Pumpkin Patch Austin 2026: Best Farms & Hill Country Patches

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As the summer heat gives way to cooler breezes, the vibrant spirit of autumn takes over Central Texas. If you are looking for the ultimate fall family outing, visiting an Austin pumpkin patch is the perfect way to celebrate the season.

From sprawling farms with corn mazes and hayrides to cozy, community-focused patches, there are plenty of pumpkin patch Austin to find your perfect pumpkin and make lasting memories.

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Best Pumpkin Patch Austin Spots for Families

Sweet Eats Adventure Farm

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If you like your pumpkin patch Austin experience with a little actual adventure, Sweet Eats gives you two acres of pick-your-own pumpkins and more than 40 varieties to hunt through.

Pumpkins are just $0.85 per pound, so you can choose exactly what you want instead of settling for whatever someone has already arranged. Mini pumpkins are $1.50 each or four for $5, and you can even paint your pumpkin for free right at the farm.

Your general admission ticket also unlocks the rest of the farm, including a 4.5-acre themed corn maze with a riddle sheet, daily pig races featuring contenders like Hoggy Potter and Snoop Hoggy Hogg, pony rides, and wagon rides that take you from the pumpkin patch through the maze and out to a zinnia field.

You can also fire apples at targets with the farm’s apple cannons. On Friday and Saturday nights in October, the corn maze stays open until 10 pm for a flashlight run through the maze followed by fireworks at dusk.

When: October 1 – 30, 2026 | Daily: 9 am – 6 pm
Where: 14400 E State Hwy 29, Georgetown, TX 78626
How Much: Monday – Friday: FREE | Saturday – Sunday: $5

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Texas Pumpkin Fest does not believe in doing pumpkins by halves. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of pumpkins and gourds cover 10 acres, and the festival claims the largest selection at any pumpkin patch in Texas.

Standard pumpkins are $1 per pound, but with the $40 all-you-can-carry option, you can grab as many as your arms can reasonably handle and call it a haul. Every kid also gets a free mini pumpkin with admission.

Aside from the pumpkins, the Texas Pumpkin Fest also puts on live professional wrestling matches throughout the day. You can also catch family-friendly magic shows, ride a 60-foot Ferris wheel or 135-foot super slide, try axe throwing, take a pony ride, visit the petting zoo, or head to Pumpkin Smash’N if you’d rather destroy your pumpkin than take it home.

When you need to refuel, food vendors serve everything from jumbo corn dogs and jerk chicken to Texas Tea in souvenir tin cups.

When: October 10 – November 1, 2026 | Saturday – Sunday: 10 am – 9 pm
Where: 8760 FM 2243, Leander, TX 78641
How Much: $15

The Robinson Family Farm

Image Credit: The Robinson Family Farm

The Robinson Family Farm makes choosing your pumpkin a little easier by actually telling you what you’re looking at.

The patch is stocked with classic jack-o’-lanterns, flat cheese pumpkins, Cinderella pumpkins, and other varieties, all pre-harvested and arranged in rows alongside plenty of other fall decorations.

Prices are based on size rather than weight, with specialty pumpkins and standard jack-o’-lanterns at $9, most other pumpkins between $1 and $6, and giant statement-makers reaching up to $75.

And you’ll want to leave time for the rest of the farm. One admission covers a super mega slide, axe-throwing, archery, mini golf, a zip line, giant skee ball, jumping pads, corn cannons, a bubble barn, calf roping, hamster wheels, and a farm tram that carries you between stops around the property.

Armadillo and pig races run on select dates, and Halloween night comes with fireworks. Adults can also escape to the wine and biergarten for craft beer, wine, and frozen drink flights.

When: September 26 – November 1, 2026 | Saturday – Sunday: 10 am – 7 pm | October 31, 2026: 10 am – 8 pm
Where: 2651 Bob White Rd, Temple, TX 76501
How Much: $23.74 for GA

Pioneer Farms (Pumpkin Nights)

At Pioneer Farms, a half-mile trail takes you through nine themed lands, including the Forbidden City, Neon Reef, the Great Hall, the Enchanted Forest, and Maravilla Lane, with every section built around 10,000 hand-carved and custom-designed pumpkins that glow after dark.

Don’t rush off after finishing the trail, either! Pumpkin Village keeps the night going with a live fire show running throughout the evening, pumpkin-carving demonstrations where artists create new pieces in real time, face painting, henna, tarot readings, spooky caricature portraits, handmade candles, horror collectibles, and glittering teas.

Arrive toward the earlier part of your timed entry window if you want a better shot at enjoying both the trail and the village before the crowds build.

Just beware: tickets are timed-entry and sold online only, and many October nights can fill up early, particularly in the middle and latter part of the month.

Also, wear shoes that can handle grass and loose dirt in the dark, bring bug spray, and expect mud if Austin has had recent rain.

When: September 17 – October 31, 2026 | Sept 17 – Oct 1: 7 pm – 9 pm weekends | Oct 2 – 31: 6 pm – 9 pm weekdays and 6 pm – 9:30 pm weekends
Where: 10621 Pioneer Farms Dr, Austin, TX 78754
How Much: Starts at $20

Top Hill Country Farms & Free/Affordable Patches

Sweet Berry Farm

Sweet Berry Farm has been running its fall pumpkin season for 26 years across 152 acres in Marble Falls, so you can expect a pumpkin selection that goes well beyond the standard orange jack-o’-lantern.

You’ll find Cinderella pumpkins, Fairy Tale pumpkins, white pumpkins, bumpy specialty gourds, and everything in between, with small decorative minis starting at $1.50 and larger pumpkins priced at $0.65 per pound.

Most jack-o’-lantern-sized pumpkins land between $4 and $13.

The pumpkins are pre-harvested and arranged in the field, but give yourself time to wander. Old pickup beds overflowing with pumpkins, a white bench, a giant scarecrow cutout, and an actual Instagram frame are scattered around the patch.

Pumpkin painting costs $5.25 and includes a mini pumpkin, while the Pumpkin Grill fires up on weekends with grilled corn, hot dogs, and drinks.

You can also cool down with the farm’s homemade pumpkin ice cream, assuming Texas hasn’t decided that fall should still feel like summer.

When: September 10 – November 29, 2026 | Thursday – Sunday: 10 am – 7 pm | Monday: 10 am – 4 pm
Where: 1801 FM1980, Marble Falls, TX 78654
How Much: Free entry

Hill Country Pumpkins

If you want a pumpkin patch Austin outing without actually leaving Austin, Hill Country Pumpkins has the location advantage.

Pumpkins here range from $3 to $45 for the larger varieties. There’s enough selection to stock up on everything from a few porch pumpkins to an entire office’s worth of fall decor. You can even decorate your pumpkin at the on-site painting station before heading home.

Aside from the pumpkins, you’ll also find complimentary hot cider, hot coffee, snacks, drinks, and even adult beverages, all included at no charge. Older kids can also burn off some energy on the extra-large bounce-house slide, and little kids can use the separate toddler bounce house.

When: September 25 – October 31, 2026 | Daily: 9 am – 8 pm
Where: 9600 US-290, Austin, TX 78736
How Much: Free entry

The Jersey Barnyard

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The Jersey Barnyard is a fourth-generation, century-old working Jersey dairy farm in La Grange, so the pumpkin patch comes with a little more livestock than your average fall setup.

Alongside jack-o’-lanterns, you’ll find specialty pumpkins, bumpy gourds, decorative corn, corn stalks, ceramic pumpkins, mums, and fall bedding plants.

Every Saturday in October, local artists run a free pumpkin-painting station from 10 am to noon with your pumpkin purchase, and they’re there to actually guide you or even give you inspiration for your pumpkin masterpieces.

If that’s not enough, you can also add the farm tour to your itinerary. Guided tours run at 10:30 am, noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm daily and include a tractor-drawn hayride to the working dairy, a chance to hand-milk a Jersey cow, bottle-feed a calf, and feed and pet the barnyard animals.

When: Last week of September through October | Monday – Friday: 10 am – 6 pm | Saturday: 9 am – 6 pm | Sunday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Where: 3117 TX-159, La Grange, TX 78945
How Much: Free entry

Scenic Autumn Photo Ops & Seasonal Festivals

Indian Springs Ranch

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Indian Springs Ranch might be the only pumpkin patch Austin experience where you can pick out your pumpkin with a camel, zebra, white buffalo, and American bison casually hanging out in the background.

The 50-acre ranch in Manchaca sits along Onion Creek, and the exotic animals roam the property while you’re exploring the patch. You can even buy a bucket of feed to bring them over to the fence.

With more than 30 pumpkin varieties to choose from and wagons available to haul your picks around, you can take your time browsing without having to lug a giant pumpkin across the ranch.

Your admission also includes a sensory corn pit, spider web climber, barnyard Twister game, and a 32-foot low ropes course designed with younger kids in mind, complete with a climbing wall, monkey bars, rope tunnels, and a woven bridge.

The jumping pillow is available on weekends, while face painting and balloon art are offered for an additional charge.

You can buy tickets at the door, but busy weekend days can sell out, so booking online ahead of time is the safer bet.

Mama Mary’s Farm

Mama Mary lives on the Creedmoor property with her family, which also serves as the home base for their working hay business, Tristan Hay Service. So, you’re visiting a real working farm that opens its gates for fall rather than walking into a seasonal attraction.

Here, you’ll find rows of pumpkins, hayrides, a few animals, and some of the best fall air you’ll find close to Austin.

Pumpkin painting is free with your pumpkin purchase, and the farm has plenty of places to stop for photos, including old trucks loaded with pumpkins, hay bales, and pumpkin displays scattered around the property.

Weekend visits add hayrides, barrel train rides, and an apple cannon, while quieter weekday visits still give you plenty to do with duck races, outdoor bowling, a hay maze, petting zoo, zip line, human hamster wheel, and sand diggers.

The same property also hosts u-pick flowers in spring, so this isn’t necessarily a one-season stop if you fall in love with the place.

When: September 26 – November 8, 2026 | Wednesday – Friday: 9 am – 6 pm | Saturday – Sunday: 9 am – 7 pm
Where: 5701 Williamson Rd, Creedmoor, TX 78610
How Much: Starts at $11.37 online for weekdays | Starts at $18.62 online for weekends

Uhland Fall Fest

The farmstead dates back to 1866, and its enormous oak canopy gives the festival a completely different feel from an open field baking under the Texas sun.

As for their pumpkin patch, you’ll find more than 30 varieties of gourds, with carving pumpkins at $0.75 per pound and mini varieties priced at three for $5. You’ll also find a Selfie Cemetery, pumpkin house, and other photo setups.

Further into the season, they also host a Pumpkin Jamboree with pumpkins discounted 50% and a Golden Pumpkin Hunt scattered throughout the patch.

Your admission also includes special weekend headliner performances, the Wild Things Zoofari animal show running every day, a complimentary petting zoo, School of Rock Kyle demonstrations on weekends, and a colored smoke show every Saturday before closing.

You’ll also want to arrive hungry. The food lineup has earned plenty of praise, with options ranging from brisket sandwiches and lobster rolls to wood-fired pizza, funnel cakes, and artisan coffee.

When: September 26 – November 1, 2026 | Saturdays and Sundays: 10 am – 7 pm
Where: 2400 Cotton Gin Rd, Uhland, TX 78640
How Much: $16.50 for single day passes | $27.50 Multi-Day Pass | Free for kids 5 and under, seniors(65+), active duty military, veterans, first responders

Know Before You Go

While several of these pumpkin patch destinations are situated within Austin proper, many popular farms extend across the Greater Austin metroplex and Texas Hill Country.

Suburbs like Georgetown, Leander, Manchaca, and Marble Falls host some of the largest farm spreads and corn mazes in the region. Most outer-ring locations are within a 30 to 45-minute drive from Downtown Austin, making them quick day trips for families in Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties.

Frequently Asked Questions

When do pumpkin patches open in the Austin area?

Most major farms and patches open in late September and run through the end of October or early November, with peak festivities taking place during October weekends.

Are dogs allowed at Austin pumpkin patches?

Pet policies vary by location. Outdoor farm venues like Sweet Eats Adventure Farm allow leashed dogs in designated areas, while historic or livestock-focused sites may restrict pets. Always verify individual farm rules before arriving.

Do I need to buy tickets in advance?

Weekend visits to high-traffic locations like Texas Pumpkin Fest and Indian Springs Ranch often sell out or require timed entry tickets online. We highly recommend buying tickets in advance online.

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Lacey Morris

Lacey is a freelancer and Austin local who’s always on the hunt for new restaurants to try, fun activities to do, and local events to attend. She loves sharing her discoveries with others through her writing and hopes her work encourages both visitors and locals to be active in the community. When she’s not writing, you can find her exploring one of the city’s many hiking trails with her Blue Heeler, Oreo, getting lost in a good book, or dancing the night away to some house or techno beats at one of her favorite rave spots.