2024 Northern central Indiana, South Bend - Elkhart, etc Pumpkin Patches And More.org

Looking for a local pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayride, gourds and other Halloween activities in Northern central Indiana, South Bend - Elkhart, etc? Scroll down this page and you will see the all of those in Northern central Indiana, South Bend - Elkhart, etc, sorted by county. 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. Most 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 the info, they don't always report changes to me!

And if you know of one I missed and want to add it or correct the information, please let me know! If you are looking for pumpkin weigh-offs and the US and world's largest pumpkins, see this page! Want to do a fundraiser selling pumpkins? See this page! There are affiliate links on this page. Read our disclosure policy to learn more.

New for this year, see our Top Ten list of best pumpkins to make pumpkin pies and for baking and cooking. Also, our Master List of 100 Varieties of Pumpkins for every purpose. Then see this page for our easy pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin recipe.

New! We just went live with our latest website, FunFactoryTours.com - As they name implies, you can find a fun factory tour, including chocolate, automobiles, historical forts and sites, famous buildings, active Federal facilities like dams, a mint, NASA, even fun geology: like fossils and volcanic areas They're fun, inexpensive and educational! And for road trips and camping, see RoadTrippingAndCamping.com

Updates for December 2024

Get out to the corn mazes and pumpkin patches!  Most close either at Halloween or a week later! The world's best pumpkin pie recipe is here, and the pie crust recipe is here! And we have home canning, preserving, drying and freezing directions. You can access many pumpkin and other recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search.  If you are looking for pick your own apples with pumpkins and often also fun activities, see this page.

After Halloween, find a Christmas tree at a local Christmas tree farm (and enjoy a bonfire, smore, hot chocolate and free hayrides, and often Santa visits! And next Spring, you'll want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt - see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me! And Find a a local farm market here

Pumpkin Patch Listings, by county

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Elkhart County

• Amish Acres Reservation Center - Fall Festival, pumpkins
  1600 West Market Street, Nappanee, IN 46550. Phone: 800-800-4942, International 001-574- 773-4188. Group, Lodging and Theatre Reservations: [email protected]. Free pumpkins for the kids with haywagon ride tickets! Weekend activities include apple butter boiling, cider pressing demos, marshmallow roasting, and harvest market with freshly baked apple treats. The only Old Order Amish farmstead listed in the National Register of Historic Places educates and entertains through historic interpretation, live musical theatre, country dining, quaint shops, and country inns. Come for dinner, the day, or spend some nights. (more) (packages & hours).
• Kercher's Sunrise Orchards Farm Market - pumpkins, Pick-your-own apples, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, Cider mill with fresh apple cider made on the premises, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, school tours
  19498 CR 38 , Goshen, IN 46526. Phone: 574-533-6311. Fax: 574-533-1685. Email: [email protected]. Directions: 1/4 mile west of State Road 15 on CR 38(Kercher Rd)19498 CR 38, Goshen, IN 46526. Click here for a map and directions. Crops are usually available in May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Open: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday 8:30 am to 4 pm, open Sundays in September and October 12 pm to 5 pm. Morel mushrooms are available in May. Sweet Cherries and tart cherries mid June to early July. U-Pick Apples- Late August to late October. U-Pick Pumpkins and Hayrides, every weekend from the last weekend of September through the last weekend in October. Harvest festival the first weekend in October. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. Specializing in homemade and locally grown Indiana products, including fruits and vegetables. The best darn cider and apple butter anywhere...that's what all of our customers tell us anyway!!! Fruit baskets beautifully designed with the best of the years fruits topped off with nuts and candies, little jars of jam or apple butter cheese, fudge and caramel apple dip, wrapped in cellophane and topped off with a festive bow.
• Knollbrook Farm - corn maze, pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, petting zoo
  15463 County Road 46, Goshen, IN 46526. Phone: 574-831-3090. Fax: 574-831-4020-Directions: State Road 15 4 1/2 miles south of Goshen, IN to New Paris. Turn East (right) on CR 46(Market Street). Go 3 1/2 miles East on CR 46. Farm is located on CR 46, between CR 31 and CR 33. North side of Road. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: Weekends: Fridays 4 to 8 pm, Saturdays 11 am to 8 pm, and Sundays 1 to 6 pm. Weekday hours available for school tours and groups by appointment. Corn maze and pumpkin patch open Weekends September 9- October 31 Weekday school tours and group outings scheduled by appointment. Payment: Cash, only.
• The Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, wagon rides, Turkeys (organic, not-hormone-fed), restrooms, picnic area, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, school tours
  58095 County Road 105, Elkhart, IN 46516. Phone: 419 707 0024. Open: September 15 through October 31; 8 am to 8 pm; call before you go - I haven't had an update from them in several years. Directions: 20 bypass to state road 19 and go north to Mishawaka road and go east to county road 105 and go south one quarter mile and we will be on the right. Click here for a map and directions. free corn maze, gem mining, feed the animals;;; deer, goats, turkeys, cows, ponies; pony rides; family fun. Payment: Cash, Check.

Kosciusko County

La Porte County

• Blank's Nursery, Garden & Pet Center - u-pick pumpkins
  0448 E. 500 S., LaPorte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-393-5414. Thursday and Friday from 11 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday, 9 am to 5:30 pm, or by appointment.
• Coulters' Produce - u-pick pumpkins
  5433 S. U.S. 421., Westville, IN 46391. Phone: 219-785-2406. Open daily from 8 am to 6 pm. Directions: Located on U.S. 421 one half mile south of Westville. South of the toll road and 94. E-mail: [email protected].
• Fischer Farm - corn maze, pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, horse-drawn hay rides,
  2400 North Fail Road, Laporte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-362-8661. Email: [email protected]. Directions: 2400 N. Fail Road, between highways 2 and 20, LaPorte. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: 9 am to dark daily. Payment: Cash, only. We sell sweetcorn the month of August. Picked fresh daily.
• Garwood Orchards & Farm Markets - pumpkins, Pick-your-own apples, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, horse-drawn hay rides, wagon rides, Cider mill with fresh apple cider made on the premises, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, birthday parties, school tours
  5911 W. 50 South, Laporte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-362-4385. Fax: 219-324-4803. Email: [email protected]. Directions: From I94 or I80/90 take highway 421 South towards Westville Indiana, turn east on highway 2 towards LaPorte, Indiana. After about 6 miles, turn left at County Road 500 West. There will be a Gas Station on the corner and you will see a Garwood Sign. Continue on 500 West over the RR tracks to 50 South where you will see another Garwood sign, turn left to our Farm Market and UPick. Open: Daily 8 am to 7 pm *CALL FIRST in November/December as closing time May be earlier. Strawberries: June, Blackberries and Raspberries (Red and Black): July and August, Apples, Pumpkins and Fall Raspberries: September and October; Market open daily from April thru Christmas; Cherries available for UPick beginning in 2009. Click here for picking updates. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. (UPDATED: October 17, 2017, JBS)
• Guse Christmas Trees, LLC & Guse CornMaze, LLC - UPDATE for 2019, Their website/Facebook page says they no longer have pumpkins, a corn maze or Hallowwen events -
  14685 South 600 West, Wanatah, IN 46390. Phone: 219-733-9346. Email: [email protected]. We have discontinued our Cornmaze & Pumpkin Patch
• Merrie Acres - Trick-or-treating, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, Fall festival, cow train rides, corn maze, haunted corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, pig races, tractor-pulled hay rides, Bounce house, gift shop, restrooms, Bouncy castle, birthday parties, school tours
  2900 S US 35, Laporte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-369-6088. Email: [email protected]. Open: October 1 to 30, Friday 1to 6, Saturday 10 to 6, Sunday 12 to 6, Last ticket sold 1 hour before closing. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: From Chicago: 94 East toward Indiana to exit 40A W US-20/US-35 toward LaPorte/South Bend then take the first right on US-35 it will be 11 miles on the right From South Bend: 90 West toward Chicago to exit 49 IN-39 toward LaPorte continue on it will turn into US-35 it will be on the right. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard. 7 Acre Interactive Corn Maze, Fortune Finger Maze, Joe's Wild Slides, Straw Tower, Betsy's Cow Train, Porkies Pig Races, Corn Box, Checkers, Kiddy land, and Laser Tag. School Groups by appointment on Monday to Thursday (weather permitting).
• Todd's Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins
  4646 N. Cougar Rd, New Carlisle, IN 46552. Phone: (574) 654-3714. We are a small pumpkin patch with a down home feel. We take great pride in our selection of carving/unique pumpkins along with a variety of gourds, squash. (ADDED: October 07, 2017, JBS)

Marshall County

St. Joseph County

• Matthys Farm Market - pumpkins, pumpkin patch, hay rides, corn maze, petting zoo.
  57754 Crumstown Highway, South Bend, IN 46619. Phone: 574-287-1935. Email: [email protected]. Matthys Farm Market will be open for field trips from September 19 - October 30! Children will take a tractor-drawn hayride to a corn maze and pumpkin patch where they will pick out their own pumpkin. Afterwards classes can enjoy the petting zoo and playground with picnic pavilion and take home a bag of goodies to remember their day at Matthys'. Farm. For Reservations please call.
• Stanton Road Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field,
  26390 Stanton Rd, Walkerton, IN 46574. Phone: 574-656-3927. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 7 am to 6 pm, September 1 to October 31. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: August 25, 2015)
• Thistleberry Farm - corn (sweet), pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, pony rides, petting zoo
  61391 Mayflower Rd, South Bend, IN 46614. Phone: 574-289-0164. Email us at: [email protected]. Directions: SW of South Bend. 4 miles West of US 31. Located between Kern Rd and Roosevelt Rd. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: Fridays, 4 pm to 8 pm; Saturdays, 10 am to 8 pm; Sundays, 1 pm to 4:30 pm Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.

Starke County

• Yellow River Farms - corn maze, pumpkins, gift shop, concession stand (drinks, snacks and/or food), pumpkin patch in the field, pumpkins (brought in from the field), tours of the operation, school tours
  8435 E State Road 8, IN 46534. Phone: 574-772-2581. Open: daily 8:30 to 5:30 pm . Directions: Call for directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard . A hay maze for kids, a large cornbox with corn kernels instead of sand, kiddie train, pumpkin cannon, tube slide, hay rides, apple cider, potatos, onions, green beans, sweetcorn & more
  A visitor writes on October 27, 2013: "We love this place. We go there every year, even when I was a kid"

Halloween Costumes

Here are some of the most popular Halloween costumes for children this year. For more choices, see our Halloween costumes pages.

• Inflatable Riding Dinosaur Costume for Adults - everyone LOVES this costume. It's a hit where ever you go!
• Harry Potter Costume Kids Plush Robe - With a hood, one for each house, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hogwarts
• Wizard Robe Cloak Halloween costume for Kids
• Girl's Sparkle Princess Costume - In pink, for small girls
• Sew your own Halloween Costumes with Patterns from the Singer Sewing Reference Library
• Pizza Costume for Kids - A giant slice of pizza Halloween Costume for Children and Teens
• Easy Halloween Costumes for Children - Miniature patterns for 3 to 12 year old children, just enlarge and use
  

 

 

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