BEST PUMPKINS in VIRGINIA

Thousands of PUMPKINS to choose from!

Now located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Charlottesville, Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountain Maze is a beautiful place to find your perfect fall pumpkin while enjoying panoramic mountain views.

Choose from thousands of already-picked pumpkins in a huge range of colors, shapes, and sizes — from tiny pumpkins that fit in the palm of your hand to giant 100+ pound pumpkins that take at least two people to move.

We regularly hear visitors tell us we have some of the best pumpkins around. We think so too!

Our pumpkins are perfect for carving, porch decorating, cooking, fall displays, and family photos. You’ll find traditional orange pumpkins along with colorful heirloom varieties, white pumpkins, blue-grey pumpkins, mini pumpkins, winter squash, gourds, and plenty of unusual shapes and textures.

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Our Country Store also has plenty of other fall favorites and decorations, including cornstalk bundles, gourds, Indian corn, straw bales, cider, donuts, kettle corn, apple butter, pumpkin butter, local honey, seasonal merchandise, and more.

You do not need to purchase corn maze admission to shop for pumpkins or visit the Country Store.

So Many Pumpkins, Squash & Gourds

We carry a changing selection throughout the fall season, including traditional carving pumpkins, unusual heirloom varieties, colorful decorative pumpkins, winter squash, mini pumpkins, and gourds.

Varieties typically include:

Blue & Pink Dolls • Jarrahdale • Fairytale • Cinderella • Blaze • White Moons • Flat White Boer • One Too Many • Winged Gourds • Acorn Squash • Butternut Squash • Carnival Squash • Jack Be Little • Pie Pumpkins • Hubbard Squash • Cushaw • Turk’s Turban • Prize Winners

Selection varies throughout the season.

Some are perfect for carving or decorating your porch, while others are excellent for cooking. Look for varieties such as Butternut, Carnival, Hubbard, Jarrahdale, Fairytale, Cushaw, Turk’s Turban, Flat White Boer, and pie pumpkins if you’d like to bring home something delicious as well as beautiful.

You may even discover a pumpkin or squash you’ve never seen before.

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Pumpkin Pricing & Shopping

Most pumpkins are 59¢ per pound, regardless of variety. Some smaller pumpkins and gourds are individually priced.

And if you’re just looking for pumpkins, fall decorations, or something from the Country Store, you’re welcome to stop by without purchasing admission to the corn maze or fall festival.

Pumpkin Patch FAQs

Blue Ridge Mountain Maze offers thousands of already-picked pumpkins in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Charlottesville, Virginia.

You’ll find pumpkins in a wide range of colors, shapes, and sizes, from tiny decorative pumpkins weighing less than a pound to giant 100+ pound pumpkins.

You do not need to purchase corn maze or fall festival admission to shop for pumpkins or visit the Country Store.

We carry a wide selection of pumpkins, winter squash, and gourds for carving, decorating, cooking, and fall displays.

Our selection typically includes Blue and Pink Dolls, Jarrahdale, Fairytale, Cinderella, Blaze, White Moons, Flat White Boer, One Too Many, Winged Gourds, Acorn Squash, Butternut Squash, Carnival Squash, Jack Be Little, Pie Pumpkins, Hubbard Squash, Cushaw, Turk’s Turban, Prize Winners, and more.

Selection changes throughout the season.

Our pumpkins range from less than one pound to more than 100 pounds, with plenty of small and medium-sized pumpkins in between.

Whether you’re looking for a tiny tabletop pumpkin, a classic carving pumpkin, a colorful porch display, or a giant pumpkin, there are many sizes to choose from.

Most pumpkins are 59¢ per pound.

Some smaller pumpkins and gourds are individually priced.

Yes. You can visit the pumpkin and Country Store area without purchasing admission to the corn maze or fall festival.

Visitors are welcome to stop by just to shop for pumpkins, gourds, fall decorations, local treats, and Country Store items.

Early in the season generally offers the widest selection, but we continue to have plenty of pumpkins available throughout the fall and up to Halloween.

Visiting earlier in the season also gives you a chance to experience the corn maze while the corn is still green. After the first frost, the corn naturally begins turning brown.

Yes. We have traditional carving pumpkins as well as pumpkins, squash, and gourds in unusual colors, shapes, and textures that are perfect for porch displays, table decorations, and other fall decorating.

Many visitors mix several varieties together to create colorful fall displays.

Many of the varieties we carry are excellent for cooking as well as decorating.

Popular cooking varieties include Butternut, Carnival, Hubbard, Jarrahdale, Fairytale, Cushaw, Flat White Boer, Turk’s Turban, and Pie Pumpkins.

Depending on the variety, they can be used for soups, pies, baking, roasting, stuffing, and other fall dishes.

A few favorites include:

Jarrahdale — A slate blue-grey variety with golden-orange flesh. It keeps well and is especially good baked or used in soups.

Fairytale — Also known as Musquée de Provence, this French variety has thick orange flesh, a mildly sweet flavor, and stores well.

Butternut Squash — A classic winter squash with smooth, sweet orange flesh that is excellent baked, roasted, steamed, or used in soups and pies.

Hubbard Squash — A traditional winter squash with yellow flesh that works well for baking, pies, and soups. It is one of Kate’s favorites for homemade soup.

Green-Striped Cushaw — An old-fashioned variety traditionally used for pies and also good mashed or made into squash pancakes.

Flat White Boer — A distinctive white pumpkin with sweet orange flesh that is excellent baked or used in pies.

We’ll be adding some of Kate’s favorite pumpkin and squash recipes and cooking ideas as the season progresses.

Many of our pumpkins and squash come from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, including varieties grown by Amish farmers in the Shenandoah Valley.

Yes! There are many fall photo opportunities throughout Blue Ridge Mountain Maze, including among the pumpkins and seasonal displays.

The colorful pumpkins and Blue Ridge Mountain setting make a beautiful backdrop for family photos and fall memories.

Our Country Store and pumpkin area offer a variety of seasonal items.

Depending on availability, you may find gourds, cornstalk bundles, Indian corn, straw bales, cider, donuts, kettle corn, apple butter, pumpkin butter, local honey, seasonal merchandise, and more.

No. You can stop by specifically for pumpkins and Country Store shopping without entering the full fall festival.

If you have time, you can also make a day of it and enjoy the corn maze, farm animals, Farmy Fun Zone, food, drinks, live music on select days, and the rest of the fall festival.

Blueridge Mountain Maze is located at Blue Toad Hard Cider, at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains & Wintergreen resort.

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Find the best pumpkins
at the Blue Ridge Mountain Maze, Charlottesville, VA!