Labor Day has passed. The Renaissance Festival has come to town. Football and soccer practices fill our calendars. (It’s probably best if I don’t mention that the Chiefs’ season has begun, right?) There’s no two ways about it – fall is here (or at least knocking on the door) in Kansas City.
Moderate temperatures and sunny skies make September and October perfect for Kansas City’s pumpkin patches and apple orchards. Have you been yet? Which are your favorites?
You’ve got many, many choices to pick from this year in Kansas City:
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Northland:
Alldredge Orchards (Platte City) – apples, pumpkins, playground and more!
Carolyn’s Country Cousins Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Liberty, MO) – pumpkins, hayrides, train and many other activities
Looper Farms (Holt, MO – just north of Clay County on I-35) – u-pick pumpkin patch, hayrides, trainrides
Pumpkins, Etc. (Platte City, MO) – pumpkins, mums, haystacks and fall decor
Red Barn Farm (Weston, MO) – pumpkins, animals, hayrides and corn maze
Schweizer’s Orchard (St. Joseph, MO) – pick your own apples and pumpkins!
Vaughn Orchard, 816-386-2900 (Weston, MO) – pick your own apples and pumpkins
KCMO:
13th Annual Crown Center Pumpkin Patch (KCMO), Saturday, Oct. 10 @ Crown Center Square
Faulkner’s Pumpkin Farm (Kansas City, MO – south of I-470) – a TON of family-friendly fun!
Cass County, MO (just south of KCMO):
The Berry Patch (just south of Leawood & Martin City) – no blackberries yet for the fall; not sure if there will be pumpkins this year – keep checking their website!
Dunn’s Cider Mill (Belton, MO) – cider and donuts!
Johnson Farms (Belton, MO) – you pick pumpkins, playground, animals and more!
Pumpkins & Pines (Pleasant Hill, MO) – tons of varieties of pumpkins!
Shuck’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Pleasant Hill, MO) – HUGE cornfield maze, pumpkins and variety of activities
Johnson County, KS:
KC Pumpkin Patch (Gardner, KS) – TONS of fun things to do (and they have pumpkins!)
Wagon Wheel Orchard (Gardner, KS) – apples but be sure to check the picking report!
Miami County, KS (just south of Johnson County, KS):
Louisburg Cider Mill (Louisburg, KS) – cider, donuts and fun activities!
Louisburg Corn Maze (Louisburg, KS)
Powell Pumpkin Patch (Louisburg, KS) – you pick pumpkins, playground, hayrides, corn maze
Douglas County, KS (just west of Johnson County, KS):
Pendleton’s Country Market (Lawrence, KS) – pick your own pumpkins and more
Schaakes Pumpkin Patch (Lawrence, KS) – you pick pumpkins, hayrides, mazes, animals
Eastern Jackson County, MO:
Sibley Orchards (Sibley, Jackson County, MO) – apples, pumpkins, hayrides & cider!
Wyandotte County, KS:
Kerby Farm Pumpkin Patch (Bonner Springs, KS) – pumpkins, corn maze, hayrides
Our friends over at VisitKC.com put together a terrific Google Map showing most of these locations:
View Fall Pumpkin Patches and Apple Orchards in a larger map
(And if you haven’t checked out VisitKC.com, what are you waiting for?! It’s a terrific resource for locals and visitors alike.)
