The 3 Best Pumpkin Patches in San Luis Obispo, CA
Ranked by rating and review volume. Updated for the 2026 season — always confirm hours with the farm before you drive out.
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The Pumpkin Patch
The Pumpkin Patch takes the top spot, rated 5.0 out of 5 from 17 reviews.
2315 Biddle Ranch Rd, 93401
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Candy Cane Lane / Brookshire Farms Christmas Trees and Pumpkin Patch
Candy Cane Lane / Brookshire Farms Christmas Trees and Pumpkin Patch is next up, rated 5.0 out of 5 from 5 reviews.
4747 Los Osos Valley Rd, 93405
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Brookshire Farms
Brookshire Farms rounds out this stretch of the list, rated 4.6 out of 5 from 101 reviews.
4747 Los Osos Valley Rd, 93405
Visiting a pumpkin patch near San Luis Obispo
Farms around San Luis Obispo follow the same rhythm as the rest of California: gates open in the second half of September, the busiest weekends fall in mid-October, and most patches close within a few days of Halloween. Weekday mornings are consistently the quietest time to go.
Call ahead if it has rained recently. Field access and wagon rides are the first things a farm closes when the ground is soft, and that decision is usually made the morning of.