It's hard to pinpoint the best thing about living in Minnesota, but autumn definitely holds a place in the top three. Here is a list of local orchards, farms, and pumpkin patches to help you get your fall fix. Enjoy your family time while enjoying the cooler weather and all the fun the changing season brings.
Aamodts Apple Farm
6428 Manning Avenue
Stillwater, MN 55082
Phone: (651) 439-3127
Cost: Free (charge for some activities)
Hours: 10-6 daily
Things to do:
- Pick your own apples
- Goat Farm (free)
- Honeycrisp Express (tractor pulled kiddie train) $2 per child, open Sat and Sun 10-5
- John Deere Kiddie Trike and Tractor Farm $1
- Hay Wagon Rides $2
- Hay Bale Maze and Hay Mountain $1
- For the kids – download Aamodt’s coloring contest and receive a free donut when you visit.
- Look for fall activities here.
14421 So. 90th St.
Hastings, MN 55033
651-436-8385
Cost: 4 and under $3.00; 5 and up $4.00
Hours: 10 am-6 pm Daily
Things to do:
- apple picking
- Hayrides
- Corn maze
- Playground with straw mountain and retread hill
- Petting farm
- Moo Moo Choo Choo ($2 per person)
1. Anoka County Farms
125 Bunker Lake Blvd
Ham Lake, Mn
763-427-0000
Cost: Free admission, with some paid activities
Hours: M-Th,3pm-sunset, F, 12pm-sunset Sat & Sun 10am-sunset
Things to do: (there is a fee for some)
- Farm babies
- Pumpkin bowling
- Pumpkin painting
- Jumping castle
- Hay rides
- Pony rides
4875 37th St SE
Delano, MN 55328 see website for specific directions; some web based navigation systems give the wrong directions!
763.972.6673
Cost: Free (charge for activities)
Hours: 10am-6pm daily
Things to do:
- Play area (free)
- Animal park (free)
- Wagon rides (kids 4 and under free; everyone else $2)
- Corn pit ($2)
- Apple cannon ($2)
- Corn maze ($6)
- Pony rides ($4)
- Face painting ($3 and up)
Events: Click here for special events.
1903 10th St SW
Buffalo, MN 55313
763-682-4284
Cost: Free
Hours: 10-6 daily
Things to do:
- Wagon Rides ($3 per rider)
- U-Pick (check for availability)
- Corn Maze
- Animal Area
- Kids play area: hay bale maze, play house, outdoor games
- Pumpkin and gourd patch
Click here for special events.
Emma Krumbee's Orchard and Farm
351 Enterprise Drive E
Belle Plaine
(952) 873-4334
Hours: mid August through October, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost: $5.00/person (plus tax) for 3 and above (2 and under free)
Things to do:
31st Annual Great Scarecrow Display which has many activities.
*For no entrance fee, you have access to U pick apples and raspberries and a few play areas*
Fireside Orchard and Gardens, Northfield
2225 Lonsdale Blvd
Highway 19
Northfield Mn 55057
507-663—1376
- Antique tractors
- Store to shop for jams, jellies, pumpkins, apples, Minnesota cheese, honey, maple syrups, soups and other goodies.
Homestead/Moondance Orchard
1080 Co Rd 92 N
Maple Plain, Minnesota
(763)479-3186
Cost: Free
Hours: 10-6 Friday, Sat, and Sunday
Things to do:
- Pick your own apples
- Feed the horses apples that have fallen on the ground
- Hayrides
*They have not used pesticides in over three years and plan to not use any in the future. They want to make the entire orchard organic*
14325 110th St S
Hastings, MN 55033-9050
651-480-4701
Cost: Free
Hours 10-6 daily
Things to do:
- Pick your own pumpkins (not apples)
- Wagon rides with Farmer Bob
- farm animals
- observation tower
- goat mountain
- duck races
- straw mountain
- picture opportunities
- kids' play land
- real farm windmill.
Festival Information at McDougall’s Apple Junction
8251 Old Highway 169
Jordan, MN 55352
952-492-7753
Cost: $2 per person (on week-ends)
Hours: M-F 10am to 5 pm; Sat and Sun 9-6
Things to do:
- Pick your own apples
- Dickens Village Shops
- Wagon rides
- Kiddie Train
- Hay Jumping Castle
- Petting Zoo
- Corn Maze
- Historic Farm
- Live music
- (Face painting, pony rides, and carriage rides are an extra fee)
Fall Events at Minnesota Harvest Apple.
6530 County Road 26
Mound, MN 55364
(763) 479-6530
Cost: Free on weekdays, Sat and Sunday $6 per person (kids 3 and under are free)
Hours: 10-7 daily
Things to do:
- Pick your own apples
- Hay rides (included in weekend admission or $2 during the week)
- Kids play area
- Petting barn
- Corn maze
- Hay mountain and walking trails
- Live Music
- Concessions
- Barn Shopping
- Play Train
- Owen’s Barnyard
- Walking Trails
- Corn Crib Slide
- Pick your own apple
450 Apple Orchard Road
White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110
651.429.7202
Cost: Free (charge for activities)
Hours: M-F 9-7 and Sat and Sun 9-6 (see website for activity hours) Hours vary throughout the season, so please call before you go.
Things to do:
- Wagon rides ($1.75 - limited hours)
- Corn Maze (fee associated)
- Pony rides (sat and sun 230-5)
- E-photo booth
- Music
- Pick your own pumpkins
- Homemade Bakery
Fall Schedule of Activities & Events for 2014 at Pine Tree Apple Orchard
Other Events click here
17325 Pleasant Valley Road
Shafer, MN 55074
(651) 257-9159
Cost: Free
Hours 10-6 Daily
Things to do:
- Nature Trail
- Farm Animals
- Kids Korral
- Corn Box
- Picnic Area
- Shopping in the apple shed or barn.
- Hayrides ($3 per person, under 5 free)
- Live music
- Pick your own apples and pumpkin
*This list is far from exhaustive! Please let me know if I have missed one that everyone should know about!*
