Corn Mazes and Pumpkin Patches Near Halifax

Wondering where to enjoy some family fun this fall? Halifax has plenty of festive spots to explore! From winding corn mazes that challenge all ages to charming pumpkin patches perfect for picking the season’s best, there’s something for everyone.

Check out this list of local favorites and make the most of autumn’s crisp, colorful days.

Riverbreeze Farm

Riverbreeze provides farm fresh family fun with over 30 attractions! The attractions range from scavenger hunts to interactive “Who Dunnit” game, old-fashioned jumping pillows to the modern laser tag games, and petting zoo to cow train rides; this farm will keep you engaged throughout your time here. The farm has a  corn maze, a little farmer’s corn maze, a pumpkin u-pick and a whole lot of other fun activities.

Riverbreeze Farm’s haunted attraction, Fear Farm, has four haunted houses, two haunted mazes and nine nights of terror. Riverbreeze Farm

660 Onslow Road, Truro
Follow the 102 to Truro; take Exit 14A Onslow /Tatamagouche (one Exit past fast food strip); and turn right. The farm is just 2 kms from here and located on the right.
Phone: (902) 895-6541

Sept 27th – Oct 26th, 2025
Fear Farm: Every Fri/Sat night in October

Noggins Corner Farm Corn Maze

Explore Noggins Corner Farm’s 8-acre interactive “Pollinators”-themed corn maze featuring diverse paths, bridges, and educational clues about pollinators essential to food growth. Challenge yourself in three main maze games and one mini-maze activity to create a personalized adventure. Visitors who want to enjoy fresh fruit can opt for a u-pick at the apple orchard. Noggins Farm Corn Maze

10009 Highway 1, Greenwich
Phone: 902-542-5515 (Extension 1 for the farm market)

Corn Maze: September mid to Thanksgiving Weekend

Dempsey Corner Orchard

Fruits and vegetables are never fresher than when you pick them yourself! Cherries, apples, plums, corn cobs, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, grapes, pears, squash, vegetable, pumpkins… Spread over 365 acres, the farm has fruits in different varieties and sizes. There is a farm-themed playground to keep the kids active for hours. End your day with a visit to the farm animals. Dempsey Corner Orchard

2717 Highway 221, RR#3, Aylesford
Located just 15 minutes from Exit 16 on Highway 101 in the Annapolis Valley
GPS co-ordinates: 45.0603746; -64.8314094
Phone: (902) 847-1855

Open till October last weekend

Gates’ U-pick

U-Pick apples, pears, pumpkins, and sunflowers. The farm grows over 20 varieties of apples four varieties of pears in addition to pumpkins. Go on wagon rides to the orchard and learn about apple growing. U-picked and pre-picked pumpkins are available. Gates’ U-pick

1263 Starr’s Point Road, Port Williams
One hour from Metro Halifax and 5 minutes from Highway 101
Take Exit 11 off Highway 101, turn right from the off-ramp and go straight through the traffic light. In Port Williams, turn right at the flashing amber light (Starr’s Point Road) and proceed 1 km and look for Gates U-Pick on the left.
Phone: (902)542-9340

September & October | Daily until picked out | 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Gates Upick will open September 1, 2025  Free wagon rides on weekends starting September 6

Howard Dill’s Pumpkin Farm

You can see Giant Pumpkins, lots of them along with many different varieties of Halloween pumpkins, summer and winter squash and gourds. Best time to see the giant pumpkins is in late August through October. There are lots of photo opportunities, so bring your camera! During the annual Pumpkin Regatta, the Atlantic Giant Pumpkins are turned into pumpkin boats. Howard Dill’s Pumpkin Farm

 400 College Road, Windsor
From Halifax, Hwy 101, take exit 5 for Windsor, turn left at the stop sign, stay straight, turn right at yield after railroad tracks, follow signs.
Phone: (902) 798-2728

September & October | Daily | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (confirm hours)

Willowbank Farm

Willowbank Farm is a working farm that grows a variety of crops that visitors can pick. Wander the fields to find that perfect pumpkin for your front door display. Apples, pears and plum are available for u-pick. Also available for u-pick are gourds in unique shapes and sizes. Come on in and experience the farm animals first hand. The farm will have display items for sale during the Thanksgiving weekend – hay bales, ornamental corn. The corn maze at the farm is perfect for young families. Also, go on hayrides, crawl through the hay tunnel.

After visiting the farm market and u-pick, stroll through the red and white horse barn where numerous antique horse-drawn vehicles are on display. Some are dating back over 100 years.

Willowbank Farm

110 Starr’s Point Loop, Port Williams
Exit 11 off Highway 101
Located about 1 hour or 100 km west of Metro Halifax on the 101 highway near Wolfville.
Phone: (902)-542-9153

Upick pumpkins are available from late September until run out.