Pittsburgh and Western PA Pumpkin Patches

Cheeseman Farm - Portersville, PA
Weekends in fall brings the Cheeseman Pumpkin Festival to Cheeseman Farm. Pick your pumpkin from their field. Hayrides to the patch are available. Also enjoy the hay maze, hay jump and petting zoo. After sunset, they also hold the Cheeseman Fright Farm with haunted attractions. They are open from the last weekend in September through early November. Their address is 147 Kennedy Rd., Portersville, PA 16051. They are 40 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Hozak Farms - Clinton, PA
Hozak farms offers pumpkin picking, pumpkin painting, maze, farm animals and straw pile. Free hayrides to the pumpkin patch on weekday afternoons in October. Their fall festival is open weekends beginning in late September and throughout  October.  It has been running for more than 30 years. Festival has no admission fee and also includes musical entertainment, face painting and scenic hayrides through the woods. The address is 488 Anderson Hozak Rd., Clinton, PA 15026. This is 26 miles west of Pittsburgh.

Schramm’s Farms and Orchards - Jeannette, PA
This Jeannette farm’s fall festival has a pick your own pumpkin field, apple picking, play hay and corn stalk maze. It is open October 1st through October 31st. There are also pony rides and hay rides. The market offers apple cider made from their own apples. A family owned and operated farm that has been growing fresh fruits and vegetables in the Pittsburgh area since 1864. The address is 1002 Blank Road, Jeannette, PA. It is 24 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Shenot Farm - Marshall Township, PA
A sustainable farm located 16 miles north of Pittsburgh. On weekends in the fall, they offer free hayrides to their patch and corn maze. They grow 25 varieties of apples, including several that ripen during pumpkin season. Try their apple cider, which was awarded first place at the apple cider contest at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention. They also make fifty varieties of homemade fudge. This Wexford farm has been operated by the Shenot family since 1854. Open the last weekend in September and every weekend in October, plus Columbus Day. They are physically located at 3754 Wexford Run Road, Marshall Township, PA.

Soergel Orchards - Wexford, PA
Pick your own pumpkins and hayrides. Hot apple cider and amish-made donuts. Full scale bakery offers fresh baked pies seven days a week. They also sell Amish furniture and a line of natural, wheat-free, gluten-free and allergen-free products. The first Wednesday of each month is Customer Appreciation Day, with 10% off. About the farm: It was started in the mid-1850s when their family settled on the land and began planting apple trees. The address is 2573 Brandt School Rd., Wexford, PA. It is 15 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Triple B Farms - Monongahela, PA
Just 21 miles south of downtown Pittsburgh, there’s a pick-your-own farm offering the ability to pick fruit from May through October. Starting the year with strawberries and raspberries, they offer annual corn maze with apple and pumpkin picking on weekends in September and October. They have the standard farm fare of course, with hayrides, farm animals and a playground for kids. But they offer so much more such as Spookley, the Square Pumpkin Weekend (first weekend in October)! Take a walk through Storybook Pumpkinland, with 250 pumpkin-headed characters from nursery rhymes and children’s, too. We’re sure they have more fun planned for the rest of October where it will be action-packed!