20 Pumpkin Patches in NYC & Nearby That Kids of All Ages Will Love
You don’t have to leave the city to find the perfect pumpkin; there are plenty of places to go pumpkin picking in NYC and nearby with your family.
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2. Demarest Farms
244 Wierimus Road, Hillsdale
201-666-0472
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Hours: Sept. 18-Oct. 31, Thursday-Sunday, 8am-5pm. Visits limited to your reservation time frame. Arrive promptly at your scheduled time. If you arrive late, you’ll still be asked to leave at the end of your reservation time.
Open since 1886, this farm is a staple in Bergen County. Hayrides still aren’t being given right now, so wear shoes for walking on uneven surfaces. No outside items allowed including strollers, backpacks, and purses. Pro tip: Come later in the day and stay for the Halloween Light Show, a drive-through experience available Sept. 17-Oct. 31 (advanced reservations required). Save room for the farm’s delish apple cider doughnuts, washed down with fresh apple cider.
3. Secor Farms
85 Airmont Ave., Mahwah
201-529-2595
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Hours: Open daily Sep. 17-Oct. 32, 9am-5:30pm.
Walk to the decorated pumpkin patch to find the best pumpkin to take home. Scattered in the pumpkin patch, you’ll also find fun decorations for photo ops. In addition to pumpkins, it carries a large selection of gourds, jack-be-little pumpkins, corn stalks, and Halloween decorations. And don’t forget the corn maze! Check out the farm’s market, which carries a variety of New York state apples, fresh-pressed apple cider, and homemade apple cider doughnuts.
4. Stony Hill Farms
15 North Road, Chester
908-879-2908
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Hours: Late September-October, daily, 10am-5pm (last entry is at 4pm)
In addition to picking pumpkins, general admission guests can enjoy hay rides to fields (available weekends only), picnic areas, the Barnyard Board Game, Tile Maze, and Noah’s Ark Playground. And if you choose a higher ticket option, you’ll get access to the giant and mini corn mazes and trike racing.
Pumpkin Picking on Long Island
1. Dees Nursery
69 Atlantic Ave., Oceanside
516-678-3535
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Hours: Through Oct. 30, Saturday-Sunday, 11am-5pm.
Pick and paint your perfect pumpkin, take a ride on a pony, mine for gems and fossils, feed the farm animals, go on a spooky walk, enjoy freshly roasted corn, and more.
Why we love it: Plus, the nursery is pet-friendly! Bring Fido (as long as he’s on a leash).
2. Fairview Farm
19 Horsemill Lane, Bridgehampton
631-537-6154
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Hours: Through Nov. 6, weekends and Oct. 10, 10am-6pm
Pick your own pumpkins, gourds, or squash, shoot corn from a cannon, lose yourself in an 8-acre corn maze, and more. Fairview’s corn maze spans approximately 2 miles of paths, with two bridges which allow spectacular views of surrounding farmland, Mecox Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean!
3. F&W Schmitt’s Family Farm
26 Pinelawn Road, Melville
631-271-3276
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Hours: Through Oct. 30: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm; Saturday-Sunday plus Oct. 5, 10 and 24, 10am-5pm
Hayrides, mini golf, photo ops, and access to the playground are all included in your admission at this family farm. On weekends, there’s even more fun, including pony rides, a petting zoo, haunted corn trail, and a haunted house (all require an additional fee).
4. Hick’s Nurseries
100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury
516-334-0066
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Hours: Through Oct. 30: daily, 8am-6pm.
Admission: Free. Pumpkins are priced by size.
Hicks boasts a myriad of fall harvest selections, including cinderella pumpkins, cheese pumpkins, mystic pumpkins, peanut pumpkins, acorn and butternut squash, fairy tale squash, gooseneck squash, turban squash, and many more. Kids can take pictures with Otto the Ghost (he’s friendly!) and walk-thru his animated story. Fall foodies will love the selection of pumpkins for their baked food spreads.
5. White Post Farms
250 Old Country Road, Melville
631-351-9373
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Hours: Weekends & Columbus Day, Oct. 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 28, 29, 30. Gates open 9:30am-4:30pm Stay until 6pm
Fall Festival weekends at White Post Farms feature pumpkin picking, an animal farm, pony rides and train rides (both require an extra fee), sing-along hayrides, pumpkin painting, a variety of family shows, tasty treats, and more. In addition to getting up close to the farm’s animals, kids can hand- or bottle-feed some of the animals (for an extra fee).
Here at Rockland Parent, we've got everything you need to have a safe, fun, and festive fall and Halloween season. Whether it is pumpkin or apple picking, getting lost in a corn maze, making Halloween crafts or finding costumes and decorations, we're here to help.
