Looking for a local pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayride, gourds and other
Halloween activities in Northern Rhode Island? Scroll down this page and you will see the
all of those in Northern Rhode Island, sorted by county. Some are
farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm
stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some are simple
roadside stands. Most have loads of pumpkins to choose from. To really make it
fun for your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a corn
maze, spook house, or hayride. There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of
course, the more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free.
ALWAYS call before you go
to confirm the info, they don't always report changes to me!
And if you know of one I missed and want to add it or correct the
information, please let me know!
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New for this year, see our Top Ten list of best pumpkins to make pumpkin pies and for
baking and cooking. Also, our Master List of 100 Varieties of Pumpkins for
every purpose. Then see this page for our easy pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin recipe.
New! We just went live with our latest website,
FunFactoryTours.com - As they name implies, you can find a fun factory tour, including chocolate, automobiles, historical forts and sites, famous buildings,
active Federal facilities like dams, a mint, NASA, even fun geology: like fossils and volcanic areas They're fun, inexpensive and educational! And for road
trips and camping, see RoadTrippingAndCamping.com
Updates for April 2025
Get out to the corn mazes and pumpkin patches! Most close either at Halloween or a week later! The world's best
pumpkin pie recipe is here, and the
pie
crust recipe is here! And we have
home
canning, preserving, drying and freezing directions. You can access many
pumpkin and other recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the
top of the page or the site search. If you are looking for pick your own apples with
pumpkins and often also fun activities, see this page.
After Halloween, find a Christmas tree at a
local
Christmas tree farm (and enjoy a bonfire, smore, hot chocolate and
free hayrides, and often Santa visits! And next Spring, you'll want to take your
children to a free Easter egg hunt -
see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt. If you have any questions or suggestions,
feel free to write me! And Find a a local farm market here
Pumpkin Patch Listings, by county
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
Kent County
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Morris Farm - corn maze, pumpkin
patch, hayrides
2779 Warwick Avenue, Warwick, RI 02889. Phone: (401)
738-1036. We grow vegetables, have tractor rides, run greenhouses
and care for cows, chickens and horses. Visitors are welcome to
walk around the farm and see the animals. Walking tours of
farm, tractor trailer rides and discussion of methods to
organically control weeds and pests. Group planting tours in the
spring and pumpkin picking in the fall. Birthday parties with
horse rides and trailer rides to visit the cows. Corn Maze with
scavenger hunt. Farm fresh vegetables in-season, sweet corn,
summer squash, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, beans.
A visitor
writes on April 25, 2009: "Great people to visit. They have
some of the freshest corn and various veggies's around. The corn
maze is always well done. They carry a great variety of perennial
plants."
- Roger Williams Park Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
- Drive-Through Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Experience
1000 Elmwood
Avenue, Providence, RI 02907. Phone: 401 941-4998. Email:
[email protected].
Open: shows running nightly from October 2nd through November 2nd;
Admission opens at 6 pm; pumpkin trail opens at dusk; Last admission
Sunday to Friday at 10 pm; Trail Closes at 11 pm; Last admission on
Saturdays at 11 pm; Trail Closes at 12 am.. This highly anticipated
annual event, created by the artists and craftsmen of Passion for
Pumpkins, features a breathtaking display of 5,000 illuminated
jack-o-lanterns, with over 125 of them artistically carved and
displayed in scenes to play out the annual theme. The Jack-O-Lantern
Spectacular has become one of the region's most enchanting fall
traditions, with over 100,000 people attending each of the last four
years. The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is open rain or shine,
however, in cases of severe weather or weather-related technical
difficulties the show might close early. Please check our website,
Facebook and Twitter pages for frequent updates. Drive-Through
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Experience a spooktacular new way to
celebrate the Halloween season!
Citizens presents a drive-through
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo Thursday,
October 1 - Sunday, November 1, 2020. Celebrate Special Places while
staying safe inside your car enjoying thousands of intricately
carved pumpkins as you immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of
the Halloween season.
Trail will be open nightly 6:30 - 11 pm.
Gates will close at 10:30 pm.
Tickets are online sales ONLY and
sold for each half hour. We strongly recommend arriving 15 minutes
BEFORE your selected timeslot. (UPDATED: September 8, 2020
JBS)
Bristol County
- Frerichs Farms - pumpkin patch (gathered from the
field)
43 Kinnicutt Ave, Warren, RI 02885. Phone:
401-245-8245. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 5 p.m..
They have a Pumpkin-Palooza, pumpkin weigh-off (see their
website) . Frerichs has hosted the
Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Grower's Annual Weigh-off on Columbus Day
Weekend. Thousands of people come to see the pumpkins and enjoy the festivities.
Click here
to see pictures from last year's weigh-off. On certain October weekend evenings (October 17-18 & 24-25)
the farm hosts BYOF (bring your own flashlight ) nights. Come see our spooky
farm under the cover of darkness. Appropriate for all children.
Starting Sept 12 and continuing through October 31, our Pumpkin Coach ride is
running, our Western Town is open, and our pumpkin patch, make-your own
scarecrow factories are up and going during our
Pumpkin Palooza! Fall is definitely the time for kids at the farm!
Click here
to see pictures. Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off on Saturday October 12, 2013; Free
Admission; Parking is $5 ; Pumpkins arrive at 9:30 am. Pumpkin
drop at 11:30 am. Weigh-off starts at 12 pm
A visitor writes on October 06, 2009: "This is a
wonderful family-owned farm"
Providence County
- Adam's Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch- already
gathered from the field, corn maze, Hay rides, child-sized haybale maze, prepicked
produce, picnic area, petting zoo
140 Sumner Brown Road corner of Sumner Brown Rd & Burntswamp Rd,
Cumberland, RI 02864. Phone: 401-333-1845. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: From Cumberland RI, Rt 114 to
Reservoir Road, From Rt 121 take
Sumnerbrown Road and follow the pumpkin signs. From MA take Route 1A to Wapum
Corner (Wretham) turn left onto 121 S. follow approximately 3 miles then just
follow the pumpkin signs. And for a map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: September 10th to October 31st Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 5 PM,
Saturday and Sunday, 9 AM to 6 pm. Payment: Cash, Check. We have, Pumpkins,
Apples, candy and caramel apples, corn stalks, hay, mums and much much more,
everything you need to decorate for the fall. We now have Hayrides!!!!
Weekends noon til 4 pm.
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Barden Family Orchard - Pick-your-own apples, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, prepicked
produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand
56 Elmdale Road, North Scituate, RI 02857. Phone: 401-934-1413. Fax: same.
Email:
[email protected]. Open: Monday through Friday from 9 am to 6 pm,
Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm; November hours open daily from 10 am
to 4 pm. Directions: 20 minutes west of Providence Route 6
west into Scituate, right on Route 116 north, left on Pole Bridge Road, Go
to end and Take a right. We are on the right And for a map to our farm,
click here. Apples August 1- mid November Peaches September
10-October 5 Raspberries August and September Plums August 20 Pumpkins
September 10-October Payment: Cash, Check.
Click here for our Facebook page.
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Confreda Greenhouses & Farms - pumpkin patch-pick in the
field, corn maze, haunted corn maze, tractor-pulled hay rides,
prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand,
restrooms, picnic area, school tours
2150 Scituate Avenue, Hope, RI 02831. Phone: 401-827-5000. Fax:
401-826-3276. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: Rte 295 South or North to Rte 37
West. Follow 37 West to end. Turn right onto Natick Avenue. Follow
to your first light. Turn left onto Scituate Avenue for 4 miles. And
for a map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in April, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November, December. Open: 7 days a
week. Call for hours. Hayrides, Pumpkin Picking and Farm Tours:
Mid-September thru October. Haunted Hayride and Corn Maze: Weekends in
October. Christmas Tress: Thanksgiving Weekend thru Christmas Eve.
Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Farmer's
Market features home grown vegetables plus a bakery, ice cream shop
and playground. Garden Center features home grown bedding plants,
hangers, shrubs, statuary, custom planting.

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Cucumber Hill Farm - pumpkins, pumpkins for sale in the
shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch-
already gathered from the field, corn maze, straw or hay bale maze,
tractor-pulled hay rides, porta-potties, picnic area (bring your own
food), pony rides, birthday parties
39 Cucumber Hill Road,
Foster, RI 02825. Phone: 401-397-7500. Email:
[email protected]. Open:Weekends
September 22 through October 28; Saturdays 10 am to last entry to
flashlight maze 9 pm; Sunays 10 am to 6 pm; Open Mondday, Columbus Day
October 8 and flashlight maze Sunday October 7 until last entry at
9 pm.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions:
Conveniently located near the RI / CT line between Route 6
(Danielson Pike)and Route 14 (Plainfield Pike).
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx.
Click here for our Facebook page
for latest updates and lots of pictures. (UPDATED: September 28,
2018)
A visitor writes on October 06, 2012: "My family and I went to Cucumber Hill Farm tonight for
their Moonlight corn maze with flashlights and it was AWESOME!!!!!
Everyone there was so friendly we got a hayride out to the cornmaze
had fun trying to find all the Ocean fact punchouts discovered the
pirate chest and had hot chocolate after finding our way out!!!!
Highly recommend for all ages!!!!"
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Dame Farm and Orchards - pumpkin patch, corn maze,
Pick-Your-Own Apples (or pre-picked) at our Farm Stand, Weekend
Walk-in Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides (Call for Times)
94 Brown Avenue,
Johnston, RI 02919. Phone: 401-949-3657. Email:
[email protected]. Open: 9:30 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week.
Directions: See their website for directions. Payment: . All Fresh
grown fruits and vegetables, they have a corn maze, pick-your-own
apples, strawberries, etc.
A visitor writes on September 16, 2010: "Very
friendly, great selection, very fresh fruits and vegetables, family
oriented"
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Elwood Orchard - pumpkins, apples, pears
58 Snake Hill
Road, N. Scituate, RI 02857. Phone: 401-949-0390. Email:
[email protected]. And for a
map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open:
weekends and holidays 9 to 5 Third weekend in August through October.
Payment: Cash, Check.
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Hill
Orchard
- pumpkins, pick your own apples, hayrides
86 Windsor Ave. Johnston,
RI . Phone: 401-949-2940. Open: UPDATE for 2022: This orchard was closed in 2021, and seems to have not reopened. . selected months (part year) so call first, In season, open every
day, 10 am to 5 pm. Apples and peaches.
Pick-your-own orchard opens
on weekends in September and October. We are open weekdays by
appointment for school trips and other groups. Contact us for
available dates and times.
Click
here for directions
and a table of apple ripening times. We
plan to open Labor Day weekend in 2013.
Horse-drawn
hayrides through the
pick-your-own orchard are scheduled on selected weekends in
September and October. The ride passes through the orchard and by
the pumpkin patch. Click
here to see the Fall
2013 Hayride Schedule.
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Pezza Farms - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin
patch- already gathered from the field, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon
rides, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand,
restrooms, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
2279 Plainfield Pike, Johnston, RI 02919. Phone: (401)943-2707. Fax:
(401)943-2318. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: Please see our website for directions.
Crops are usually available in March, April,
May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Open: See
our website for current hours.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Our hayrides take
place Saturdays and Sundays through the month of October from 1 pm to 4:30,
our make your own scarecrow takes place in a covered greenhouse 9:30 -4:30
daily; Come visit us for a family fun filled day. Payment: Cash,
Visa/MasterCard. Our family owned farm offers something for every season.
Our greenhouses are overflowing with hundreds of varieties of annuals,
perennials and vegetable plants. The fall is family fun with hayrides,
love-a-bunny, scarecrow making and picking out the perfect pumpkin and fall
decorations. In the winter we offer custom made wreaths and boxwood trees to
poinsettias, houseplants, garlands, trees, wreaths of all sizes and there is
always something in the gift shop. Our animals are always here anxious for
visitors.
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Primrose Valley Gardens - pumpkins for sale in the shop
or farmstand, Fall festival, gift shop
1184 Providence Pike,
North Smithfield, RI 02896. Phone: 401-597-5797. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Monday to Saturday: 10 am to
5 Sunday: 10 am to 3. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Farmer's Day - October 20, 2012 pm to a cross between a harvest festival and a farmer's market!
Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, free food, a
petting zoo, and much more!!. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCard. We follow
organic practices, but are not seeking certification. In the spring and summer
we have a wide variety of perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs. We have hanging
plants, seeds, and bulbs. We offer mulch delivery and landscaping services. In
the fall we offer pumpkins, mums, corn stalks and hay bales.
Click here for our Facebook page. We
offer free delivery of Christmas trees to North Smithfield, RI! -
Salisbury Farm - pumpkins, pumpkins for sale in the shop
or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, train rides, corn
maze, straw or hay bale maze, we also have pie pumpkins,
tractor-pulled hay rides, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs
Plainfield, Pike Route 14, Johnston, RI 02919. Phone: 401-942-9741.
Email:
[email protected]. Open:
Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Pumpkin
updates:
Click here for updates. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Corn Maze open September 1
to Halloween. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, WIC Vouchers,
SFMNP Vouchers.
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Steere Orchard
- pumpkins, Pick-your-own apples, pumpkin patch-pick in the field,
pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, tractor-pulled hay
rides,
150 Austin Avenue, Greenville, RI 02828. Phone: 401-949-1456.
Directions: take exit 7b (Greenville rt44) off of 295. Follow Rt44
west through Greenville. Take a right on Austin Avenue (right after
the Greenville Fire station) We are 1.5 miles up Austin Avenue. And
for a map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in August, September,
October, November. Open: Every Day 9 am to 5 pm. Payment: Cash,
Visa/MasterCard. Apple Fest Is in October.. Live Music.. Baked goods..
much more..
Click here for our Facebook page
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Sunset
Orchards
- Pick your own apples, pumpkins, hayrides
Gleaner Chapel Road, North Scituate, RI . Phone: 401-934-1900.
Email: [email protected].
Open: See our website for current hours.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard.
Click here for our Facebook page. Sunset Orchard has new owners! We offer Pick Your Own apples and peaches, tractor pulled wagon rides, pies and
pastries, and fresh cider from our cider mill. Make it a day with family and friends!. Sunset Orchard is an 18 1⁄2 acre orchard growing 25 different
varieties of apples from Heirloom apples to the more familiar varieties like the sweet and juicy Macoun. Sunset Orchard also grows a small variety
of crab apples, peaches, pears, plums, and nectarines. Pick Your Own is offered on the peaches and nectarines during the month of August thru
mid-September. Pick Your Own is offered on most of the apple varieties beginning in September thru the end of October. In the farm's store you will
find all the orchard fruit varieties Sunset has to offer, fresh homemade apple pies, apple cider pressed fresh on the farm (non- pasteurized),
candied apples, and other sweet treats! On the weekends, during the busy season, Kids will enjoy the "Barrel Train" (small fee) and everyone will
enjoy the tractor pulled wagon rides which takes guests through the orchard (no charge!). (UPDATED: June 20, 2019, JBS) (UPDATED: May 24, 2018)
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