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Elawa Farm Foundation
Lake Forest
Sunrise to sunset daily; Visitor Center 9 am–4 pm daily
Checked September 26, 2026
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Things to do in Lake Forest, IL with kids
Farms & pumpkin patches — 3 places to go with kids in Lake Forest, Illinois. 1 of them publish a price.
Recent interest around Lake Forest
Visits and click-throughs on daysout.com over the last 30 days, 14 September – 13 October 2026
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Farms & pumpkin patches in Lake Forest2
Museums in Lake Forest1
What’s on in Lake Forest
Within 25 miles of Lake Forest. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.
Sat & Sun8 miSeasonNature Play GardenHighland Park, ILOct 5 – Nov 15See details
Sat & Sun11 miPumpkins and More — Fall SeasonKroll's Fall Harvest FarmWaukegan, ILSep 19 – Oct 31Check tickets
Sat & Sun13 miID Show: Oakton Annual Art Faculty Exhibition – ViewingsKoehnline Museum of ArtDes Plaines, ILOct 8 – Nov 20See details- Sat & Sun13 miID Show: Oakton Annual Art Faculty ExhibitionKoehnline Museum of ArtDes Plaines, ILOct 15 – Nov 20See details
Sat & Sun14 miFarm Open — Fall & Pumpkin SalesPatch 22Wadsworth, ILOct 1 – 31See details
Sat only14 miTrunk or TreatIceLand Ice ArenaNiles, ILSat, Oct 17See details
Sat only15 miFloating Pumpkin PatchMystic Waters Family Aquatic CenterDes Plaines, ILSat, Oct 17 · 1:00 pmSee details- Sat only15 miHowl-O-WeenMystic Waters Family Aquatic CenterDes Plaines, ILSat, Oct 17See details
Sat & Sun20 miFall FestivalGoebbert's Farm - South BarringtonSouth Barrington, ILSep 11 – Nov 1Check tickets
Sat only23 miSV Pumpkin Patch & Fall FestSanta’s Village Amusement & Water ParkEast Dundee, ILSat, Oct 17Check tickets- Sun only23 miSV Pumpkin Patch & Fall FestSanta’s Village Amusement & Water ParkEast Dundee, ILSun, Oct 18Check tickets
Sat & Sun24 miShades of Autumn Fall FestivalStade’s Farm & MarketMcHenry, ILSep 5 – Nov 1See details
Sat & Sun24 miLeft at Home: Spooky EditionThe Quandary Escape RoomsChicago, ILSep 16 – Nov 9Check tickets
Sat only25 miIt's Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus at The DoleThe DoleCrystal Lake, ILSat, Oct 17See details
Sat & Sun25 miOfrendas Sagradas: Una Ofrenda del Día de MuertosTrailside Museum of Natural HistoryRiver Forest, ILOct 12 – Nov 2See details
From Oct 1518 miAdvanced Guided TourSanfilippo EstateBarrington, ILThu, Oct 15See details- See what’s on in Illinois this weekend
Free in Lake Forest
One attraction in Lake Forest gets you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.
The venue says: “Our grounds are free to access from sunrise to sunset - 365 days a year”
What this list covers
Lake Forest has 3 places to go: Elawa Farm Foundation, History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff and Mellody Farm Nature Preserve.
1 of them publish an admission price, 2 publish opening hours.
Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on October 13, 2026.
Common questions
- Is there anything free to do in Lake Forest?
- 1 attraction in Lake Forest says on its own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction. Examples include Elawa Farm Foundation.
- What kinds of attractions are included?
- farms & pumpkin patches (2), museums (1).