Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Muscatine, IA

Muscatine

Red Barn Pumpkin Farm is located on New Era Road outside Muscatine, near the Mississippi River. Current hours and contact information aren't published in any listing found — confirm before visiting.

Muscatine

Anderson Farm sits outside Muscatine along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. No independent listing describes current products, hours, or season — a call ahead is the best way to confirm before visiting.

Buffalo Prairie

Reason's Prairie Pride Meats has run a full-service meat locker in Buffalo Prairie for more than 70 years, custom-processing beef, pork, buffalo, lamb, seafood, and game. The property also runs Prairie Creek Market & Deli, with made-to-order sandwiches, soups, and salads, plus fruits and vegetables sold alongside the meat counter. Open six days a week.

A family-run greenhouse in Illinois City, in the Quad Cities area, growing its own flowers, vegetables, and premium hanging baskets on-site since Maria and Chris McCalley started it from a single backyard greenhouse in 1995.

Buffalo

Buffalo Pumpkin Patch doubles as an event center on Front Street, running pumpkin sales alongside a petting zoo, pony rides, and carnival-style rides through the fall. The event-center side means the grounds get booked for private gatherings too, not just walk-in pumpkin picking. Cash and check only per its business listing.

Lone Tree

Lone Tree

Sand Road Farm operates under a new name on Sand Road SE in Lone Tree, on ground long known as Bock's Berry Farm & Country Gifts for u-pick apples, blueberries, and strawberries plus a gift shop and fresh eggs. Some directories list the u-pick operation as no longer active, so confirm current status before planning a visit.

Donahue

Cinnamon Ridge Farms milks a Jersey herd through robotic milking systems on their Donahue dairy and turns part of that milk into artisan cheese made on-site. The farm has ranked first in the nation for milk production and sells cheese, beef, and raw milk through its farm store. Group tours run $17 per person, with youth and camp options by appointment.

Riverside

Sass Family Farm sits on 160th Street outside Riverside, the small Washington County town that jokingly claims to be the future birthplace of Captain Kirk. It's a family-run farm operating agritourism activities on the property.

Donahue

Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff sits on 130th Avenue outside Donahue in Scott County, on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities region. As the name suggests, it's a flower and garden goods stop rather than a produce farm.

Iowa City

This bicycle tour once routed riders through Iowa City-area farms for tastings of local produce and fermented foods, pairing a 30-mile paved "Cherry Tomato" loop with a 60-mile paved-and-gravel "Beet-it-Up" route. The event has since been rebranded as the RadTour Bike Ride and still raises money for the Farm to School program and youth cycling groups. Search for RadTour to find current dates and routes.