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Top Pumpkin Patches in Westchester

1. Harvest Moon Farm and Orchard – North Salem

This family-run farm offers apple and pumpkin picking on weekends in September and October as part of its Fall Festival Experience. Tickets should be purchased in advance and will get you access to the pumpkin patch (apple-picking bags are an additional charge). Plus, there's barbecue, homemade doughnuts, cider, produce, and fresh eggs for purchase. Put on your to-try list: An Apple Cider Smash, a drink made with apple cider and vanilla ice cream with an apple cider donut on top—a returning favorite. 

2. Stuart's Fruit Farm – Granite Springs

Snag a pumpkin along with fresh cider doughnuts. You can also go apple picking, enjoy a hay ride on weekends, and check out the farm store. Good to know: Payment options are limited to cash or check.

3. Wilkens Fruit & Fir Farm – Yorktown Heights

Wilkens Fruit & Fir Farm is open every day but Tuesdays, with the pumpkin patch open from 10am-4:30pm. This year, Pick Your Own Pumpkins will start on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Admission to the farm is FREE. While there, check out the farm market and bakery for homemade cider, freshly baked pies, doughnuts, and strudel sticks, and the country market for gifts and decor items. Also great? There's a corn maze for added fall fun.

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Stroll through fields brimming with pumpkins at Outhouse Orchards in North Salem. 

4. Outhouse Orchards – North Salem

It's a one-stop shop for apple and pumpkin picking at Outhouse Orchards. Besides a farm store and 15-minute hayrides, this site offers the added appeal of a full-fledged corn maze. Reservations are required, and tickets can be purchased on the farm's website. The Fall Festival is happening through November 2, 2025, with each ticket including a hayride, access to the flower field and pumpkin patch, photo-ops, farm animals, bounce houses, and other farm attractions.

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5. Wright Family Farm – Warwick

This family-friendly farm offers free hayrides to its barnyard pumpkin patch, which is open on Saturday, September 20, 2025. You can also take a trip through the corn maze, ride the pedal carts and cow train, slide down the tube slide, feed the animals, and more. Reservations are not required.

6. Pierson's Farm – Middletown

Primarily a beef and poultry farm, Pierson's Farm offers U-pick pumpkins, sunflowers, and fall festivities in September and October. Families can enjoy the full farm-fun package with three sunflower mazes, a playground, a gem mining area, a farm store, and more. 

7. Apple Dave's Orchards – Warwick

Families can enjoy a day at Apple Dave's picturesque orchard with beautiful lake and mountain views, a sprawling pumpkin patch, and live music every weekend. After picking, enjoy ice cream, fresh cider donuts, food from the kitchen, cocktails, craft beers from the farm's distillery, and more. Bring a blanket or enjoy the picnic tables and walking trails around the pond and fields. Apple and pumpkin sales are cash only. The barn store, kitchen, and distillery all accept credit cards, and an ATM is available. Parking is free; admission is $5 per person during harvest season weekends and free on weekdays and rainy weekends.

8. Social Island Farm – Goshen

This 20-acre farm is located in the heart of Black Dirt Country in the Hudson Valley. Families can enjoy pumpkin picking as well as lots of photo-ops and farm activities, including jump houses, pedal karts, tractor-pulled hay rides, and a huge, six-acre corn maze to get lost in! The farm is open on weekends only, and there is a $10 entry fee, excluding festival days, when it is $15.

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9. Barton Orchards – Poughquag

Families can pick their own pumpkins at Barton Orchards and then enjoy all the family-friendly activities the farm has to offer, including a petting zoo, corn maze, and fun park featuring a mega slide, pedal go-karts, mini golf, apple cannons, a cow train, and the knights & dragons corn maze. The farm is open daily and has free entry on weekdays (with the exception of Columbus Day). Picking hours are 11am to 6pm Sunday through Thursday and 11am–9pm Friday and Saturday.

10. Fishkill Farms – Hopewell Junction

Fall festival weekends at Fishkill Farms offer wagon rides, live music, and, of course, pumpkin picking. Food is available for purchase, and the farm store offers pies and other treats. Reservations are required and can be made online. See our full review for everything you need to know about this eco-friendly farm. 

11. Dykeman Farm – Pawling

Dykeman Farm offers pumpkin picking featuring more than 70 different varieties of pumpkins on weekends in September and October, plus on Columbus Day. You’ll also find free tractor-pulled hayrides on the weekends, with the shop offering fresh-picked produce, local honey, and more. Credit cards are accepted, but their use is dependent on the cell service in the field.

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12. Kelder's Farm – Kerhonkson

Explore this picturesque family farm just a short drive from Minnewaska State Park. Families can enjoy apple and pumpkin picking, a corn maze, and all the farm attractions, including a giant jumping pillow, mini-golf, tube slides, farm animals, and games. Food and drinks are also available, including a taproom for adults and the signature Gnomie Shake, made with seasonal flavors topped with an apple cider donut. The annual Harvest Festival activities are held daily except for Tuesdays, from Saturday, September 6 to Sunday, November 2, 2025. Don't miss the annual Pumpkin Smash at the end of the season. 

13. Hurds Family Farm – Modena

There's an extensive list of things to do, along with pumpkin and apple picking at Hurds. Purchase a wristband and enjoy a corn maze, a hayride, a rubber duck derby, a giant slide, and more. Consult the Hurds calendar of events for special activities throughout the season. The farm is closed on Tuesdays, and reservations can be made online.

14. DuBois Farms – Highland

Along with picking pumpkins, apples, and other produce, families can enjoy a hay ride, farm animals, baked goods, apple cider doughnuts, and the "Tiny Town" play area. Pumpkins are available from mid-September. Admission and parking are free.

This post was originally published in 2013 and has since been updated. 

Unless noted, photos courtesy of the farms