SoCal pumpkin patches & fall festivals

Pumpkin City

Laguna Hills

Carnival/harvest vibe with thousands of pumpkins, kiddie rides, pony rides and a petting zoo.

🗓️ Late Sept–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Manassero Farms

Irvine

Relaxed farm-stand patch with a playground, photo ops and a Halloween boutique.

🗓️ ~Sept 23–Oct 31

Zoomars Petting Zoo Pumpkin Patch

San Juan Capistrano

Petting zoo with pony rides, a train and a guinea-pig area plus a small, charming pumpkin patch.

🗓️ ~Sept 23–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Tanaka Farms

Irvine

Big farm with wagon hayrides, U-pick patch, a weekend Fall Harvest Festival and a pumpkin cannon.

🗓️ Mid Sept–Oct 31

💵 $$ ticketed

Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch

Orange

Classic patch with train rides, hay maze, hayrides and carnival games; October weekend reservations required.

🗓️ Mid Sept–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Big Horse Corn Maze & Harvest Festival

Temecula

Weekend harvest fest with a big corn maze, hayride, corn cannon and pillow jump.

🗓️ Late Sept–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Inland Empire Fall Festival

Perris

Evening festival with a spooky trail, hay maze, giant slide, movies and themed food.

🗓️ Oct 9–Nov 1

💵 $$ ticketed

Enchanted Country Pumpkins

Brea

Suburban pick-your-own with inflatables, carnival games, baby chicks and a petting zoo.

🗓️ Early Oct–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Peltzer Pumpkin Farm

Temecula

Petting farm with pony rides, gem panning, a train, carnival games and pig races.

🗓️ Late Sept–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival

Pomona

One of LA's biggest patches — U-pick fields, corn maze, an insect fair and food on a university farm.

🗓️ Weekends Oct 4–26

💵 $$ ticketed

Pa's Pumpkin Patch

Long Beach

A 40-year country-fair patch with rides, games and pumpkins; a community-benefit operation.

🗓️ October

💵 $ paid attractions

Carlsbad Strawberry Company

Carlsbad

Tractor rides, a haunted corn maze, marigold fields and farm animals.

🗓️ ~Sept–Nov 3

💵 $ paid attractions

Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch

Redlands

Big gated patch with 44+ games/rides, a petting zoo, train and U-pick pumpkins.

🗓️ Late Sept–Oct 31

💵 $$ ticketed

Bates Nut Farm

Valley Center

Marquee SD patch with hayrides, a straw maze, pony rides and a petting zoo; weekend fall festivals.

🗓️ ~Sept 18–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Greenspot Farms

Mentone

28-acre farm with a hay maze, inflatable corn maze, horse rides and a petting zoo.

🗓️ Late Sept–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions

Los Rios Rancho

Oak Glen

SoCal's largest apple farm (since 1906) — U-pick apples, cider, BBQ and a harvest store.

🗓️ Labor Day–Thanksgiving

Snow-Line Orchard

Oak Glen

Famous for raspberry picking, mini apple-cider donuts and wine tasting.

🗓️ Sept–Nov

Riley's Farm

Oak Glen

Working apple orchard and living-history farm with U-pick fruit, a cider press and dinner theater.

🗓️ Sept–Nov (apple season)

💵 $$ ticketed

Pumpkin Station — Del Mar

Del Mar

Fairgrounds location with rides, slides and a petting zoo; free admission and parking.

🗓️ Sept 26–Oct 31

SkyPark at Santa's Village — Fall

Skyforest

Mountain theme-park fall weekends with a park-wide patch, pumpkin painting and puppet shows.

🗓️ Oct 11–26

💵 $$ ticketed

Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch

Culver City

Upscale patch with life-size pumpkin houses, a hay maze, petting zoo and giant slides; buy tickets ahead.

🗓️ ~Oct 4–Oct 31

💵 $$ ticketed

Mountain Valley Ranch

Ramona

Mountain-town patch with a giant corn maze, corn cannon and farm animals.

🗓️ ~Sept 27–Oct 31

💵 $ paid attractions