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Happy Hollow Family Farms is a family-owned farm in south-central Illinois that has run fall attractions near St. Elmo since 2010. It features a multi-acre corn maze, a pick-your-own pumpkin field with pre-harvested pumpkins also available, hayrides, a straw maze, a playground, and nature trails. The farm typically opens weekends from late September or early October through the fall season.
Kroll's Fall Harvest Farm is a family-run pumpkin farm and corn maze in Waukegan, Illinois, operating since 1996. It offers a corn maze, hayrides, a petting zoo with staff-led animal education, a pumpkin patch, and a gift shop, with separate weekday and weekend pricing structures.
U-pick apple orchard and pumpkin farm in Maple Park offering an annual Sunflower Festival, an orchard shop and bakery, live music, and school field trips. Tickets are sold online through the farm's own site with fees calculated at checkout.
Von Bergen's Country Market in Hebron, Illinois, is a farm market that runs two seasonal festivals: a Sunflower Festival across 30+ acres from mid-July through fall, including two sunflower mazes, and a Pumpkin Festival from late September through Halloween with a corn maze, straw-bale maze, u-pick pumpkin area, barnyard animals, and a play area.
Bandy's Pumpkin Patch in Johnston City, in southern Illinois, offers a free-admission pumpkin patch, a 10-acre corn maze, accessible hayrides, a play barn, a country store, and a concession stand. The farm hosts school field trips and private parties.
Fall Fest is Lincoln Park Zoo's free seasonal autumn event featuring a ticketed corn maze and hay mountain, pumpkin-patch pop-ups where visitors can pick a pumpkin, live pumpkin-carving demonstrations, a Ferris wheel, and other fall-themed activities. General zoo admission is free; the corn maze, pumpkin patch, and rides are separately ticketed. The event has run in past years from late September through early November.
Narrow Way Family Farm is a small, organic-practice farm on the western edge of Carlinville, Illinois offering a pumpkin patch where visitors can pick pumpkins in the field or choose from already-gathered stock. The farm is cash-only and, per directory listings, opens mid-September through early December. No operator-run website could be located; details are drawn from produce-industry and seasonal-attraction directories.
Relleke Pumpkin Patch, part of Relleke Farms near Granite City, is a seasonal pumpkin patch typically open from late September through Halloween. It offers pick-your-own and pre-picked pumpkins, a petting zoo, a pyramid slide, a pumpkin chucker, and pumpkin painting, with free general admission and parking (activities priced separately). The farm also hosts weekday school field trips throughout October and weekend fall-festival events.
Susie's Garden Patch is a small, family-owned farm in Garden Prairie, Illinois, run by Mary and Kevin Brubach, offering u-pick pumpkins, gourds, and squash each fall alongside a grass maze and grass path for kids. The farm also grows u-pick asparagus, strawberries, and tomatoes earlier in the season and hosts an annual Strawberry Festival in June. It operates roughly May through October.
Country Kids Pumpkin Patch is a family-owned attraction in Hoyleton, Illinois, run by Carl and Charlene Herrmann, offering a two-acre corn maze with a scavenger hunt, a u-pick pumpkin patch growing three acres of pumpkins and gourds, and a petting zoo among more than 20 included activities. A single admission price covers unlimited access to all attractions, and the farm welcomes school field trips and birthday parties. The 2026 season opens September 26.
Annual downtown Saint Charles festival where 120+ handmade scarecrows are displayed around town for public voting. The free Family Zone includes an inflatable corn maze, pumpkin painting, a rock-climbing wall, live entertainment, and photo ops; the event is dog-friendly.
Schaefer Pumpkin Patch is a family-owned fall attraction in Beecher City built around a 3-acre corn maze plus pick-your-own and pre-picked pumpkins. A single admission price covers additional activities including a straw maze, corn pit, slides, barrel rides, mini golf, a petting zoo, and pumpkin painting. The patch is pet-friendly for leashed, cleaned-up-after dogs and runs weekends (with Friday afternoons in October) from late September through early November.
Stuckmeyer's Plants & Produce is a fifth-generation family farm near Waterloo, Illinois, offering pick-your-own pumpkins each fall alongside a corn maze, straw tunnel, giant slide, playground, and picnic area for kids. The farm's stated policy is to charge only for items visitors take home (like pumpkins), not for activities or admission. It also sells produce, annuals, and perennials the rest of the year.
Family-owned retail and wholesale pumpkin farm just north of Sugar Grove off Route 47, offering u-pick pumpkins and gourds, a half-acre corn maze, a straw mound and tunnel, and yard games geared toward children 12 and under. Admission is $2 per person ages 2+; shopping only is free.
Black Bart's Pumpkin Patch in Warrensburg is a seasonal pumpkin patch offering pumpkin picking and a small animal area during the fall. The venue operates on weekends and select days from late September through Halloween.
Boggio's Orchard and Produce is a family-owned fall destination on IL Route 71 near Granville offering pick-your-own apples and pumpkins, a petting zoo, and a corn maze that is redesigned with a new theme each year. Additional attractions include wagon rides, a jumping pillow, an apple slide, and a barrel train ride. The farm also hosts an annual Pumpkin Harvest Craft Show each September featuring dozens of craft vendors and live music, and sells fresh produce and baked goods through the summer and fall.
Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch in Champaign has operated since 1980 with u-pick apple orchards, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, a zinnia flower maze, petting goats, and a 'Land of Oz' activity area. A cafe serves food during the season.
The Children's Farm at The Center is a nonprofit educational farm in Palos Park that opens a seasonal 'Pumpkin Playland' each fall with a you-pick pumpkin patch, animal barns, a corn box, a corn maze, and tractor-pulled hayrack rides. It also runs year-round programs including farm-animal visits, a junior farmers program, and birthday parties. The farm is run by the Community Center Foundation.
Carter Brothers Haunted Hayrides is a long-running, family-oriented haunted wagon ride on the Springfield/Sherman line, marking its 40th season in 2025. Riders travel a themed haunted course rated a medium scare factor with no walking required, and a dedicated lower-intensity Kids Day afternoon session is offered for younger children. The attraction runs Friday and Saturday nights in October.
Pumpkin stand and corn maze one mile west of Sycamore at the corner of Route 64 and West Motel Road, offering hand-picked pumpkins and gourds, an optional 2- or 8-acre corn maze, evening campfires, and daytime farm animals. Cash or check only.
Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center in South Barrington is a seasonal destination that runs a spring garden center, a summer farm market, and a fall festival featuring corn mazes, pig races, wagon rides, and an animal petting area called Animal Land. The 2026 Fall Festival is scheduled September 5 through November 1, with an extended market through late November. The property has operated since 1972.
Joe Ringhausen Orchard & Apple House is a fifth-generation family fruit farm operating a retail apple house on US Highway 67 south of Jerseyville, Illinois. Customers can choose pre-picked or pick-your-own peaches, apples, and plums in season alongside a farm market selling cider and preserves. The family also runs a companion home orchard in nearby Fieldon.