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Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch in Santa Rosa

Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch in Santa Rosa

Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch offers families a true farm experience, since it takes place on an actual working farm located between Sebastopol and Santa Rosa. Families will find a variety of different kinds of pumpkins and winter squash here (over 20 kinds!), as well as plenty of other attractions.

It's well worth a visit on your quest to find that perfect pumpkin this fall, especially for families with small children. It's a cute place that has loads of country charm and atmosphere and it's one of our favorite places to visit every fall.

Muelrath's doesn't offer you the chance to pick pumpkins off the vine. Instead, they're laid out in several fields around the farm. They do grow everything they sell, though, and all pumpkins here are sustainably grown and pesticide free. Pumpkin varieties include the standard orange jack-o-lantern kind (with sizes ranging from small to gigantic) as well as white and cinderella types.

You can actually see the pumpkins growing out in their fields beyond the pumpkin patch, so you know you're getting fresh pumpkins right from the source. Muelrath's supplies pumpkins to many Sonoma county grocery stores and pumpkin patches, too.

Pumpkins here cost $1 per pound and are weighed on a big farm scale near the entrance to the pumpkin patch. There's also a covered stand where you can browse a wide variety of other squash, including acorn, delicata, and turban. You can also purchase things like homemade pickles and honey at the checkout stand.

You'll find plenty of fun attractions here, all of which are free (with the purchase of a pumpkin, or course)! There's an amazing haunted dungeon, a little kids' corn maze, hay bale pyramids to climb, a straw bale maze, a pumpkin cannon, and old tractors and farm equipment to check out. They also offer free tractor-drawn hay rides around the ranch. The haunted dungeon — with a Stranger Things theme — is a really well done and offers a lot of spooky fun. It's not super scary but it might be a little intense for younger kids. We loved it so much we went through it twice to make sure we got to see all the surprises!

Wheelbarrows and wagons are available for you to pull your pumpkins back to checkout. On October 14 and 15 they'll be hosting a display of early gas engines and historic tractors. Muelrath's is truly one of our favorite fall destinations, with plenty of attractions for all ages (but with a special focus on younger kids), a great selection of pumpkins, and really nice people working there.

If You Go

Muelrath Ranches Pumpkin Patch is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. It's located at 3800 Walker Avenue, Santa Rosa 95407. To get there, take Highway 101 to the Todd Road exit (485). Head west over the freeway and follow Todd Road until you get to Walker Avenue, where you'll turn right. Follow Walker Avenue south until you get to the pumpkin patch. Parking will be on your right across the road from the farm.

Water, soda, and cider are available for purchase. Cash and card accepted. There are plenty of picnic tables on the grounds so feel free to bring your lunch. Portable restrooms are available for use.

For more information, visit www.muelrathspumpkins.com or call (707) 585-2195.