Find the best pumpkin patches and Halloween-season activities in Orange County for 2026, from working farms and U-pick pumpkins to family-friendly patches with rides, petting zoos, games and fall photo opportunities. We’ve included locations, confirmed 2026 dates and visitor information to help you plan your fall outing. Dates, hours, admission and activities can change; details marked TBA have not yet been confirmed for 2026. Check the linked organizer before visiting for the latest details.
Orange County Pumpkin Patches 2026
Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns Pumpkin Patch
480 N State College Blvd., Brea, CA 92821
2026 Dates: October 2–November 1
Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns Pumpkin Patch returns to Brea for the 2026 season with pumpkins, fall photo stations and a large lineup of family activities. The Brea location features a petting zoo and animal feeding, John Deere kids tractor rides, an inflatable obstacle course, pumpkin decorating and multiple themed bounce houses. The 2026 Brea dates and activity lineup were provided directly by Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns; check the official website for current hours, admission and ticket information.
Irvine Regional Park Pumpkin Patch
1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Opening Day is September 12, 2026
Weekend reservations may be required
Every year, Irvine Regional Park transforms into a fabulous fall fantasyland with games, activities, train rides, hay rides, and of course, a pumpkin patch. There’s always a pumpkin weigh-off to award a prize for the largest pumpkin. You won’t believe the size of these pumpkins, so come out to the park to see them for yourself.
Once you’ve explored the park, visited the not-so-haunted house, and made it through the hay maze, visit the pumpkin patch to pick your pumpkins to take home. The Irvine Regional Park Pumpkin Patch is fun for the whole family, but is especially exciting (and tailored to) kids 10 and under.
Pumpkin City
24203 Avenida de la Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 (Laguna Hills Mall)
October 1-31, 2026
Pumpkin City is a great place to visit to get into the fall spirit! The highlight here is of course their pumpkin patch, with seemingly endless pumpkins brought right into the city for you to choose from. It’s definitely a great choice if you don’t have the time to go for a long drive, but still want nice fresh pumpkins for your house.
In addition to the pumpkin patch, they also have a number of carnival rides, including swing rides, saint slides, and bouncy castles. For more laid-back fun, you can participate in a number of unique activities such as their puppet theater. For the nature fans, they also have a petting zoo and three different geological attractions: Crack Open Geode, Lucky Luke’s Gemstones, and Rocky Mountain Mining Company – Panning for Gold.
Once you’ve had fun with all of those, you can test your luck with a number of competitive activities like inflatable ax throwing and ball tosses. You can also relax and grab some food at the Pumpkin City Diner, with all your carnival favorites like hot dogs, churros, and ice cream!
The Pumpkin Factory
MainPlace Mall – 2800 N Main Street, Santa Ana
Opening Day is October 2, 2026
Mon-Tues – Closed
Wed-Thurs: 5:00pm-9:00pm
Friday: 4:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday: 12pm-10:00pm
Sunday: 12pm-9:00pm
Conveniently located at the MainPlace Mall, you’ll be delighted by all the Pumpkin Factory has to offer! Of course, the highlight is their pumpkin patch, where you can pick up all the pumpkins you might need for the fall season, but they also offer a great number of attractions!
If you’re a fan of carnival rides, there are a few here to thrill you! You can also test out your aim with their archery and paintball galleries; just be sure to fire in the right direction! Plus there is a petting zoo and plenty of other attractions, games, and fun family activities.
The Pumpkin Patch
300 Yorba Linda Blvd., Placentia, CA 92870
2026 Opening Day: October 7
2026 Admission & Hours: See official website for current details
Hours:
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Wednesday – Thursday 4 PM – 9 PM
Friday 4 PM – 10 PM
Saturday 10 AM – 10 PM
Sunday 11 AM – 8 PM
The Pumpkin Patch in Placentia celebrates its 50th season in 2026, having operated since 1976. They’ll have plenty of pumpkins and gourds for the whole family to choose from. But don’t stop there. Families can make a day of it here, with fall photo ops, face painting, mining for gold and gemstones, human hamster balls, inflatable activities, carnival games, tractor rides, farm animals, and more.
Seasonal Adventures Pumpkin Patch
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
October 1-31, 2026
The Costa Mesa location traditionally offers pumpkins and family activities at the OC Fair & Event Center. Check the official Seasonal Adventures website for the 2026 schedule, admission, parking and attraction details once announced.
The Seasonal Adventures Pumpkin Patch at the OC Fairgrounds features a huge pumpkin selection hand selected by local growers. After picking out your pumpkins make it a day at the fair and enjoy the petting zoo, mechanical carnival rides, inflatable bounce houses, slides, and obstacle courses, and more fun family activities. Admission is free, but activities and rides require tickets.
Tanaka Farms
5380 3/4 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Opening Day is September 12, 2026
Possibly OC’s most popular u-pick pumpkin patch, Tanaka Farms has acres of farm fun with dedicated pumpkin patches for people to come out and pick their very own perfect pumpkin. Bring the family, grab a wagon, and set out on a pumpkin hunt.
In addition to pumpkins, guests can check out the games and activities, the barnyard exhibit, take a wagon ride to tour the farm, and more.
Tanaka Farms also has a second location, Hana Field, in Costa Mesa. This pumpkin patch can be found at: 427 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Hana Field Pumpkin Patch opens on October 3rd, 2026.
More Orange County Pumpkin Patches
Knott’s Scary Farm
8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90620
Decorate your own pumpkin in Calico Park.
Manassero Farms Pumpkin Patch
33 Irvine Valley, Irvine, CA
River Street Ranch formerly Zoomars Pumpkin Patch
Zoomars Petting Zoo | 31791 Los Rios Street, San Juan Capistrano, CA
The Pumpkin Patch at Lido Marina Village
Lido Marina Village, Newport Beach Peninsula
2026 Details: TBA
Beyond Orange County
Pa’s Pumpkin Patch
500 Lakewood Center Mall, Lakewood, CA 90712
A local staple for over forty years, Pa’s Pumpkin Patch is a great place to stop! Selling a wide range of pumpkins and corn, you’ll be able to find everything you need for the harvest season.
Once you’ve picked the perfect pumpkins, you can have fun on their wide variety of attractions. For those looking for big rides, take a turn on their Leap of Faith or Dragon Race! If your kids want to take a turn behind the wheel, they can have fun on their racetrack or with their Toon Cars.
For more relaxing attractions, you can spend time with all the cuddly animals they have at their petting zoo! They also have a Great Pumpkin that is perfect for photo opportunities, as well as pony rides for children who want to live out their cowboy or cowgirl dreams. Last, but certainly not least, they also have a fun Mirror Maze for you to try and solve, with a twisty slide at the end to reward any adventures who manage to find their way out!
Frosty’s Forest
14861 Ramona Ave., Chino, CA 91710
Located just northeast of Anaheim, Frosty’s Forest is a perfect Halloween getaway! They have a great pumpkin store filled with all the gourds you can grab, featuring many different varieties and colors. You can also grab some gorgeous photos between the store and the various photo opportunities set up in their park.
However, the true highlight of Frosty’s Forest has to be their mazes. Their sunflower labyrinth is a neat spin on a crop maze where you will be surrounded by fully-grown, blooming sunflowers. If you’re lucky, you’ll even get to see some bees pollinating the flowers up close! They also have a traditional corn maze stretching over four acres for anyone looking for a more traditional challenge.
Their most unique maze is their Haunted Corn Maze, which is specifically not for children. Frosty’s Forest advises that only guests eighteen years of age or older participate in the Haunted Corn Maze, which includes props containing significant gore and violence. While it may sound intense, this is the perfect unique experience for anyone who loves haunted houses and wants to try something new!
Fortunately, Frosty’s Forest has fun activities for the kids as well! They have a great selection of carnival rides, from a Ferris Wheel and a carousel to themed rides like their cow train and caterpillar coaster. For animal fans, they also have a free viewing zoo, and if you want to get even closer to the animals you can go for a pony ride as well!
Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Fest
October 10-31, 2026 – Weekends Only
4102 S University Drive, Pomona, CA 91768
The Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Fest has become a wonderful tradition of the college just north of Anaheim. Running for thirty years now, this fall festival sees the students of the Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture, which was the founding college of Cal Poly Pomona, setting up a wide array of nature-based activities that regularly draws crowds from all over Southern California!
As you would expect from its name, the Pumpkin Fest always has a huge variety of pumpkins to choose from. Whether you’re looking to make huge, intricate jack-o-lanterns, or just want a few small pumpkins to give your house a festive feeling, you will definitely find what you’re looking for here. They also have a number of beautiful photo stops spread throughout the pumpkin patch, so you can take plenty of pictures to remember your fun day out!
If you’re a fan of corn mazes, the Pumpkin Fest has not one but two for you to find your way through! Boasting corn “walls” that grow more than twelve feet high, you will have to have a great sense of navigation to make your way out of these crop puzzles. However, they will provide a great team-building exercise for you and whoever you attempt the challenge with, and with all that corn surrounding you, you are sure to get some great photos as well!
Of course, you can’t have a festival organized by a college without having some educational activities! Student tour guides operate hay wagon rides pulled by restored antique tractors, and being agricultural students they are more than happy to teach you about all the things that make the Pumpkin Fest possible. They also put together Ag Discovery Lane, a series of displays and exhibits showcasing different agricultural processes like cow milking, sheep shearing, and beekeeping.
They also have a number of activities for children to get closer to nature. Their petting zoo hosts some of the cutest, friendliest animals around, with goats, sheep, and calves all making appearances alongside other adorable creatures. They also create a Children’s Garden where kids can learn about plants and agriculture in lessons about such topics as composting, home gardening, and pollination. After doing all that learning, they can sit down and watch exciting presentations including the Creepy World of Bugs and Reptiles, which is sure to excite or terrify them depending on how they feel about those creepy crawlies.
Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch
32335 Live Oak Canyon Road, Redlands, CA 92373
Opening Day is September 17, 2026
This is the furthest location on our list, located just outside of San Bernardino, but boy is it worth it! Home to the largest pumpkin patch in Southern California, you are certain to find the perfect pumpkin here. If you like to get down and dirty, you can head right into the fields to pick your own pumpkin, but if you prefer to keep your hands clean you can also grab one from their huge pumpkin tent surrounded by attractions.
What kind of attractions, you ask? Pretty much every kind imaginable! Like a few other places on our list, the Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch has a corn maze on the outskirts of their park, with a sunflower field right beside it. You’ll be absolutely surrounded by plantlife as you enjoy the views afforded by getting up close to some of the tallest veggies and flowers you can find!
If photos are what you’re looking for, they offer a whole lot more than just cool plants for a backdrop. They claim to have both the World’s Largest Rocking Horse and the World’s Largest Rocking Chairs, so you can pretend to be living in a giant’s world without having to climb a beanstalk. Other great photo opportunities include their teepee, flower gardens, and both a hay castle and a hay pyramid!
They also host a wide variety of carnival and animal attractions. If carnival rides are your thing, you can get a great view of the park from the top of a pumpkin-themed Ferris Wheel, or go for a spin on their classic carousel. For some faster rides, hop on their Cow Coaster or Dino-Go-Round for a super fun time! For the real thrill seekers, the Pumpkin Patch also includes mini zip lines and low ropes courses, sure to excite any child brave enough to give them a try.
On the animal side of things, kids can get up close and personal with a number of adorable animals at their petting zoo, or climb atop a horse for a quick pony ride. They also have a pony field for all their young steeds to roam around, which can make for a great photo backdrop or just a lovely place to stop and stare at the beauty of the animal world.
More Pumpkin Patches Beyond OC
Carlsbad Strawberry Company
1050 Cannon Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Pumpkin Patch, Tractor rides, farm animals, photo ops, corn maze/haunted corn maze, vendors
Tom’s Adventures Pumpkin Patch
1201 E Washington Ave., Escondido, CA 92025
North County Mall – 272 E Via Rancho Parkway, Escondido, CA 92025
555 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910
Pumpkin Station
Rancho Bernardo Pumpkin Farm: 13421 Highland Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92128
Bonita Pumpkin Farm: 5354 Sweetwater Rd., Bonita, CA 91902
Del Mar Pumpkin Station: 15555 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA 92014
Mission Valley Pumpkin Farm: 1750 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, CA 92108
Plaza Bonita Pumpkin Station: 3030 Plaza Bonita Rd., National City, CA 91950
While we may have ventured a little outside of Orange County to showcase some of the best pumpkin patches in the area, all the places are well worth a visit! If you end up making your way out to any of them, please let us know how you enjoyed them, and feel free to tag us in any posts showing off how much fun you had!
Pumpkin Patch FAQs
When do Orange County pumpkin patches open in 2026?
Several major Orange County pumpkin patches open in September, including Tanaka Farms and Irvine Regional Park on September 12. Others open in October. Dates marked TBA have not yet been confirmed for 2026.
Where can you pick pumpkins from a field in Orange County?
Tanaka Farms in Irvine is one of Orange County’s best-known farm experiences for picking pumpkins. Availability and picking procedures can vary, so check the farm’s current visitor information before arriving.
What are the best pumpkin patches for young children?
Irvine Regional Park is especially popular with younger children, while Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns in Brea offers a petting zoo, kids tractor rides, bounce houses and other family activities.
Do Orange County pumpkin patches require reservations?
Some do, particularly on busy weekends or for specific farm experiences. Reservation and ticket policies vary by location, so check the official website before visiting.
Are Orange County pumpkin patches free?
Admission policies vary. Some patches offer free general admission but charge for rides, activities or parking, while others require admission or reservations. Confirm current 2026 pricing with each venue.
Are dogs allowed at pumpkin patches?
Pet policies vary widely, especially at working farms and locations with farm animals. Check the venue’s current rules before bringing a dog.
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