Whether you like traditional big orange pumpkins, white fairy tale pumpkins or spooky types like warty pumpkins, you can make the Halloween season even more festive by venturing to a pumpkin patch in Colorado to pick your own pumpkin.
7 fall-inspired things to do in October
To get the most out of Colorado’s spectacular fall season, check out these fun activities for October.
Here’s a list of pumpkin farms in Colorado by region to help you get started. Enjoy and Happy Halloween! (Please check each farm’s website or call ahead before you venture out in case the farm is closed due to cold or snowy weather.)
Pumpkin patches near Denver
Berry Patch Farms, Brighton
In the summer and early fall, Berry Patch Farms is a wonderful place to pick your own raspberries and strawberries (as the name implies). During the pumpkin-picking season, enjoy hayrides, a straw maze and a scavenger hunt, along with pumpkin picking. Bonus, you can also meet the farm chickens and pigs. Check their homepage for what “pick-your-own” crop is currently in season.
13785 Potomac St., Brighton
Cottonwood Farm, Lafayette
Cottonwood Farm is a family-owned farm near Boulder and just north of Lafayette. Borrow one of the farm’s red wagons or bring your own to pick your own pumpkin. The farm also offers organic winter squash, a corn maze and a straw bale maze. Hayrides are available on weekends. Open daily starting late September through Halloween from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pre-paid admissions are strongly recommended, especially on weekends. Call or check the website in case of wintry weather.
10600 Isabelle Road, Lafayette
Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Littleton
Bring children and a wagon and load up on pumpkins at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms. Free “pumpkin daycare” is available while you enjoy the rest of the festival, which includes entertainment and additional activities like pony rides, crafts and face painting. Tickets required for the Pumpkin Festival. Corn Maze at Chatfield Farms continues through late October.
8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon, Littleton
Munson Farms, Boulder
Munson Farms, just outside of Boulder, has a pumpkin patch along with pre-picked pumpkins and gourds. The farm also features hayrides and a corn maze. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting in September
75th & Valmont, Boulder
Rock Creek Farm, Broomfield
Rock Creek Farm features over 100 acres of ‘U-pick-em’ pumpkins, along with a hay bale maze, farm animals and six miles of winding paths through their corn maze. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting in late September. Buy tickets in advance. Open some nights if you wish to explore the corn maze with a flashlight.
2005 South 112th Street, Broomfield
Pumpkin patches in northern Colorado
Anderson Farms, Erie
At Anderson Farms, you can ride an antique wagon out to the pumpkin fields, where you can pick from more than 70 different varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds. The farm offers a handicapped-accessible wagon ride. It features a corn maze, a pumpkin cannon and a combine slide, among other attractions.
The pumpkin patch is open daily starting in mid-September through Halloween. Pre-paid admissions are strongly recommended, especially on weekends. Private campfire spaces are also available.
6728 County Road 3 ¼, Erie
The Bee Hugger, Longmont
The Bee Hugger is a community farm where families can go to see bees and pick pumpkins in the fall. The farm also boasts you-pick-em sunflowers in the summer.
4801 Ute Highway, Longmont
Fritzler Farm Park, La Salle
Fritzler Farm Park is a family-owned farm featuring plenty of pumpkins along with a corn maze, go-carts, a barrel train, a pumpkin house, a corn box (like a sandbox) and pumpkin cannons. Open select days from mid-September through late October.
20861 CR 33, LaSalle
Hankins Farms, Johnstown
Hankins Farms has been family owned since 1910. A visit requires tickets, but includes corn mazes and other activities, such as a scavenger hunt and “Zombie Shoot.” Open from early to late October.
26745 Weld County Road 17, Johnstown
Miller Farms, Platteville
During the Fall Harvest Festival at Miller Farms, folks of all ages can take a tractor ride out in the fields of a working farm to get their hands in the dirt to harvest pumpkins and vegetables like potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, Indian corn and peppers.
The 180-acre farm also features antique tractors, a hay pyramid, farm animals, a corn maze, a ‘Croc-pit’ (from chopped-up Croc shoes). Open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through mid-November.
13912 Co Rd 19, Platteville
Osborn Farm, Loveland
Established in 1861, Osborn Farm features a field full of pumpkins, Indian corn and gourds, along with activities for the whole family including a barrel train, hayrides (on weekends) and straw bales for children to climb.
Open daily starting late September from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
1230 S Boise Avenue, Loveland
Pumpkin Pickin’ Paradise, Milliken
This family-owned farm has featured a Halloween-themed pumpkin patch since 1996. The Pumpkin Pickin’ Paradise offers a wide variety of pumpkins, squash and yard décor. They also boast a Halloween store with costumes, carving knives and their trademark homemade pickles. Activities include a haunted shack, a haunted maze and an outdoor maze.
Open 1 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Colorado Highway 257 & Weld County Road 52, Milliken
Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch, Longmont
The Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch opened in 1993 and has been family owned and operated ever since. It grows year-round organic produce, but October is prime pumpkin-picking time. It’s open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. but closes at 4 p.m. on Halloween. Each Saturday and Sunday in October, it hosts a festival that includes a kids carnival (face paining, food trucks, petting zoo and more) for children under 10 years. Cash is preferred on the weekend to keep lines moving quicker.
9059 Ute Hwy/CO 66, Longmont
Something from the Farm, Fort Collins
Something From the Farm is a dog-friendly pumpkin farm. Four generations of the Dory family run this certified-organic pumpkin patch where you can also enjoy a hayride or explore a bale maze.
No entrance fee. Pumpkins sold by the pound.
Open daily from late September through Halloween. Hours: 9 to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
8020 South Timberline Road, Fort Collins
Pumpkin patches near Colorado Springs
Diana’s Pumpkin Patch Corn Maze, Cañon City
A family-owned farm, Diana’s Pumpkin Patch Corn Maze features specialty pumpkins just right for any jack-o-lantern, along with a corn maze, corn bin, hay slide and duck races. Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from mid-September through Halloween.
1649 Poplar Avenue, Cañon City
Pantaleo Farms Great Pumpkin Patch, Vineland
Known for their Pueblo chiles during the summer, the Pantaleo’s Farms Great Pumpkin Patch offers pumpkins in the fall at their farm east of Pueblo. You can also go on hayrides and enjoy bonfires at night. The Great Pumpkin Patch is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting early October through Halloween.
39651 South Road, Vineland
Wishing Star Farm, Ellicott
The Wishing Star Farm features a pumpkin patch along with pony rides, tractor-pulled hay rides, train rides, corn bins, a petting zoo, duck races, a tire jungle, a hay slide and corn hole. Open daily except Mondays from mid-September through late October. Buy tickets in advance and visit their website for more details.
24024 State Highway 94; Ellicott
Pumpkin patches in eastern Colorado
Mazzotti Farms, Hudson
Along with finding plenty of pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, corn stalks and straw bales, you can also create your own scarecrow. Mazzotti Farms is a true working farm, and along with pumpkins, it also features a petting zoo and a corn maze. Open Saturdays and Sundays in October from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
24120 Weld County Road 8, Hudson
Pope Farms Corn MAiZe and Pumpkin Patch, Wiggins
Pope Farms Corn MAiZe and Pumpkin Patch feature you-pick-’em sunflowers in September and fall items on weekends in October. You’ll find everything from sunflowers to straw, corn stalks, gourds, pumpkins and winter squash. The farm even features special “Zombie Paintball” events after dark. Open in October on Fridays from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
19502 CR 3, Wiggins
Weathers Family Farm, Yuma
The Weathers Family Farm is a family farm where they raise cattle and grow sweet corn, popcorn, wheat, alfalfa and plenty of pumpkins. They also have a large corn maze. The farm, located 6 miles east of Yuma, is open in October on Saturdays and Sundays.
11550 US Highway 34,Yuma
Pumpkin patches in Western Colorado
Studt’s Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze, Grand Junction
At the Studt’s Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze you’ll find pumpkins, a corn maze, a hay mountain, horse-drawn hayrides, potato-sack races, a zipline, an aviary, a petting zoo and pony rides. Studt’s advertises itself as the largest pumpkin patch and corn maze in Colorado’s Grand Valley. Open daily, except on Mondays, from late September through October. Call for directions.
21 ½ Road north of Highway 6 & 50, Grand Junction