Find a local pumpkin patch here!

Looking for a local pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayride, gourds and other Halloween activities in Southwestern Louisiana? Scroll down this page and you will see the all of those in Southwestern Louisiana, 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 March 2024

Most pumpkin patches and corn mazes usually open by mid September, some earlier! You may also like a local zombie event or Zombie Paintball!. 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.

NOTE: Many farms went out of business in the past 2 years and others are dropping their websites and switching to Facebook pages thus breaking all links to them. If a link is broken please click the "click here to report a broken link or blank page" so we can find the replacement link! Thanks!

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

Click on Resources above, if you need a county map

Allen Parish

  • Grant Christmas Tree Farm, Inc. - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, Bathrooms, Gift Shop,
    17030 Hwy. 10, Pitkin, LA 70656. Phone: 318-634-3408. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Saturday 8 to 6; Sunday 12-6 pm. Directions: Midway between DeRidder & Oberline on Hwy. 377 (716 Whittaker Road). Pumpkins are available October 14th through Thanksgiving. We have several varieties and sizes for your perfect mix. Prices range from $3-$20 depending on size and variety. The Fall Harvest Festival takes place on the three Saturdays following Thanksgiving day. The dates for 2017 are Nov 25th, Dec 2nd, & Dec 9th. This is a time to load up the family and spend a day “down on the farm”. While you are visiting us, you will see the donkey working an old time cane press. Here you can learn about the process of extracting the juice from the sugar cane in preparation to make syrup. Just steps away is the outdoor syrup mill where the juice is boiling over a roaring fire with a sweet aroma that fills the air. Once you have learned about the syrup cooking and have become hungry from the sweet smell, take a trip to the kitchen. We serve homemade biscuits, syrup, sausage and milk gravy. We also offer a barbecue sandwich. After feeling like you have been to grandma's house you can return to the outdoors and listen to some bluegrass and gospel music or take your children to the petting zoo. Click here for our Facebook page.
    (UPDATED: September 22, 2017) (UPDATED: December 02, 2015, JBS)

Avoyelles Parish

Beauregard Parish

  • CM Farms LLC - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, cow train / barrel train rides, corn maze, haunted corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, pig races, goat walk, tractor-pulled hay rides, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, inflatables/bounce house, jumping pillow, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations
    252 Cm Farms Road, Dry Creek, LA 70637. Phone: 337-328-8916. Email: [email protected]. Open: October hours: Friday nights - 6 pm to 11 pm and Saturdays - 10 am to 11 pm November hours: Saturdays - 10 am to 9 pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: If using a GPS, put in 200 John Broussard Road Dry Creek, LA 70637. The GPS system does not recognize that we changed the road name to CM Farms road 3 years ago. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Click here for our Facebook page. We have 40+ activities, attractions, several mazes, live entertainment options and more! It’s too much for just one day — gosh! You’ll have to come back and visit us again! Jumping Pillow, BeeLine (100 lb weight limit), Animal Barrel Train, Wagon Ride, Animal Barn, TetherBall Courts, Black Mamba Swing, Horseshoe Ring Toss, Nerf Gun Wars, Boar’s Nest, , Tire Pyramids, Dirt Mountain Slide, Digger Sand Box, Old Bull Wagon slides, Farm Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe, Wagon Basketball, Corn Hole Game, Turkey Town, Corn Barn, , Peacock Palooza, Bouncy Ball Corral, Corn Ball, Rubber Duck Races, Duck Dynasty, Roping Barrel, Hen House, Bunnyville, Lotsa Photo Props. (UPDATED: October 19, 2020 JBS)
  • Crooked Pines Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field,
    Hwy 190, Ragley, LA 70657. Phone: 337-725-4223. Open: October 1 to 31, on Saturdays, from 8:30 am to 4 pm (depending on weather); and we may open more week days - call!. Directions: Hwy 190 located 1.5 miles from Hwy 171 going east Next to Ragley U.S. Post Office (east side). For a map to our farm, click here. Payment: Cash, only. We will be adding a web page with maps , business hours , and types of pumpkins. I am interested in commercial sales, also.

Calcasieu Parish

  • Moss Bluff United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins
    735 Sam Houston Jones Parkway, Moss Bluff, LA 70611. Phone: 337-855-6241. Open: October 10 through October 31, 2010; Patch hours are weekdays from 3 pm to 6:30 pm; Saturday from 9 am to 6:30 pm and Sunday from noon to 6:30 pm. Proceeds from this year's patch will go to the SWLA Methodist Children's Home. Large variety of sizes, shapes and prices of pumpkins for sale, along with gourds and Indian Corn. Our patch is decorated for the perfect fall photo opportunities and the public is encouraged to bring their cameras. Opening Day activities will include "Howdy" the clown, jolly jumpers, face painting, music, a bake sale & for a nominal fee Natchitoches meat pies, hot links, popcorn & soft drinks. All proceeds from pumpkin sales go to various local missions. Admission is free. Look for the green fence! For more info call 337-855-6241 weekdays from 8 am to noon.
  • St. Luke Simpson Methodist Church - pumpkin patch on the church lawn
    1500 Country Club Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605. Phone: 337-474-1500. Open: Monday thru Saturday from 10:30 AM to 6 PM, and on Sunday from 11:00 to 4 PM. On October 8th, our first delivery of our great pumpkins will be ready for shoppers. Mark your calendars for early viewing of the enormous selection and varieties arriving to our site. The fundraising project is sponsored by the Missions Committee, and the proceeds will be used to fund. For more information about the great activities happening at St. Luke Simpson Methodist Church, visit our website.
    A visitor writes on October 13, 2012: "In addition to selling pumpkins of all sizes, color, and variety, we offer decorative hay bales. Feel free to take pictures, browse, or sit and visit in our beautiful Fall setting. Did you know these fun facts about pumpkins? Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A. Pumpkin flowers are edible. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake. In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling. Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites. The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds

Cameron Parish

Evangeline Parish

  • Faubourg Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, porta-potties, picnic area (bring your own food), farm animals, school tours
    2043 Faubourg Rd, Ville Platte, LA 70586. Phone: 337-360-1341. Alternate Phone: 337-363-3969. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Friday 8 am to 12:30 pm for school visits Weekends - drive up and ask October 1st to November 1st. Directions: Directions: highway 363 Located close to Ville Platte. Near the Grand Prairie area. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Many great photo opportunities Mini-science lesson given.

Jefferson Davis Parish

Lafayette Parish

Rapides Parish

  • Midnight Productions - corn maze
    7600 Hwy 71 South, Alexandria, LA. Phone: 318-641-1146. Phone: 318-542-1021. Phone: 318-793-8112. Fax: 318-641-1146. Email: [email protected]. Directions: From Alexandria, two miles past I-49 on the left. Open: October 3rd, 2008 to November 1st, 2008, Friday 6-10 pm and Saturday 6-10 pm and close from Sunday through Thursday. Last person enters maze at posted closing time.

St. Landry Parish

Vermilion Parish

Vernon Parish

  • Anderson Farms - follows organic methods, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
    400 Slagle Road, Leesville, LA 71446. Phone: 337-208-7107. Fax: 337-239-0066. Email: [email protected]. Directions: We are located 1.5 miles east from the intersection of Hwy 171 and Hwy 468. Also may see mapquest, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, October, November. Open: Monday to Friday 3 pm to 6 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 2 pm to 6 pm. Open for pumpkin picking and tractor-driven hayrides from the last weekend of September through the last weekend of October. Watermelons from July through August. Spring vegetables start in May and end in August. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check.


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