Northern Virginia pumpkin patches

What to expect in Northern Virginia

5 of the 18 Virginia patches we track are in Northern Virginia, spread across City of Fredericksburg, Fairfax County, Loudoun County. 4 of them run a corn or crop maze, and 5 have farm animals your kids can get close to. 4 have their 2026 dates confirmed on the farm's own site.

Admission runs from $6 a head at Braehead Farm up to $15 at Cox Farms — a real spread, and one worth checking against how long you actually plan to stay. A paid festival only pays for itself if you use it for half a day.

Elevation runs this season. Mountain farms open cooler and earlier, often as orchards first with a patch attached, while Piedmont and coastal farms run warmer and later — an early-October afternoon near the coast can still be genuinely hot. In the mountains, peak leaf season and peak patch season land on the same weekends, so the approach roads matter as much as the farm does. Note too that late-September and early-October storms reach both states, and farm lots hold water afterwards.