Free barnyard entry, seven days a week from September 7, and one of the very few southern Indiana farms open on weekdays all through September - but the hayride and pumpkin prices are unpublished and even the street address differs between the farm's site and the directories.
The farm's Barnyard page states admission to the barnyard's complimentary activities is free, and the restaurant, farm market and lakeside picnic pavilion carry no gate charge. Pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides and any ticketed fall attractions are paid separately and the farm does not publish those prices online.
Free to walk in. Your spend here is whatever you choose — pumpkins, food, and any paid activities. That makes it a low-risk stop if you are not sure how long the kids will last.
Two farms named Huber sit within a few minutes of each other in Clark County, Indiana, and people book the wrong one every single autumn. This is the other one - Joe Huber’s Family Farm & Restaurant in Starlight, not Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards in Borden. If you arrived here looking for the winery, that is the other listing.
What distinguishes this one is that it is a restaurant first. A large family-style farm restaurant, with a farm market, a barnyard, a pumpkin patch and a lakeside pavilion arranged around it. That order matters, because it explains both the strengths and the gaps.
The barnyard’s complimentary activities are free to enter. So are the restaurant, the market and the lakeside covered picnic pavilion. There is no gate charge to be on the property.
That is more valuable than it sounds. The dominant risk of a fall farm trip with small children is paying $60 or $90 up front and then discovering that the two-year-old wants to leave after twenty minutes. Here that risk does not exist. You can drive out, spend half an hour on the 40-foot tunnel slide and in the play area, and leave having spent nothing at all. For households with a toddler whose mood is not a planning input you control, this is the single most forgiving fall farm option in southern Indiana.
The counterweight is the honest one: pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides and any ticketed fall attractions are charged separately, and the farm does not publish any of those prices. So a free gate does not mean a free day, and you cannot construct a budget from the website. Call 812-923-5255 and ask what the hayride costs and how pumpkins are priced - by the pound, by the size, or flat.
September 7, 11am to 7pm, seven days a week, through October.
Compare that to the pattern nearly everywhere else in this part of the state: six Saturday/Sunday pairs, all in October, with the whole region’s demand crammed into thirteen days. This farm is open every day for the better part of two months, which means a Tuesday in late September is available to you and is likely to be very quiet.
That September window is worth thinking about specifically. Southern Indiana in the second and third weeks of September is warm, dry and green - it does not feel like Halloween, but it is far more pleasant to walk around in than a wet October Saturday, and the field is not yet picked over. If atmosphere matters more than weather, October is still your month. If you have small children, a weekday and warm ground is the better trade.
The farm has not published a closing date, so how far into October or beyond this runs is unconfirmed. Frost ends corn mazes in Indiana, and southern Indiana holds later than the north, but nobody has committed to a date.
The farm’s own site gives 2421 Engle Road, Starlight. Several regional directories give 2421 Scottsville Road, Starlight. Same number, different road name. We have gone with the farm’s own spelling because that is the right default, but this is a rural route where following the wrong pin costs you real time.
Confirm it on the phone. And while you have them, confirm the hayride price - two questions, one call, and both of the visit’s genuine unknowns resolved.
Pick-your-own pumpkins, a corn maze and hayrides, cross-referenced from regional directories rather than stated on the farm’s own pages. On its own pages: the 40-foot barnyard tunnel slide, the barnyard play area, the lakeside covered picnic pavilion, the farm market, the restaurant, and birthday party packages.
That is a solid family afternoon and it is not a theme park. There are no amusement rides, no gem mining, no train. Children over about ten will do the slide, the maze and lunch, and then be finished. Children under six will find the barnyard and the slide sufficient for a whole afternoon and will not miss what is not there.
For anyone weighing this against Huber’s Orchard down the road: that one costs $6 a head for its Farm Park and has slides, pedal karts and a climbing wall. This one costs nothing and has a restaurant. They are not competing for the same afternoon, and a lot of families do both.
The 2026 fall season starts September 7 and runs seven days a week, 11am to 7pm, through October. No closing date has been published. That daily schedule is the standout: while most farms in southern Indiana open six weekends in October, this one is open every day for nearly two months. A September weekday is the quietest and the most distinctive version of this visit - warm, uncrowded, and available to almost nobody else in the region.
Two hours for the barnyard and patch. Three or four if you are eating in the restaurant, which for many visitors is the main event rather than the add-on.
A seven-day season across nearly two months spreads visitors far more thinly than the weekends-only farms nearby. October Saturdays and Sundays will still be busy, particularly with Louisville-area traffic, but the weekday option here is real and it is the reason to consider this farm over its neighbours.
Not published. The restaurant end of the operation implies a proper lot, since a family-style restaurant needs one year-round, but the barnyard and patch areas are undocumented.
Not published. The restaurant, farm market and lakeside covered pavilion are the parts of the property most likely to be straightforward; the 40-foot tunnel slide and the pumpkin field are not. Worth a call on 812-923-5255 if this matters.
You want a ride-heavy attraction park with everything bundled into one wristband. This is a restaurant and market with a barnyard and pumpkin patch, not a midway. Skip it also if you need every price up front, since hayride and pumpkin costs are not published anywhere.
Huber's Orchard, Winery & Vineyards is a few minutes away in Borden and offers an almost entirely different experience - a $6 Family Farm Park, a winery and distillery, and larger u-pick fields. Doing both in one day is realistic given this farm's 11am start.
No, and the two are constantly confused. Joe Huber's Family Farm & Restaurant in Starlight is a separate operation from Huber's Orchard, Winery & Vineyards in Borden a few minutes away. Different sites, different prices, different offers. This one is joehubers.com on 812-923-5255.
The farm's Barnyard page states that admission to the barnyard's complimentary activities is free, and the restaurant, farm market and lakeside picnic pavilion carry no gate charge. Pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides and any ticketed fall attractions are paid separately, and the farm does not publish those prices online.
From September 7, 2026, seven days a week, 11am to 7pm, through October. The farm has not published a closing date, so the end of the season is unconfirmed.
The farm's own site gives 2421 Engle Road, Starlight, IN 47106. Several regional directories list 2421 Scottsville Road instead. We have used the farm's own spelling, but this is worth confirming by phone before you set your navigation, particularly on a rural route where a wrong turn costs twenty minutes.
Opens September 7, 2026 (closing date not published). Seven days a week from September 7, 2026 through October. Hours: 11am-7pm daily during the September-October season.
Admission is free. The farm's Barnyard page states admission to the barnyard's complimentary activities is free, and the restaurant, farm market and lakeside picnic pavilion carry no gate charge. Pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides and any ticketed fall attractions are paid separately and the farm does not publish those prices online.
2421 Engle Road, Starlight, IN 47106, in Clark County. It is one of 4 patches we track in Southern Indiana.
We track 4 patches in Southern Indiana, 1 of which are free to walk into. Entry here costs nothing, which puts it in the minority even in a region with several free options.
There are 7 other patches we track in Clark County. All Southern Indiana patches →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
joehubers.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org · southernindiana.org
Checked August 2026.