Illustration No candle needed
Make your jack-o'-lantern glow all week
Flickering LED lights on a timer, and a battery saw for the thick shells.
Carving toolsWe list 7 pumpkin patches within 16 miles of El Cajon. You pick your pumpkin right off the vine in the field. Many of these farms add a corn maze and hayrides in October. 5 more are within 50 miles.
Illustration No candle needed
Flickering LED lights on a timer, and a battery saw for the thick shells.
Carving tools
Illustration Viral pumpkin hack
The drill attachment that ends scooping by hand, plus the test-winning carving kit.
Carving toolsWithin 16 miles of El Cajon we list 7 pumpkin patches: Pumpkin Station - El Cajon, Pumpkin Patch Bonita, Pinery Pumpkin Patch Tours, Pumpkin Station - Chula Vista, Pumpkin Station at Plaza Bonita, Pumpkin Station - Mission Valley and Tom's Adventures Pumpkin Patch and Christmas Tree Mira Mesa.
Within 50 miles: Temecula Pumpkin Patch (Ramona, 17 miles), Pinery Pumpkin Patch - Rancho Bernardo (San Diego, 18 miles), Rancho Bernardo Pumpkin Farm (San Diego, 18 miles), Mountain Valley Ranch Pumpkin Patch (Ramona, 19 miles) and Pumpkin Station at Del Mar (Del Mar, 21 miles).
If you're new to this, read when is pumpkin patch season?, or widen the search on the map around El Cajon. Full list of farms in the city: U-pick farms in El Cajon, CA.