About Fall Farm Finder

A directory of pumpkin patches, corn mazes, apple orchards, hayrides, and fall festivals across 9 states, covering 1,900+ farms.

It exists to answer the one question most fall directories leave unanswered: is this place actually open this year, and when?

Why season dates

Almost every fall farm directory publishes an address, a phone number, and a list of attractions. Very few publish the current season's opening and closing dates, and the ones that do often carry them over unchanged from a prior year. A patch that opened September 20 last year might open September 19 this year, or September 26, or not at all. Plenty of farms listed on other directories closed years ago and were never removed.

So the dates are the work here. Everything else on a farm page is table stakes.

How a date gets published

A season date appears on a farm's page only when it has been confirmed against a source for the current year. Confirmation means all of the following:

• The year appears in the content, not just the footer. A site with a current copyright line and last year's schedule in the body is common enough that a footer date proves nothing by itself.
• The weekdays line up. If a farm says it opens Saturday, September 12, we check whether September 12 actually falls on a Saturday this year. When it doesn't, the page was carried over from a prior season and the dates are not current. This check alone catches farms whose schedules look entirely plausible.
• The dates are the patch season, not a narrower window. Farms often post sunflower weekends, hayride nights, or a greenhouse reopening on the same page as the pumpkin season. Those are different things and we don't merge them.
• The source is recorded, so every published date can be rechecked later.

When a farm hasn't posted dates

The field stays blank. We don't estimate from last year's pattern and we don't average across nearby farms. An estimated date that looks confirmed is worse than no date at all, because you'd drive out on it.

Many farms don't post a schedule until late August or early September, so coverage climbs through the season. If a farm you're looking for has no dates yet, check back, or call them - the phone number is on the page.

Where the listings come from

Farms are compiled from farm websites and social pages, regional agritourism associations, state farm bureau and department of agriculture listings, local news roundups, and public business data. Every listing is checked against the farm's own website or social page where one exists.

Listings are also checked for closures. A business that has permanently closed is removed, and farms whose websites have gone dead get flagged for review. A dead domain is often the first sign a farm has stopped operating, well before any public listing catches up.

What this site is not

If you find something wrong on a page here, tell us. Corrections from farm owners and visitors are the fastest way this gets better.

Who runs it

Fall Farm Finder is published by Anchor Ridge Solutions, and email from the site comes from that domain. It is an independent site, not affiliated with any farm, agritourism association, or government agency, and farms do not pay to be listed or to appear higher in results.

Questions, corrections, or a farm we've missed: get in touch.