Since 1979, Clancy's has been offering up pumpkins, hay rides, and decorative corn stalks for city dwellers. They are open every day between now and Halloween from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Half Moon Bay is famous for its Pumpkin Festival, but the area also has pumpkin picking nonstop leading up to Halloween. Arata's also hosts Minotaur's Labyrinth Hay Maze, a haunted barn, a gladiator ring made out of hay, and a children's train ride. Beware the seasonal "pumpkin traffic" around Half Moon Bay.

Pumpkins are accompanied by barbecue, a Peet's coffee truck, slides, trains, and more at this Marin patch. Children are very welcome but dogs are not allowed.

There are plenty of pumpkin farms near Petaluma, but this one on a cheese farm offers the most tantalizing treats to accompany the pumpkins. Visitors can milk a cow, dig for potatoes, and taste homemade ice cream and cheese after picking the perfect pumpkin.

Lemos Farm hosts a laser tag set all year round and adds to it at Halloween with two haunted houses (one for kids and one for adults) and a ghost train. There are also pony rides, a playtown, and a petting zoo.

This East Bay pumpkin patch is part of J.E. Perry Farm, an organic produce grower. The pumpkin patch includes the chance to see a real, working organic farm that harvests many different crops.

A giant teepee surrounded by pumpkins is the major draw at Farmer John's. Farmer John is in fact a real person, and he's lived on the Half Moon Bay Coast for his entire life. Dogs are welcome!

This place has so many attractions that it's practically a pumpkin amusement park. There are pumpkin blasters, a honey hut filled with live bees, a pyramid made out of 4,000 pumpkins, a cow train, and a butterfly valley.

Our final patch pick sends all of its proceeds to the Timothy Murphy School at St. Vincent's for orphaned boys. The farm where the patch sits is used as a learning farm for the students throughout the year. It's open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. every day.