a general store rounds out the visit.

Center Creek Orchard's pumpkin patch

East Chain, MN

Center Creek Orchard sells apples and pick-your-own pumpkins from its Apple Barn near East Chain, south of Fairmont, with no gate fee to shop. The fall festival side charges admission for roughly twenty activities, including hayrides, zip lines, a jump pad, superslide, barrel rides, and an apple sling. School groups and private events book through the orchard directly.

Dehn's Pumpkins

Dayton, MN

Dehn's runs a 20-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Dayton alongside a 15-acre corn maze, pumpkin cannons, and an 80-by-120-foot corn pit. Weekend hayrides carry visitors out to the field, and October Friday and Saturday nights add a flashlight corn maze. The marketplace and patch stay free to enter; a per-person fee covers the attractions. The season runs late September through Halloween. Reach them at (763) 742-3550.

Dimler Pumpkin Patch

Watertown, MN

Dimler Pumpkin Patch lets you cut your own pumpkin straight off the vine at the corner of State Highway 7 and Carver County Road 10 near Watertown. Pick-your-own runs about $4 a pumpkin, or three for $11, any size or shape; pre-picked pumpkins sell by the pound. The stand also carries gourds, cornstalks, and mini-pumpkins. There are no fixed hours, so plan on daylight, roughly sunup to sundown.

D Round Barn Berries

Saint Michael, MN

Make memories with your loved ones by spending a day at D Round Barn Berries. We offer a great place where you and your company will have a great time sightseeing and picking farm products such as Asparagus( Best in the state :) ) Strawberries, Honeyberries (coming soon), Sour Cherries(Coming soon), Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch.

Farmer Johns Pumpkin Patch

Austin, MN

Farmer John's has grown pumpkins outside Austin for 36 years, with eight acres and more than 30 varieties across colors and textures, from smooth pie pumpkins to bumpy show types. Beyond pumpkins, the farm offers u-pick raspberries, silo slides, farm animals to visit, and a barn shop, and grows strawberries, asparagus, and rhubarb earlier in the year. Horse-drawn wagon rides run free on Sunday afternoons. Call (507) 437-9180.

Fresh Acres Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

Monticello, MN

Fresh Acres runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, open Fridays through Sundays from early September. Two farmers left corporate careers to start the place in 2016 and added the first corn maze in 2018. The larger maze covers about 2.3 miles of paths, and a smaller one suits kids under 8. Admission also covers the pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a corn pit, and weekend wagon rides.

Glanzer's "Pick Your Own" Pumpkin Patch

Alexandria, MN

Kids pick pumpkins straight from the field at this small Alexandria-area patch, with pony rides and farm animals to feed alongside. It sits east of Alexandria off County Road 82, roughly two miles west of Osakis. Payment is cash or check only. The operation stays low-key, focused on young children choosing their own pumpkin rather than a big commercial fall festival. Reach it at 320-762-0249.

Hinkemeyer's Pumpkin Patch

New London, MN

This New London pumpkin patch has closed permanently, according to listings updated in 2024. When it ran, it opened in the third week of September with pick-your-own pumpkins and fall activities on Highway 71 northeast of town, keeping afternoon and weekend hours through October. Nearby patches in the Willmar and New London area now cover the same fall calendar.

Knapton's Raspberries, Pumpkins and Orchard

Greenfield, MN

Knapton's grows five acres of summer red and yellow raspberries, an acre of fall raspberries, pick-your-own apples, and a large pumpkin patch at the corner of Highway 55 and Lake Sarah Heights Drive in Greenfield. The farm also raises cherries, pears, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, and winter squash. It runs from late June through November, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis in western Hennepin County.

Lendt's Pumpkin Patch

Wyoming, MN

Pick your own pumpkins straight from a 40-acre field here, priced around $5 each, along with gourds, squash, Indian corn, giant pumpkins, straw bales, mums and raw honey. The patch runs seven days a week, 9 a.m. to dusk, from the third Saturday of September through October 31. Kids get a play area and corn pit; hayrides run on weekends. Bring cash or a check, since cards aren't accepted, though there's an on-site ATM.

Peaceful Pines Pumpkin Patch

Pine City, MN

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.

Peter's Pumpkins and Carmen's Corn

Shakopee, MN

The roadside stand opens daily from July into October with sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelon, berries and a wide range of vegetables. Peter grew up in a local farming family; Carmen came from Peru to teach Spanish, and the two started this Shakopee farm in 1999. October brings daily U-pick pumpkins and a corn maze, with free hayrides and U-pick apples on weekends. Call (952) 906-0247 or order through peterspumpkins.com.

Poppe's Pumpkin Patch

Lakefield, MN

This Lakefield pumpkin patch ran for more than a decade with hayrides out to a pick-your-own field, a corn maze, tree maze, storybook land, mini golf and a petting barn. The Poppe family has since handed off the site, which reopened as Itsy Bitsy Family Farm under new owners. The land sits about a mile and a half north of Lakefield in southwestern Minnesota's lake country.

Raven Ridge Pumpkin Patch

Puposky, MN

This Puposky pumpkin patch offered pumpkins, hayrides, and a corn box on weekends starting in mid-October. As of 2024 it appears permanently closed, with the website and Facebook page gone and little current information remaining. Confirm locally before planning a visit.

Roper Pumpkin Patch

Lake City, MN

Roper Pumpkin Patch grew pumpkins, melons, and squash on Orchard Lane in Lake City, including an 18-acre planting in 2009. A pumpkin-patch directory notes the operation stopped growing pumpkins and closed permanently around 2018. Confirm current status before planning a visit.

Sam's Pumpkin Patch

Montevideo, MN

Sam Ripley started this patch as a roadside stand in 2016, then expanded it onto the family farm outside Montevideo. Fall visitors get a hay bale maze, corn pit, farm mini golf, pumpkin bowling, life-sized checkers, a hayride, and farm animals, plus pick-your-own and pre-picked pumpkins. The first big season drew about 5,000 people. Outside food isn't allowed. Hours shift by season, so check the Facebook page before heading out.

Scherer's pick your own pumpkin patch

Medina, MN

Scherer's is a pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Medina, on the western edge of the Twin Cities metro in Hennepin County. Patches like this open in late September and October for families choosing pumpkins straight from the field. No website or hours were verifiable online, so check locally for the current fall season before heading out.

Thea's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze

Pelican Rapids, MN

Thea's grows 7 to 10 acres of pumpkins and gourds three miles south of Pelican Rapids, plus an 11-acre corn maze redesigned with a new theme every year. Started in 2011 on a single acre, it added the maze in 2016 and has since been voted Minnesota's top pumpkin patch by a Family Destination Guide reader poll. Ten-dollar admission covers hayrides, barrel-cart rides, a hay-bale maze, an animal yard and kids' games. Email [email protected].

The Pumpkin Patch

This pick-your-own pumpkin patch sits on Highway 44 in the Houston County bluff country near Caledonia, in Minnesota's far southeastern corner. Pick pumpkins straight from the field or grab one already loaded on the wagon, and kids run a bale maze while you shop. It shows up on Facebook as the Great Big Pumpkin Patch.

The Pumpkin Shed

Hancock, MN

The Pumpkin Shed is a seasonal pumpkin stand near Hancock in Stevens County, west-central Minnesota. Little about it is documented online, so its fall hours and pumpkin selection are best confirmed locally before visiting. This is small-town, rural pumpkin-patch country in the farmland between Morris and Benson.

Tom's Pumpkin Farm

Lindstrom, MN

Tom and Teresa grow pumpkins near Lindstrom, priced at $3.99 for any size you pick, with an eight-acre corn maze, gourds, decorative corn, and cornstalks alongside. The farm opens late September through October 31, staying open to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. It grew out of a wholesale operation after the couple started inviting kindergarten classes out for cookies and pumpkin lessons. Find it on Panola Drive.

Tweite's Pumpkin Patch

Byron, MN

Tweite's Pumpkin Patch grows pumpkins and mums outside Byron, west of Rochester, and cuts a 12-acre corn maze each fall. Straw bales, corn shocks, and a lineup of family activities round out the season. One directory lists it as closed, so confirm the current year's hours before visiting.

Ziertman's Pumpkin Farm

Lake Elmo, MN

Robert and Dorothy Ziertman bought this Lake Elmo farm in the 1950s, and the family has sold pumpkins here for more than 40 years, just south of Highway 36 on Keats Avenue. The non-commercial patch offers pumpkins from 2 to 200 pounds, several kinds of squash, gourds, mini pumpkins, and decorative corn, plus goats to feed and tractors for kids to climb.