A small working-ranch fall event with a genuinely good under-eight activity list, but no 2026 dates or prices were published when we last checked and two different addresses circulate online — call before you drive.
Tickets sold via brazeranch.ticketspice.com; prices not published as of Aug 2026.
Braze Ranch is the small end of the Florida fall market, and that is mostly a compliment. The activity list — a crop maze, a pasture walk through the sorghum field, cows and calves and chickens and goats, a corn crib, touch-a-tractor, pumpkin painting, cornhole — is the list of a working ranch that opens its gates for a few weekends, not of a purpose-built festival park. Nothing on it costs much to run, and nothing on it will impress a twelve-year-old.
For a four-year-old, though, it is close to ideal. Corn cribs and tractor cabs are the two things small children reliably lose their minds over, and both are here alongside animals they can actually get near.
First, the dates. As of late August 2026 the ranch had not published a 2026 schedule. The range shown on its crop maze page matches the 2025 season, which is exactly the kind of leftover that gets families driving to a closed gate, so we have left our dates blank rather than repeat it. Saturdays and Sundays in October is the pattern; the specific weekends are a phone call.
Second, the address. The ranch publishes 18716 NE US Hwy 301 in Waldo. At least one regional visitor guide lists 19004 NE US Hwy 301 instead. Those are close enough that either will get you into the right stretch of highway and far enough apart to be annoying if you are towing tired children. Take the ranch’s own number and watch for signage.
Most people’s idea of a maze is a Midwest corn maze in October, with walls well over head height. A sorghum field reads differently — the ranch itself describes the experience as a pasture walk through the field rather than as an hour of navigation. Go expecting a pleasant walk with turns in it, not a challenge, and nobody in your group will be disappointed.
The pumpkins, as everywhere in Florida, were trucked in. The state’s climate does not allow a commercial fall pumpkin crop, so no Florida patch is picking from vines in October, and a small ranch is no exception.
Animals plus a corn crib means hands, and hands mean sanitizer. Pasture means closed shoes. A ranch on US 301 in October means sun with nowhere to hide from it, so go early rather than at one in the afternoon. And since the ranch sells through an online ticketing page rather than posting a rate, check that page for the live price rather than budgeting from anything you read elsewhere.
The ranch runs Saturdays and Sundays in October. Sunday tends to be the quieter of the two at small operations like this, and at either one the first hour after opening is the coolest and the least crowded. Confirm hours when you call, because the ranch had not posted 2026 times.
Ninety minutes to two hours. This is a ranch-scale event, not a festival park — you will walk the sorghum field, do the maze, meet the animals, paint a pumpkin and be finished.
Small ranch, weekends only, and October is the only month it happens — the middle Saturdays of the month are when everyone goes. A small operation feels busy at a fraction of the headcount a large farm would shrug off, so an early arrival buys more here than it would elsewhere.
Not published. A working ranch on US 301 almost certainly parks visitors on grass or pasture, so expect an unpaved surface and mud if the week has been wet.
You want thrills, a haunted attraction or a full day of activities, or you need to know the price before you leave the house. Neither the 2026 dates nor the ticket price was published as of late August 2026.
The ranch advertises Saturdays and Sundays in October, but had not published its 2026 dates as of late August 2026. The date range shown on its crop maze page matches the 2025 season, so we have not carried it over as fact.
Sorghum rather than corn — the ranch describes a pasture walk through the sorghum field. It looks different from a Midwest corn maze, which is worth setting expectations about if you are bringing someone who has seen one.
The ranch lists 18716 NE US Hwy 301, and that is the one we use. Some visitor-guide listings show 19004 NE US Hwy 301 instead. If your navigation drops you somewhere without a sign, that discrepancy is the likely reason.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Saturdays & Sundays in October (per the ranch's crop maze page). Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. Tickets sold via brazeranch.ticketspice.com; prices not published as of Aug 2026.
18716 NE US Hwy 301, Waldo, FL 32694, in Alachua County. It is one of 15 patches we track in North Florida.
We track 15 patches in North Florida, 2 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 11 of the 15 patches we track in North Florida had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 3 other patches we track in Alachua County. All North Florida patches →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
brazeranch.com · visitgainesville.com
Checked August 2026.