Pumpkin Patches in Jacksonville: 2026 Guide

Highlights

• Twenty pumpkin patches are open right now across Jacksonville and the surrounding counties.
• Church patches are free to walk through and ask for a donation per pumpkin.
• Farms charge admission, from a farm pass at Congaree and Penn to $16.99 at Sykes.
• Most close October 31. Congaree and Penn and Sykes run through November 1.

Most Jacksonville pumpkin patches are open now and close on October 31. Church patches charge no entry fee and ask for a donation per pumpkin. Farms like Congaree and Penn, Amazing Grace, and Sykes charge admission and add corn mazes, animals, and rides. The list below covers twenty locations by area, with hours and phone numbers.

Florida grows almost no pumpkins, so every patch in this city is a delivery we have agreed to call a harvest.

That takes nothing away from it. The hay is real hay. The kids do not care where the truck came from.

Church Pumpkin Patches in Arlington and on the Intracoastal

Isle of Faith United Methodist, 1821 San Pablo Road South. Open daily October 3 through October 31 with no entry fee. Monday through Friday 1:00 to 7:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. (904) 221-1700.

This is the most programmed patch in the city. Each Saturday has its own event.

• October 10: Military Appreciation Day with a bounce house.
• October 17: Bring Your Pet to the Patch.
• October 24: Trunk or Treat, starting at 7:00 PM.

St. Paul United Methodist, 8264 Lone Star Road. Pumpkins arrived October 3. They run Storytime in the Patch for preschool, elementary, and homeschool groups, which is the only one on this list built for a field trip. (904) 724-0022.

Victory Lutheran, 4651 Kernan Boulevard South. (904) 642-8900.

Hidden Fields Jax, 2259 Forest Boulevard. (904) 254-5058.

Southside and San Marco

The Great Southside Pumpkin Patch at Southside United Methodist, 3120 Hendricks Avenue. Open September 26 through October 31, seven days a week. Sunday through Friday noon to 8:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. (904) 396-2676.

Longest season and the widest hours of any church patch in town. Proceeds fund the youth group's mission projects.

Shepherd of the Woods Lutheran, 7860 Southside Boulevard. October 4 through October 31, with Party in the Patch on October 24. Money raised goes to the church food pantry and its children's and youth ministries. (904) 641-8385.

Northside

Congaree and Penn, 11830 Old Kings Road. September 24 through November 1, Thursday through Sunday. Thursday and Friday 3:00 PM to dusk, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM to dusk. (904) 604-5131.

This is the one that feels like an actual farm. You buy a farm pass on arrival for anyone age two and up, walk about five minutes out to the patch, pick a pumpkin, and pay $12 at the farm stand. Passes are not sold in advance, because the weather decides whether the grounds open at all. Leashed dogs are welcome. There is a bar.

It opened September 24, which in Florida is still summer.

Geiger Pioneer Farm, 4909 Dunn Avenue. The Pioneers and Pumpkins Fall Festival starts October 10 on a twenty acre property that has been a farm since 1877.

Spirit of Life Lutheran, 2636 New Berlin Road. (904) 757-9114.

Westside, Argyle, and Mandarin

Ortega United Methodist, 4807 Roosevelt Boulevard. (904) 389-5556.

Kirkwood Presbyterian, 8701 Argyle Forest Boulevard. (904) 777-0006.

Mandarin United Methodist, 11270 San Jose Boulevard. (904) 268-5549.

These three post their hours on Facebook and nowhere else, which is its own kind of local knowledge. Call before you drive.

The Beaches, Orange Park, and Ponte Vedra

Christ United Methodist, 400 Penman Road, Neptune Beach. October 4 through October 31. Monday through Friday 11:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM. Proceeds fund the church's kids ministry. (904) 249-5370.

Orange Park United Methodist, 2051 Park Avenue, Orange Park. (904) 264-2241.

Lord of Life Lutheran, 276 Roscoe Boulevard North, Ponte Vedra Beach. (904) 285-5347.

Asbury United Methodist in St. Johns runs its patch through October.

Farms and Corn Mazes Near Jacksonville

Amazing Grace Family Farms, 4251 State Road 21, Green Cove Springs. The Jacksonville Pumpkin Festival runs October 2 through October 31, Fridays 4:00 to 9:00 PM and Saturdays 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Special hours Monday October 12 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday October 31 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Admission required for ages three and up. Crop maze, pumpkin house, farm animals, playground. (904) 284-2949.

Sykes Family Farms, 5995 Brough Road, Elkton. October 3 through November 1. Fridays 6:00 to 10:00 PM, Saturdays 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Sundays 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Admission is $16.99 for ages three and up and pumpkins cost extra. Nine acre crop maze, hayrides, a cow train, and a kids play area.

Conner's A-Maize-Ing Acres, 19856 County Road 121, Hilliard. Fridays and Saturdays through the season, about 45 minutes north. Trick or Treat at the Farm runs October 31 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. (904) 879-5453.

Wesley Wells Farms, 3455 Joe Ashton Road, St. Augustine. Pumpkin Patch Saturdays throughout October. (904) 679-5660.

These are day trips, not errands. Budget three hours minimum including the drive, and know that every one of them is mostly unshaded.

Pumpkin Patches Inside Bigger Events

Murray Hill-O-Ween runs Saturday, October 24 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. Local vendors, food trucks, a kids zone with bounce houses, and a pumpkin patch, all in a neighborhood you can walk. It is right by the Murray Hill Theatre.

The Downtown Jacksonville Pumpkin Festival lands on the same Saturday. Two good pumpkin events on one evening is a scheduling problem, and the answer is usually whichever one you can park closer to.

What It Costs

• Church patches: free entry. Pumpkins run from a few dollars for small ones to twenty and up for the large carvers.
• Congaree and Penn: farm pass per person age two and up, sold on arrival. Pumpkins are $12 flat.
• Sykes Family Farms: $16.99 per person age three and up, pumpkins separate.
• Amazing Grace: admission for ages three and up, with the crop maze included.
• Extras: hayrides and animal feed are frequently their own charge.

A family of four can do a church patch for under forty dollars including pumpkins. A farm with rides and lunch runs closer to a hundred and fifty.

The Best Time of Day to Go

October highs in Jacksonville sit in the low 80s, and the average high does not drop below 80 until November. The hay is decorative. The sweating is not.

Weekday afternoons are close to empty at the church patches. Southside opens at noon on weekdays and Isle of Faith at 1:00 PM, and either one at 2:00 PM on a Tuesday is a different experience than the same place on Saturday.

If you only have weekends, go at open or after 5:00 PM. Skip the middle of Saturday entirely. That is when the bounce houses have a line and the good pumpkins are already in somebody's cart.

What to Wear and Bring

• Closed shoes. Church lots are gravel and farm patches are dirt. Sandals last about ten minutes.
• Sunscreen. There is almost no shade at any of these, and October sun here still burns.
• A wagon, if you own one. Farms rarely have carts and you will be carrying everything.
• Cash in small bills. Donation boxes and hayride tickets rarely take cards.
• Bug spray for evening visits. Mosquitoes do not observe the fall season either.

Dress the kids for photos second and heat first. A wool sweater in a pumpkin photo looks great for the four minutes before anyone has to sit in a car seat.

Quick Win

Call ahead on a weekday. Every church patch on this list is volunteer staffed, which means posted hours are a plan rather than a promise. A ninety second phone call saves a twenty five minute drive to a closed gate.

And buy the pumpkin on the way out, not the way in. Carrying a twenty pound gourd through a nine acre crop maze is a decision you only make once.

We put out a new Jacksonville guide most weeks. October fills up fast around here.