A straightforward $15-all-in corn maze and hayride farm with no upsell architecture — good value for a two-hour morning, as long as you notice that the season ends on October 25, before Halloween weekend.
$15 general admission including tax; children 3 and under free. Free parking. Tickets available at the gate; 3% convenience fee on credit cards.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $60.00 in admission alone at the posted starting rate, before pumpkins, food, parking or any add-on listed above. Most families end up well north of that once they are through the gate.
Fox Squirrel is refreshingly free of the pricing architecture that has crept into Florida agritourism. One number, $15, tax already in it, children under three free, parking free, tickets at the gate. There is no value-date-versus-peak-date grid, no timed entry window, no online booking discount to chase. For a family that just wants to turn up on a Saturday morning and walk a corn maze, that simplicity is worth something.
A corn maze, a hayride, a jump pad and farm games. Fall flowers and food vendors are on site, and pumpkins are for sale — note for sale, meaning separate from admission. That distinction matters more than it sounds: at $15 a head, a family of four leaves $60 lighter before anyone has picked up a pumpkin, and pumpkins at Florida patches are not cheap.
What it does not buy is a petting zoo, pony rides, gem mining or any of the other add-on attractions that pad out the bigger Tampa Bay festivals. Whether that is a feature or a shortcoming depends on your kids. There is no upsell here because there is nothing to upsell, which is genuinely relaxing if you have ever tried to walk a seven-year-old past a gem-mining flume.
The published 2026 season runs from September 26 to October 25. That closes the farm before the last weekend of October, so Halloween weekend — the single most popular time to visit a pumpkin patch — is not on offer. It is an easy mistake to make when you’re browsing in September and thinking vaguely about “the end of the month,” and it is the kind of thing that turns into a wasted drive to Plant City.
The flip side is that the October 24-25 closing weekend will be the busiest of the five, since it functions as this farm’s substitute for Halloween.
The corn maze is a real crop, which is more than can be said for the pumpkins — Florida cannot grow a commercial fall pumpkin crop, so those arrived on a truck like everywhere else in the state. Go at the 10am opening rather than after lunch: an unshaded maze in inland Hillsborough County in late September or early October is a heat exercise, and afternoon storms are a routine feature of the season rather than an unlucky break.
Finally, bring cash. The 3% card fee is not a scandal, but it is avoidable, and on a farm this cheaply priced the small savings are the only ones available.
The 10am opening on any of the weekend dates, and ideally an October one rather than the September 26-27 opener — inland Hillsborough County in late September is still summer, and a corn maze is the least shaded place to discover that. The last weekend, October 24-25, will be the busiest of the short season because it is the closest thing to a Halloween-weekend date this farm offers.
Two to three hours. The activity list is focused rather than sprawling — maze, hayride, jump pad, farm games — so this is a solid morning, not a full day, and it is priced accordingly.
Five weekends, roughly ten operating days, all 10am-5pm. Demand concentrates on the October Saturdays and the closing weekend. There is no online ticketing or timed entry, which keeps things simple but means the gate queue is a real queue on a busy morning.
Free, per the farm. It will be a field rather than a paved lot, so expect soft ground if it has rained recently — an inference about Florida farm parking generally, not something the farm has stated.
Not documented. A corn maze and a hayride are inherently rough-ground activities; anyone with mobility needs should call before making the drive.
You want a Halloween-weekend outing. The season closes on October 25, so the last week of October is simply not available here. Also skip if you need a petting zoo or pony rides — neither is on the published list.
$15 general admission, tax included, with children three and under free. Parking is free. Tickets are sold at the gate, and card payments carry a 3% convenience fee.
No. Pumpkins are sold separately — the $15 buys the maze, hayride, jump pad and farm games. Budget for the pumpkin on top.
No. The published 2026 season runs September 26 through October 25, which means the farm is closed for Halloween weekend itself. If that is the weekend you had in mind, look elsewhere.
No — Florida's climate does not support a commercial fall pumpkin crop, so pumpkins at essentially every patch in the state are brought in from out of state. The corn maze, however, is a genuine crop.
September 26 – October 25, 2026. Weekends (Sat-Sun). Hours: 10am-5pm.
Admission starts at $15 per person. $15 general admission including tax; children 3 and under free. Free parking. Tickets available at the gate; 3% convenience fee on credit cards.
6151 Varn Rd, Plant City, FL 33565, in Hillsborough County. It is one of 11 patches we track in Tampa Bay.
We track 11 patches in Tampa Bay, 4 of which are free to walk into. At $15 a head this one sits above the regional median of $10.95.
Its season runs about 30 days against a regional average of 34, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There are 8 other patches we track in Hillsborough County. All Tampa Bay patches →
foxsquirrelcornmaze.com · tampabayparenting.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Checked August 2026.