Just in case you needed a more extensive list of LA’s top pumpkin patches, we have you covered! With Halloween around the corner, there is no better time for a good old-fashioned visit to find the perfect gourd. Find your jack-o-lantern destination at one of the many local pumpkin patches around town!
Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch
Location: Los Angeles
Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch delivers a country-escape feel to its Sepulveda Blvd. city location. Above all, get lost amongst corn stalks, straw bales, and mounds of pumpkins. Likewise, Shawn’s shriek-fest activities include an inflatable pumpkin, arcade games, face painting, and a giant tiger slide.
Mr. Jack O’Lantern’s Pumpkin Patch
Location: Los Angeles
Mr. Jack O’Lantern’s Pumpkin Patch has six locations spread across California, making this multiverse of patches convenient to many locations. Of course, activities vary between locations, but all sites include pumpkin decorating, carving, and photo stations. Most importantly, there are petting zoos, pumpkin bounce houses with slides, pumpkin bowling, and tumbling tombstones.
Tina’s Pumpkin Patch
Location: Sherman Oaks
Tina’s Pumpkin Patch at Westfield Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks certainly has a bounty of activities for the kids, including train and pony rides, an obstacle course, a bounce slide, and a straw maze.
Location: Long Beach
The folks at Pa’s Pumpkin Patch have more than forty years of experience serving up Halloween snacks, pumpkin-carving hacks, and adventurous activities. Additionally, its extensive ride list includes carnival-type attractions such as toon cars, a merry-go-round, and a dragon race.
Tanaka Farms
Location: Irvine (Tanaka) | Costa Mesa (Hana Field)
There’s no spooky smoke and mirrors at Tanaka Farms, which has one of Orange County’s only real pumpkin patches. Get in touch with nature in the u-pick veggie and pumpkin patches, enjoy wagon rides and tractor climbs, and hang out with the barnyard and pasture animals. Additionally, Tanaka’s smaller sister farm of Hana Field offers a similar scaled-down experience in Costa Mesa.
The Pumpkin Factory
Location: Corona
The Pumpkin Factory in Corona offers a cornucopia of activities. Entertain the kids with archery, paintball, and the bee train ride, carousel, spinning pumpkin, go gator coaster, and helicopter. Most importantly, the affiliated Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Farm is the largest outdoor pumpkin patch in Southern California.