Fall fun is popping up all around Southern California! Whether your family is ready to pick apples, search for the perfect pumpkin, wander through a corn maze, or pile onto a tractor ride, there are plenty of ways to make the most of the season together.
We rounded up pumpkin patches, farms, and fall festivals near Upland, Claremont, and La Verne, plus a few destinations that are worth the drive. Grab the kids, charge your phone for all those fall photos, and start planning your next autumn adventure!
Dates, hours, admission prices, parking fees, and activities can change. Some locations require advance tickets and popular weekends may sell out. Always click the link and confirm the latest details directly with the venue before heading out.
Closest to home: Heritage Park, Cal Poly Pomona, Montclair Place, or Seasonal Adventures
Apple picking and treats: Oak Glen
Big rides and attractions: Live Oak Canyon or Frosty’s Forest
A full farm experience: Tanaka Farms, Greenspot Farms, or Underwood Family Farms
š Fall Fun Close to Home
These seasonal favorites are in or near Upland/Claremont & La Verne, making them easy choices for an afternoon or weekend outing.
The Pumpkin Patch at Heritage Park
La Verne
TRACTOR RIDE PETTING FARM PHOTO OPS
Hours: Fridays, 4 to 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: Heritage Park, 5001 Via De Mansion, La Verne, CA 91750
Enjoy the rural atmosphere of Heritage Park while choosing a pumpkin, taking a tractor-pulled ride, visiting the petting farm, and snapping fall family photos.
Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Fest
Pomona
HAYRIDE PETTING FARM FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Location: AGRIscapes, 4102 S. University Drive, Pomona, CA 91768
Tickets: Advance admission is strongly recommended
This popular festival includes a scenic hayride, interactive mazes, a petting farm, Junior Farmers activities, agricultural demonstrations, live entertainment, special programming, and plenty of festive photo spots.
Montclair Place Pumpkin Patch
Montclair
PONY RIDES PETTING ZOO CORN MAZE
Location: 5060 E. Montclair Plaza Lane, Montclair, CA 91763
Where to Find It: Outside parking lot across from Lazy Dog
Montclair Place brings fall fun close to home with pumpkins, pony rides, a petting zoo, character meet-and-greets, a corn maze, and more.
Frosty’s Forest & Pumpkin Patch
Chino
4-ACRE MAZE RIDES & GAMES SUNFLOWERS
Location: 14861 Ramona Ave., Chino, CA 91710
Free Mondays: September 28 and October 5, 12, 19, and 26
Explore a four-acre corn maze, sunflower labyrinth, corn cob beach, slides, rides, carnival games, food stands, and plenty of photo backdrops. A haunted corn maze is offered Thursday through Sunday nights.
Fall in the Farm
Fairplex, Pomona
AGRICULTURE HANDS-ON FUN ONE DAY ONLY
Location: The Farm at Fairplex, Pomona
See, touch, and taste agriculture in motion during this family event featuring hands-on activities, displays, workshops, and agriculture and wellness vendors. Kids can learn where food comes from and discover ways to grow a garden, even in the city.
Seasonal Adventures Pumpkin Patch
Rancho Cucamonga
RIDES PETTING ZOO BOUNCE HOUSES
Location: 11400 Foothill Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
This nearby patch offers mechanical rides, inflatable slides, obstacle courses, bounce houses, a petting zoo, a train, and thousands of pumpkins, gourds, squash, and cornstalks.
š Apple Picking in Oak Glen
Oak Glen Apple Season
Oak Glen
APPLE PICKING FALL TREATS DAY TRIP
Location: Oak Glen, CA
Spend the day visiting orchards, picking apples, meeting farm animals, sipping fresh-pressed cider, and sampling apple cider donuts, pies, barbecue, and other seasonal treats. Oak Glen includes Riley’s Farms, Oak Tree Mountain, Los Rios Rancho, Apple Annie’s, Snow-Line Orchard, Stone Pantry Orchard, Willowbrook Apple Farm, Stone Soup Farm, and more.
š More Fall Outings Worth the Drive
Looking for a bigger day trip? These Southern California farms and pumpkin patches offer enough activities to fill several hours, and sometimes the whole day.
Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Farm
Redlands
Location: 32335 Live Oak Canyon Road, Redlands, CA 92373
This huge pumpkin farm is packed with rides, slides, ponies, games, live entertainment, food, a corn maze, pumpkins, and photo opportunities.
The Pumpkin Factory
Corona
Location: 1545 Circle City Drive, Corona, CA 92879
Pick out a pumpkin and enjoy rides, slides, ponies, petting zoos, games, and classic fall food including funnel cakes and nacho fries.
Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch
Irvine and Costa Mesa
Irvine: 5380 3/4 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Hana Field: 427 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tanaka Farms offers two fall experiences. Weekend activities may include wagon rides, a barnyard educational exhibit, U-pick vegetables and pumpkins, a corn maze, crafts, festival games, Farmer Golf, and the famous Pumpkin Cannon. Hana Field also offers the Jurassic Fright Corn Maze.
Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch
Orange
Location: 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off: Saturday, September 19
Train rides and hayrides are the highlights, but families will also find games, fall photo spots, a moon bounce, face painting, gold panning, John Deere Racers, decorating activities, a not-so-spooky haunted house, a hay maze, food, and pumpkins for sale.
Greenspot Farms
Mentone
Location: 10133 Ward Way, Mentone, CA 92359
Haunted Hayride Opens: October 9
This country farm offers a pumpkin patch, crafts, train rides, inflatables, a hay maze, a small animal farm, duck races, tractor rides, and more.
Peltzer Pumpkin Farm
Temecula
Location: 39925 Calle Contento, Temecula, CA 92591
Pumpkins, a petting farm, gem mining, pony rides, a tractor garden, a train ride, John Deere carts, and carnival games are all waiting at Peltzer Farm & Winery.
Underwood Family Farms
Moorpark
Location: 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark, CA 93021
Fall Harvest on the Farm features a gigantic pumpkin patch, pick-your-own fields, games, rides, a corn maze, photo opportunities, and five weekends of live entertainment.
Festivals, library programs, community celebrations, and more are added to our calendar throughout the season.
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