2024 Madison and southwestern Wisconsin Pumpkin Patches And More.org

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

Click on Resources above, if you need a county map

Crawford County

• Fleming Orchards - pumpkins, squash, gourds, Indian corn
  Hwy 171, 4 mi E, Gays Mills, WI. Phone: 608-735 4625. Open 7 days a week 8 to 5 pm Aug 15 to Nov 15. pre-picked apples, cider, caramel apples, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup, pumpkins, squash, gourds, Indian corn, popcorn on weekends.
• Hillcrest of Orchard - maple syrup, pumpkins
  Corner of Hwy 171 & Hwy 61, Gays Mills, WI. Phone: 608-624-5753 or 608-624-5762. Email: [email protected]. Also, prepicked apples, gift shop, honey, jams, jellies, Amish candy.
• Shihata's Orchard - apples and pumpkins
  Off Hwy 27, 6 mi N, Prairie du Chien, WI. Phone: 608-326-2785. Email: [email protected]. Open: 9 am to 5 on weekends, 8 to 5 weekdays during apple season, August to Nov 15. pre-picked and pick-your-own apples. Also cider, caramel apples, cheeses and sausages, honey, jams and jellies, pears, popcorn and pumpkins, strawberries. Gift baskets.
• Turkey Ridge Orchard - A pumpkin farm stand
  Rt 1, Gays Mills, WI. Phone: 608-735-4660. Email: [email protected]. Open: 9 am to 5 7 days a week September 1 until December. No pick-your-own. Apples, cider, honey, local jams and jellies, pumpkins and squash. Crafts.

Grant County

• Vesperman Farms Corn Maze - corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch in the field, pumpkins (brought in from the field), petting zoo, farm animals
  8419 Stage Rd, Lancaster, WI 53813. Phone: 608-723-2542. Email: [email protected]. Open: easly August through October 31; Call for for hours and availability. Directions: Call for directions. Payment: Cash, only. Get lost in the 5-acre corn maze, or try your hand in the mini-corn maze. Visit and feed the farm animals, including cows and goats. Play around in barnyard activities, from rubber ducky races to the tire mountain. Take the hay wagon to the pumpkin patch and pick your own pumpkins. On the hour, watch us launch pumpkins from our catapult and air canon. Have lunch or enjoy a snack at our Snack Shack--we serve burgers and brats, along with delicious caramel apples, apple cider donuts and other refreshments. Every year, Vesperman Farms creates a fall-themed, self-directed corn maze for everyone to enjoy. This year will be the 11th year of maze fun. Enjoy getting lost starting September 16, 2016! Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: June 09, 2016, JBS) (UPDATED: August 19, 2012, by a visitor)

Iowa County

• Bures Berry Patch, Inc. - pumpkins, winter squash, strawberries, other vegetables
  3760 W. Brigham Rd., Barneveld, WI 53507. Open: see their website. Bures Berry Patch is a sustainable family owned farm that is committed to providing area consumers with the highest quality produce in addition to a pleasurable farm experience for the entire family. Our selection of produce includes, but is not limited to: pre-picked or u-pick strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, sweet corn, raspberries, pumpkins, squash, gourds and other fall ornamentals. Our hours of operation vary depending on the season. Please refer to our website or call for more detailed information.

Lafayette County

• Cucumber Tree Nursery - pumpkin farm stand
  4197 Saints Road, Blanchardville, WI. Phone: 608-523-4458. Open 8 am to dark 7 days a week during apple season, mid August to Halloween. pre-picked. Apples, honey, pumpkins, nursery stock.

Richland County

• Indian Hollow Farms - UPDATE: September 29, 2010: A visitor tells me the property is up for sale and may be closed farm stand with pumpkins
  15321 Hwy 14, Richland Center, WI. Phone: 608-536-3499. Open 8 to 5 pm 7 days a year except Christmas and Thanksgiving. Greenhouse, seasonal and house plants, gift shop. pre-picked apples, cider, cheeses, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup, pumpkins and squash. Gift baskets to order.
• Oakwood Fruit Farm - farm stand with pumpkins and squash
  31128 Apple Ridge Rd, Richland Center, WI. Phone: 608-585-2701. Open 7 days a week. 9 to 5 pm through end of October. Open 10 am to 4 pm after Nov 1. Pick your own concord grapes and pick your own cherries in July. No pick-your-own apples. pre-picked apples, cider, apple butter, caramel apples, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup. Oakwood Fruit Farm is the place for: Over 20 varieties of apples, Fresh apple cider, Homemade caramel apples, Bakery with Apple Cider Donuts, Turnovers, & Apple filled cookies, Hand harvested fresh produce, Pure golden honey, Gift Boxes available, Concord Grapes. (UPDATED: September 19, 2016, JBS)

Sauk County

• Baraboo Events - Fall Halloween event: Annual "Boofest" celebration in Downtown Baraboo - safe "trick and treat" for children
  Downtown, Baraboo, WI. Annual "Boofest" celebration - safe "trick and treat" for children with downtown merchants providing candy, hay rides, costume contest, 3 pm to 5 pm Downtown merchants provide candy, hay rides, costume contest.
• Century Oaks Farm - pumpkins
  31551 Co. Hwy. JJ, Lone Rock, WI 53556. Phone: 608-583-7212 or 608-604-5211. Email: [email protected]. Offering strawberries, asparagus, sweet corn, squash, pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, and a wide-variety of vegetables May through November; Jersey, Holstein and straight beef available year-round. We specialize in award-winning corn-fed Jersey beef in quarters, halves and wholes, as well as steaks. We also have a large variety of vegetables and superb sweet corn. Come pick your pumpkin from our patch! Corn shucks by order. (ADDED: August 04, 2009, from .edu)
• Country Bumpkin Farm Market - corn maze, pumpkins, and fall decor items: corn shock bundles, hay bales; broom corn, Indian corn; gourds and colored squash.
  E9745 Hwy P, Wisconsin Dells, WI. Phone: 608-254-2311. Email: [email protected]. Free hay wagon rides to the pumpkin patch during October, and school groups always welcome all season. They also have PYO Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, a vast assortment of fresh produce raised on our farm & picked fresh daily, pumpkins, haywagon rides to the pumpkin patches in the fall, corn maze, fun ride all season long on the Country Bumpkin Farm Market Express! Ice cream cones, gift shop, our own honey, local maple syrup and sorghum, jams & dressings, salsa, mustard, pickles, local fresh farm brown eggs, much more!  Country Bumpkin Farm facebook page The squash varieties are very tasty and with proper cool storage, can last in your home through January for a winter-long treat. Better yet, cook and freeze your favorite squash to be assured you will be enjoying it at its peak quality and moisture level. We grow delicata, sweet dumpling, butternut, buttercup, orange mooregold buttercup, blue hubbard, golden hubbard, acorn, golden orange acorn, spaghetti squash, and any other varieties that become new on the growing market. (UPDATED: September 22, 2023, JBS)
• Eagleglen Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, porta-potties
  4898 County Road GG, Loganville, WI 53943. Phone: 608-415-8516. Alternate Phone: 608-727-2281. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday Noon - 5 pm. Directions: Corner of highway 23 and County Road GG, between Loganville and Plain, WI. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Click here for our Facebook page. Bring your binoculars to see the eagles and their eaglets. Strawberries will be coming next year!.
• Held's Orchard - farm stand with pumpkins
  S5398A Hwy 58, La Valle, WI. Phone: 608-985-7228. Open 7 days a week 9 to 6 pm September to Nov. pre-picked apples, pumpkins. Apple cider. No pick-your-own.
• Maple Hill Orchard - farm stand with pumpkins
  S 6234 Hwy Trunk PF, North Freedom, WI. Phone: 608-522-4466. Open 9 to 5 pm 7 days a week August through December. Apples, apple cider, gift baskets, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup, popcorn and pumpkins. Crafts and quilts. No pick-your-own.
• Peck's Farm - pumpkins, corn maze, free petting zoo, fall wagon rides, haunted bus.
  Hwy. 14 and 60, Spring Green, WI. Phone: 608-583-4977. Email: [email protected]. Roadside farm market with jams/jellies, honeys/syrups, Halloween crafts/decorations. come visit us at the Farm Market The horse drawn wagon ride and train ride will be going both Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. e will have a food stand with brats, hot dogs, hamburgers and nachos provided by Occupaws. Peck's Farm facebook page. Also there will be a stand with authentic tamales. *Sunday will be hosting an authentic taco vendor Lots of goodies here at the market such as apples, pumpkins, squash, apple cider doughnuts, caramel apples, pies, cookies and so much more. Check out our 10 acre corn maze and all the mini haunted houses. And as always, the animals enjoy you visiting Check out our mini free haunted houses and beautiful decorated gift shop.
• Ski-Hi Fruit Farm - farm stand with pumpkins, squash, Indian corn, and gourds
  Located 4 miles south of Baraboo on Hwy 12, turn on Ski-Hi Rd, E11219A Ski-Hi Road, Baraboo, WI. Phone: 608-356-3695. Open: September through November from 8 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week. The apple orchard in the Baraboo Bluffs is next door to Devil's Lake State Park. We raise 35 varieties of apples. Home of the World's Best Homemade apple pie, apple turnovers, caramel apples, unpasturized cider, comb honey, regular honey, jams, maple syrup, XL potatoes, sweet onions, pot roast onions, squash, Indian corn, and gourds. Self guided tours. Picnic area. No pick-your-own apples.

Vernon County

• Coon Creek Meats and Produce - pumpkin patch-pick in the field, Pick-your-own apples, Honey from hives on the farm, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand
  99 Central Avenue P.O. Box 434, Coon Valley, WI 54623. Phone: 800-540-9121. Email: [email protected]. Open: UPDATE for 2023, Their Facebook page does not mention anything about pumpkins or Fall activities, so I assume they have discontinued them; If you have any current information, please write me, November thru March 11 AM to 6 PM 7 days a week April thru October 9 AM to 9 PM M-Saturday Sunday 11-6 Directions: Store is on main street in Coon Valley, WI. and roadside stand is on HWY 441 just south of Madison Georgia. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November. We have our home farm here in Wisconsin and our winter farm in Georgia, so we harvest crops in both areas in season. Too many veggies and berries to list them all. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. In addition to Vegetables and Fruit we raise and retail home raised meats: Beef Pork, Chicken, Lamb, Veal, and Eggs. All in REGULAR & ORGANIC, BOTH 100% Grass fed and grain/grass fed.
• Fran Ceil Orchard - farm stand with pumpkins
  Seven miles S of Hillsboro, follow signs from Hwy 80, WI. Phone: 608-489-2587. Open daily 9-r starting Labor Day weekend through October. No pick-your-own. Apples, crafts, syrups, sausage, squash and pumpkins.

Do you know of any more pumpkin patches, corn mazes, or other special Halloween events? Please tell me about them - Click here to write to me!

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