Bay Area’s Best Pumpkin Patches for 2025
Get into the fall spirit by picking out your favorite pumpkin at a local pumpkin patch. Best of all, nearly all of the pumpkin patches listed below offer free admission for all. Some fun fall activities like their corn mazes or hayrides may require a fee though.
Here’s a list of fantastic Bay Area pumpkin patches for 2025! We’ll be updating this list frequently as we get more information for 2025.
San Francisco
Clancy’s Pumpkin Patch & Mini Hay Maze
San Francisco | 2101 Sloat Blvd | Sept. 26th to Oct. 31st | Sun. – Thu.: 9am to 7:30pm; Fri and Sat: 9am to 9pm
San Francisco | 1620 7th Ave. | October 3-31 | Open daily 9 am to 9 pm
Clancy’s opened San Francisco’s first Pumpkin Patch in 1979, and now has two pumpkin patches in The City. You’ll find a wide variety of pumpkins as well as gourds, corn stalks, and Indian corn. During October, come see the ghosts in the trees, the scarecrows in their patch, live turkeys, and run through fun corn maze. You can even take a hayride in the middle of San Francisco. There’s free admission and free parking at both locations. – Confirmed 9/9/25
East Bay
Westbrae Pumpkin Patch
North Berkeley | 1272 Gilman Ave, Berkeley | October 1 – 31, 2025 | 9am – 5:30pm
Westbrae Nursery, a worker-owned cooperative, runs its annual Pumpkin Patch from October 1-31, 2025 with 100% of the profits benefiting the local Cornell elementary school. There will be a bake sale on October 18 at the pumpkin patch. They will be selling delicious fall-themed baked goods. One of the few pumpkin patches in Berkeley. – Please note, 2025 opening date is tentative. – Last Updated 9/12/25
G&M Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
Livermore | 487 East Airway Blvd | Oct. 3 – Oct. 30, 2025 | Wed.-Fri.: 3-7pm; Sat.: 10am-7pm; Sun. 10am-6pm
G&M Farms offers a huge pumpkin patch with farm animals, a free straw bale maze and corn box which is like a giant sand box filled with corn kernels. Plus don’t miss their epic corn maze. It twists, it turns, it dead-ends; it’s six green acres of good old-fashioned family fun. G&M Farms Cornfield Maze and Pumpkin Patch was voted Best Seasonal Attraction in the East Bay by Diablo Magazine. The Corn Maze is $10 for adults. Children 5 years and under are free. The Corn Maze will be Haunted on Saturday, October 18, 2025, and Saturday, October 25, 2025. Haunting begins at dark (approx. 7 pm) and closes at 9 pm.
Admission to the farm and parking are both free. Additional attractions are offered on Saturdays and Sundays including a Cow Train, Hayride, Pedal Carts, and Jump Pillows. They use a token system for attractions. Tokens can be purchased for $5 per token and attractions cost 1 token each. Jump Pillows are also open Wednesday through Sunday. – Confirmed 9/12/25
Peninsula
Arata’s Pumpkin Farm
Half Moon Bay | 185 Verde Rd. | October Hours: Sun–Thu 9am–6:30pm; Fri & Sat 9am–10:30pm
Known as the “Pumpkin capital of the west coast” and also home to the annual Pumpkin Festival, Half Moon Bay is your pumpkin destination. Head to Arata’s Pumpkin Farm for dozens of varieties of pumpkins, plus explore their world-famous 2-acre Minotaur’s Labyrinth hay maze, constructed entirely out of 7–8 foot tall bales of hay with a completely new design every year. There’s also their Haunted Barn, petting zoo, pony rides (for children 11 and under), hay rides, train rides, pumpkin river, and 6-acre corn field that’s perfect for Instagramming. Attractions are priced à la carte, but admission to the pumpkin patch is free. Friday–Sunday there is a $20 parking fee, of that $10 can be redeemed toward pumpkin purchases. – Confirmed 9/12/25
North Bay
Petaluma Pumpkin Patch
Petaluma | 450 Stony Point Road | Opens September 26 to November 1, 2025 | Day Maze open daily 10am to 7pm; Friday and Saturday Night Maze 10am to 10pm
Listed by The New York Times as one of the Top 3 Pumpkin Patches in the US, this patch offers over 50 varieties of pumpkins, squash, and gourds on over 5 acres. There are over 35 types of pumpkins in all shapes and sizes. Plus check out the 4-acre corn maze featuring 10-foot tall corn stalks, with only one way out; the course usually takes at least 45 minutes to complete. Don’t miss the free activities including farm animals, the little kids maze, the huge straw mountain with over 500 straw bales to climb, and a corn kernel sandbox. Additional paid activities include pony rides, carnival rides, and a jump zone. Admission to the pumpkin patch and parking are free; the corn maze daytime admission is $9 and the night maze is $13. – Confirmed 9/12/25
The Great Peter Pumpkin Patch & Hay Maze
CANCELED for 2025, but their website says they’ll be back in 2026
Petaluma | 4235 Spring Hill Rd. | Weekdays: Noon – 5 pm; Weekends: 9 am to 6 pm– Confirmed 9/12/25
This pumpkin patch located on a cheese farm features tons of free activities including learning how to milk a cow, a corn maze, hay maze, and free hay wagon rides. Plus you can cut your own organic pumpkin straight from the vine, eat some pumpkin ice cream, explore the “Western” Town, and listen to live music on weekends. Plus there’s free attractions for the whole family including farm animals and a gigantic straw bale pyramid. There’s free admission and free parking too.
To find more pumpkin patches, check out these great roundups from Red Tricycle and Marin Mommies.
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