Your Guide for Pumpkin Patch Stations and Farms in San Diego
Our kids always look forward to a train ride at the pumpkin patch! Once October rolls around, they’re ready to celebrate the harvest season with family activities at the local Pumpkin Station.
Look in your mailbox for a coupon for a free train ride if you live near a Station.
You’ll find a friendly staff to greet you as you visit the dairy’s patch, hayride, hay maze, and petting zoo. Kids older than 1 year are $7. One free adult for every paying child. Additional adults cost $3.
The fee includes: free jack pumpkin, bottle of water, cottonseed mountain for kids to climb and dig, playground, sand pile with trucks and tractors, covered hay rides around the farm, hay bale maze, milk bottle bowling and petting zoo. Hay rides run every half hour and the last hay ride leaves at 6:30 pm.
Oma’s Pumpkin Patch is open from late September to early November Tuesday to Saturday from 10-7 pm. Closed Sundays and Mondays (farmers need a rest!)
Van Ommering Dairy Farm
14950 El Monte Road
Lakeside, CA 92040
619-390-2929
Bates Nut Farm
Bates Nut Farm is open year round. October brings pumpkins, the amazing straw maze ($2), tractor-pulled hay rides ($2), face painting, pony rides, and a petting zoo plus a gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand and picnic area.
The Patch opens in late September through Halloween Day. The hours are 9-5 pm everyday. The farm is located 12 miles east of Escondido.
15954 Woods Valley Road
Valley Center, CA 92082
760-749-3333