An apple orchard first and a pumpkin operation second, with a paid FunFarm play area that only opens on September 18 — so an early-September visit is apples and bakery, and the deepest senior and military discount in the Chicago area sits at $11.99.
Pumpkin FunFarm admission 2026: weekdays $19.99; September weekends and holidays $23.99; October and November weekends and holidays $26.99. Military and seniors 65+ $11.99. Ages 2 and under free. Groups of 20 or more get $2 off per ticket. Season pass $69.99, unlimited visits, non-transferable.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $47.96 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.
Read the calendar carefully at this one, because the farm and the festival are not the same thing. The orchard, the shop and the bakery open well before the Pumpkin FunFarm does. The FunFarm ticket — the bounce, climb and slide play area that is the paid attraction — starts on September 18, 2026, as part of Fall Harvest Fest. Turn up on September 10 and you will have a perfectly good apple-picking morning and no play area, which is fine if that is what you came for and a disaster if it is not.
$11.99 for military and for seniors 65 and over. Against a $19.99 general weekday rate that is 40 percent off, and against the $26.99 October weekend rate it is well under half. Most farms in this region offer a couple of dollars off or nothing at all. If you are planning a multi-generation outing, the arithmetic here is unusually kind: two grandparents and two grandchildren on a weekday is $23.98 plus two children’s tickets rather than four full ones.
The price ladder steps twice. Weekdays hold at $19.99. September weekends and holidays are $23.99. October and November weekends and holidays are $26.99. For two adults and two paying children that is $79.96 midweek against $107.96 on an October Saturday.
The $69.99 season pass is the other honest option. It is unlimited and non-transferable, so it only makes sense for one person returning repeatedly, but at October weekend rates it breaks even on the third visit. For a parent who will be back with different children, different friends or the same toddler who wants to go again, that is a real saving rather than a marketing device.
Weekends and holidays open at 9am; weekdays open at 10am. That earlier weekend start is the most useful scheduling fact on this page. The first hour of a Saturday at any orchard is the calm one — parking is straightforward, the bakery queue has not formed, and the apple rows are empty. By 11.30am on an October Saturday, none of those things is true.
At the other end, last admission is 30 minutes before the 6pm close. That is a firm cut-off and it is easy to lose track of on a long drive out to Maple Park. Aim to be parked by 5pm at the very latest if you are going late, and preferably far earlier.
Closed every Tuesday, all season. Worth writing down.
Our record lists the FunFarm play area, the pick-your-own apple orchard, cut-your-own fall flowers, live bands at weekends, the orchard shop and bakery, a farmstand and photo opportunities. It does not confirm a pick-your-own pumpkin field. There is clearly a pumpkin operation — it is in the name of the ticket — but whether that means walking a field and cutting your own is not something we can tell you from what the farm published. If that specific experience is the reason for the trip, phone ahead. It is a two-minute call that prevents an hour-long drive to the wrong kind of farm.
Northern Illinois runs its autumn on apples as much as pumpkins, and orchards here are the anchor rather than the accessory. That has a practical consequence: the bakery and shop queues at a working orchard on an October weekend are frequently longer than the queue for anything else on site. Build that into the plan rather than treating it as a five-minute stop on the way out.
Weather-wise, this is exposed ground at the western end of Kane County, and a 6pm close on November 1 is a fundamentally different proposition from a 6pm close on September 18 — colder, darker, and with the season’s rain already in the soil. Layers, and shoes you do not mind.
The Pumpkin FunFarm runs September 18 to November 1, 2026, closed every Tuesday. Weekends and holidays open at 9am against 10am on weekdays, which makes the first hour of a Saturday the single quietest slot at the busiest time — genuinely worth the early alarm. Last admission is 30 minutes before the 6pm close, so a 5.45pm arrival is not a visit.
Three to four hours if you are doing the FunFarm and the orchard. Under two hours and the $19.99 to $26.99 ticket is poor value.
Weekends and holidays open an hour earlier than weekdays, which is a farm telling you it expects a queue. October weekends at $26.99 are the peak; midweek at $19.99 is materially quieter as well as cheaper.
Not published. Kane County farm parking is typically field or gravel, so expect soft ground after October rain.
Not published. A play area, an orchard and a flower field mean varied ground. Call 815-827-5200 in advance if this matters.
You are coming specifically for a corn maze or a big ride park. Neither appears in what we could read — the FunFarm is a bounce, climb and slide play area. Skip Tuesdays entirely, and skip early September if the children are coming for the FunFarm rather than the apples.
Maple Park is out at the western edge of Kane County, which puts it in genuine orchard country rather than the suburban fringe. Peak apple season overlaps peak leaf season here, so the drive itself is part of the value — and the same overlap means the two-lane roads carry more weekend traffic than the map suggests.
Pumpkin FunFarm admission is $19.99 on weekdays, $23.99 on September weekends and holidays, and $26.99 on October and November weekends and holidays. Military and seniors 65 and over pay $11.99, children 2 and under are free, groups of 20 or more get $2 off per ticket, and a season pass is $69.99.
September 18, 2026, as part of the farm's Fall Harvest Fest, running through November 1. The apple orchard and shop open earlier in the season, so an early-September visit is apple picking and the bakery rather than the paid play area.
No. It is closed every Tuesday through the season. Weekdays run 10am to 6pm and weekends and holidays 9am to 6pm, with last admission 30 minutes before closing.
The farm's fall offer as we read it centres on the Pumpkin FunFarm play area, the pick-your-own apple orchard, cut-your-own flowers and a farmstand. A pick-your-own pumpkin field was not confirmed on the pages we read, so if picking your own pumpkin from a field is the point of the trip, call and ask before driving out to Maple Park.
September 18 – November 1, 2026. Daily except Tuesdays. Hours: Weekdays 10am-6pm; weekends and holidays 9am-6pm. Last admission 30 minutes before closing..
Admission starts at $11.99 per person. Pumpkin FunFarm admission 2026: weekdays $19.99; September weekends and holidays $23.99; October and November weekends and holidays $26.99. Military and seniors 65+ $11.99. Ages 2 and under free. Groups of 20 or more get $2 off per ticket. Season pass $69.99, unlimited visits, non-transferable.
1N145 Watson Road, Maple Park, IL 60151, in Kane County. It is one of 9 patches we track in Chicago Suburbs.
We track 9 patches in Chicago Suburbs, 2 of which are free to walk into. At $11.99 a head this one sits below the regional median of $15.95, undercutting 4 of the 6 paid patches we track here.
Its season runs about 45 days against a regional average of 48, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
What sets it apart locally: it has u-pick fields, a market, bakery or taproom, which most Chicago Suburbs patches on our list do not.
There is 1 other patch we track in Kane County. All Chicago Suburbs patches →
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Checked August 2026.