Agritourism & Farm Experiences in South Dakota

A Berry Acres

A 1,700-plant aronia berry farm in southeast South Dakota just outside Harrisburg. Alongside aronia, it grows apples, cherries, melons and watermelon, with strawberries, raspberries and tomatoes in season.

Area 81 Crop Maze

Bridgewater, SD

Corn maze on US Highway 81, 6.5 miles north of Freeman, grown without pesticides. Open weekends August through October, with a haunted maze late in the month and appointments any time. On-site snack stand, restrooms and a picnic area. Cash or check.

Baumberger Vineyard & Winery

Dell Rapids, SD

Baumberger Vineyard grows its own grapes and produces a small line of wines just off Interstate 29 at Exit 109, near Dell Rapids. Peter Baumberger is the owner and winemaker. The tasting room sits on South Dakota Highway 34 in the Sioux Falls area, part of the cluster of family wineries along the I-29 corridor. Some listings flag the winery as possibly closed, so call ahead before making the drive.

Beaver Creek Plantation

Worthing, SD

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm on SD Highway 115 near Worthing, south of Sioux Falls. Families cut their own tree, then warm up with free cider and a snack bar. The farm also sells custom wreaths and runs hay rides and Santa visits through the season.

Bee Healthy Produce

Harrisburg, SD

Bee Healthy Produce runs a self-serve roadside stand east of the Tea exit off I-29, selling chemical-free strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumbers, and squash grown with natural methods. Honey comes from hives kept on the farm. The stand works on cash or check. It's a small family operation outside Harrisburg, south of Sioux Falls, with the produce changing as each crop comes ripe through the summer.

Berndt Family Produce

White, SD

Berndt Family Produce has grown vegetables in Brookings County since 2000, worked by David and Dawnna Berndt and their ten children. Each season brings greens, beets, beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, peppers, onions, melons, and squash. They sell through a CSA, staffed stands in Brookings and Watertown, and five self-serve stands around the county. A pumpkin patch opens from late September through October, two miles south of White. Text Dawnna at 605-690-4522 with questions.

Big Stone Pumpkin Patch

Big Stone City, SD

Pick-your-own pumpkin farm started by the Mueller family in 2012 near Big Stone City on the Minnesota line. Weekend visitors get hayrides, a corn maze, jumping pillow and barrel train, plus pre-picked pumpkins, gourds, specialty varieties, Indian corn and straw bales. Weekday field trips are available for schools and groups.

Blue Tin Ranch

Burbank, SD

Blue Tin Ranch is an agriculture-themed event venue and hunting lodge in the Missouri River Valley, a mile and a half east of Burbank. Mother and daughter Noreen and Kelly Jorgensen run it as fifth-generation landowners, with a two-bedroom farmhouse that sleeps eight to ten. The grounds hold corn crib swings, a lit pavilion, and a path to a gazebo through fields of corn and beans. A 1909 barn saved from demolition was lost to a 2025 tornado and rebuilt as the new 605 Barn.

Brady's Christmas Tree Farm

Yankton, SD

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm at 265 Antler Drive in Yankton, growing Scotch, white and Austrian pine plus Colorado blue and Black Hills spruce. Cut your own, have them cut it, or buy precut and living trees. The same ground yields fresh asparagus each spring. Open weekends 9 to 6 and weekday afternoons in season.

Christmas Tree Acres

Harrisburg, SD

Christmas Tree Acres sells cut trees on Highway 115 just south of Sioux Falls each holiday season, opening from mid-November through mid-December. The lot carries Scotch pine, Canaan fir, Fraser fir, Norway spruce, and white pine, all shaken clean of loose needles and netted for the drive home. The gift shop stocks hand-made wreaths, greenery, and crafts. The owners buy direct from tree growers to keep the selection fresh from the field.

Country Apple Orchard

Harrisburg, SD

Apple orchard five miles south of Sioux Falls with about 6,000 trees across 13 varieties, drawing local families through fall since 1984. Harvest runs mid-August into late October. Weekends bring pony and train rides for kids, and the orchard grows seven acres of pumpkins; caramel apples, pies, crisps, juice and honey fill the store. In late fall it switches to Christmas trees and a light show.

Diamond A Cattle Ranch

Diamond A Cattle Ranch has run cattle since 1906 on ground six miles off I-90 between Kimball and Pukwana. It raises Corriente cattle for roping, bulldogging, and bull riding, with both indoor and outdoor rodeo arenas on-site. Travelers can hook up an RV, board a horse overnight, or rent a 1940s tourist cabin or a newer tiny house. The camp store sells Bad River jerky and pemmican made by the owners' daughter, plus local honey and homemade jellies.

Emerald Forest At Stonegate

Brandon, SD

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm two miles east of Brandon offering ten varieties, from Balsam and Douglas fir to Black Hills spruce, blue spruce, Scotch pine and white pine. Cut your own, warm up with free hot chocolate, and browse the gift shop. Open weekends after Thanksgiving into early December; cash only.

Garden of Weedin

Valley Springs, SD

Roadside produce farm minutes from Sioux Falls on the South Dakota-Iowa border off Highway 42, open weekends 11 to 6. Seasonal picks include tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, and herbs like basil, cilantro, dill and thyme, plus a fall run of pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, bales and corn shocks.

Garritys' Prairie Gardens LLC

Mission Hill, SD

Garritys' Prairie Gardens has grown apples near Mission Hill since 1984. The orchard was later bought by the neighboring Hebda family, who folded it into their own fruit and vegetable operation and now turn the harvest into jams, jellies, made-from-scratch fruit pies, fresh salsa, home-canned goods, and sauces. The orchard sits in Yankton County in the state's southeast corner. Call ahead, since ownership and hours have changed since the Garrity family ran it.

Goosemobile Pastured Meats-Goosemobile

Canistota, SD

Free-range meat farm raising beef, pork, lamb, chicken, laying hens, ducks and geese on pasture near Canistota. Travis and Lisa Muth took over the longtime Goosemobile operation in 2017 and, with their eight children, run it across three lines: Goosemobile, Pastured Omega Meats and Dakota Down Products. They sell at the Sioux Falls Farmers Market on Saturdays and deliver to Sioux Falls year-round.

Grampa D's Orchard

Hayti, SD

Grampa D's Orchard presses its own apple cider on-site at a cider mill and grows apples, crabapples, table and wine grapes, and winter squash with minimal chemical and pesticide use. U-pick runs from August 20 through the first frost. Outside picking season the stand stays open year-round for apple juice and pre-picked apples, paid by honor-system money slot or Square. The orchard sits a few miles west of Hayti in northeastern South Dakota.

Great Frontier Meats

Hecla, SD

Custom meat processor on Main Street in Hecla, handling beef, pork and wild game since 1997. The shop makes cuts, sausage and smoked products, and runs a catering side for weddings and conferences. Two locations serve the surrounding area.

Heartland Country Corn Maze

Harrisburg, SD

An 11-acre corn maze southeast of Harrisburg that has run for more than 25 years, cutting a new theme design into the stalks each season. Ten checkpoints hide answers to a question sheet; finding the secret one earns a free treat from the concession barn. Open Friday evenings and Saturday-Sunday afternoons, with a haunted version in October. Cash or check only.

Heikes Family Farm CSA

Vermillion, SD

Heikes Family Farm runs a CSA selling roughly 100 shares of organically grown produce each season, with vegetables delivered weekly through the growing season. Sam and Heidi Heikes returned to the family's Vermillion farm in 2010, ground that's been worked since 1946. The state named them 2022 South Dakota Specialty Crop Producer of the Year, and the operation has won national recognition for its pollinator habitat. It sits northeast of Vermillion in the Siouxland corner of the state.

Homestead Orchard

Parker, SD

Homestead Orchard grows apples you pick up fresh on Fridays and weekends, with the variety on offer shifting week to week as different trees ripen. Beyond apples, the farm sells pumpkins, several kinds of squash, gourds, and displays more than 100 plots of chrysanthemums each fall. The store carries jam, honey, cider, syrup, and caramel, plus fresh apple doughnuts. Established in 2007, it sits about a half hour southwest of Sioux Falls near Parker.

Hydeout B&B

Highmore, SD

The Hydeout is a four-bedroom bed and breakfast in a 1909 building a block north of the Hyde County Courthouse in downtown Highmore. The hosts cook a country-style breakfast every morning, and the guest rooms are named for family members. One suite, 'Papa's Place,' has its own kitchen, private bath, and laundry, sleeping up to five. Highmore sits in central South Dakota near Lake Sharpe on the Missouri River. Reviewers rank it the top lodging in town.

Mannings Garryowen Tree Farm

Burbank, SD

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm near Burbank in the state's southeast corner, growing Scotch pine for the U-cut. The gift shop carries wreaths and hand-crafted figurines, and Santa's sleigh is set up for photos. Open weekends 9 to 5 from the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas. Call ahead to check supply.

Mazing Acres Pumpkin Patch

Yankton, SD

A 20-acre pumpkin patch and corn maze seven miles west of Yankton, run by Scott and Molly Nedved since 2020. More than 30 attractions fill the Fall Festival: a 5-acre corn maze, hayrides, giant slides, zip lines, a barrel train, flower fields and farm animals. Open weekends from mid-September through October 31. It won the state's 2025 Peter Norbeck tourism innovation award.

Pinewood Stables

Custer, SD

A horse stable listed on Sidney Park Road on the west side of Custer, minutes from Custer State Park and the Black Hills trail network. Little verified detail about its hours or services shows up online. Custer is a longtime hub for Black Hills horseback riding.

Pleasant Valley Farm and Cabins

Custer, SD

Pleasant Valley Farm raises goats on 120 acres seven miles southwest of Custer, and rents fully equipped farmhouse cabins to visitors. The family has owned the land since 1978 and switched to full-time goat farming in 2005. They sell goat meat, pork, and farm-fresh eggs, and guests can add a farm tour to meet the animals. An 1887 one-room schoolhouse still stands on the property. Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Jewel Cave are all a short drive away.

Prairie Blush Orchards

Lake Norden, SD

U-pick apple orchard near Lake Norden with 18 varieties, including Honeycrisp, Haralson, Sweet 16 and Snowsweet, ready from after Labor Day through the late-October frost. The orchard grew out of an early-1900s homestead's old cattle pasture. Also on offer: fresh pies, gluten-free donuts, caramel apples, apple butter and jelly, plus pumpkins, squash and tomatoes.

Prairie Bridge Lodge

Garden City, SD

Prairie Ridge Lodge (listed here as 'Prairie Bridge') caters to pheasant hunters in northeastern South Dakota, with free public hunting grounds in every direction from the door. The lodge has eight renovated rooms, a large common room, dog kennels, and a fish-cleaning station, with kitchenettes and air conditioning in the rooms. It stands at 1900 Grover Avenue in Garden City, near lakes and public land. The operation opened in 2010.

PRAIRIE MOON HERBS

Vermillion, SD

Certified organic herb farm on 11 acres northwest of Vermillion, growing culinary and medicinal herbs, lettuce, cut and edible flowers, and blending them into teas. Its first and most popular blend, Vermillion Sunset, is a mint tea colored by herbal flowers; the farm now offers seven blends. It has grown organically for over 25 years, with greenhouses, hoophouses and a drying shed.

Pumpkins 4 College

Canton, SD

A group of cousins grows pumpkins and gourds west of Canton on Highway 18 to raise money for college. Their covered roadside market sells the pumpkins alongside seasonal fruit and vegetables grown with integrated pest management, plus baked goods and crafts. Cash, check and PayPal accepted.

RAUSCH RANCH

Onaka, SD

Rausch Ranch sells grass-finished beef and lamb raised near Onaka on the central South Dakota prairie. Rick Rausch switched to grass-finishing his cattle about two decades ago and runs the herd through a rotational grazing program on native prairie to keep the soil healthy. He's raised registered Herefords for years, and the animals are slaughtered and processed locally before the cuts go up for sale. The ranch avoids chemical inputs in favor of holistic grazing.

Rivertree Christmas Tree Farm and Pumpkin Patch

Canton, SD

This Canton-area farm, listed elsewhere as Riverview Christmas Tree Farm, has offered choose-and-cut Christmas trees since 1989; Todd and Shari Gannon took over in 2016. Cut your own tree across four weekends around Thanksgiving, or come for the Pumpkin Festival on the first three October weekends, with pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, cider and a nativity stable with live animals.

Rocky Gardens

Milbank, SD

Rocky Gardens grows and sells its own apples, blueberries, grapes, raspberries, and strawberries at a stand three miles northeast of Milbank on Highway 12. Blueberries are u-pick at $3 a pound; bring your own container. The stand puts out whatever is in season through the summer. It's a small grower operation in Grant County, up in the northeast corner of the state near the Minnesota line.

Sanderson Gardens

Aurora, SD

Pick-your-own farm on US Highway 14, four miles east of Brookings, where Jan Sanderson has grown produce since 1977. Depending on the season you can pick asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, aronia berries, horseradish, pumpkins and gourds; sweet corn and pre-picked produce round out the stand. Open daily 8 to 8. The motto: new food at used prices.

Southeast South Dakota WINE TRAIL

Southeast South Dakota, SD

The Southeast South Dakota Wine Trail links a string of family wineries along the Interstate 29 corridor near Sioux Falls. The self-guided route runs from Vermillion and Beresford in the south up through Garretson and Renner and on toward Rosholt in the northeast. Many of the stops grow their own fruit and grapes and host grape stomps, concerts, and tastings through the season. Southeast South Dakota Tourism publishes the trail map and a beer, wine, and spirits guide.

Spearfish Valley Produce's Spearfish Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

Spearfish, SD

Corn maze and pumpkin patch about three miles northwest of Spearfish on Chicken Creek Road, open Fridays through Sundays from early September through Halloween. Play areas include a barrel train, hay slide, zip lines, a combine playground, pumpkin slingshots and a duck race. Live music runs some weekends, and the maze goes haunted after dark near Halloween.

Springerridge Barnyard Products

Gettysburg, SD

Sustainable produce farm eight miles southwest of Gettysburg, selling U-pick and pre-picked vegetables and herbs: beans, beets, carrots, corn, peppers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and more. The farm kitchen turns out canned goods from great-grandmother's SDSU-tested recipes, plus pies, breads and fudge. It also sells at the Country Farmer's Market in Pierre. Call before visiting; cash only.

Strawbale Winery

Renner, SD

Strawbale Winery makes fruit, honey, and grape wines in buildings literally built from straw bales, which insulate a prairie-style wine cellar. The South family started it in 2006, tucking the winery between a century-old barn and an old shelter belt north of Sioux Falls. They grow some of their own fruit and buy the rest from local growers, fermenting and blending everything on-site. The tasting room opens Saturdays 11 to 5, with Adirondack chairs on the lawn and summer events.

SUNRISE HIVES

SPEARFISH, SD

Sunrise Hives sells raw, unfiltered honey along with 100% beeswax candles, herbal salves, lotions, lip balm, and soap, all made by hand in the Black Hills. Carl and Kiah Crowley started the operation in 2010, keeping bees in St. Onge and hauling hives to California each winter for pollination work. Kiah forages medicinal herbs in the Black Hills National Forest for her infusions. Find their products at the Saturday Black Hills Farmers Market in Rapid City and shops around Spearfish.

Swift Family Enterprises

Burke, SD

Family pumpkin patch north of Burke selling pumpkins, squash and gourds, plus straw bales and the occasional loaf of pumpkin bread, from a self-serve roadside stand open dawn to dusk September through October. What began as grandparents' retirement hobby grew as the younger generation expanded the varieties. Call ahead to pick in the patch.

Tannenbaum Tree Farm

Sioux Falls, SD

Tannenbaum Tree Farm is a choose-and-cut operation run by Tim and Claudia Wassom, who have grown Christmas trees for close to 40 years. They planted their first trees west of Sioux Falls in 1988, then moved the farm to Lennox in 2009 as the city grew out toward them. Visitors pick from more than 300 Scotch pine, white pine, and spruce, cutting their own starting Thanksgiving weekend. Claudia also makes wreaths and holiday planters.

That Pickin Patch

Humboldt, SD

Sixth-generation family farm about 15 minutes west of Sioux Falls on Highway 19, homesteaded in 1879 and run by Chris and Missy Kasten. Fall brings self-serve and pick-your-own pumpkins, mini pumpkins, gourds and corn shocks, all grown chemical-free, alongside seasonal produce, farm-fresh eggs, and whole and cut broiler chickens. The stand runs on the honor system: cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

The Barn Bed & Breakfast

Geddes, SD

The Barn Bed & Breakfast puts four guest rooms in the hayloft of a 1924 horse and dairy barn, each with a private bath. Downstairs there are two lounge areas, a kitchenette, a pool table, and a library holding decades of National Geographic. The barn sits along the Lewis and Clark Trail near the Missouri River, prime ground for fishing, birdwatching, and fall pheasant hunting. The owners have run it as a B&B since 1999. Geddes lies in south-central South Dakota.

Ufford Hills Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze

Vermillion, SD

Fall festival on the historic Ufford farm at 3691 East Main Street in Vermillion, busiest the first two October weekends. The farm presses its own apple cider and taps its trees for maple syrup. Visitors get a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, horse-drawn and tractor hayrides, a petting zoo and fresh eggs. Maze offerings vary year to year, so call ahead.

YAK RIDGE CABINS and FARMSTEAD

Rapid City, SD

Yak Ridge Cabins sits on ten acres about five miles from Mount Rushmore, with three custom-built cabins finished in 2015 and 2018. Guests get a carton of fresh eggs from the farm at check-in, and the hosts offer a walk over to the farmstead to meet the yaks. The setting takes in mountain and meadow views, with Keystone, Hill City, Iron Mountain Road, and Needles Highway all nearby. Reviewers on TripAdvisor consistently rate the cabins five stars.

Yogi Bear Camp Resort

Brandon, SD

Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort sits just east of Sioux Falls in Brandon, a family campground running for over 25 years. Sites range from big-rig full hookups to tent spots and cabins. Amenities include a heated pool and hot tub, two playgrounds, a jumping pillow, mini-golf, a game room, an indoor theater and a seasonal corn maze. Pet-friendly throughout.