Pumpkin Patches near Crystal Lake, IL

Huntley

A Huntley farm market that's sold locally grown pumpkins and fall produce for more than 40 years across two nearby locations, with the u-pick patch three miles west of the market. Every pumpkin is $8 regardless of size, admission and parking are free, and weekends bring hayrides and cider donuts.

Woodstock

Hampshire

Barrington

This Old Sutton Road address in Barrington was once listed as a pumpkin patch, but current records tie the property to a construction business rather than an active farm stand. Whether pumpkin picking still happens here couldn't be confirmed.

Marengo

Grizzy's Pumpkins sells pumpkins from a farm at the corner of Route 20 and Coral Road outside Marengo, in Coral Township. It turns up in local farm directories and a scattering of social posts from visitors, but runs without a dedicated website. Worth a call ahead to check what's picked and ready.

Sycamore Pumpkin Patch ran u-pick pumpkins on Quigley Road for about a decade before closing in 2004. The 41-acre property has since gone back to farmland, and pumpkin seekers in DeKalb County now head to the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival downtown or nearby farms like Sugar Grove Pumpkin Farm instead.

Wadsworth

Patch 22 grows thousands of pumpkins in a range of varieties, including some exotic types, on Kelly Road in Wadsworth. The farm runs horse-drawn and tractor-drawn hayrides on restored John Deere equipment, a petting farm with goats and donkeys, and pony rides on Sundays from May through Halloween. It's built around straightforward family fun rather than elaborate attractions.

A roadside pumpkin stand run by Dean and Charlene Johnson at Route 64 and West Motel Road, a mile west of Sycamore. Pumpkins start at $2, gourds at 50 cents, and there are two corn mazes — a 2-acre and an 8-acre — plus evening campfires. Cash or check only.

Caledonia

Lindberg Pumpkin Patch farms seven acres on Illinois Route 173 outside Caledonia, with a Harvest Barn stocking pre-picked pumpkins for anyone who'd rather skip the walk into the field. The farm runs tractor rides, a corn maze, and barnyard animals through the fall, and calls itself northern Illinois' favorite fall stop — a claim the reviews seem to back up. Open daily 9am to 6pm, September 11 through Halloween.