Bay Area’s Best Pumpkin Patches for 2024
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 2024! We’ll be updating this list frequently as we get more information for 2024.
San Francisco
Clancy’s Pumpkin Patch & Mini Hay Maze
San Francisco | 2101 Sloat Blvd | Open daily through Oct. 31 | Mon. – Thu. 9am-7:30pm, Fri. & Sat. 9am-9pm
San Francisco | 1620 7th Ave. | Open daily through Oct. 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 10/1/24
‘Union Square in Bloom’ Free Pumpkin Patch
San Francisco | Union Square, Geary and Powell | October 14, 2023 – 1-4pm – Not likely returning in 2024
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or just one day only, Union Square will be transformed into a pumpkin patch with 200 free pumpkins. Guests can secure a ticket to claim a complimentary pumpkin during one of two time slots: 1-1:55pm or 2-2:55pm, while supplies last. Plus, there will be a delightful array of activities, including a bar garden, food truck, live performances, dancing, interactive games, family-friendly harvest festivities, the first-ever Bloomies Awards, and so much more to commeratre the finale of Union Square in Bloom. Secure your ticket to claim a complimentary pumpkin.East Bay
Westbrae Pumpkin Patch
North Berkeley | 1272 Gilman Ave, Berkeley | September 28 – October 31, 2024 | 9am – 5:30pm
Westbrae Nursery, a worker-owned cooperative, runs its annual Pumpkin Patch from September 28 – October 31, 2024 — with 100% of the profits benefiting the local Cornell elementary school. There will be a bake sale on October 12 and October 19 from 11:30am–3pm at the pumpkin patch. They will be selling delicious fall-themed baked goods. One of the few pumpkin patches in Berkeley.
G&M Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
Livermore | 487 East Airway Blvd | Oct. 2 – Oct. 31 | Wed.-Fri.: 3-7pm; Sat.: 10am-9pm; 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 adults / $9 kids. Children 5 years and under are free. The Corn Maze will be Haunted on Saturday, October 19, 2024. 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 our attractions. Tokens can be purchased for $5 per token. Attractions cost 1 token each. – Confirmed 9/8/24
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Smith Family Farm
Brentwood | 4350 Sellers Avenue, Knightsen, CA | Sept. 28 – Oct. 31 | Open Daily 9am-5pm
$15 Admission (ages 2+) includes all activities, parking, as well as one pumpkin of any size from the pumpkin patchThe Smith Family Farm offers massive pumpkin patch with a plethora of adorable fall activities. This pumpkin patch does have an admission fee ($15 for everyone 2+), but once inside all activities are included and each person can take home a free pumpkin of any size. Activities include a corn maze, live music, a labyrinth, barnyard animal area, herb garden, game area, pumpkin galleries, photo ops, observation beehive, and special events like a Bluegrass Jamboree. – confirmed 10/2/24
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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 wolrd-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, a petting zoo, pony rides, hay rides, train rides, a pumpkin river and 6 acre corn field that’s perfect for instagramming. Attractions are priced ala 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 10/3/23
North Bay
Petaluma Pumpkin Patch
Petaluma | 450 Stony Point Road |Opens September 20, 2024 (opens annually the last Friday of September)
Day Maze open daily: 10am until 6pm; Friday and Saturday Night Maze: 10am-10pm.
Listed by The New York Times as one of the Top 3 Pumpkin Patches in the US, if you like variety, this is the pumpkin patch for you with over 50 varieties of pumpkins, squash, and gourds on over 5 acres. There’s over 35 types of pumpkins in all shapes and sizes. Plus check out their 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. Plus, don’t miss the free activities including visiting the farm animals, the little kids maze, the huge straw mountain with over 500 straw bales to climb, and a corn kernel “sandbox.” Admission to the pumpkin patch and parking are free; the corn maze daytime admission is $8; evening corn maze admission is $12. – confirmed 10/2/24
The Great Peter Pumpkin Patch & Hay Maze
CANCELED for 2022 Season Due to the Drought; likely not happening in 2024 either
Petaluma | 4235 Spring Hill Rd. | Weekdays: Noon – 5 pm; Weekends: 9 am to 6 pm– confirmed 10/2/23
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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