Forty-plus attractions across 150 acres makes this one of the biggest paid play operations in western Pennsylvania, but the farmstead publishes neither prices nor daily hours, and two sources disagree about which days it is even open.
Admission is ticketed through the farmstead's own tickets page, but no price rendered for automated reading. No source read states whether walking onto the property is free, so free_admission is set to false as a conservative default rather than as a verified fact.
The list is the story here. Jumping pillows, a zip line, an obstacle course, Apple Blasters, the Hay Castle, slides, spider nets, a space net, a corn pit, a sand pit, gaga ball, dodgeball, tug of war, ring toss, tetherball, Cruisin Tykes, tractor rides, animal feeding, duck races, pig races, playgrounds, a corn maze and a Pumpkin Village. Forty-plus attractions across 150 acres, themed around the idea of a backyard, and aimed squarely at children who want to be moving.
That is an unusual concentration of paid play equipment for western Pennsylvania, and it sets expectations correctly if you know what you are buying. This is not a farm where you take a wagon out to a field, choose a pumpkin and go home in ninety minutes. The pumpkin is a component. The day is the product.
With a single ticket covering that many attractions, the arithmetic is unforgiving in one direction: the shorter your visit, the worse the value. A family that arrives at three in the afternoon and leaves at five has paid full price to use perhaps a fifth of what they bought. Arrive at opening, plan on most of a day, and bring the tolerance to match. That also means thinking about food, since no food operation appears among the published attractions - assume you need a plan.
Here is the honest difficulty. The farmstead does not publish daily hours, and it does not publish prices. Tickets are sold through its own site, and the figures only appear inside that flow, which did not render for us.
Worse, the sources disagree on the calendar. The farmstead’s own pages describe a season running August 29 to November 1 - and that late-August start is genuinely notable, earlier than nearly anything else in the region. But that came from a page describing the current season rather than one stamped 2026. Meanwhile a widely used directory lists a shorter September 17 to October 29 window, open Friday to Sunday only and closed Monday to Thursday. Those are not small differences. One of them says you can visit on a Wednesday in early September; the other says you cannot.
We would not plan a trip on either without confirming. Open the tickets page, look at what dates are actually purchasable, and treat that as the schedule. If the answer is not obvious, 724-946-5455 settles it in a minute.
If the late-August start holds, the early weeks are worth considering. The attraction list is the same in September as in October, the weather is more comfortable for a long day outdoors, and you are ahead of the peak weekends. What you give up is atmosphere - late August in Lawrence County is still summer, and the pumpkin end of the operation is unlikely to be at its best that early.
The opposite end of the season is colder than people expect this far north-west. By the first weekend of November, an afternoon on a 150-acre site with a strong wind across open ground is a layers-and-hats proposition, and the ground will have taken weeks of autumn rain. Field parking after that is mud.
Children who will run, climb, jump and compete for four hours. If that describes yours, few places in the region offer more of it in one ticket. If your child is two, or would rather look at animals quietly, or if what you actually want is a pumpkin and a photograph, this is a lot of farm to pay for and there are simpler options closer to home.
The farmstead's own calendar describes the current season as running August 29 to November 1, which is a longer front end than almost anything else in the region. Note that came from a page labelled as the current season rather than one explicitly marked 2026, so it carries some uncertainty. Daily hours are not published anywhere we could read, and a directory listing contradicts the farmstead's own dates entirely, so confirm before travelling.
A full day, or close to it. With more than forty attractions on the published list, anything under four hours means paying for a great deal you will not touch.
Impossible to judge precisely without published hours, but the shape is predictable: a 150-acre site with forty-plus attractions absorbs a crowd better than a small farm does, while October weekends will still be the peak. Pig races and dance parties are scheduled entertainment, which means people gather for them at set times and the rest of the site thins out while they run.
Not published. A 150-acre farmstead almost certainly means field parking, and Lawrence County ground holds water after autumn rain. Boots rather than trainers from October onwards.
Not published. A list dominated by climbing, jumping, netting and sliding equipment across farm ground is inherently difficult terrain. Ring 724-946-5455 before travelling if anyone in your group needs specifics.
You want a quiet pumpkin-picking trip. This is a play farm with a Pumpkin Village attached, not the reverse. Skip it too if you need a firm price before you commit, or if your plans depend on knowing the opening hours - neither is published, and the available sources conflict on the schedule.
Given the drive from Pittsburgh and the size of the site, this works best as the day rather than as one item in it. If you are coming from the Ohio side, the border is close enough that this is a realistic destination from eastern Ohio as well.
The farmstead does not publish a price we could read. Admission is ticketed through its own tickets page and the figures sit behind a checkout that did not render. Ring 724-946-5455 or open the booking flow before travelling.
The farmstead's own calendar describes a season running August 29 to November 1. That page was labelled as the current season rather than explicitly as 2026, so treat it as strong but not confirmed. A separate directory listing gives a shorter September 17 to October 29 window with weekend-only hours, and conflicts with the farmstead's own pages, so we have not relied on it.
The published list runs to a corn maze, a Pumpkin Village, jumping pillows, a zip line, an obstacle course, Apple Blasters, the Hay Castle, slides, spider nets, a space net, corn and sand pits, gaga ball, dodgeball, tug of war, ring toss, tetherball, Cruisin Tykes, tractor rides, animal feeding, duck races, pig races and playgrounds - more than forty attractions across 150 acres.
About an hour and a quarter north. New Wilmington is in Lawrence County, close to the Ohio border.
August 29 – November 1, 2026.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. Admission is ticketed through the farmstead's own tickets page, but no price rendered for automated reading. No source read states whether walking onto the property is free, so free_admission is set to false as a conservative default rather than as a verified fact.
252 Greenfield Road, New Wilmington, PA 16142, in Lawrence County. It is one of 3 patches we track in Northwest PA.
We track 3 patches in Northwest PA, 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.
Its season runs about 65 days against a regional average of 58, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There are 3 other patches we track in Lawrence County. All Northwest PA patches →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
ironsmill.com · ironsmillfarmstead.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Checked August 2026.