2024 Fredericksburg,  Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of Virginia Pumpkin Patches And More.org

Looking for a local pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayride, gourds and other Halloween activities in Fredericksburg,  Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of Virginia? Scroll down this page and you will see the all of those in Fredericksburg,  Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of Virginia, 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 April 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

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Caroline County

• Mt. Olympus Berry Farm - pumpkins and gourds; other vegetables in season.
  23298 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Ruther Glen, VA 22546. Phone: (804) 448-0395; FAX (804) 448-2913, FAX (804) 448-2913. Email: [email protected]. Open: 9 am to 6 pm, daily, April-October 31. Call for current in-season hours. Directions: Located at U.S. 1 in Carmel Church. I-95 exit 104 (Bowling Green/Carmel Church). Go west on Route 207 to U.S. Route 1. Turn right (north) on U.S. 1. Go approximately one mile. Farm is on the left. Pick-your-own or fresh-picked strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, melons, tomatoes, peppers, Farm stand and garden center/nursery with locally-grown fruit and veggies. Jams, jellies, and local honey available. Convenient to Richmond or Northern Virginia areas. We participate in many Fairfax County farmers markets. Customers welcome to picnic by the lake. Arrange for your daycare or school group to come pick their own pumpkins. Please call for current hours and picking conditions. Greenhouse/nursery, jams and local honey. (UPDATED: September 18, 2020, JBS)
• Snead's Farm - pumpkins, U-pick and already picked, hayrides, farm animals, Christmas trees
  18294 Tidewater Trl, Fredericksburg, VA 22408. Phone: (540) 371-1070. Open: See their website for hours. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. During the Fall Festival, Snead's Farm will be open daily from 9 am until 5 pm. Entry is free on weekdays with the purchase of a pumpkin, and $10 per car on weekends and on Columbus Day. Hayrides will be available on weekends and on Columbus Day only for $3 per person. Pick-your-own pumpkins are $6 per pumpkin. The weather has been great for pumpkin-growing this year, and the fields are full of great big pumpkins ready to be picked. This is a great chance to visit a real working farm with your family. While you're here, be sure to see: The pine-tree maze- find your way to the teepee and crawl out the wormhole, Real farm animals, including calves, horses, llamas, barn cats and free-range chickens (no petting allowed). Concessions on weekends and Columbus Day provided by Appalachian Kettle Korn, Sunken Well Tavern and Chamber's Cakery. Christmas tree fields where you can reserve your own tree with no money down and no obligation. (UPDATED: September 20, 2020 JBS)

Essex County

Fredericksburg (City of)

• Braehead 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, Fall festival, kiddie (mini) corn maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties
  1130 Tyler Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. Phone: 540-899-9848. Fax: 540-899-9847. Email: [email protected]. Open: 7 days a week 10 am to 6 pm; Open until 6:30 pm on Saturdays during the Harvest Festival from September 28 to November 3. Directions: Interstate 95 to Route 3 East, go approximately 2 miles to right on Belman Road, right on Tyler Street, farm on the left. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Click here for our Facebook page.

Gloucester County

• Green Hand Farm Park - UPDATE for 2020, Their website says they are permanently closed.
  5900 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester, VA 23061

King and Queen County

King William County

• Oak Hill Farms - corn maze, pumpkins, hayrides,
  1324 Smokey Road, Aylett, VA 23009. Phone: (804) 239-4328. Email: [email protected]. Open: UPDATE for 2023, Their website and Facebook pages are gone; Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pumpkins, corn maze or Fall activities or are even open? If so, please write me, their last reported hours were every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October for pumpkin picking, family fun and many fall activities. This is a family farm that raises small grains, pumpkins, & gourds. We're What's here? All you can carry pumpkins from patch, mazes, & hayrides. We also have straw bales, corn stalks, mums, assortment of pumpkins, gourds & more! Come have some "Fun in the Fall on the Farm" with us! (ADDED: October 8, 2020, JBS)
• Pleasant Fields Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, Honey from hives on the farm, prepicked produce, restrooms
  1765 Nelsons Bridge Road, Hanover, VA 23069. Phone: 804-994-2791. Email: [email protected]. Open: UPDATE for 2023: TThey have been indefinitely cl;osed since 2021 still closed in 2023..  Pick - your - own is available from daylight to dark and Hayrides and Haunted Forest is open Thursdays and Fridays 5 pm to 10 pm and Saturdays and Sundays 1 pm to 10 pm. Directions: Route 30 to Dabneys Mill Road. Go about 1 mile . Turn right onto Nelsons Bridge Road.Farm will be about a 1 on the right. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in April through October.We open in May with pick-your-own Strawberries and our Self-Serve Stand; Then we have Blueberries ,Blackberries and Raspberries; In the fall starting October2 pm to November 1st We have our hayrides and Haunted Forest along with pumpkins and Mums. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.

Lancaster County

Mathews County

• Belmont Pumpkin Farm - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, Fall festival, corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon rides, farm market, concessions or refreshment stand, face painting, farm animals, school tours
  155 Belmont Lane, North, VA 23128. Phone: 804-725-6612. Email: [email protected]. Open: Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm, September 24 pm to October 31; School Tours only Monday through Friday, 9 am to 2 pm, October 1 to 31. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: From Hampton Roads, Take Route 17 North over the Coleman Bridge to Gloucester Business 17. This is on your right as you pass Danny's Glass. At the stoplight in Gloucester Courthouse, turn right onto Route 14 East. You will immediately pass a bowling alley and movie theater on your right. Go nine miles. At the Shell station, make your next right onto 617 (North River Road). The farm is one half mile on the right. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. Pumpkin Picking, Scarecrow making, Sunflower and Corn Mazes, Treasure hunts, Hayrides and loads of fun. We have farm animals to visit, a play area and a farm cafe with great pumpkin desserts featuring our famous pumpkin roll and pumpkin funnel cakes. Our Pumpkin Festival is a three day event Columbus Day Weekend, and We also have a new Vintage and Blues Event the last weekend in October. (ADDED: October 03, 2016)

Middlesex County

Northumberland County

Stafford County

Spotsylvania County

• Belvedere Plantation - pumpkins, strawberries, corn maze, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, snacks and refreshment stand, picnic area, horse-drawn hay rides, tractor-pulled hay rides, face painting, petting zoo
  1410 Belvedere Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408. Phone: 800-641-1212. Fax: 5403741258. Email us at: [email protected]. Open: through Nov. 4, the maze is open Fridays 5 to 10, Saturdays 10 to 10, and Sundays and Columbus Day 10 to 5; the Great Pumpkin Patch activities area is open maze hours through October 29. Directions: Take I-95 South to Exit 126, the Massaponax/South 17 Exit. Head South on Route 1. At the 3rd Light, turn Left onto South 17. Continue straight ahead on Rt. 17 for about 7 miles to our entrance on the left. (Belvedere's sign is 16 feet tall, you can't miss it.) And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in May, October.  The nearly eight-acre maze, now in its seventh year, boasts special features such as bridges, themed sound and a new maze puzzle with triple logic levels. Lights-out Moonlight Mazes take place October 27 and 28 and require flashlights. The Great Pumpkin Patch includes hayrides to large pick-your-own pumpkin patches; a straw-filled fun barn with rope swings; pygmy goats and more. Visit the Web site for details about special weekend events, additional activities and live music. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. There is so much to do here: Jumping Pillow, Pedal Carts, Trike Track, Pumpkin Mountain, Roller Bowler, Back 40, Ball Zone, Fun Barn, Little Farmer's Corral, Olde Barnyard, Racing Slides, Spider Web, Wall Ball, Great Adventure Maize Maze, Swine Speedway, Zippitydoo, Colonel's Corn Box, Barrel Train, Candy Cannon, Silo Ropes Adventure, Wagon Rides, Little Farmer's Bounce.  (UPDATED: September 12, 2023, JBS)
  Comments from Blake, October 19, 2011: "What a great farm! The staff are all very pleasant, prices are reasonable, the place is huge and there is so much to do. A family could easily spend most of the day here. They have the nicest, cleanest, flush toilets I've ever seen at a farm! I highly recommend Belvedere Plantation!"
• Fredericksburg Fall Festival - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, Fall festival, train rides, Bounce house or pillow, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, Bouncy castle, pony rides
  5621 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407. Phone: 703-606-0141. Open: weekends 10 am to 6 pm weekends in October.. Directions: From Fredericksburg take route 3 west to Harrison Crossing (on the right). Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.
• Miller Farms Market - pumpkins, hayrides, Farm stand- herbs, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, gift shop, picnic area, veggies, fruits, porta-potties
  12101 Orange Plank Road , Locust Grove, VA 22508. Phone: 540-972-2680. Open: March to December Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, closed Sundays. Directions: Leaving the town of Orange use route 20 north for 12 miles. Turn right on route 621 and drive 8 miles. The market is on the left. Leaving Fredericksburg use route 3 west for 9 miles. Turn left on route 621 and drive 5 miles. The market is on the right. For a map to our farm, click here.Hayrides to and from the pumpkin patch y. On Saturdays and on Columbus Day, hayrides to and from the pumpkin patch are available from 9 am to 5 pm. We are closed on Sundays. Come explore our 10 acres of pumpkins in search of the perfect pumpkin. Big pumpkins, medium pumpkins, little pumpkins, and different colored pumpkins. We have the perfect pumpkin for you!! On Saturdays we will have a caterer here selling BBQ Sandwich platters. Come enjoy old fashioned pumpkin picking, where all you pay for is the pumpkin. We have different sizes of Jack O' Lanterns and many different kinds and colors of Heirloom Pumpkins. There will not be any hayrides on Halloween Day.They have outhouses (public restrooms) Covered Picnic Areas Yes, they are raising crops organic. Payment: cash, check, credit cards. They have year round festivals, cooking classes, gardening classes, craft classes, kids events, etc.. Strawberries starting May 8, Blackberries starting July 1 and pumpkins starting September 15. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. We also have natural milk products (milk in glass bottles, yogurt, cheese, ice cream) natural meat products (beef, pork, bison, chicken, rabbit, lamb). . Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
• Snead's Asparagus Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, hayrides, farm animals, Christmas trees, Concessions
  Route 17, 12 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, VA. Phone: 540-371-9328. Directions: From I-95, take Massaponax exit (126), go south on Route 1 for one third mile. Turn left (south) on Route 17, go 10 miles. Farm will be on the right side of Route 17, 10 miles southeast of Fredericksburg. Open: May 3 through Labor Day - 10 am to 5 pm During the Fall Festival, Snead's Farm will be open daily from 9 am until 5 pm. Entry is free on weekdays with the purchase of a pumpkin, and $10 per car on weekends and on Columbus Day. Hayrides will be available on weekends and on Columbus Day only for $3 per person. Pick-your-own pumpkins are $6 per pumpkin. The weather has been great for pumpkin-growing this year, and the fields are full of great big pumpkins ready to be picked. This is a great chance to visit a real working farm with your family. While you're here, be sure to see: The pine-tree maze- find your way to the teepee and crawl out the wormhole, Real farm animals, including calves, horses, llamas, barn cats and free-range chickens (no petting allowed). Concessions on weekends and Columbus Day provided by Appalachian Kettle Korn, Sunken Well Tavern and Chamber's Cakery. Christmas tree fields where you can reserve your own tree with no money down and no obligation. For school groups during October - Free hayride, animal petting, and pumpkin growing lesson with purchase of a pumpkin per child; For school groups during December - Free hayride, animal petting and Christmas tree growing lesson with purchase of one tree per school group. Free-range chicken eggs available for home delivery to downtown Fredericksburg. Ask for Jessica when calling for eggs.

Westmoreland County

• Westmoreland Berry Farm - permanently closed
  Update for 2021: the Westmoreland Berry Farm will no longer be open to the public.

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