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Scarecrow Farm is a family farm four miles outside Sioux City, near Lawton, with a 5-acre corn maze, a sunflower field, pumpkin and raspberry picking, hayrack rides, and over 20 additional farm attractions. Food options on site include apple cider donuts and kettle corn.
The Patch is a seasonal fall shop in Cedar Falls selling pumpkins, mums, and cornstalks, with an admission area offering fall-themed games and activities for families.
Autumn Acres in Oskaloosa is a fall corn maze and pumpkin patch with a concession stand, hayrides, games, and farm animals. Note this is a distinct, same-named farm from an unrelated Autumn Acres in Dodge City, Kansas that shares a similar web domain.
Iowa Orchard is a farm market on the edge of Urbandale offering u-pick apples, a pie bakery, and a seasonal pumpkin patch with a Family Fun Zone running from late September through Halloween. A separate Iowa Orchard location in nearby Granger offers u-pick berries and sunflowers by appointment.
Bass Farms, a family farm and creamery near Mount Vernon, runs a fall pumpkin patch and festival with hayrack rides, mini-golf, giant yard games, and a photo booth, alongside its year-round local-food store and ice cream shop.
Deal's Orchard, run by five generations of the Deal family since 1917 near Jefferson, is an apple orchard that adds a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, hard cider, and a bakery each fall alongside its u-pick apple season.
Holly View Acres is a corn maze and pumpkin patch about 20 minutes from Sioux City, near Hornick. The farm features a 9-acre corn maze, a pumpkin patch, a corn-kernel play area, and a farmyard playground, and also hosts private group events.
Kroul Farms, south of Mount Vernon, has offered a fall pumpkin patch and 3-acre corn maze for more than 30 years, with a smaller round-bale maze for younger children, spooky fall displays, and farm animals, plus produce, flowers, and Christmas trees through the rest of the year.
Black's Heritage Farm, a family farm near Ames serving the Ames, Des Moines, and Ankeny area since 1936, offers a pick-your-own pumpkin patch each fall alongside its year-round fresh produce and farm-raised egg and poultry sales, with online ordering for pickup or delivery.
Uncle Bill's Farm near Grinnell is a 10-acre pumpkin patch with a cornfield maze, a train depot and corn bin, a tree house and play house, and farm animals. The farm was closed for the 2025 season due to the owner's health, with the operator hoping to reopen in 2026; the reopening should be reconfirmed before publishing.
Fields of Fun in Sioux Center is an 8-acre corn maze and pumpkin patch with a free small children's maze, petting zoo, hayrides, barrel-train rides, and a paintball shooting gallery, open Tuesday through Saturday each September and October.
Buffalo Pumpkin Farm, on the Mississippi River in Buffalo, is a pumpkin patch and event center with free general admission (cash/check only). The operator's site indicates the 2026 pumpkin season begins in September, with exact dates to be announced.
Harvestville Farm is a fifth-generation family farm in rural southeast Iowa near Donnellson, featuring a 12-acre corn maze, roughly 35 acres of pumpkins, squash, and gourds, wagon rides, and more than 40 family play activities. The corn maze can also be walked at night by flashlight. The farm publishes distinct spring, summer, fall, and early-winter operating seasons each year.
Pride of the Wapsi near Long Grove is an eastern-Iowa pumpkin patch and corn maze operating for more than 20 seasons, offering a farm market, u-pick pumpkins, sunflower photo sessions, and school tours in addition to birthday-party and private-event bookings.
Center Grove Orchard, south of Ames near Cambridge, combines a large u-pick pumpkin patch and apple orchard with a corn maze and more than 40 farmyard attractions including slides, zip lines, a corn pool, and pedal-cart and train rides. The farm also runs school-tour and farm-camp programs and a bakery.
The Community Orchard in Fort Dodge grows over 5,000 apple trees and pairs u-pick apples with the Back 40 Playground, a four-acre kids' play area that includes a corn maze, tire mountain, jumping pillow, and animal area, plus a cafe and retail market.
Wilson's Orchard & Farm, just north of Iowa City, is a u-pick fruit farm dating to 1980 that has expanded into pumpkins, sweet corn, and a seasonal corn maze each September and October, alongside a farm market, bakery, cidery, and event space.
Kiefer Farms Pumpkin Patch in Waterloo sells a variety of pumpkins, gourds, and squash and adds a haunted house, hayride, and a haunted inflatable walk-through in season. As of this research pass the site indicated the pumpkin farm would reopen in October 2026 without giving exact dates.
Pinter's Gardens and Pumpkins in Decorah grew from a landscaping business into a year-round agritourism destination, with a fall pumpkin patch, corn maze, wagon rides, farm animals, and pedal carts alongside its display gardens, bakery, and orchard.
Colony Acres Family Farm in North Liberty, also known locally as Colony Pumpkin Patch, offers a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, fresh flowers, and Christmas trees, along with barn-venue rentals and educational farm tours. 2026 is billed on the operator's site as the farm's Centennial year.
Pumpkinville and Cornmaze is a family farm attraction in Mitchellville, east of Des Moines, offering a corn maze, u-pick pumpkin patch, and hayrack rides. The farm is open August through October with a straw train play area for younger visitors. It is one of the larger corn maze operations in the greater Des Moines area.
Harvest Moon Vineyard and Farm is a family-owned vineyard and pumpkin patch near Fairfield with a playground and occasional community events. Several attraction details reported by third-party directories (corn maze, zip line, petting zoo) could not be confirmed from the operator's own channels and are not included here.
Schuster's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze is a long-running fall attraction on the west side of Dubuque, offering free grounds admission with a pumpkin patch, hayrides, corn maze, and pumpkin cannon. Local press reported in 2023 that the operator's 26th season might be its last, so current operating status should be reconfirmed before publishing.
Appleberry Farm, also known as Atha's Orchard, is a u-pick apple orchard and pumpkin patch in Marshalltown offering pumpkins, gourds, sweet corn, and flowers, with hayrides, a petting barnyard, and a seasonal food truck.
Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard, operating since 1994 in Council Bluffs, is a 70-acre orchard and vineyard with a 5-acre corn maze, a 10-acre u-pick pumpkin patch, a petting zoo, playground, and climbing feature, plus a pizza and cider taproom and an annual Pumpkin Fest in October.
Lenox weekend fall attraction with a corn maze, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, hayrack rides, corn pit, jumping pillow, mini golf, pedal activities, zipline, games and concessions.
Hoefling's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze in Marcus, in northwest Iowa, offers pumpkins, gourds, squash, Indian corn, broom corn, hayrides, games, and a corn maze on limited weekday and weekend hours each fall.
Howell's Greenhouse & Pumpkin Patch in Cumming, just southwest of Des Moines, pairs an 8-acre corn maze and pumpkin picking with u-pick flower fields and baby goats, alongside its year-round greenhouse and garden-center business.
Pioneer Trail Orchard & Pumpkin Patch in Council Bluffs offers apple picking, a corn maze, and a hayrack ride to the pumpkin fields, alongside an on-site grill and bar under the same ownership.