2025 San Diego and Imperial Counties in California - Corn Mazes and More.org

Looking for a local corn maze or hayride in San Diego and Imperial Counties in California?  Scroll down this page and you will see the all of those in San Diego and Imperial Counties in California, sorted by county. Some are huge corn mazes with hayrides, pumpkins, corn cannons, inflatables and others are simple corn mazes with little else.  Most also have loads of pumpkins to choose from.  To really make it fun for  your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a corn cannon, cow train, inflatables, farm animals, pumpkin patch or zip lines.  There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of course, the  more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free. A LWAYS call before you go to confirm whether they are open this year and any requirements, they don't always report changes to me, and many closed permanently due to the covid lockdowns!

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Imperial County

San Diego County

• Bates Nut Farm - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, straw or hay bale maze, we also have pie pumpkins, horse-drawn hay rides, tractor-pulled hay rides, Fall festival, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, restrooms, picnic area, picnic area (bring your own food), face painting, inflatables/bounce house, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations
  15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center, CA 92082. Phone: (760) 749-3333. Email: info@batesnutfarm.biz. Open: October, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5:30 pm Weekends 8:30 am to 6 pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates, click on Events there. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicals. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Click here for our Facebook page. $5 cash parking October weekends. Admission to the pumpkin patch is free. Check the Bates website for special events, live music and food trucks. Open year round. The Bates Nut Farm has become well known for its special events held throughout the year on the 100 acre ranch. For over 30 years families have made it an annual tradition to come out to Bates during the month of October to celebrate the fall season. The Pumpkin Patch is the largest, oldest and most famous in San Diego County. Arts & Crafts Fairs, Antiques, Collectibles & Crafts Markets, Fine Art Fairs, and Car Shows are held throughout the year. For groups of 15 or more you can take advantage of our educational tours; “Nuts For You” and “The Life of a Pumpkin”. See our Special Events and Eeducation and Tour pages. Bates Nut Farm started with walnuts, but now purchases nuts from all over the world. Pistachios, pecans, cashews, peanuts, pignolias, sunflower seeds and much more can be purchased on the farm. The nuts come raw, roasted, some spiced up and unsalted. To ensure quality and freshness we roast and package our nuts on the farm. The Bates family takes pride in providing a quality product at a fair price. It's part of the tradition.(UPDATED: September 10, 2019) [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 12, 2025, JBS) 
  One reader reports: "This is the best place to go for pick your own pumpkins. They have everything you could want from Big Macs (100+ pound pumpkins) to small decorative gourds, hay bales and corn stalks are also for sale. Year round, they have a wonderful store filled with nuts, candies and cute hand made items and small animals for the kids to feed. During pumpkin season they have a hay maze, pony rides, petting zoo, tractor rides, face painting, bounce houses, many, many activities. And the first 2 weekends in October they have an arts and crafts festival that is enormous. This is truly the most fun family outing!! I go there every year with my kids! Please add!"
  Another visitor writes: (October 18, 2005): "I just wanted to RAVE about the fun my family had at the Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Festival. There were so many activities, food was great and the pumpkins, WOW, so many to choose from. I have a 3 year old son and he did not want to come home, we will definitely return next year. Thanks for taking the time to have this website available to people. It helped us."
• Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins, corn maze, farm market, petting corral, tortoise races, picnic area
  21345 San Pasqual Road, Escondido, CA. Phone: (760) 746-8822. Open: through October 31 from 12 noon to 6 pm. Offers customers fresh organic produce, corn maze (in the Fall), petting corral, tortoise races, picnic area. Admission price includes a pumpkin.U-Pick strawberries in the Spring. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Julian Farm and Orchard - Uses natural growing practices, pumpkins, Pick-your-own apples, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, tractor-pulled hay rides, Fall festival, gift shop, porta-potties, picnic area (bring your own food), petting zoo, farm animals, school tours, group reservations, events at your location (call for info)
  4381 Highway 78, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070. Phone: (760) 765-5494. Email: info@julianfarmandorchard.com. Open: Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm through May 1st; Fall pumpkin patch hours 10 am to 5 pm each weekend from September 21st - Halloween. Directions: 4381 Highway 78 Santa Ysabel ca 92070. Click here for a map and directions. Strawberries are June bearing and so we begin opening weekends in June, then raspberries and blackberries begin by July, pumpkin patch opens late September. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, ApplePay, AndroidPay. Apple Season varies each year, based on the weather. Generally it can run anywhere from Aug/Sept. all the way through October. It is best to check back during this exciting time of year in Julian. Click here for our Facebook page. Julian Farm and Orchard is a 25 acre sustainable U-Pick Farm. Flowers, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Petting Zoo, Axe Throwing and more. Available for private groups. (UPDATED: March 29, 2022) [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Lavender Hill Pumpkins - follows organic methods, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field,
  1509 East Mission Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028. Phone: (760) 728-9192. Fax: (760) 728-2022. Email: michaelpierce@lavenderclose.org. Directions: And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: September 27,28 and all weekends in October: 10 am to 5 pm, appointments for professional design clients by arrangement. We follow organic practices, but are not seeking certification. Payment: Cash, only. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Mountain Valley Ranch Pumpkin Patch - Pumpkin patch, corn maze, corn cannon.
  842 Hwy 78, Ramona, CA. Phone: 760-788-8703. Email: mountainunicorn337@yahoo.com. Open: 7 Days a week, 9 am to 6 pm. Open to the Public - Free Admission. Call for field trip information. Payment: Cash or Credit Accepted (Minimum $10 on Credit Card Purchases). Petting zoo with birds, calves, pigs and ponies. Large corn maze and take a hayride tour of the ranch. Assortment of pumpkins, gourds, and Indian corn; Corn Maze open all day, 7 days a week. Corn Cannon open all day, 7 days a week! Petting Zoo open all day 7 days a week! HAY RIDES - All Day on the Weekends, Tuesday through Friday 3 pm to 6 pm. Pony Rides - All Day on the Weekends, Tuesday through Friday 3 pm to 6 pm. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Oma's Pumpkin Patch at Van Ommering Dairy - Pumpkin patch, hayride, hay maze, petting zoo, cottonseed mountain,
  14950 El Monte Road, Lakeside. Phone: 619-390-2929. Open: September 24 to October 31st, on Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10 AM till 7 PM (Closed Sundays & Mondays) Directions: Highway 8 east, exit Lake Jennings Park Road. Turn right at end of offramp and go 1.8 miles to a stop sign. Turn right and go 2.3 miles down El Monte Rd. Make a left off El Monte Rd onto Circle V Dairy Rd and follow dirt road to pumpkin patch. Admission includes a dairy tour hayride, hay maze, petting zoo, cottonseed mountain, a jack pumpkin and water bottle. The included pumpkins are about 3 lbs each - 1 per paying child, there is no field to pick your own pumpkin. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum - Pumpkin train ride, gift shop, restrooms, picnic area, picnic area (bring your own food)
  750 Depot Street Highway 94 & Forrest Gate Road, Campo, CA 91906. Phone: 619-478-9937. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Take Highway 8 to exit number 51, Buckman Springs Road. Take Buckman Springs road all the way to the Circle K. Turn right onto Highway 94/Campo Road at the Circle K. Once you cross the railroad tracks take a left onto Forrest Gate road, we are the dirt road on the left. You may also take Highway 94 to Forrest Gate Road but Highway 94 is a 2 lane road with many curves. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. Join in the fun as we board the Pumpkin Express train ride at the historic Campo Depot and travel to the Great Pumpkin Patch. Children and their parents will enjoy the one hour train ride, then may tour the Haunted Train. Each child gets to pick out his or her own pumpkin and decorate it inside our Display Building. Advance reservations for this popular event are required. The Great Pumpkin is running three trains per day for these special excursions. (ADDED: August 21, 2014)
• Pumpkin Station at Bonita - corn maze, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, tractor-pulled hay rides, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties
  5437 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA 91902. Phone: 858-566-7466. Alternate Phone: 619-475-8733. Fax: 858-536-9876. Email: nosborn1@san.rr.com. Open: See our website for current hours. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Pumpkin Patch is open from October 1 to October 31; Group tours scheduled Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm includes pumpkin (up to $4 value) orientation and coloring book on How we Grow Pumpkins, tractor pulled hay wagon ride, 8 ft; tall corn maze, snack area and farm animals; Birthday parties also available. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, AmEx. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Pumpkin  Station at Rancho Bernardo - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties
  13421 Highland Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92128. Phone: 858-566-7466. Alternate Phone: 858-487-5128. Fax: 858-536-9876. Email: nosborn1@san.rr.com. Open: See our websitd for current hours. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Group tours scheduled Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm; Tour includes pumpkin (up to $4 value),orientation and coloring book on "How We Grow Pumpkins", tractor- pulled hay ride, 8' tall Corn maze, snack area and farm animals. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, AmEx. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
• Summer's Past Farm - herbs, pumpkin patch, corn maze, herbal soapmaking
  15602 Old Hwy 80, Flinn Springs, CA 92021. Phone: (619) 390-1523. [ Click here to update the listing ] (UPDATED: September 14, 2025, JBS) 
  A visitor writes: "There is a lot to do for children like making a fairy garden, corn mazes, sweet pea mazes. There is also herb paper making, herb soap making, herbal oil, vinegar, and more in there class schedule, Very child friendly, coffee bar with pastries, fun, touristy, and wonderful animals everywhere. A shop for those who want to buy the harvested goodies.."

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Imperial County

• Imperial Valley College Agriculture Department - 2025 assumed permanently closed, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, haunted corn maze, corn cannon, tractor-pulled hay rides, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, restrooms
  380 East Aten Road, Imperial, CA 92251. Phone: 760 554 3555. Email: patrick.pauley@imperial.edu. Open: UPDATE for 2025, No updates since 2019, Their Facebook page does not mention anything about pumpkins or Fall activities, so I assume they have discontinued them; If you have any current information, please write me,  10/26 from 6 pm to at least midnight; 10/27 from 9 am to at least midnight; 10/28 from 11 am to 10 pm. Directions: just north of the track on Ag field on the south side of the IVC campus. You can't miss us, we will be the corn maze, tons of shades, and music!. Click here for a map and directions. Saturday October 29th will be the big deal; EVERYTHING!. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. We have a Trebuchet to launch pumpkins (last year's device is on YouTube - IVC Ag Club). We also have a dunk tank and Zombies that are hiding from the paint ball gunners! We are adding paintball matches (with waiver)This is the fifth annual event come out and have a great time where the winter vegetables grow!.

San Diego County

• Harbour Farm & Vineyard - CLOSED, corn maze, pumpkin patch, pumpkins, grapes, apples, hayrides,
  3326 Highway 67, Ramona, CA 92065. Phone: (619) 261-9617. Email: dave@harbourfarm.com. Open: See their website. Directions: See their website. Click here for a link to our Facebook page. PUMPKIN PATCH & FARM FESTIVAL. You-pick pumpkin patch, bounce house, hay wagon rides, live music, falconry, BBQ, snow cones, wine tasting and sangria slushies! Make it a fun family outing this weekend and join us! Within an hour drive from downtown San Diego, our Wild West Farm Festival and Pumpkin Patch is a fun family activity! (UPDATED: September 8, 2020 JBS) (ADDED: May 19, 2017, JBS)