A large all-inclusive Rockingham County farm with a signature Virginia History Carousel, undermined by a website several seasons out of date — call 540-442-6493 before you commit to the drive.
No 2026 price is published. The farm's own Fall Fun page still shows a 2020 season and quotes $10 per person covering all activities, with children under 2 free and half-price admission for seniors accompanied by grandchildren. Treat that figure as outdated.
The attraction list here is one of the strongest in the central Shenandoah Valley, and the published information about it is one of the weakest. Both facts should shape your plan.
A 7-acre pumpkin patch and a roughly 4-acre corn maze put this at real farm scale rather than a decorated field. Around them sit a cow train, pig races, wagon rides, ziplines, slides and jump pads, goats, a donkey and a horse, a tractor museum and campfire sites by reservation. The signature is the Virginia History Carousel, with handmade horses depicting Virginia heritage — a permanent, year-round installation, not a rented ride, and the sort of thing that makes a farm memorable rather than interchangeable.
The food list is short and specific: apple cider doughnuts, whoopie pies, funnel cakes and hamburgers. That is enough for lunch, which matters because a three-hour visit that has to break for food elsewhere is really a five-hour trip.
The farm advertises more than 40 activities all covered by one admission. If that still holds, it is a meaningfully better deal than the Northern Virginia pattern of a gate fee plus per-attraction wristbands plus pumpkins by the pound. On a single-admission farm the arithmetic is simple: multiply the head price by the number of people, add lunch, add whatever pumpkin costs, and that is the day. There is no drip of small decisions and no child asking for the cannon.
The bad news is that we cannot tell you the head price. The $10 per person on the farm’s own site sits directly beneath a 2020 calendar. Six seasons of inflation later, quoting it as current would be doing you a disservice. Assume it has gone up, ask by phone, and go with the real number.
The operator publishes nothing for 2026 — the most recent thing on the homepage refers to Fall Events 2024. The Saturday, Sunday and October weekday-afternoon hours shown on this page come from a third-party directory, which is better than nothing but is not the farm speaking. If those October weekday slots are accurate, they are short: 3:00pm to 6:00pm is an after-school visit, and it is not enough time for a 7-acre patch plus a 4-acre maze plus everything else.
Harrisonburg sits in the central Shenandoah Valley, cooler and earlier into fall than Richmond or Fredericksburg, and the light goes sooner than the temperature suggests. A 6:00pm close in late October is dusk. Historical schedules had October Saturdays running later for moonlit maze walks, and if that returns a flashlight stops being optional — a 4-acre maze after dark is not a place to be relying on a phone screen.
Late September and early October storms reach the Valley the same as the rest of Virginia, and field parking on a 240-acre property holds that water. Boots, not trainers, for any weekend that follows a wet week.
One phone call to 540-442-6493 answers everything this page cannot: are you open on my date, what are the hours, what does it cost per person and from what age, and does the single admission still cover everything. Do it before you commit to the drive, not from the car park.
No 2026 dates or hours come from the farm itself; its Fall Fun page still shows a 2020 calendar and the most recent item on the homepage is Fall Events 2024. A third-party 2026 directory listing gives Saturdays 10:00am to 6:00pm, Sundays noon to 6:00pm and October weekday afternoons 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Treat those as a working assumption, not a schedule. If they hold, Saturday is by far the longest day and the October weekday slots are a three-hour after-school window rather than a full outing.
Three hours or more if the advertised 40-plus activities are running. The corn maze alone is about 4 acres and the pumpkin patch about 7, on a 240-acre property.
Unknown for 2026. Harrisonburg is a mid-size Valley city with a university and a large surrounding population, and this is one of the better-known fall farms in Rockingham County, so October Saturdays should be assumed busy if the listed schedule is accurate.
Not published. Assume field parking on a 240-acre working property, soft after the rain that reaches the Valley in late September and October.
Not published, and the carousel carries rider weight restrictions. Ziplines, slides and maze paths all imply able-bodied use. Ask on the phone.
You need certainty. No 2026 dates, hours or prices are published by the operator, and the price on the farm's own site belongs to a 2020 season. Skip the October weekday slots if you have a long drive — a 3:00pm to 6:00pm window does not absorb a delay.
No 2026 price is published. The farm's own Fall Fun page still shows a 2020 season quoting $10 per person covering all activities, with under-2s free and half-price admission for seniors accompanied by grandchildren. That figure is six years old — call 540-442-6493 for the current rate.
The farm has not published 2026 dates. A third-party 2026 listing gives Saturdays 10:00am to 6:00pm, Sundays noon to 6:00pm and October weekday afternoons 3:00pm to 6:00pm, but that does not come from the operator and should be confirmed.
That is how the farm advertises it — more than 40 activities covered by a single farm admission, with food the main additional cost once you are inside. Confirm on the phone, since the pricing page is several seasons old.
The Virginia History Carousel, with handmade horses depicting Virginia heritage. It is the farm's signature attraction and runs year round. Rider weight restrictions apply.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Saturdays and Sundays, plus October weekday afternoons (per a third-party 2026 listing). Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. No 2026 price is published. The farm's own Fall Fun page still shows a 2020 season and quotes $10 per person covering all activities, with children under 2 free and half-price admission for seniors accompanied by grandchildren. Treat that figure as outdated.
2915 Willow Run Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, in Rockingham County. It is one of 3 patches we track in Shenandoah Valley.
We track 3 patches in Shenandoah Valley, 1 of which are free to walk into. The farm has not published a gate price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 3 patches we track in Shenandoah Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 4 other patches we track in Rockingham County. All Shenandoah Valley patches →
backhome-onthefarm.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Checked August 2026.