Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival

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Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival

Photo: Neon Tommy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr

🎃 Seasonal · Pomona

2.5 hours · $ · Check website for reservations

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 3.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 5.0
  • 🚗
    About 20 min drive
    From Arcadia · Parking: Campus lots next to AGRIscapes, with attendants on weekends, crowded on festival days
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Little shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2.5 hours
    Best seasons: Fall

A pumpkin festival run by Cal Poly Pomona agriculture students, open on weekends all October: pick your own pumpkin in the field, a kid-size corn maze, the campus farm's cows, sheep and pigs, and an insect fair that will make big kids shriek, all much cheaper than the commercial farms.

💡 Tips
Admission is about $8–10 per person, free under 2, and buying online skips the line; arrive at the 9am opening, as midday is too sunny. Pumpkins are priced separately by size. On weekdays sometimes only the pumpkin patch is open without the festival activities, so check the website.

What this place offers

✓pumpkin patch
✓corn maze
✓farm animals
✓insect fair
✓tractors
✓student-run
✓restrooms

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This weekend's weather in Pomona

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

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Sat 10/17
Overcast · 69–91°F · 1% rain
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Sun 10/18
Sunny · 73–87°F · 0% rain

Location

Pomona, California

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