Which Pumpkin Patch? Prices, Dogs and Closed Days

Every October somebody asks which pumpkin patch to go to, and the answer usually splits two ways. Walk into a field for free, pay for one good pumpkin and be home before somebody melts down. Or buy a ticket and make a day of it, with a maze and a goat to feed.

Those two days cost about as much as each other as they do differ. Walk-in entry is free at three of the farms below, and a weekend ticket at Maris Farms in Buckley is $33 a person before you’ve bought a pumpkin.

So this is the decision layer: what getting in costs, which mazes are worth the mud, whose dog rule will ruin your morning, and the dates when a farm is simply shut.

Everything here came off the farms’ own pages on October 14. Prices and hours move between now and Halloween, and two farms change their pages late in the season, so check before you leave. Mud is the default setting in the valley. Boots, not sneakers.

Pick the right day

• Monday: don’t drive to Sumner. Knutson Farms is closed every Monday.
• Wednesday, October 14, 21 and 28: Maris Farms is shut to the public for school field trips.
• Weekday afternoons: the free-entry farms open at 2 or 3pm, when the weekend crowd has gone.
• Late October weekend: Harbor Farms stops taking reservations after October 25, and Maris caps attendance and sells out weekends in the third and fourth weeks.

Dogs: three farms on this list turn them away, and it’s the rule most likely to decide your day. No dogs at Spooner Farms, none at Knutson Farms, none anywhere on the Old McDebbie’s property in Spanaway. Picha, Double R and Maris take leashed dogs; Maris asks you to register at the information booth on arrival and keeps them out of the Haunted Woods. Thomasson takes dogs farm-wide on a leash, registered at the ticket booth.

Free to walk in, pay for the pumpkin

Spooner Farms, Puyallup

Sixth-generation farmers in the Puyallup Valley since 1882, harvesting more than 50 varieties of pumpkin, gourd, squash and corn. The patch runs October 1 through October 31, 9am to 6pm, and the farm’s 2026 flyer says no entry fee.

The activities are the draw: Becky’s Animal Barn, Pumpkin Pete’s Play Town, pumpkin slingshots, duck races, roasted corn, caramel apples and a gift shop, plus a beer garden Friday through Sunday. Cash, Visa, Mastercard and American Express, with an ATM on site and no personal checks. No dogs.

The five-acre corn maze is the part that costs money, and it’s the biggest commitment on this list: $12 for adults, $10 for ages 3 to 12, free for 2 and under, with more than three miles of paths. It keeps separate hours, 10am to 5:30pm on weekdays and 9am to 5:30pm on weekends. Everyone 12 and under has to be with an adult. Give it two hours.

Where: 9710 State Route 162 E., Puyallup. 253-840-2059.

Picha Farms, Puyallup

No admission fee, nine acres of patch, more than 25 varieties, and a five-acre maze. This year’s maze celebrates the USA’s 250th anniversary, with eight trivia questions and the answers posted along the way. Open October 3 through October 30, 10am to 6pm on weekends and 3 to 6pm on weekdays. The maze stops letting people in at 5:30.

Maze $8, free for 3 and under. Hayride $5, free for 2 and under. Slingshot $2 a shot, and ring the target for $5 off your pumpkin. Kiddie train $2. Bluegrass every weekend in October from noon to 4pm, and costumed characters Saturdays from 1 to 3pm: Spider-Man on October 17, Rumi on October 24. There are wheelbarrows at the field’s edge. An hour and a half is plenty.

Picha’s own site keeps its dog policy in a web comment where visitors can’t read it, so that one comes from SouthSoundTalk instead: leashed dogs welcome, none in the maze or on the hayride. If the dog is the reason you’re going, phone first. The party tent rents for $60 per two-hour slot if a birthday is the plan.

Where: 6502 52nd St. E., a block off River Road at the 66th Avenue E. bridge. 253-841-4443.

Double R Farms, Puyallup

Third generation, formerly Richen Farms, and it calls its pumpkin selection the largest in the valley. There’s a five-acre corn maze, three pumpkin slingshots, and tractor-pulled hay rides on weekends when the weather cooperates. Leashed dogs are welcome if you clean up after them.

The catch is that the farm doesn’t publish 2026 dates, hours or patch prices. Its pages list a $6 maze, a $1 hay ride and a $1 slingshot, then tell you to call for current prices: 253-227-5385. Concessions are run by Lumberjack Popcorn Company the first weekend in October. Ring before you set off, because a patch with no posted hours is a patch that can be shut when you arrive.

Where: 5820 44th St. E., Puyallup.

Sterino Farms, Puyallup

A U-pick patch next to a produce market that’s open daily 8am to 6pm, which makes it the easiest farm here to spend an hour in. Hay rides are $5 and the corn maze $10, both free for 5 and under. Hay rides run Fridays 2 to 6pm and weekends 10am to 6pm; the maze runs daily 9am to 5pm.

The night maze is the reason to show up in the dark. It’s listed for October 2 and 3, 9 and 10, and 16 and 17, with the produce market open until 8pm and the maze until 10pm. Last maze entry is 9:20.

Two caveats. That events page never says which year it describes. The dates do land on 2026 Fridays and Saturdays, but call the market before you build a plan around them. And no page on the farm states an entry fee or a dog policy.

Where: main farm at 6116 52nd St. E.; produce stand at 6006 52nd St. E. 253-922-8945.

Sidhu Farms, Puyallup

Entry is free, and so are the pumpkins, the farm stand and the homemade Indian food at the counter. Tickets exist only for the attractions, sold as one wristband that covers the corn maze, hay rides, a bouncy house and kids’ play area, and five pumpkin slingshots. Buying the activities one at a time costs more.

The wristband is $18 for adults and $16 for ages 4 to 16 on Fridays through Sundays, $17 and $15 Monday through Thursday. Kids 3 and under are free.

Here’s the problem. Sidhu’s website is still publishing its 2025 season, down to a Lochness Monster corn maze, and the map on its visit page points to 15018 96th St. E. in Puyallup. SouthSoundTalk lists 9809 SR 162 E. The farm posts day-to-day updates on Facebook, which is the first place to check for this year’s address and maze theme.

Where: sidhufarms.com, and confirm the address before you leave.

The ticketed festivals

Knutson Farms “The Patch”, Sumner

The Patch runs October 3 through October 31, 10am to 6pm, and is closed every Monday. General admission is $16, which comes to $19.27 online with the ticket fee; the gate price is $20.94. Kids 2 and under are free. Admission covers 25-odd activities across the working farm; apple cannons ($10 for 12 shots), gem mining and the sluice are pay to play. Combos start at $22.99, the Super Combo at $28.99, and a Pumpkin Pass valid for any open day is $49.99 before fees. No pets. This is an all-day trip.

Fireworks are the headline. The farm stays open until 8pm on October 10, 17 and 24 for a 7:30pm show, and you can reserve a fire pit inside the corn maze for those Saturdays. Halloween night, October 31, is a trick-or-treat Farm Fest included with admission.

Where: 16406 78th St. E., Sumner. 253-863-5107.

Maris Farms, Buckley

The biggest operation on this list and the longest drive, and the one that shuts its gate most often. Fall Fest runs September 26 through October 31, but it’s closed to the public on Wednesdays October 14, 21 and 28, which are school field trip days. On Thursdays October 15 and 22 field trips run in the morning and the farm opens to everyone at 1pm.

Admission is $24 online on weekdays and $33 online on weekends, ages 3 and up; kids 2 and under are free. The farm says online beats the gate and doesn’t publish what the gate charges. The pumpkin patch, goat feeding, apple blasters and gem mining cost extra on top, and the farm hasn’t published a per-pound price for the Fall Fest patch.

Admission covers most of the property, including the Mt. Mattercorn Mega Slide, which has a 42-inch minimum height, plus the animal barn, duck and pig races, the cow train, the corn maze, the ropes course and the tube slides. The Haunted Woods is a separate ticket starting at $45, a half-mile walk the farm says isn’t for kids under 12, and pets aren’t allowed in it. Leashed, well-socialized dogs are welcome everywhere else once you register them at the booth. Capacity is capped and sells out, parking is free, you can bring your own food, and it’s open rain or shine.

Where: 25001 Sumner-Buckley Hwy., Buckley. The parking entrance is that address; the mailing address is 24919.

Thomasson Family Farm, Enumclaw

Ten acres of patch and a 5-acre corn maze, plus a mega slide, farm animals, giant games, a fairy-tale trail, zip lines and a life-size foosball. Cathy’s Kitchen does pizza and hot sandwiches, and there’s kettle corn, mini donuts and an ice cream parlor on weekends. Online admission is $18.50 on weekdays and $23 on weekends, $22 and $26 at the ticket booth, with 2 and under free. Online tickets have to be bought at least 24 hours ahead, and the online price is worth taking.

The farm’s own pages disagree with each other about the season. One says September 26 through October 30, another says October 1 through the 31st with a 1pm close on the 31st. Hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm. Phone ahead.

Dogs are welcome farm-wide on a leash, with registration at the ticket booth. That’s the farm’s own wording, and it’s different from the roundup that lists them as patch-only.

Where: 38223 236th Ave. SE, Enumclaw.

Across the Narrows

Harbor Farms, Gig Harbor

Across the water and by timed reservation only. Two-hour sessions at 10am, 1pm and 4pm, weekends through October 25. It’s $10 for adults and children, free for kids under 2, and it covers the patch, the goats and chickens, a western-town play area, lawn games and the photo spots. The tractor barrel ride, apple slingshot and the pumpkins themselves are extra, and there’s no food for sale, so bring a picnic.

If all you want is a pumpkin, the farm sells them without a reservation on Friday October 16 and Friday October 23, 4 to 7pm. Worth knowing: as of October 14, sessions through October 23 were sold out, and October 17, 18, 24 and 25 still had openings.

Where: 7725 92nd St. NW, Gig Harbor. This is a new location for the farm.

Two more worth knowing about

McMillin Farm Collective, Puyallup is open and running a patch with a corn maze, a product stand and a brewery on site at 12517 WA-162. Its pages don’t agree on hours, one saying the stand runs Wednesday to Sunday 9am to 5pm, so check before you drive out. Alderbrook Farms in Sumner turns up on roundup lists with pumpkins priced by size, but it has no site we could reach to confirm a single detail, so take the address and hours you were given and ask.

Old McDebbie’s Farm and Jim’s U-Fish in Spanaway is not a pumpkin patch. It’s an animal farm and a fishing pond, open Friday through Sunday 10am to 6pm, $14 for ages 18 and up and $12 for ages 3 to 17, and no pets at all are allowed on the property. If someone on your list described it as a patch, that’s the correction.

The Northwest Glass Pumpkin Patch is a traveling show of hand-blown glass pumpkins from local artists, run by Tacoma Glassblowing Studio, with free admission. The last 2026 stop near here is Saturday, October 17, 9am to 3pm at Pioneer Park Pavilion, 330 S. Meridian in Puyallup.

Which maze is worth it

• Shortest walk: Picha’s five acres, with eight trivia answers posted inside, and Double R’s five acres if it’s open and you can get a price on the phone. Both suit kids who can follow a path.
• Longest: Spooner’s five acres and more than three miles of paths, plus the steepest ticket price here at $12.
• After dark: Sterino’s night maze on October 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17, last entry 9:20. Nobody under 12 should be in a corn maze at night.
• Bigger day: Maris’s maze and Haunted Woods, where the haunted half is a half-mile walk the farm says isn’t for under-12s, and Knutson’s, which is where the fire pits sit during fireworks nights.

When the pumpkin is the whole plan

Sometimes the honest answer is that you want a pumpkin, not an afternoon. Picha has wheelbarrows and a nine-acre field, Double R has the largest selection in the valley, and Harbor Farms sells pumpkins on the Friday evening slots with no reservation and no ticket. If you’ve got a Saturday free, go at opening. The best-looking ones go first, and so does the mud.

If Saturday turns out wet after all, use the rainy-day plan instead. If it’s dry, the sunny-day route works better on another weekend.