Kregel Farms Pumpkin Patch
The Highland Pop Warner Football Team went on a field trip to the Kregel Farms Pumpkin Patch this weekend. Aiden isn’t old enough to play football, but our neighbor’s son does, and they invited us along. However, it was rained the previous night and it was cloudy all day (threatening to rain again), so only a few families showed up. I don’t like crowds of small children, so that worked out for me.
Kregel Farms is in Crown Point, not far from the downtown square. They have very similar attractions to the County Line Apple Orchard: a little kiddie train, a corn maze, a petting zoo, photo opportunities, and a food shack. Kregel Farms is quite clearly a farm, though, surrounded by reaped corn fields. Aiden enjoyed seeing the goats and cows again. These animals were clearly hungry and much more interested in us than at the Orchard. We popped quarters into the food machines and all the animals came running.
We took a tractor-pulled hay ride (thankfully with dry hay) into the field to pick pumpkins. The field was a little muddy, but nobody sank down to their ankles. I walked out into the nastier parts to find some pumpkins that hadn’t been picked over. We found a good sized one for carving and a couple smaller ones for Aiden. Once we got back from the field, we wandered through the corn maze and tried our hand at pumpkin sling-shots. Aiden found a barn kitten to chase, so overall he was pretty happy.
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Hey I just wanted to ask you, I was looking for a local Pumpkin patch here in Indiana (I’m from Hobart) and I came across your Blog… It must have linked me here with the whole Indiana Pumpkin Patch Keyword thing, it brought me to your page about how you went to Kregel’s Pumpkin Patch in Crown Point, I just wanted to ask you what you thought of it, I have 2 kids (9 and 6) and I am totally burnt out on County Line, not to mention their prices have went up so much. So I just wanted to hear your comparison on the two. =)
Thanks so Much!
Christine,
We have been to the County Line Orchard as well, so I would say that Kregel’s is sort of smaller and less publicized. To put it in “Hobart” terms, it’s the difference between Saint Bridget’s Fair and the Lake County Fair (I grew up in Hobart and remember the local fair fondly). They’ve got about the same thing, but one is put on by a small local group and the other is put on by a larger, more organized entity. On the bright side, it’s cheaper and less crowded.Bearing that in mind, I would give Kregel’s a try. It’s a bit of hike from Hobart, especially since County Line is in your backyard, but you might like it.
Thanks,
Michael
I’ve noticed a lot of Google traffic coming in from people searching for “Kregel Farms”. I don’t think that they have an official web site, but I wanted to supply their contact information for people who may have stumbled here looking for it:
Kregel’s Pumpkin Patch
13407 Grant St
Crown Point, IN 46307
(219) 663-6475
Thanks for stopping by, and if you liked Kregel’s, let us know!