The Best Pumpkin Patches to Visit near Portland This Fall
Picturesque pumpkin procurement at Hoffman Farms.
The days are notably shorter, there’s a palpable chill in the air, and all the local pharmacies are advertising flu shots and COVID boosters (thanks, West Coast Health Alliance!). It can only mean one thing: The time is nigh for one of the hallmark activities of the fall season. We’re talking pumpkin patches, people.
A sweet tradition, a fun day trip, or an excuse to shake off your family for a hot second in the corn maze? You decide. Even if fields of big orange orbs aren’t your speed, many patches offer supplementary activities for the non–squash enthusiast, including produce markets, petting zoos, corn mazes, games, and more.
Here are 13 of our favorite Portland-area spots to check out this season. As ever, make sure before setting out to check websites for hours, prices, and special events.
Bucolic bliss awaits at Plumper Pumpkin Patch.
11435 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd, Portland
After more than 25 years in the business, with 25 (!) different kinds of pumpkins, Plumper Pumpkin Patch knows how to October. Kids can find mazes, pig races, pony rides, an obstacle course, and a hobbit-inspired playground. Sharpshooters, meanwhile, can test their aim on the pumpkin and apple cannons. Finally, make sure to give some love to the chicks, lambs, and other farm animals.
The rainbows aren’t guaranteed at Bella Organic, but bumpy gourds? On lock.
16205 NW Gillihan Rd, Portland
Out on Sauvie Island, Bella offers activities for all ages. Younger kids will love the classic corn maze, pumpkin patch, cow train, and rubber duck races; grown-ups can go full Moira Rose with wine and cider at the food pavilion. The bravest of all age groups can check out the haunted corn maze, which runs every Friday and Saturday night in October and promises ghouls, goblins, zombies, and chainsaw-wielding farmers.
16511 NW Gillihan Rd, Portland
This Sauvie Island spot claims to be Portland’s “original” pumpkin patch and still retains some of its original structures, including the bright-red barn built in 1929. To get to the actual pumpkin patch, guests can walk or take a $2 hayride; on weekends, hitch a ride on the cow train. Looking for more to do? There are animals to meet, a corn maze to get lost in, and antique tractors to ogle. Sip beer or pumpkin spice cider at the café, and on weekends munch on apple cider doughnuts, caramel apples, and hand-dipped corn dogs.
Pick your shade at Topaz Farm.
17100 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland
Also on Sauvie Island, fan-favorite Topaz offers hayrides, a cow train, pumpkin picking, corn hole and horseshoes, and duck races, as well as animals to visit and goodies to browse in the store. Rather than a corn maze, you can wind your way through four different fields of sunflowers.
21975 SW 65th Ave, Tualatin
Tualatin’s Lee Farms traces its roots back to 1869, and originally opened its farm to the public in the 1960s for U-pick strawberry fields. By fall, the strawberries are gone, but you can pick pumpkins, take hayrides, walk through the corn maze, meet farm animals, and fill up on fresh doughnuts, kettle corn, and caramel apples.
Pumpkins aren’t the only spherical delights at Liepold Farms.
14050 SE Richey Rd, BORING
Liepold Farms has hosted an annual fall festival since 1998. Test your luck in this year’s “Minecraft”-themed six-acre corn maze, scavenger hunt, and the apple-pult (a catapult for apples, natch). The noncompetitive, meanwhile, can pick pumpkins, take a hayride, and enjoy caramel apples, doughnuts, and cider.
2512 N Holly St, Canby
Visitors to this family-run farm in Canby can climb aboard the miniature railroad as it makes its annual Pumpkin Run, with the lead engine dressed up to look like a large jack-o’-lantern. The train tours the fields, with a stop to visit the farm animals. Check the website for special “Boo Train” dates.
17673 French Prairie Rd NE, St. Paul
This farm, which sprawls across 500 acres in the Willamette Valley, offers many of the usual pumpkin patch activities, but also some more innovative options, including weekend-only “Pigtucky Derby Pig Races”—a Kentucky Derby–style race with pigs instead of horses.
At Hoffman Farms, the “Scholls Valley Railroad” zips around a mile-long track.
22242 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Beaverton
The Hoffmans started farming potatoes in Beaverton in 1983 and now have three generations working together. Along with the year-round farm store and bakery, visitors can find seasonal activities such as a U-pick pumpkin patch with more than 20 varieties of pumpkins, a 10-acre corn maze, and the “Scholls Valley Railroad,” which zips around a mile-long track. Weekends bring live music, a barbecue food truck, and pours from Dundee’s Barn Door Brewing. Wear a costume during the farm’s “Spooky Night” on October 17 and ride the train for free.
24500 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Hillsboro
In the summer, it’s easy to understand where this farm gets its name. Smith Berry Barn grows more than 20 varieties of berries in its U-pick fields. But in the fall, you can also pick apples and pears in its orchard, walk through the grassy rows of its pumpkin patch, feed the farm animals, and treat yourself to a pumpkin pie milkshake and honeycrisp caramel apples in its farm store. A Cider House serving station is also on site with a handful of hard cider and wine tastings throughout September and October.
The fall vibes are strong at Roloff Farms.
23985 NW Grossen Dr, Hillsboro
Hillsboro’s Roloff Farms might be best known as the backdrop of one of TLC’s most popular shows, the long-running Little People, Big World, but its other attractions still merit a mention. At the annual pumpkin festival, find a scenic trail, an attraction called Chickenopolis, a “spooky forest,” duck races, story time, a country store that sells treats and souvenirs, and a meet-and-greet with Amy Roloff. If you really don’t want to leave, the farm has a vacation rental that sleeps 16.
Tykes can get a taste of the tractor life at Packer Orchards.
3020 Thomsen Rd, Hood River
Though it’s one of the newer pumpkin patches on the block—open since just 2016—Packer Orchards brings a strong October game. Beyond the pumpkin patch and corn maze, the Hood River farm has a big hay slide, cute farm animals, and a giant corn pit where kids can bury themselves amid the kernels.
14601 Arndt Road, Aurora
This family farm boasts an abundance of autumnal activities like a U-pick pumpkin patch, a six-acre corn maze, hayrides, a paintball shooting gallery, and a cow train named the “Polka Dot Express.” Also worth noting: Hazel’s Nut House, a little wooden hut carpeted with nutshells.
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