Pumpkin Patches Near Boston
There are two kinds of pumpkin patch. One is a farm where kids walk into an actual field and cut a pumpkin off the vine. The other is a pile of trucked-in pumpkins on a tarp next to a parking lot. We’re focusing on the real deal with this list.
These are the real ones near Boston, with the dates each field opens.
When pumpkin season actually starts
Earlier than most people think. Labor Day weekend through early November is the full window, with the best fields hitting stride from mid-September.
Late September and the first half of October are the sweet spot: the fields are full, the weather is still decent, and you beat the Halloween-weekend crush. By the last week of October the good pumpkins are picked over and the parking lots are chaos.
Call the picking line before you go. Every farm below posts a daily update, and pumpkin fields close for mud after heavy rain.
Tougas Family Farm: (508) 393-6406
Parlee Farms: 978-649-3854
The patches
Tougas Family Farm
📍 Northborough | 👶 All ages | 💲 Seasonal PYO pricing | ☀️ Outdoor (Labor Day – early Nov)
The longest pumpkin window of any farm on this list, and apples are still going at the same time, so you can do both in one trip. Wagon rides out to the fields, plus ice cream, a bakery, and a farm grill for the ride home. Open Wednesday–Sunday 8am–4pm, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. About 45 minutes west. No dogs.
Parlee Farms
📍 Tyngsborough | 👶 All ages | 💲 Seasonal PYO pricing | ☀️ Outdoor (mid-Sept – late Oct)
Pumpkins from mid-September, alongside apples and the flower gardens that run into October. Kids break up the picking with Annie’s Animal Barns and the sandbox. The most polished farm here, and the busiest — arrive at opening.
Honeypot Hill Orchards
📍 Stow | 👶 All ages (best 2–10) | 💲 ~$15–$25/person | ☀️ Outdoor (seasonal)
The corn maze is the reason to come here — that plus a barnyard play area and cider donuts. It feels like someone’s actual orchard rather than an operation. Weekday mornings in early October are the move. About 35 minutes west.
Belkin Family Lookout Farm
📍 Natick | 👶 All ages (best 3–10) | 💲 ~$33–$37/person (ages 3+); under 3 free | ☀️ Outdoor
Admission covers the corn maze, tractor play area, and picking bags, so there’s no drip of extra charges once you’re inside. Pre-purchase online to save $4/person. Taproom on site for the adults.
Smolak Farms
📍 North Andover | 👶 All ages | 💲 $10–$45 depending on the day | ☀️ Outdoor
Hayride out to the fields and farm animals on the way back. The pricing swings a lot by day and event, so check before you commit. About 35 minutes north.
Verrill Farm
📍 Concord | 👶 All ages | 💲 Farm stand free; PYO seasonal | ☀️ Outdoor
Pumpkins in October and a farm stand open daily 8am–7pm. The low-key option — no tickets, no crowds, no admission just to walk in. Good when you want a farm morning without an event.
Four things worth knowing
Go before mid-October if you can. Same pumpkins, half the people.
Bring a wagon. If you kids are like mine, they pick the biggest on in the field and I get to carry it.
Corn mazes (fun for most kids). Make it fun, run through it, and avoid the ones with the horror house if you have littles
Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons at every single farm on this list, without exception.
Picking apples on the same trip? See Apple Picking Near Boston. For the whole year of picking — strawberries through pumpkins — the pick-your-own season calendar lays it out month by month.
And for what’s happening each week around Boston, subscribe to Boston Family Calendar. Every Wednesday, free.
see you out there fellow parents,
T from Boston Family Calendar
