Autumn brings harvest festivities of all sorts, including pumpkin patches and corn mazes popping up in cities and towns across the Bay Area. ABC Tree Farms alone accounts for 19, but there are many more.
There’s still plenty of time to search for the perfect gourd this weekend while having fun with the kids at one of the many local pumpkin patches. Many offer giant slides, jump houses, corn mazes, train rides, petting zoos, pony rides, games and snacks.
Our photojournalists checked out a sampling of them around the Bay including the Speer Family Farms Pumpkin Patch in Alameda, Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Queens Pumpkin Patch in Saratoga and the Shadelands Ranch Pumpkin Patch in Walnut Creek.
Click here to learn about more pumpkin patches in your area and Happy Halloween to all of our readers!
Quinn Price, 1, is more interested in what’s inside “Big Ben” than posing for a photograph for her mother Mary Price of San Francisco, while dad Taylor Price smiles for a photograph at the Alameda Point Pumpkin Farm in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Molly Petreas, 7, of Oakland, grimaces as she attempts to lift a pumpkin at the Alameda Point Pumpkin Farm in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Her mom told her if she can lift it she can bring it home. If not, it stays because she would have to carry it to school to decorate it for a class project. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Bob Avirett, 3, of Berkeley, and his sister Magnolia, 4, show their snow cones to their mom as they pose for a photograph for their father while at the Alameda Point Pumpkin Farm in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) A miniature train zips past a pumpkin patch while at the Alameda Point Pumpkin Farm in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Katy Thompson ,4, left, poses at a Halloween display as Josh Thompson, right, looks on during a visit to a pumpkin patch on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Walnut Creek, Calif. Warm weather is forecast across the Bay Area over the next couple of days. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) Juliette Pulido, 7, of Monte Sereno puts dried corn kernels on a pumpkin while playing with her friend at Queens Pumpkin Patch on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Saratoga, Calif. Queens Pumpkin Patch offers various children’s attractions including a corn maze, pumpkin slingshot, rock climbing, bumper boats and a petting zoo. They also offer free movie nights on Fridays. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Children walk in a corn maze at Queens Pumpkin Patch on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Saratoga, Calif. Queens Pumpkin Patch offers various children’s attractions including a corn maze, pumpkin slingshot, rock climbing, bumper boats and a petting zoo. They also offer free movie nights on Fridays. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) A vintage truck heavily-ladened with pumpkins parks alongside busy Fitzgerald Road at LJB Farms in San Martin, Calif., where the autumn harvest is in full swing. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Eve King juggles pumpkins as her son Desmond, 2, looks on at ABC Tree Farms & Pick of the Patch in San Lorenzo, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Patrons check out the pumpkins and slides at ABC Tree Farms & Pick of the Patch in San Lorenzo, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Javier Barajas, 2, checks out the pumpkins at ABC Tree Farms & Pick of the Patch in San Lorenzo, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Elijah Thai, 1, checks out the pumpkins at ABC Tree Farms & Pick of the Patch in San Lorenzo, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Isavel Munoz and her daughter Lila, 4, check out pumpkins at ABC Tree Farms & Pick of the Patch in San Lorenzo, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Visitors pick out their pumpkins at Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Evan Benshoof, right, and his twin brother Ryan, 9, of Livermore, pick out pumpkins at Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Levi Pilkington, 5, of Livermore, second from left, and other children ride the train at Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) People take photos as they pick out their pumpkins at Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Lu, a three-year-old Jack Russell terrier, explores at Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Kids play on a tree limb at Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
