Abma’s Farm
700 Lawlins Road, Wyckoff | Gateway Region
Hey, isn’t it about time for a hayride? One ticket price buys you a round-trip journey to the pumpkin patch, a pumpkin to take home and admission to the Barnyard Petting Zoo, where you can have a friendly meet-and-greet with the farm’s sheep, goats, alpaca, bunnies, cows, ponies, donkeys and more barnyard buddies.
Demarest Farms
244 Werimus Road, Hillsdale | Gateway Region
Fall brings the fun here. One general admission price includes parking, access to the farm’s pumpkin patch, petting zoo fun, playground time and, on select days, hayrides. Advance reservations are required, and remember to leave Fido at home – this day of pumpkin picking is for humans only.
Farms View
945 Black Oak Ridge Road, Wayne | Gateway Region
Hop on one of the farm’s continuously running hayrides for a trip to the pumpkin patch so you can pick your own. No reservations needed, just show up when it’s convenient for you, pop on your gardening gloves and get to harvesting.
Secor Farms
85 Airmont Avenue, Mahwah | Gateway Region
All aboard for a hayride through rolling farmlands, past a pond and out to a fertile field where you’ll find a bountiful pumpkin patch and corn maze that will put your navigational skills to the test. Fall fun and festive treats are all around at Secor Farms.
Alstede Farms
1 Alstede Farms Lane, Chester | Skylands Region
Come for the PYO pumpkins, stay for the corn maze (daytime access is included with every pick-your-own ticket price). Every year, the farm goes all out with a huge, themed corn maze you can navigate in the light of day or tackle after dark as part of their Harvest Moon Hayride.
Heaven Hill Farm
451 NJ-94, Vernon Township | Skylands Region
It’s the Great Pumpkin Festival! Running September 14 – November 3, 2024, you won’t just be treated to hayrides to the pumpkin patch and access to “The Big Top” corn maze. You’ll also enjoy 35+ fun fall activities and nearly endless photo opportunities.
Hillview Farms
223 Meyersville Road, Gillette | Skylands Region
The farm that grows PYO blueberries, peaches, and flowers all summer long is proud to offer public hayrides to the pumpkin patch so you can select your very own every weekend in October. Get those carving tools ready because this year’s jack-o-lantern will be one for the books.
Middle Valley Farms
304 Pleasant Valley Road, Mendham Township | Skylands Region
We’re pulling back the curtain on “Mendham’s Best Kept Secret.” Get dressed in your cozy fall flannels and get out there to pick your pumpkins, stroll through the stalks in a confounding corn maze and hop a hay ride at Middle Valley Farms.
Ort Farms
25 Bartley Road, Long Valley | Skylands Region
You can count on John (as in John Deere) to get you to the farm’s pumpkin patch aboard a tractor-pulled hayride. And, if you’re up for the challenge, tackle the five-acre corn maze that’s included in your fall admission.
Riamede Farm
122 Oakdale Road, Chester | Skylands Region
This farm may be known for its vintage apple trees, but it also offers pumpkins ripe for picking straight from the vine. Whether you’re looking for a big one to carve into a classic jack-o’-lantern
Stony Hill Farms
15 North Road, Chester | Skylands Region
At ten acres, Stony Hill Farms boasts one of the largest corn mazes in this guide. It’s so big your a-maze-ing adventure could last one to three hours – there are even games to play along the way and Maze Masters stationed within to help you out! Be sure to visit their pumpkin patch too for pick-your-own fun.
Sun High Orchards
19 Canfield Avenue, Randolph | Skylands Region
Farmer Don wants you to know a couple of fun farm facts: 1) A green pumpkin plucked in October will turn orange by Christmas and 2) the largest specimen ever grown weighed in at a whopping 1,140 pounds! No wonder the farm recommends bringing your own wagon as one of their pumpkin-picking hacks.
Sussex County Strawberry Farm
565 Route 206 North, Andover | Skylands Region
Comparing strawberries to pumpkins is like comparing apples to oranges. No matter, though, because this farm known for its strawberries and raspberries in the summer also grows u-pick pumpkins this season! Find your right-sized pumpkin for painting or carving.
Tranquility Farms
47 Decker Pond Road, Green Township | Skylands Region
Fall weekends bring the excitement to Tranquility Farms. Not only can you conquer a corn maze and go pumpkin picking. You can also hop a hayride, board a cow train, see the farm animals, whiz down a hay slide and more. Your doggo is even invited for the fun.
Etsch Farms
556 Buckelew Avenue, Monroe Township | Central Jersey Region
Every autumn, this fourth-generation farm carves out an eight-acre corn maze (one of the Garden State’s biggest!) for your adventuring enjoyment. Once you’ve triumphed over the maze and picked your own pumpkin, be sure to treat yourself to some fresh-baked apple cider donuts.
Giamarese Farm & Orchards
155 Fresh Ponds Road, East Brunswick | Central Jersey Region
A NJ Agricultural Society Gold Medallion Award winner, this farm has been where it’s at for pick-your-own produce since 1941. With strawberry and spring greens season long over and apple season winding down, it’s time to go pumpkin picking.
Howell Living History Farm
70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell | Central Jersey Region
You can’t beat the original. Howell Living History Farm boasts New Jersey’s longest-running corn maze. At four acres, it challenges your sense of direction, and as you make your way through the labyrinth, you can play a one-of-a-kind maze game. Other fun fall activities at the farm include a pumpkin patch, hayrides and a haybale maze for the kiddos.
Lee Turkey Farm
201 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor | Central Jersey Region
This seventh-generation, family-owned farm is “not just for the birds.” This season, it’s also for the u-pick pumpkins! After harvesting your plump produce for Halloween, you can return for the turkey that will take a place of honor on your Thanksgiving table.
Melick’s Town Farm
Califon Orchards Location | 472 County Road 513, Califon | Central Jersey Region
Experience 200 acres of fun on the farm for the whole family. Throughout October, you can find your way through the free corn maze and pluck your own pumpkins from the vine. You can even make a whole day of it – pack a picnic lunch and let the kids run and jump on the tractor tire playground.
Norz Hill Farm & Market
120 Branch Road, Hillsborough | Central Jersey Region
You can’t miss out on this farm’s annual fall festival. Kick off the thrills with the five-acre corn maze and kids’ CORNer showcasing a hay bale maze and corn boxes for the little ones to play in. Hop aboard a hay wagon and cap it all off with pumpkin picking. You’ll find over 60 varieties of pumpkins, gourds and squashes in a rainbow of colors – including orange, white, blue, green and even pink.
Phillips Farms
91 Crabapple Hill Road, Milford | Central Jersey Region
There are over two centuries of history in the rich soil of this 300-acre farm. You’re certain to find the pumpkin of your dreams here. Even if you don’t, you can travel two miles away to the farm’s second location and get another shot at pumpkin-picking perfection.
Schaefer Farms
1051 County Road 523, Flemington | Central Jersey Region
When the sun is shining, families can take a hayride to the farm’s more-than-40-acre pumpkin patch for pick-your-own wholesomeness, along with corn maze, hay maze, farm animal and corn cannon fun. But, when night falls, terror takes over with Farm of Horror attractions.
Snyder’s Farm
586 South Middlebush Road, Somerset | Central Jersey Region
Make it a full day down on the farm during the annual fall festival. The boundless bounty of seasonal activities includes pumpkin picking, corn maze, hay rides, big slides, a hay bale maze, climbing tunnels, rubber duck race, backhoe diggers and so much more.
Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton | Central Jersey Region
Fall Family Fun Weekends are a smashing success here – so be sure to get your tickets early. There are so many options! The Pick a Pumpkin Package includes a u-pick pumpkin of five pounds or less plus a corn maze, children’s games, a discovery barn, a scavenger hunt, pedal & play tractors and more. You can also upgrade to a Wine Time or Ultimate Food & Fun Combo Package.
Creamy Acres Farm
448 Lincoln Mill Road, Mullica Hill | Delaware River Region
You won’t be-leaf all the good times to be had at the farm’s Fall Fest. Take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch and pick a specimen up to 25 pounds. Find your way through the corn maze and learn about farm animals along the way. Then round up even more fun in the farm park and on the barnyard walk.
Indian Acres Tree Farm
111 Tuckerton Road, Medford | Delaware River Region
Are you all ears right now? Because this is the one farm in this guide that has a giant sorghum maze in place of a corn maze. It’s actually two mazes in one, with three acres designed with younger children in mind and four acres for the big kids. Other can’t-misses include a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch as well as the mud kitchen, magic patch, corn boats, barrel train and more.
Johnson’s Corner Farm
133 Church Road, Medford | Delaware River Region
Attention autumn lovers: You’re invited to the farm’s Fall Harvest! So pick that perfect pumpkin. Try to beat the 20 – 40 minute average finish time in the five-acre corn maze. Listen to live music. Feast at the festival food tent. Try your luck at gem mining. Say hi (or bah) to the barnyard animals. Plus, so much more.
Mood’s Farm Market
901 Bridgeton Pike, Mullica Hill | Delaware River Region
Grab your garden shears and head out to the pumpkin patch. You could pluck a Cinderella pumpkin – or whatever variety, big or small, fits your personality. A not-too-scary hayride will get you there. In search of a winning ticket? Make your voice and a-maze-ing navigational skills be heard in the 2024 voting-themed corn maze.
Argos Farm
1250 Lacey Road, Forked River | Shore Region
You’ll fall in love with the farm’s Fall Festival. Pumpkin picking right from the vine. Conquering the corn maze. Toe-tapping to live music. Getting to know the farm animals. Swooshing down the double hay slide. Zooming along the bee zip line. Moooo-ving aboard the cow train and more.
Battleview Orchards
91 Wemrock Road, Freehold | Shore Region
As the oldest pick-your-own orchard in the Garden State, Battleview knows a thing or two about growing brag-worthy produce. Join a fun-as-all-get-out hayride and go pumpkin picking. When you get home with your harvest, be sure to visit the orchard’s official website for some perfectly yummy pumpkin recipes.
Happy Day Farm
106 Iron Ore Road, Manalapan Township | Shore Region
Weekends in season are Fall Festival days. Where pumpkin picking is king and one admission price includes 30 family-friendly farm activities – including the corn maze, pumpkin bowling, tractor ride, tire mountain, wooden train, corn tunnel, fun slide, horse lasso, pig races and much much more.
Before you can say, “Aww, shucks,” corn maze and pumpkin picking season will be over. So be sure to visit the official website or social media channels of your preferred destination, and then get out there to do all of the fall things soon. Looking for more fun on the farm? Check out our complete directory of statewide farms and orchards. When you’re ready to plan your outing or getaway any time of year, find inspiration in the pages of our free travel guide and features in our e-newsletter.
