Northeast Michigan Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, Hayrides and More

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

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Updates for April 2026

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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Alcona County

Huron View Tree and Berry Farm - strawberries, raspberries, and U-cut Christmas trees, wreaths, garland, grave blankets.
4700 E Sucker Creek Road, Black River, MI 48721. Phone: 989-724-5510. Email: huronviewtreefarm@gmail.com. Open: Nov.- December . U-cut Christmas trees, wreaths, garland, grave blankets. June-Aug. U-pick strawberries and raspberries. Open for berries, Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 1 p.m. Sun. 1-5 p.m. U-cut trees, daily, 9 am to dark. Directions: Located 7 miles N of Harrisville. 1/2 mile W off US-23 on Sucker Creek Rd. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: June 12, 2025, JBS)
Quaker Hill Farm - apples, grapes, herbs/spices, other berries, pears, pumpkins, rhubarb, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, Turkeys (organic, not-hormone-fed), Honey from hives on the farm, Maple Syrup from trees on the farm, and prepicked produce, gift shop, petting zoo, farm animals, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
P.O. Box 10, Harrisville, MI 48740. Phone: 989-736-6583. Email: quakerfarm@gmail.com. Click here for picking updates. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in March, May, June, July, August, September, October. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm No Sunday Sales We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, only. Quaker Hill Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown farm and specialize in in raising heritage breed livestock and heirloom variety produce. We sell lamb, wool, milk-based soaps, free-range eggs, ducks, rabbits, chickens, dairy goats and more. We feature online children's stories about life on a farm, it is a free educational resource: Quaker Anne's Children's Stories We offer Simple Living Skills workshops, cooking classes and scheduled Farm Tea afternoons. Farm shoppe open June through November - visits by appointment only. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: June 12, 2025, JBS)

Alpena County

Cheboygan County

Golden River Orchard - pumpkins, and squash, pumpkin patch in the field, already picked apples
2250 White Cedar Rd., Cheboygan, MI 49721. Phone: (231) 420-2565. Email: goldenriverorchard@gmail.com. Open: Saturday fron 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm. . Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: October 28, 2025, JBS) (ADDED: October 20, 2017, Suggested by a visitor)

Crawford County

Wellington Farm Park - held on 2 weekends in mid October pumpkins, hayrides, historical reenactments, trebuchet pumpkin chunkin
6940 S. Military Road, Grayling, MI 49738. Phone: 989-348-5187. Email: welfar32@gmail.com. Pumpkins are stacked in front of the Visitor Center, cider and donuts are available for consumption and pumpkins are flying at Wellington Farm USA. In addition to the festivities this season will be “Pumpkin Bowling”. See if you can get a strike or a spare with a pumpkin. During Punkin-Chunkin the entire 60-acre living history complex will be open and available for viewing. Crafters will be throughout Crafters Alley working in their shops. Historical interpreters will be available in all the historic buildings explaining life as t was lived during the Great Depression. Jack-o-Lantern Halloween Hayrides. We have openings at 7:30 pm and 8:00 pm. $10 per person 4 and under are free. The event includes a Steam Engine pulled Hayride through the woods illuminated with Jack-o-lanterns. Then a walk through the decorated villiage to the pavilion for cider and donuts. all to reserve your seats. 989-348-5187
Wellington closes on the 31st of October for the Season.There is no additional charge for Punkin-Chunkin, it’s included in the regular park admission charge. A great opportunity for an educational historic adventure for the entire family.
The will use Big Bertha, a giant trebuchet with a 1200 pound counterweight launching pumpkins. The giant catapults will throw pumpkins into oblivion. Sling shots and air cannons provide visitors an opportunity to shoot a pumpkin in flight and win a prize. The cider mill is in operation and fresh cider. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: October 28, 2025, JBS)

Iosco County

Montmorency County

Anchor Creek Elk Ranch at Thunder Bay Resort - Sleigh Rides
27800 M-32, Hillman, MI 49746. Phone: 800-729-7935. Email: tbg@thunderbaygolf.com. Directions: From S Michigan: Take I-75 to M-33. Continue N 60 miles to M-32. Turn right on M-32 to Hillman (10 mi.). Remain on Hillman M-32 Bypass. Thunder Bay Resort is just past the second Hillman turnoff on the left. Fabulous Elk Viewing Carriages/Sleigh Ride & Gourmet Dinner - massive teams of horses draw you through the woods to see majestic elk and deer. On to the rustic Elk Antler Log Cabin and savor Chef Jan's superb gourmet dinner, prepared before you on antique wood cook stoves. Summer, Winter & Fall, open all year, call-appt. required. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: October 28, 2025, JBS)

Ogemaw County

The Howling Pumpkin - pumpkin patch, corn maze, concession stand (drinks, snacks and/or food), pumpkins (in a market, stand or shop), Bouncy castle or moon bounce
7201 E West Branch Rd, St Helen, MI 48656. Phone: (989) 239-5799. Open: Friday from 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Directions: directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only..Click here for a link to our Facebook page. (ADDED: September 28, 2020, Suggested by a visitor) [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: October 28, 2025, JBS)

Oscoda County

Otsego County

Fleming Farm - corn maze, pumpkins, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, U-pick and already picked, restrooms, picnic area, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
4264 Martindale Road, Gaylord, MI 49735. Phone: 989-272-3312. Email: bslough@gmail.com. Open: Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm, October 7th to October 28th. Directions: Follow north Townline road from M-32 to Martindale road; take a left on Martindale until it ends at the farm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. Each harvest begins with a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick your own pumpkin to take home. The wagon then returns to the barn for a snack of donuts and apple cider (pasteurized). The barn contains farm animals you are free to feed and pet, including goats, sheep, a donkey, calf, pigs, a rabbit, chickens and a three legged dog named Hank. Children are also free to play in the small hay maze near the barn. . [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: June 12, 2025, JBS)

Presque Isle County

Knaebe's Mmmunchy Krunchy Apple Farm and Cider Mill - Apples, Cider Mill
2622 Karsten Rd, Rogers City, MI, Phone: 989-734-2567. Email: knaebes@gmail.com. Open: Saturday of Labor Day Weekend thru Thanksgiving Weekend, on Tuesday to Saturday from 9 am to 5:30 pm (5 pm in Nov), Sunday from 11 am to 5:30 pm, Closed on Mondays - except Labor Day Stuff. Wednesdays: Senior Days - 10% off and NO rowdy kid tours! (Just rowdy old folks!) Weekends: Horse drawn wagon rides and Pony rides for kids (September & Oct) - approx. 11:30 am to 4:30 pm (except in icky weather) We do school tours Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays from mid-September thru mid-October. .Ranked number 5 Best Apple Orchard in the NATION by USA Today! Stop out to Knaebe’s for the full fall Apple Farm and Cider Mill experience in Northern Michigan! In our Main Barn we have a full bakery with fresh, homemade treats and donuts, you can also get a variety of different apples, fresh pressed cider, and browse our gift shop. Check out our beautiful Tasting Room with twin wood fired pizza ovens and hard cider. Then go burn off some energy on our playground, visit the goats, sheep, and alpacas at the petting zoo, pick the perfect pumpkin in our pumpkin patch, get lost in our corn maze, take a wagon ride or send the kiddos on a barrel train ride and wonder around the 40 acres of our orchard. Tasting Room for hard cider, microbrews, wood fired pizza and a special bakery treat!
The following varieties are available for U-Pick:
Jonathan, Gala, Empire, Ida Red, Northern Spy, Red Harlson, Red Delicious.
Please note: we do our best to keep apple varieties updated, however varieties are subject to change due to availability.
[ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: October 28, 2025, JBS)

Roscommon County

None found in this county yet. Write me if you know of any!

ZZZ - These are either closed, or are assumed permanently closed

The farms below are presumed to be permanently closed. They are unresponsive, their website or facebook page is gone or outdated or Google or Yelp report them as closed.

Alpena County

The Farm - Strawberries and raspberries in season, u-pick. Pumpkin patch, hay rides.
Alpena, MI. Phone: 517-727-8004. UPDATE for 2025: Their website and/or Facebook page is gone or years outdated, Do NOT trust AI search, not Google's or any others (click here for why it is bad!), which mixes and matches info at random, and other websites never check or update their info; So call before you go, Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pick your own or are even open? If so, please write me; last reported hours were Also has displays made with pumpkins. Farmer's market. Open approximately 3rd week in June, then July, daily as crop allows, 7 am-12 pm and 4-6 pm. Call for October hours. Directions: From Alpena, 16 miles out Werth Rd. Follow the pumpkin signs. From M-65, Beaver Lake Road, 5 miles follow the pumpkin signs. From US-23 S, W 9 miles on Nicholson Hill Road, follow the pumpkin signs for 7 miles.

Cheboygan County

Shovan Mullett Creek - pumpkin patch-pick in the field, tractor-pulled hay rides,
3033 South Straits Highway, Topinabee, MI 49791. Phone: 231-290-0313. Open: October 6th; thru October28th; on Saturday and Sunday from 11 am till 5 pm. Directions: Mullett Creek Farm is 2 miles north of Topinabee on the corner of Woodmansee Road and M27. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.

Iosco County

Lixey - UPDATE for 2020, Their website says they are permanently closed. ,
Tawas City, MI 48763. UPDATE: June 13, 2020: The owner tells me they are now permanently closed

Robinsons Farm and Greenhouse - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, cow train / barrel train rides, corn maze, tractor-pulled hay rides,
653 M-65, Whittemore, MI 49887. Phone: 810-294-9672. Alternate Phone: 989-240-0263. Email: Loren.caverly@millerpipeline.com. Open: Sept 10 to Halloween weekend. Directions: For a map to our farm, click here. Payment: Cash, only. (ADDED: August 19, 2016)

Presque Isle County

Higgins Farm - pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, apples, apple cider, hard cider, bakery, restaurant, petting zoo, pumpkins, pumpkin patch, corn maze, cow train, wagon rides,
4750 S. M33, Onaway, MI 49765. Phone: 989-733-4450. Email: starly61073@peoplepc.com. Open: everyday in October; Hours are noon till dusk. Directions: I75 exit 310. Go east 18 miles to Onaway. Signs are posted during October. One mile from town. . Click here for a map and directions. Middle of September thru the end of October; Pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, fall squash, corn stalks. Payment: Cash, Check, SFMNP Vouchers.