Run Your Gourd Off!

Join us in-person or virtually! Our 12th annual event features options for everyone. If you can't make it out to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm for the in-person event, please consider participating virtually. Virtual participants will receive their t-shirt and bib number by mail in late September. Thank you for supporting The Child Abuse Prevention Center!

For nearly 40 years, The Child Abuse Prevention Center has been a state, national and international service, training, advocacy and resource center dedicated to protecting children and building healthy families. Known as the CAP Center and located in Sacramento, California, it is home to five unique agencies. Each agency takes a different but complementary approach to preventing child abuse by providing an array of programs to build strong families and keep children safe. Together, our good work is making a difference.

We invite you to visit Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm for the 2023 season taking place September 9 - November 5. Enjoy all the farm has to offer including hay rides, the tree house, train rides, Cornfield Maze, and the Sunflower Labyrinth. There are endless activities on the farm for everyone. Don’t miss the sweet treats and finish up the day by heading home with a trunk load of carving pumpkins that you’ve picked yourself.

Much like a trail or cross country course, the surface is primarily dirt farm roads. You will be a little dusty by the time you finish this run or walk. Don't be intimidated by the farm dirt roads. There are no hills on this course. The 5K is a scenic course that winds around two corn fields and alongside the giant pumpkin patch. You'll get a glimpse of the walnut orchards from the farm road that runs alongside the orchard. Just for good measure, you run beside a second field of carving pumpkins still on the vine, you transition to a newly harvested field which puts you in an open area for a brief bit. You'll see the corn maze in the distance. Once you see it you'll know the finish line is just ahead on the other side of the corn maze.

Course map

Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm
1415 Pumpkin Lane
Wheatland, CA 95692

Bishop's Pumpkin Patch is located on Pumpkin Lane (4th Street) in Wheatland, California, approximately 1/2 mile west of Highway 65.

From the North: Drive south on Highway 65 to Wheatland. Turn right on 4th Street. 4th Street becomes Pumpkin Lane- just follow Pumpkin Lane for 1/2 mile to the farm.

From the South: Take Highway 65 turnoff from Interstate 80. Wheatland is approximately 21 miles North. Turn left on 4th street. 4th Street becomes Pumpkin Lane- just follow Pumpkin Lane for 1/2 mile to the farm.