SoCal pumpkin patches & fall festivals

Laguna Hills

Carnival/harvest vibe with thousands of pumpkins, kiddie rides, pony rides and a petting zoo. CORRECTED 2026-09-15: previously listed as "bulk ticket packs only, per-ticket price not published" — the operator's own site (pumpkincity.com/pumpkin-farm) actually publishes a real general-admission price on top of the separate ride/activity ticket packs ($1.70 each or bulk packs). A 21+ Oktoberfest beer garden runs separate hours.

🗓️ Oct 1–31, 2026 · Mon–Thu 12:30–9pm, Fri–Sun 10am–10pm

💵 Free Mon–Fri before 4pm; otherwise $10 child / $14 adult general admission, plus separate activity-ticket packs · free parking

Irvine

The operator's own site currently shows only a U-pick strawberry program; no 2026 pumpkin-patch dates, hours or pricing are published on manasserofarms.com as of this check. Call (949) 554-5103 to confirm before visiting.

🗓️ 2026 pumpkin season not yet published — check before visiting

San Juan Capistrano

Zoomars rebranded to River Street Ranch as part of the site's redevelopment. The operator's own site currently lists only year-round petting-zoo hours (10am–4pm daily) with no fall or pumpkin program for 2026 — do not assume the old patch is still running. Call (949) 831-6550 to confirm before visiting for Halloween.

🗓️ 2026 fall/pumpkin program not yet published — check before visiting

💵 General admission Adults $16 / Children (3–12) $13 / Seniors $13 — 2026 fall program not yet published

Irvine

Big farm with wagon hayrides, U-pick patch, a weekend Fall Harvest Festival and a pumpkin cannon. Reservations required — book before you drive over. Runs a day longer than most: through Nov 1. Weekend parking $12; pumpkins $1.39/lb. 'Irvine Harvest Heroes' Sept 12 and 'Tanaka Day' Sept 19–20 are the two named events this season.

🗓️ Sept 12–Nov 1, 2026 · daily 9am–6pm in Sept (last entry 5pm)

💵 $23 weekday / $27 weekend · timed entry

Costa Mesa

Tanaka Farms' sister property at 427 Anton Blvd, a separate physical location from the Irvine farm. Reservations required, tickets went on sale Sept 14; weekday parking free, weekend parking $12; cashless payment only on-site. 'Pumpkins & Pups' event Oct 10.

🗓️ Oct 3–Nov 1, 2026 · Wed–Sun 9am–6pm, closed Mon–Tue

💵 $23 weekday / $27 weekend

Orange

Classic patch inside Irvine Regional Park with train rides, hay maze, hayrides and carnival games. Weekdays and the first two weekends (Sept 12–20) need no reservation — pay park entry only, then $8 per activity ticket (or a 15-pack for $100) at the gate. Weekends from Sept 26 to Oct 31 require a separate Pumpkin Patch reservation instead: $16–$22 per person plus a $5 service fee, which is what actually includes patch entry and one train or wagon ride — the $8/15-pack activity tickets are still separate and only cover the other activities (games, cookie decorating, pumpkin decorating) once inside. Park entry itself is a separate County of Orange fee: weekdays $3, weekends $5, holidays $7 per vehicle. Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off Sat Sept 19, 9am, $8,500 in prizes. Confirmed firsthand on a Sept 26 family visit — see our full review on the blog.

🗓️ Sept 12–Oct 31, 2026 (daily) · weekdays 10am–6pm, weekends 8am–6pm

💵 $ paid attractions

Costa Mesa

Run by vendor Seasonal Adventures in Lot C of the OC Fair & Event Center. Inflatable slides, kiddie rides, petting zoo, a train and a squash/gourd farmers market. No pets.

🗓️ Oct 2–31, 2026 · Mon–Thu 4–9pm, Fri 4–10pm, Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 11am–9pm (closes 7pm Oct 31)

Santa Ana

Rides, slides, a petting zoo, games and food at MainPlace Mall, 2800 N Main St. This is the operator's former Westminster Mall location — Westminster Mall itself closed in 2025 and is being demolished — relocated here for 2026. Free parking. Hours for this specific location were not independently confirmed; don't assume they match the operator's other sites.

🗓️ Oct 2–31, 2026

💵 Free Mon–Thu · $5 Fri–Sun (kids under 2 free)

Corona

Rides, games, food and a petting zoo — a separate Riverside County location from the operator's Santa Ana MainPlace Mall site above. Newly added, same as Frosty's Forest above.

🗓️ Oct 2–31, 2026 · closed Mon–Tue except Columbus Day · Wed–Thu 5–9pm, Fri 4–10pm, Sat 12–10pm, Sun 12–9pm

💵 Free Wed–Thu; $5 Fri–Sun (kids under 2 free); free parking

The Pumpkin Patch

Placentia

A long-running Placentia patch marking its 50th anniversary season in 2026. Free parking. The operator publishes an opening day but not a close date, so this does not carry an end date — check before assuming it runs the full month.

🗓️ Opens Oct 7, 2026 — close date not published · Wed–Thu 4–9pm, Fri 4–10pm, Sat 10am–10pm, Sun 11am–8pm, closed Mon–Tue

💵 $2 adults, children free

Temecula

Its Facebook still shows last year's fall sign-off with no 2026 activity. Not confirmed defunct — a Yelp update from May 2026 shows recent reviews — but call before driving out.

🗓️ 2026 dates not published — bighorsecornmaze.com returns an empty page as of this check

💵 $ paid attractions — 2026 details not published

Perris

2025 was the operator's own stated first season, and no 2026 date has been posted. Not confirmed defunct — kept in the catalog rather than deleted — but do not plan around it until a 2026 date appears. Call ahead.

🗓️ 2026 dates not yet published — the operator's own site (iefallfest.com) still shows only 2025 dates as of this check

💵 $ ticketed — 2026 pricing not yet published

Chino

4-acre themed corn maze, corn cob beach, petting zoo, sunflower labyrinth and a photo-op path. Admission includes parking. Newly added — a real 2026 IE research pass found this venue but it never made it into the catalog until now.

🗓️ Sept 25–Oct 31, 2026 · closed Sept 29 and Oct 6 · Mon–Thu 4–9pm, Fri 4–11pm, Sat 10am–11pm, Sun 10am–10pm

💵 Free Mondays; $5 age 15+ Tue–Thu; $10 age 3+ early weekends (Sept 25–27, Oct 2–4); $15 adult/$10 child 3–14 late weekends (Oct 9–31); under 2 free

Brea

No working operator website could be found (the commonly-cited domain does not resolve); only a Facebook presence exists and it did not yield 2026 dates. Call (714) 990-9627 to confirm before visiting.

🗓️ 2026 dates not published — check before visiting

💵 $ paid attractions — unpublished

Menifee

Family-grown pumpkin selection, photo ops, a hay maze and tractor rides through the farm's baby Christmas-tree field. Newly added, same as Frosty's Forest above.

🗓️ Sept 25–Oct 31, 2026 · Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat–Sun 10am–9pm

Temecula

Petting farm with pony rides, gem panning, a train, carnival games and pig races. The operator's site publishes an opening day but not a close date; a third-party listing shows a 'temp. closed' badge that the operator's own current homepage contradicts — going with the operator's own page.

🗓️ Opens Sept 19, 2026 (30th season) — close date not published · Mon–Fri 10am–8pm (attractions from 4pm weekdays, 10am weekends), Sat–Sun 9am–8pm

💵 $2/person weekday, $4/person weekend (under 2 free)

Pomona

A ticketed, capacity-limited event on the university's Kellogg Ranch farm — U-pick fields, corn maze, an insect fair and food. 'Usually sells out', per the operator; gate sales open until 6pm daily as capacity allows.

🗓️ Weekends Oct 10–31, 2026, plus a Preview Night Oct 8 · Sat–Sun 10am–7pm, closed Mon–Fri

💵 Ticketed — price shown only in the booking flow; parking $5 weekends

Long Beach

A 40-year community-benefit patch with rides and games; reservations no longer required, pay at the door. No separate parking fee — use the mall's lot. The operator publishes an opening day but not a close date.

🗓️ Opens Oct 1, 2026 — close date not published · weekdays 4–9pm, weekends 10am–9pm

💵 Adults $5, children (4–12) $3, under 3 free

Carlsbad

Tractor rides, a haunted corn maze (Fri/Sat in October, $25 add-on), marigold fields and farm animals. Walk-in only — tickets sold on-site, no advance booking. Also runs a 'Jurassic Fright' animatronic exhibit.

🗓️ Sept 14–Nov 8, 2026 · Sept daily 9am–6pm, Oct Sun–Thu 9am–6pm, Fri–Sat 9am–10pm

💵 $20 Sept & Oct weekdays / $25 Oct weekends; season pass (weekdays only) $100

Redlands

Big gated patch with 44+ games/rides, a petting zoo, train and U-pick pumpkins. Mostly an evening venue: Mon–Thu 4–9pm, Fri 4–10pm, Sat 10am–10pm, Sun 10am–9pm. Dark on several days in late Sept and early Oct — check before driving.

🗓️ Sept 17–Nov 2, 2026 · closed Sept 21–23, 28–29 and Oct 5–6

💵 Ticketed by age (3–10 and 11+); price shown only as an image on the operator's site

Valley Center

Marquee SD patch with hayrides, a straw maze, pony rides and a petting zoo. Parking free on weekdays, $10/vehicle the last weekend of September and all October weekends. Extended 'Fall Friday Festival' hours (to 6:30pm) on Oct 9, 16 and 23.

🗓️ Sept 17–Oct 31, 2026 · Sept 9am–5pm daily, Oct weekdays 9am–5:30pm, Oct weekends 8:30am–6pm

Greenspot Farms

Mentone

28-acre farm with a hay maze, inflatable corn maze, horse rides and a petting zoo. Haunted Hayride add-on starts Oct 9. The operator publishes an opening day but not a close date.

🗓️ Opens Oct 1, 2026 — close date not published · daily 9am–6pm

Arcadia

Two weekends only, in the infield at Santa Anita Park racetrack — not a month-long patch. Trackless train $5, pony rides $8, face painting $7, carnival games $2. CORRECTED 2026-09-20: previously listed as a single Oct 25–26 weekend in OC; the track's own page lists these two weekends and Arcadia is in LA County.

🗓️ Sat–Sun, Oct 24–25 and Oct 31–Nov 1, 2026 · gates 11am (Oct) / 10am (Nov 1), ends 6pm / 5pm

💵 $5 adult admission (includes parking); pumpkins $3–$10, wristband for inflatables & straw maze $10; activity packs from $16.54 early-bird through Oct 15 ($27.04 after)

Del Mar

At the Del Mar Fairgrounds' East parking lot. No published scheduling conflict with other October fairgrounds events, but expect more general traffic on their event weekends.

🗓️ Sept 25–Oct 31, 2026 · Mon–Thu 10am–7pm, Fri–Sat 9am–9pm, Sun 9am–7pm

SkyPark at Santa's Village — Pumpkins in the Pines

Skyforest

Mountain theme-park fall weekends with a park-wide patch, a giant pumpkin weigh-in and a puppet show. The operator's own page only says 'Saturdays and Sundays in October' without listing which ones — a third-party listing claims Oct 5–27 but that is not on the operator's own page, so it is not carried here as fact.

🗓️ Saturdays & Sundays in October 2026 — exact start/end dates not itemized by the operator

💵 Included with a Day Ticket or Annual Pass — a la carte price not published

Culver City

Upscale patch with life-size pumpkin houses, a hay maze, petting zoo and giant slides. Timed pricing varies a lot by date — Oct 2 opening is $10, peak weekends like Oct 17–18 run $25. Buy tickets online to guarantee entry; parking cost not published.

🗓️ Oct 2–31, 2026

💵 $10–$25 depending on date/time slot

Escondido

13421 Highland Valley Road, Escondido — the North County / Rancho Bernardo-area Pumpkin Station location.

🗓️ Sept 25–Oct 31, 2026 · Sept 25–Oct 8 9am–6pm, Oct 9–31 9am–7pm

Ramona

Mountain-town patch with a giant corn maze, corn cannon and farm animals. Pony rides all day on weekends, 3–6pm on weekdays (none Mon/Tue); hayrides weekends only.

🗓️ Sept 26–Oct 31, 2026 · daily 9am–6pm

Tapia Brothers Farm

Encino

No operator-owned website could be located, only an unresponsive Facebook page — every specific date, hour and price previously published for this listing traced back to third-party aggregators, not the farm itself. Confirm directly before visiting.

🗓️ 2026 dates not published — check before visiting

💵 $ paid attractions — unpublished

San Diego

Pumpkinstation.com's current navigation lists only four 2026 locations (Del Mar, Bonita, National City, Rancho Bernardo) and does not include a dedicated Mission Valley page, though the location is still mentioned in older party-package copy and shows recent activity on Yelp. Call (858) 566-7466 to confirm this location is operating before visiting.

🗓️ 2026 status not confirmed on the operator's own site — call before visiting

San Diego

Urban Liberty Station patch with 10,000+ pumpkins, photo ops and lawn games; a Tap Truck and hand-tossed pizza run Fri–Sun. Free parking in the Cushing Road lot by Sea Hive. These dates were reached via a cached view of the operator's own site rather than a clean direct fetch — worth a follow-up confirmation.

🗓️ Sept 18–Oct 31, 2026 (re-verify directly before relying on this) · Sun–Thu 9am–8pm, Fri–Sat 9am–9pm

Lakeside

Family patch with a hay maze, petting corral, hayride and a climbable 'Cottonseed Mountain.' Open Thursday through Saturday only — not daily. All ticketing is online and reservation-based, per the operator.

🗓️ Sept 26–Oct 31, 2026 · Thu–Sat 9am–8pm (not open daily)

💵 Not published; wagon ride add-on $5/person

Forneris Farms

Mission Hills

Valley patch with a tractor-pulled train through sunflowers; cash only, confirmed on the operator's own site. No corn maze in 2026 (a change from prior years). Exact open/close dates and pricing are not published — only 'October 2026' is stated.

🗓️ October 2026 — exact dates not published

💵 Not published · cash only

Pierce College Pumpkin Patch

Woodland Hills

Run by vendor Seasonal Adventures. Pumpkins, gourds and decor plus ticket bundles for rides, a petting zoo and obstacle courses.

🗓️ Oct 1–31, 2026 · Mon–Thu 4–9pm, Fri 4–10pm, Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 11am–9pm

💵 Free parking; ticket pricing not published on this page

National City

3030 Plaza Bonita Rd, National City — serves South Bay San Diego.

🗓️ Sept 25–Oct 31, 2026 · Mon–Fri 3–9pm, Sat–Sun 11am–9pm

Bonita

5354 Sweetwater Rd, Bonita — serves the East County / South Bay border.

🗓️ Sept 25–Oct 31, 2026 · Sept 25–Oct 8 9am–6pm, Oct 9–31 9am–9pm

Agoura Hills

Two Agoura Hills lots (Roadside Dr and Kanan Rd). The operator's own site does not publish specific 2026 open/close dates, and its listed phone contact currently reads 'under construction'.

🗓️ 2026 season dates not published

Santa Clarita

Bouquet Canyon farm with a pumpkin patch, horseback rides, pig races, wagon rides and a straw-bale maze. No dogs except ADA service animals.

🗓️ Sept 26–Nov 1, 2026 · patch open Tue–Sun 9am–6pm, closed Mondays

Moorpark

50-acre Fall Harvest Festival with a giant patch, tractor rides, animal shows and themed weekends, including an All About Pumpkins Weekend Oct 24–25. CORRECTED 2026-09-15: previously listed as $8 weekday / $12 weekend with a note dismissing $16–$38 third-party figures as wrong — that was backwards. The operator's own site (underwoodfamilyfarms.com/admission-and-tickets) confirms $16–$38 is correct; $8/$12 was the error. Weekday admission is gate-only; weekend is online-only, advance purchase.

🗓️ Sept 26–Oct 31, 2026 · daily 9am–6pm

💵 Weekday $16 at the gate; weekend (online only) $25–30 presale for Sept 26–27 & Oct 3–4, then $34 for Oct 10–11, 17–18, 24–25 & 31 ($38 day-of if available); under 2 and parking free

Camarillo · Farm/ranch

Five-acre corn maze, hay rides, a bounce house and weekend live music. Tickets required for guests 6 and up; bring ID for discounted rates. Daily hours were not independently confirmed from the operator directly — treat published hour ranges as tentative.

🗓️ Sept 18–Oct 31, 2026

💵 Weekday (Wed–Fri) $15 / Weekend $20; seniors/military/first-responders $10 with ID; 5 and under free

Underwood Family Farms — Somis (year-round farm market)

Somis

This is a year-round farm market, not a dated pumpkin-patch festival — Underwood's own site does not publish a separate fall season for Somis, and the Fall Harvest Festival link on their site points only to Moorpark. Pumpkins are sold here in season as part of the regular farm-stand offering, U-pick berries and animals included, but do not expect Moorpark's rides, hayrides or festival programming.

🗓️ Open daily year-round, 9am–6pm (5pm from Nov 1) — no separate ticketed pumpkin season like Moorpark's

Santa Paula · Farm/ranch

The dedicated fall-fest page on the operator's site returned a 404, and their location page still displayed 2025 dates at the time of this check. Confirm current 2026 dates directly before publishing or visiting.

🗓️ 2026 dates not confirmed — the operator's own pages showed stale 2025 content or a 404 as of this check

💵 $ ticketed — 2026 price not confirmed

Ventura · Farm/ranch

The pumpkin patch trades under this name in Ventura — a different city and business from the McGrath Family Farm produce stand in Camarillo, which has no pumpkin-patch page at all. No operator website with 2026 dates could be found for the Ventura patch; third-party sites list it as 'TBD for 2026'. Confirm by phone before visiting.

🗓️ 2026 dates not published — check before visiting

💵 $ tour ~$4/person + U-pick — unconfirmed for 2026

Ventura

Big-tent pumpkin lot in the Pacific View Mall area; plenty of free parking and covered outdoor space. The same family runs a Christmas-tree lot here later in the year.

🗓️ Sept 30–Oct 31, 2026 · Mon–Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 10am–9pm (closes 6pm Halloween)

Ojai

The dedicated patch site had an SSL certificate mismatch that blocked verification at the time of this check; the restaurant's own site confirms the patch runs each October in the field behind Boccali's but gives no specific dates. Confirm directly before visiting.

🗓️ 2026 dates not independently confirmed — a technical access issue blocked verification