Lathrop Trunk or Treat

 Trunk-or-Treat  October 18, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

Generations Center
450 Spartan Way
Lathrop, CA
Free, ci.lathrop.ca.us/ parksrec/ page/ trunk-or-treat-2

This fun- filled spook-tacular night  includes decorated vehicles to trick-or-treat from, a car decoration contest, a costume contest, a live DJ and Food Trucks. Don't forget to bring a bag, pillowcase, or bucket to collect candy! This FREE event takes place on Saturday, October 18th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the

Del'Osso Family Farm Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

October 3-31, 2025, Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-8 p.m. | Mon-Fri 12-8 p.m. (October 31, 2025, 12-5 p.m.)

501 Manthey Road
Lathrop, California
$24-33, pumpkinmaze.com
Ticket Info call: (209) 982-0833

2025 Attractions included with admission

• Corn Maze
• Teeny Town
• Blasters
• Express Train
• Slide Hill
• Pumpkin Treehouse
• Hay Ride
• Animal Zoo
• Mini Golf
• Spinning Pumpkins
• Ball Shoot arena
• Pedal Cars
• Tire Pyramid
• Gem Mining
• Pillow Jumping
• Obstacle Course (low for kids)
• Kids Parade
• Pig Races
• Rat Roller
• Western Town
• Thrill Hill

2025 Attractions not included with admission

• Carousel $5
• Pumpkin Painting $5
• Pumpkin Blasters $8
• Pony Rides $10
• Gem Mining $10

And for your comfort & convenience, they have REAL RESTROOMS so no port-a-potty hassles.

 The article below was written 15 years ago. Above info shows how Dell'Osso Farms has become an incredible success! Congratulations.

Cruising on the Interstate 5 Freeway somewhere in Central California, I'd just come out of the Sierra Nevada mountains and was heading south to Los Angeles, when I whizzed by a huge billboard and massive farm filled with corn and pumpkins. It looked like a blast, but with little time to stop, I merely snapped my digital camera and kept driving whatever the speed limit was in the region (70mph, I think).

The fun comes later for me when I see these great road stops and spend time learning about them, wishing I had time to stop and see them all. As things stand now, people deride me for taking so much time on road trips to stop and look at the sights that abound throughout California. While I don't "do heat" and discovered that the average temperature in the Central Valley farm region can range around mid-90s in the summer, give me autumn or winter and I am in the perfect zone for exploring and enjoying this beautiful region where many of the fruits and vegetables come from.

For a Halloween attraction, the farm country of Lathrop in San Joaquin County looks fantastic. The Dell'Osso Family, presumably portrayed in the huge roadside mural shown above, would love to turn Halloween crowds into a year round business, educating, entertaining and teaching us city folks and our city kids about the farm ways. It sounds great to me, and I'd surely stop to by some locally grown almonds, fresh fruits and vegetables. In fact, I did just that on my trip to the Gold Country hills. Stopping along the way in Escalon, just off the freeway near Lathrop, I found a charming fruit stand and purchased two packs of the freshest raw almonds I have ever tasted. I thought I was getting them fresh at Trader Joe's, which stated the nuts came from this region. But when I sampled the roadside offerings, the difference was noticeable. The flavor was more buttery, and the texture softer, missing that snap and crack that comes from either the treatment or age of the store-bought products. If I have a choice, I'll be mail ordering and having them shipped from now on.

The long and short of it is that Dell'Osso Family Farm in Lathrop has a great idea worth exploring, though the stated they seek financial backing and investors for the idea to solidify.

For now, the family farm entertains the public with a Halloween to remember. School buses pull up to enjoy the pony rides, petting zoos, haunted house, and a popular pumpkin blasters game. In pumpkin blasters, you shoot mini pumpkins out of giant camouflaged bazookas in camouflaged bunkers. The little pumpkins travel at 100 miles an hour at still and moving targets in the field. What will they think of next?

The West Coast's largest corn maze, of course! In addition to getting lost in the tall stalks, you can survey the pumpkin patch and pick your own right from the field, ride on the free pedal cars, and mine for gems in a sluice.

Owner Ron Dell'Osso has grand plans for the farm...so that one day you may plan for stops on your I-5 drives from south to north through the state. Less than 30 minutes from the East Bay San Francisco, the farm is open each year from late September through October 31.
 
 

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