This page provides a detailed list of Colorado's pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hay rides and other Halloween farm stuff!!   Just scroll down this page! Some are farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some are simple roadside stands.  All should have loads of pumpkins to choose from.  To really make it fun for  your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a corn maze, spook house, or hayride.  There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of course, the  more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free. ALWAYS call before you go to confirm all information, they don't always report changes to me!

• What is the history of Halloween?
• Halloween around the world
• How to choose a pumpkin
• How to EASILY carve a beautiful Jack-O-Lantern, fully illustrated!
• How to make a pumpkin pie from an actual pumpkin (it's easy!) 
• Other pumpkin recipes (pie, soup, bread, roasted seeds)
• History of the Jack-o-Lantern
• Tips for a safe and fun Halloween
• Halloween clip art
• Pumpkin Facts and What to do with the pumpkin after Halloween.
• Halloween links to Halloween web sites

On our Pick-your-own website, we also have pages with our own simple instructions on canning, freezing and drying  many other fruits and vegetables, such as  how to make jam, apple butter, applesauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, pickles, ketchup or freezing corn  (these links open new pages, just close them to return here).   Be sure to come back at Christmas if you are looking for a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm!   Look at the bottom of the page for links to resources on home canning, picking tips, recipes, etc..

I'm always looking for more to add and feedback about any patch, stand or farm you have visited, so write me using the Feedback form!  And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please click on Add My Farm!

• To find fruit and vegetable pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farms in Colorado, click here.
• To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms in Colorado, click here.

Colorado's Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, Hay Rides and More, by County

Note: check this year's dates; these are the dates from last year; I haven't found updated information yet.

Adams County

• Murray Farms - corn maze and haunted house
  11010 Havana Street, Brighton, CO 80601. Phone: 303-289-4264. A 15-acre corn maze containing 4 miles of trails. At dusk, find and run the haunted gauntlet (.25 miles). An 11,000 sq. ft haunted house! A tractor-pulled hay ride on Saturday and Sunday, during the day. Click here for FAQs. And PAINTBALL!.  APC will host paintball games Nov. 6, 7, 13, & 14. Call 303-298-8573.  PICNICS are Welcome! Tables are available for your use (first come, first served).  Concessions are available for purchase from the ticket window. RULES: No smoking, no pets, and no alcohol allowed in the corn maze and haunted house. No refunds. Click here for directions.  And click here for a Coupon

Boulder County

• Cottonwood Farms - pumpkins
  7602 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303. Phone: 303-545-2599. Directions: From I-25, Take highway 36 west toward Boulder. Exit at Foothills Parkway, and drive North to Arapahoe Rd. (3rd stoplight). Turn right (east) on Arapahoe, go to 75th street (3.3 miles). Turn right at the Conoco station on 75th Street -- Farm entrance is about 400 feet on the right. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open October. Our hours are: Every day in October, 10am to 6pm Cottonwood Farms is dedicated to sharing agricultural experiences, methods, machinery, and history. Our farm stand provides organic vegetables and our Fall Halloween Festival offers the opportunity to walk through our corn field maze, and to see farm animals and tractors (vintage and current, including our 1906 Case steam tractor), while picking a pumpkin from our pumpkin patch. Amenities include: Straw bale maze, corn maze, assorted pumpkins from mini to giant, gourds, corn stalks, straw bales, Indian corn, pumpkin carving supplies, farm animals, FUN for everyone! FREE admission
• Dexter Farm - Pumpkins
  9307 Valmont Road, Boulder, CO. Phone: (303) 665-3969
• Munson Farms - Pumpkins
  75th Street and Valmont Road, Boulder, CO. Phone: (303) 442-5330
• Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch - Pumpkins
  9057 Ute Hwy. (Colorado 66), Longmont, CO. Phone: (303) 684-0087

• The Great Pumpkin Harvest Festival -
  Four-Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, Denver, CO. Phone: (303) 399-1859, October 3^rd from 10 am to 4pm.  Admission is free. (Not a pick your own) 4-Mile Historic Park.

Fremont County

Jefferson County

• Jackson Farms - Pumpkins
  6025 S. Eaton Lane, Littleton, CO. Phone: (303) 798-2980

• Lucky Bucky's - Pumpkins
  5428 S. County Rd. 3 F, Fort Collins, CO. Phone: (970) 221-5212, call for tours, 

• Sunflower Farms - Pumpkins
  18737 Highway 145, Dolores, CO. Phone: (970) 882-2169, call first

• George DeVries Buffalo Ranch - Pumpkins
  8688 - 60 one quarter Road, Olathe CO. Phone: (970) 323-6559

• Anderson Farms - pumpkins
  6728 WCR 3-one quarter , Erie, CO 80516. Phone: 303-702-1844. Fax: 303-682-9615. Email us at: info@anderfarms.com. Directions: Go to our website for map and driving directions: www.andersonfarms.com/map.htm or Click here for a mapquest map to our farm. We are open October. Our hours are: Every day from September 24 - October 31, 2004 30 acre corn maze, 6.9 miles of trail, wagon rides, huge playground, farm animals, barrel train, human hamster wheels. Tons of fun for all ages.
• Miller Farms - Pumpkins
  9040 Highway 66, Platteville, CO. Phone: (970) 785-6133 or (970) 785-2681
• Tigges Farms - Pumpkins
  12404 W.C.R. 64 1/2, Greeley, CO. Phone: (970) 686-2836 or (970) 686-7863