22 Best Texas Pumpkin Patches & Pumpkin-Picking Farms
Local farms in Texas are preparing for their annual fall pumpkin patches and fall festivals. What better way to spend a beautiful Saturday in the brisk cool air as you stroll through the corn maze, enjoy the farm animals, hay rides, fun activities, and sack races, and find that perfect pumpkin for your annual pumpkin carving activity with the family? Below are the best Texas pumpkin patches we have discovered, and those pumpkin-picking farms are open now, too.
Texas Travel Talk did all the hard work and research, so you don’t have to. Enjoy these top pumpkin patches in Texas. Here is to fall days ahead …and homemade pumpkin pie.
Top Texas Pumpkin Patches
Happy Fall, Y’all! Let’s hope for a wonderful and long autumn this year! With the heat in the summer, I don’t know who wouldn’t want to feel a cool breeze.
Whenever cooler weather creeps up, it’s my favorite time of year—that is, until spring flowers start to bloom—well, that’s another story.
Bring the family to these pumpkin patches in Texas this fall–don’t forget your camera.
• North Texas
380 Farm Stand
Build Your Own Pumpkin Package – see website for more details. This is in Decatur on Hwy 380. Closed Monday. The 380 Farm Stand.
Mainstay Farm Park
Cleburne, TX (near Fort Worth)
Now open until November 3, 2024
Mainstay Farm charges an admission fee online and at the gate. Online is cheaper.
Shadow Creek Pumpkin Farm
Midlothian, TX, Ellis County
Three weekends in October starting the 7th
Just 30 minutes south of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Shadow Creek Pumpkin Farm offers a corn maze, pumpkins of all sizes, hayrides, a giant jump pad, and more. Save time and sign the liability waiver online. See more on their site, including weekday openings. Admission Fee.
Hall’s Pumpkin Farm
Grapevine/Colleyville
October 4 -31, 2024 – times vary – see website (Opening day is Oct 4th at 3 pm)
This pumpkin patch has become our favorite, and I always find the perfect pumpkins here – those knotted ones. Some of our favorite activities are the friendly nine-foot-tall corn maze, hayrides, animals to see, a petting zoo, and mini pumpkins to buy. They offer food trucks, and yes, there is a bathroom. Some activities cost money. Admission Fee. Hall’s Pumpkin Farm
Bring Cash. Lots of things out there only take Cash. Closed Monday/Tuesday, except for Columbus Day, Oct. 14th.
Blase Family Farm Pumpkin Patch
Rockwall, TX
September 38 – October 31, 2024
Blase Family Farm is a small urban farm that opened in 2011. It offers pick-your-own blueberries in the summer and a Pumpkin Patch in the fall. The farm does not allow pets.
Expect all the fun of a petting zoo, a hayride, a hay maze, pumpkin storyboards, photo ops, and pumpkins of all sizes! Admission Fee.
Goober Bub’s Orchard & Bakery
Justin, TX
September 28 – October – Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays
Pumpkins are popping out at Goober Bub’s
10534 Eakin Cemetery Rd, Justin, TX
Dallas Arboretum And Botanical Garden
Dallas, TX
September 21 – November 3, 2024
One of DFW’s favorite fall spots to visit. This is a must-visit for seeing the pumpkin village. The annual Autumn at the Dallas Arboretum is always a crowd-pleaser. Over one hundred thousand pumpkins make up the display. It’s a site to see and an excellent place for photo opportunities with the family. Admission Fee + parking. Tickets may be less if bought online.
The Big Orange Pumpkin Farm
Gunter, TX, Grayson County
September 14 – November 27, 2024, daily, 8 am to 8 pm.
In case you don’t know where Gunter, Texas is (I didn’t), it’s near Sherman/Denison.
Preston Trail Farms presents its pumpkin patch and 50 different animals and, of course, all those things that pumpkin patches offer. I’d go to see all those animals!! They also have a store and a cafe—dogs on leashes are welcome. Admission Fee.
Yesterland Farm
Canton, TX
September 21 – November 3, 2024, hours vary – see website
Spooktacular Nights starts 9/28 from dark to 10 pm.
Free Military Weekend Sept. 21 & 22 and November 1-3. Bring your Military ID.
Just east of Dallas – The fall festival at Yesterland Farm will include a corn maze, farm animals, a Texas wall, an amusement park, a pumpkin house, pig races, and more. Also, fireworks on Friday & Saturday nights at 8:30 pm, and pick your own zinnias and sunflowers (Sept only). Admission Fee. Pumpkins range from $1-$20.
Jacksboro Pumpkin Patch
Jacksboro, TX
September 27 – October 27, 2024
Free hay rides, axe throwing, apple cannon, petting zoo, and more. Admission Fee. Jacksboro Pumpkin Patch.
Team Family Farm
September 28 – November 3, 2024, 10 am to 7 pm
Team Family Farm in Aubrey, TX, will offer fun for the whole family at their 9th annual Pumpkin Patch Festival. Admission Fee. No pet. No large coolers. Address: 1042 W Sherman Dr.
• Texas Hill Country
Unland Fall Fest (Formerly Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival)
Dripping Springs, TX
September 28 – October 27, 2024, Saturdays & Sundays
Uhland Fall Fest took over the popular pumpkin festival in Dripping Springs and has a new location in Uhland, TX (25 miles south of Austin and not far from DS.)
There are so many games and activities for kids, like pumpkin painting, pioneer bowling, potato sack racing, face painting, petting zoo, and more. Some cost, and some are free. Lots of food vendors, too. Admission Fee.
Sweet Berry Farm
Marble Falls
September 21 – November 3, 2024
Sweet Berry Farm offers lovely fall activities for the whole family, including pick-your-own flowers and a stuff-a-scarecrow activity. We did both. It was so fun that we ended up going back the next day.
Expect a hayride, a corn maze, pick-your-own zinnias, and more. This is a huge pumpkin Patch – on both sides of the highway. You can stuff a scarecrow for $20 (hopefully, they didn’t go up on the price from 3 years ago when we were there). That was the best twenty bucks I ever spent. Free Admission and parking, however, all activities cost money.
Jenschke Orchards
Fredericksburg, Texas
Come out to see the Jenschke Orchards Giant Corn Maze that spells their name (at least it does on their website)! Fall pumpkin patch activities include corn hole, wagon rides, cowboy roping, farm animals, live music, and more. Admission Fee. No pets. Pick-your-own zinnias and pick-your-own-pumpkins don’t have an admission fee.
• Central Texas
Evergreens Farm Pumpkin Hunt
Elgin, TX
Three weekends starting October 12-27, 2024
Evergreen Farms will host its pumpkin hunt again this year. Extra activities will cost $3.50 each, including the Pumpkin Hunt, which includes a free wagon ride into the Christmas tree fields where mini pumpkins are hidden. Free Admission and parking.
The Robinson Family Farm
Temple, TX
Opens September 28, 2024
Come on out to their Fall Festival and annual Pumpkin Patch, where traditions are made. The Robinson Family Farm. Twenty-plus attractions, including pig races, axe throwing, and many more. Lots of activities for the kiddos. Admission Fee. Tickets are sold online only.
Texas Pumpkin Fest
Leander, Texas (near Austin)
October 4-31, 2024, from 10 am to 9 pm.
Texas Pumpkin Fest 2024 will include a huge pumpkin patch and many activities for the whole family. Admission Fee. Pay a gate only.
• South Texas
Braune Farms (Seguin)
Three Weekends in October from 12 – 4 pm.
Visit their real farm with a real pumpkin patch. Braune Farms Fresh Produce is a working farm that invites you to their place in South Texas. They grow 4 acres of pumpkins, and visitors get a hayride out to the patch, where they get to pick their own pumpkins right off the vine. You’ll find various sizes, shapes, and colors. Also, during the pumpkin patch, kids can enjoy carnival-like games, face painting, corn crip, tube slide, and mini animal barnyard.
• West Texas
Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm
Amarillo, TX
September 21 – November 3, 2024, Saturdays/Sundays
At Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm, you can stroll through the sunflower fields and corn maze and enjoy all the farm’s fun attractions. Admission Fee.
• Gulf Coast
Frobergs Farm
Alvin, TX (30 minutes north of Galveston)
September 21 – November 3, 2024
Pumpkin patch near Houston. Frobergs Farm Annual Corn Maze and Fall Festival
Pick flowers and your favorite pumpkins. There are many activities for everyone here—a bakery, homemade food, and snacks. Admission Fee.
Dewberry Farm
Brookshire, TX
Starting September 14, 2024
Dewberry Farm Fall Festival is 45 minutes from downtown Houston and will be chock-full of fun, flowers, food, and pumpkins, too. Admission Fee. Season passes are available.
P-6 Farms
Montgomery, TX (north of Houston)
Opens September 28
P-6 Farms will offer Instagram fall photos, great food, festive farm offerings, pumpkin picking, and a stroll through the flower fields. There are tons of attractions I’ve never heard of, including frozen cactus juice – this must be good! Cut your own zinnias, cosmos, and sunflowers. Admission Fee. Tickets are sold online only.
Check out all the Texas Fall Festivals we found in our research. You’re Welcome!
Pumpkin Farm Closures in Texas:
Barton Hill Farms in Bastrop, TX, has closed permanently.
The Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch – CLOSED For Good
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