The closest thing to a real working farm patch inside the DFW metro sprawl, priced fairly at $15 adults and $10 for kids 4-11 with the corn maze included, but it takes cash only and opens at 3pm on weekdays, so a badly planned trip fails at the gate twice over.
$15 adults and kids 12 and over, $10 kids 4-11, free for ages 3 and under and for seniors and veterans. Admission includes the corn maze. CASH ONLY - no credit or debit cards accepted anywhere on the farm. Hayrides are ticketed separately and sold only on the day of the ride.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $40.00 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.
Two facts reshape a trip here more than anything on the attraction list, and both are logistical rather than fun.
The first is the money. This is a cash-only operation, stated plainly in the farm’s own FAQ, and it applies to every transaction on the property - the gate, the hayride window, the pumpkins you carry out, the concession stand. In a metro where most families have not carried paper money in years, that is the failure mode most likely to ruin the afternoon. Work out the cash you need before you leave: $15 per adult and per child 12 and over, $10 per child 4 to 11, nothing for under-4s or for seniors and veterans, then a margin on top for hayride tickets, a pumpkin and food.
The second is the clock. Wednesday and Thursday open at 3pm and close at 8pm. Friday opens at 3pm and runs to 9pm. Sunday does not open until 1pm. Saturday, 10am to 9pm, is the only day with a morning at all. Anyone imagining a leisurely 11am weekday farm visit is planning something the calendar does not offer.
In North Texas in the first half of October, a 3pm gate opening lands squarely in the worst heat of the day. That is an argument for treating the evening hours as the feature rather than the constraint. A Friday or Saturday arrival at 6pm gives you two to three hours in falling temperatures, which is a more pleasant version of the same farm. The trade is light - if photographs are the point of the trip, you want the Saturday morning opening instead, and it is the only one on the schedule.
Watch the closing edge either way. Last maze admission is 15 minutes before the farm shuts, so a 7:50pm arrival on a Wednesday buys you a gate ticket and not much maze.
More than at a lot of metro patches, which is the fair thing to say. The corn maze is included rather than sold as a separate ticket, and the maze is the farm’s headline attraction at roughly two acres of eight-to-nine-foot corn. The animals - goats, sheep, chickens, rabbits - and the vintage tractor photo setups come with the ticket too. That makes the price a reasonable one for a two-hour visit.
Hayrides are the exception, and they are handled awkwardly. They are ticketed separately, sold only on the day of the ride for a specific departure time, and they do sell out. If a hayride is what your children are picturing, buy those tickets in the first five minutes you are on the property, not after the maze.
The farm never says where its pumpkins come from. Its FAQ notes that variety and price vary with the harvest and availability, but it does not claim to grow them at Grapevine, and we are not going to claim it on its behalf. Across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, most patches truck pumpkins in and sell the day around them; treat this one as unresolved rather than assuming either way. It does not change the value much - the maze and the animals are the substance of the ticket regardless.
Two policies close off options people assume are open. Dogs are not allowed anywhere, no exceptions offered. Outside food cannot come through the gate, though outside non-alcoholic drinks can, and non-reserved picnic tables are limited to 30 minutes when the farm is busy. That last rule tells you something useful about October Saturday crowding.
Finally, there is nothing haunted here. No scare maze, no evening horror programming - this is a daytime harvest farm that happens to stay open into the evening. For families with children who do not want to be frightened, that absence is a selling point rather than a gap.
The season runs October 2 through November 1, 2026. Saturday is the only day that opens in the morning (10am to 9pm); Wednesday and Thursday run 3pm to 8pm, Friday 3pm to 9pm, and Sunday 1pm to 8pm. For early October, when a Dallas-Fort Worth afternoon still sits in the nineties, the late slot is genuinely the better one: arrive after 6pm on a Friday or Saturday and you get the farm in cooling air. If you want the place quiet and the light good for photographs, Saturday at 10am is the single best window in the whole season, because it is the only morning opening the farm offers.
Two hours covers it comfortably. The corn maze is around two acres and the farm's own description puts a walk-through at roughly 15 to 20 minutes, so the maze is a segment of the visit rather than the visit. Add a hayride and time with the animals and you are at two hours; stretch it to three only if you are eating at the concession stand and letting small children set the pace.
A one-month season with only five operating days a week, and four of those five opening after 3pm. That compresses demand hard onto Saturday, which is both the longest day and the busiest. October Saturday evenings and the Columbus Day Monday opening on October 12 will be the two peaks. Wednesday and Thursday afternoons are the quiet slots, and the farm is closed entirely on Wednesday October 14.
Not published by the farm. Most North Texas farm patches park visitors on grass or packed dirt rather than pavement, so assume unpaved ground and plan for soft footing if a storm has come through in the days before your visit.
Not addressed anywhere in the material we could see. A two-acre corn maze on farm ground is unlikely to be a smooth surface, and hayride boarding arrangements are not described. Call 817-991-1052 before driving out if anyone in your group uses a wheelchair or has trouble on uneven ground.
You were counting on paying by card. The farm's FAQ is explicit that no credit or debit cards are accepted anywhere on the property, and that covers admission, hayrides, pumpkins and the concession stand. Skip it too if you are bringing a dog, which is banned outright, or if you need a morning visit on any day other than Saturday.
Grapevine itself is the pairing. The farm sits within the city limits roughly ten minutes from DFW Airport, so the historic downtown stretch and the lake are both short drives rather than a second expedition.
No. The farm's FAQ states it is cash only, with no credit or debit cards taken anywhere on the property. That applies to admission, hayrides, pumpkins and concessions, so bring bills before you arrive.
Admission is $15 for adults and anyone 12 and over, and $10 for children 4 to 11. Two adults with two children in the 4-11 band pay $50; if both children are 12 or older it is $60. Hayrides and pumpkins are on top of that, and the farm does not publish hayride pricing.
Yes. The roughly two-acre maze is covered by the gate price. Last maze admission is 15 minutes before closing, so a late arrival on a Wednesday or Thursday - when the farm shuts at 8pm - can miss it.
No. Dogs are not permitted at all, and the farm attributes the ban to its insurance carrier rather than treating it as a case-by-case policy.
October 2 – November 1, 2026. Wednesday-Sunday (closed Monday and Tuesday, except Columbus Day, Monday October 12). Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 3pm-8pm; Friday 3pm-9pm; Saturday 10am-9pm; Sunday 1pm-8pm; Columbus Day (Oct 12) 11am-8pm. Closed Wednesday October 14. Last maze admission 15 minutes before closing..
Admission starts at $10 per person. $15 adults and kids 12 and over, $10 kids 4-11, free for ages 3 and under and for seniors and veterans. Admission includes the corn maze. CASH ONLY - no credit or debit cards accepted anywhere on the farm. Hayrides are ticketed separately and sold only on the day of the ride.
3420 Hall-Johnson Road, Grapevine, TX 76051, in Tarrant County. It is one of 6 patches we track in Dallas-Fort Worth.
We track 6 patches in Dallas-Fort Worth. At $10 a head this one sits below the regional median of $12, undercutting 3 of the 5 paid patches we track here.
Its season runs about 31 days against a regional average of 46, so it is a shorter window than most of its neighbours — miss it and the nearest alternatives will still be open.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
hallspumpkinfarm.net · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Checked August 2026.