Ten Pumpkin Patches Near Atlanta

Halloween will be here soon. Time to pick out the perfect pumpkin to carve into a jack-o-lantern. Don’t just pick up a pumpkin on your weekly shopping trip, make it an event. Here are several pumpkin patches in Atlanta. If you’ve been to any of these, let us know what you think. If you have another favorite pumpkin patch in Atlanta, leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list.  For more Fall fun, try a Corn Maze Near Atlanta.

Pumpkin Patches in Atlanta

Milk a cow at the Yule Forest Pumpkin Patch.

What: Yule Forest Pumpkin Patch
 
Where: 3565 Hwy, 155 N, Stockbridge, GA 30281, 770-954-9356
When: Pumpkin Patch opens Oct. 1, 2012, Weekdays 4 – 7 pm, Weekends 9 – 6 pm
Cost: Admission begins at $7.50 per person. Additional activities are $2 – $5. Kids in costumes are free on Wed. from 4 – 7 pm

Here’s a post I did on the Yule Forest Pumpkin Patch. You can pick your pumpkins off the vine here, but call first to make sure they still have some on the vine. (sometimes pick your own pumpkin just means, choose from the array we have lying around, so if actually picking it off the vine is what you want, make sure before you go that the establishment you are visiting doesn’t just lay the pumpkins out.) In addition to pumpkins, enjoy a jumping pillow, petting zoo, Halloween hayride, crazy maze and a science center.

The Stone Mountain Pumpkin Festival is more like a theme park with pumpkins than a patch, but it sounds like lots of fun.

What: Berry Patch Farms
Where: 786 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, GA, 770-926-0561
When: Weekends Oct. 1 – 30, 2012 10 – 7 pm
Weekdays Oct. 17 – 28, 2012, 3:30 – 7 pm
Cost: Free (pumpkins for purchase) They only accept cash and checks. So stop by the ATM before going.
Parking: On weekends is $2

Take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch, get some apple cider, homemade pie and other fall treats. There is a playground and baby farm animals.

What: Kinsey Family Farm
Where: 7170 Jot-em Down Rd., Gainesville 770-887-6028
When: September 15 – Oct. 31, 2012, Mon. – Thurs. 8 – 5 pm, Fri. 10 – 6 pm, Sat. and Sun. 9 – 6 pm
Cost: Hayrides are $2 per person. Fish and animal food $1

A family owned farm in Gainesville. They offer traditional pumpkins, as well as several decorative varieties. There is a concession stand with drinks and snacks and a picnic area if you’d like to bring a picnic. In addition to hayrides and feeding the fish, kids of all ages can also feed animals in the new animal pavilion.

What: Washington Farms
Where: Watkinsville, GA, 706-769-0627
When: Sept. 29 – Nov. 4, 2012 Fri. 3- dark, Sat. 9 – dark, Sun., 1 – 6 pm
Cost: Pumpkins prices $.45 lb
$8 for 4 and under, $12 for 5 and up (includes farm activities and corn maze)
Evening corn maze is $10. (Includes Vortex Tunnel, Jumping Pillow and a Hayride)

Activities include a cow train ride, pig races (might just go for this), hayride, corn cannon, tunnel slide, playscape, petting farm, pumpkin launcher, PVC slide, corn box and sand box, duck races, tricycle track, pedal carts, vortex tunnel and a jumping pillow. Note: They accept cash and checks only.

What: Southern Belle Farms
Where: McDonough, Ga. 770-288-2582
When: Sept. 22 – Nov. 4, 2012, Sat. 10 – 10 pm and Sun. 1 – 6 pm
Cost: $12 per person 3 and older, $10 per person 65+, 2 and under

Farm admission includes cornfield maze, hayride, cow train, corn cannon, jumping pillow, racing pedal carts, giant tunnel slide, kiddie korral, corn box, duck races, barnyard animals and goat walk, pig races at Oinker Stadium.

What: Burt’s Farm

Where: 5 Burt’s Farm Rd., Dawsonville, Ga. 30534, 706-265-3701
When: Sept. 1 – Oct. 30, 2012, 9-6 pm
Oct. 31 – Nov. 10, 2012, 9 – 5 pm
Cost: $5 for adults, $ 4 kids 12 and under

Pumpkins and hayrides, plus a farm store.

What: Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival
Where: Stone Mountain Park, Ga.
When: Sept. 28 – Oct. 28, 2012 Friday and Sunday 10:30 – 5 pm. Saturday
10:30 – 7 pm with a Lasershow at 8 pm
Cost: $27 adults, $21 children 3 – 11. $10 parking.
Specials available including $7 off at Kroger

Stone Mountain’s Pumpkin Festival is more like a theme park where you get pumpkins rather than a pumpkin patch. However, it looked like a lot of fun, especially the Pumpkin Palooza which sounds an awful lot like the family game show we participated in at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando – which was a huge hit with my then tweens.

What: Pettite Creek Farms

Where: 337 Cassville Rd., Cartersville, Ga. 770-386-8688
When: Sept. 1 – Nov. 4, 2012
 Weekdays after 2 pm, Weekends Sat. 10 – 6 pm, Sun. 11 – 5 pm
Cost: $10 adults, $12 for children, under 2 free

Farm admission includes corn maze, hay ride, petting zoo and moonwalks. Pony and camel rides, as well as the Euro-Bungy are available on weekends for an additional $5 each.

What: Scottsdale Farms Nursery

Where: Alpharetta, GA, 770-777-5875
When: Contact them for hours. Looks like it’s only on the weekends, but it could be just the extra activities on the weekends.
Cost: Free (pumpkins for purchase)

There are hay rides, face painting and of course, pumpkins.

What: Old Freeman Family Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
Where: 644 Scarboro Hwy., Cooperville, GA  (Near Statesboro)
When: Sept. 22 – Nov. 11, 2012 Sat. 10 – 10 pm and Sun. 1 – 7 pm
Cost: Prices for pumpkins range from $1 – $15 The
Corn Maze and other activities: $10 (3-64), $8 seniors (65+)

In addition to pumpkins, Old Freeman’s has a Corn Maze that consists of approximately 5 acres of corn and is designed for the novice corn maze adventurer and challenging for the more hard-core enthusiast. You can also feed farm animals for an additional cost.