The Permian Basin's one genuine pumpkin farm, growing 15 varieties across a 10-acre patch - but its own website was still showing 2020-season content when we checked, so confirm by phone on 432-687-6293 before driving out.
No admission price could be found on the farm's own site or in the directories consulted.
Most of the caution on this page is about one problem, so take it first and then move on to why the farm is worth the trouble.
When we read fiddlesticksfarms.com’s Fall Fun page in late August 2026, it was still advertising the 2020 season - dates six years old. A regional fall guide gave a different past year’s dates. A wire-service photo caption gave a third. And the farm’s Yelp page carried a temporarily closed flag. None of that is proof of closure. Farm websites routinely sit untouched from November to September, and Yelp flags are notoriously stale. But it does mean that every date, hour and pattern on this page is historical, and that a family in Odessa should spend two minutes on 432-687-6293 before spending an hour in the car.
Because the Permian Basin does not have another one. West Texas has genuine pumpkin country - the South Plains around Floydada and Lubbock is the real growing district - but that is two hours north of Midland. Down here, Fiddlesticks is essentially it, and it is not a lot with trucked-in pumpkins arranged for photographs. The farm states that it raises 15 varieties each fall across a 10-acre patch: Jack o’Lanterns, Cinderellas, Jarrahdales, Fairy Tales.
That variety list is the tell. Jarrahdales and Fairy Tales are not what a reseller stocks; they are what a grower plants because it is interesting to grow them. If your household cares about the difference between choosing a pumpkin and buying one, that matters.
A 7-acre corn maze in two phases is a smart piece of design. The main maze has historically taken 30 to 45 minutes, which is a real navigational challenge for an eight-year-old and up. The Fairy Tale Trail runs 15 to 20 minutes, which is about the maximum a four-year-old will tolerate in corn before deciding it is not fun anymore.
Families with a spread of ages usually have to compromise on this - either the maze is too hard for the youngest or too trivial for the oldest. Here, you can split up and both parties get what they came for.
The rest of the list fills the day rather than defining it: Learning Barn animals, milking demonstrations, pig races, a cow train, hay rides, a corn cannon, an apple blaster, a candy blaster, a giant slide and a campfire. The milking demonstrations have historically run Saturdays at noon and Sundays at 2pm, which is the sort of fixed point worth building an arrival time around if it holds.
Historically, Saturday runs 10am to 9pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm. Assuming an equal ticket price - which we cannot verify, since no price is published anywhere - that is eleven hours against five for the same money.
The Saturday hours also solve the real West Texas problem, which is heat rather than cold. An October afternoon in the Basin is hot and shadeless, and standing in a cornfield at two in the afternoon is the worst version of this visit. A farm open until nine gives you the last two hours of daylight and the first two of dark, with a campfire at the end of them. That is the good version.
Sunday’s 1pm to 6pm window puts you squarely in the heat with no evening to escape into, and it is not long enough for a two-phase maze plus everything else. If the choice is a short Sunday or waiting a week for a Saturday, wait.
No 2026 dates have been published. The farm's Fall Fun page still carried 2020-season content when we read it in late August 2026, and other listings give season windows from different past years - late September to late November is the consistent shape across them. Historically it has run weekends only, Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm. If that pattern holds, Saturday is much the better day: eleven hours against Sunday's five, and it includes the evening, which in a Permian Basin September and October is the only genuinely comfortable part of the day.
Three to four hours. The main corn maze alone is a 30-to-45-minute proposition, the shorter Fairy Tale Trail takes 15 to 20, and the pig races, cow train, hay rides, giant slide and Learning Barn all sit on top of that.
A weekends-only pattern in a metro area with few alternatives concentrates demand hard. Saturday afternoon in October will be the busiest window; Saturday evening, once the pig races and milking demonstrations are done for the day, should be calmer.
Not published. The farm is on County Road 120 southeast of Midland - open Permian Basin country, so expect a dirt or caliche lot and dust rather than mud in a dry autumn.
Not addressed anywhere we could find. A 7-acre maze, a 10-acre patch and hay rides all imply uneven ground. Ask when you call to confirm the season.
You cannot make a phone call first. This is the least-confirmed listing in our West Texas coverage: the farm's own fall page was six seasons out of date when we read it, and its Yelp page was flagged temporarily closed. Skip a Sunday visit too if you want the full experience - five hours from a 1pm start does not cover a two-phase maze plus the rest.
There is no realistic second patch to pair this with - Midland sits a long way from the rest of our Texas coverage, with the Lubbock-area farms roughly two hours north. That isolation is precisely why this farm matters to the Permian Basin, and also why confirming it is running is worth the phone call rather than an assumption.
We could not confirm it. The farm's own Fall Fun page was still carrying 2020-season content when we read it in late August 2026, and its Yelp page was flagged temporarily closed. Neither of those proves it is shut - farm websites often go stale between seasons - but neither confirms it is open. Phone 432-687-6293 before travelling.
Past-season listings put it somewhere between late September and late November, weekends only, with Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm hours. The specific years differ across sources, which is why we have not published 2026 dates.
It states that it raises 15 pumpkin varieties each fall across a 10-acre patch, including Jack o'Lanterns, Cinderellas, Jarrahdales and Fairy Tales. That makes it the main genuine pumpkin-growing operation in the Permian Basin, as opposed to the display patches common in the state's larger metros.
About 7 acres in two phases. The main maze has historically taken 30 to 45 minutes and the shorter Fairy Tale Trail 15 to 20, so there is a version suited to small children.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Weekends; historically Saturdays 10am-9pm and Sundays 1pm-6pm. Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. No admission price could be found on the farm's own site or in the directories consulted.
5610 E. County Road 120, Midland, TX 79706, in Midland County. It is one of 3 patches we track in West Texas.
We track 3 patches in West Texas. 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 2 of the 3 patches we track in West Texas had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
fiddlesticksfarms.com · pumpkinpatches.com
Checked August 2026.