Seventeen included activities built around zip lines, slides and a ropes course make this an older-kid farm rather than a toddler one — and with only eleven operating days all season, timed-entry tickets sell into a very small window.
Tiered general admission by date for ages 3-54. Seniors 55+ $5 year-round; children under 3 free. Big Zip $5 extra (52 inch minimum height, under 250 lbs); animal feed cups $1.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $20.00 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.
Leeds Farm is built around movement. Mountain slides, racer slides, pedal carts, mini zip lines, a Big Zip, a low ropes challenge course, the pumpkin jump, tube time, a tree house and a straw barn. Seventeen activities are included in the ticket, and almost all of them involve a child going somewhere fast.
That makes it one of the better options in central Ohio for the age band that finds most pumpkin farms boring — roughly five to twelve — and one of the worse ones for a two-year-old in a pushchair. Know which of those you are bringing before you book.
The season is September 19 to October 25, weekends only, with one added Friday on October 16. Count it up and that is about eleven operating days for the entire autumn.
Timed-entry online ticketing exists precisely because of that. It keeps the gate orderly and it means popular slots disappear, so this is not a farm you drift into on a Sunday whim. Book, and book early for October dates.
What timed entry does not do is shorten the queue for the mountain slide once you are inside. If your children have a favourite attraction, go to it first rather than working round the field in order.
If you can take Friday October 16, take it. One weekday in a weekends-only season is going to be the quietest date on the calendar by a distance.
General admission for ages 3 to 54 is tiered by date, and the farm publishes that tier chart as an image rather than as text. We could not read it, so we are not going to invent a number.
What we can tell you is the structure, which matters: the date you pick changes the price. Two things follow. Check the chart for your specific date before you assume a budget, and if you are flexible, compare a September date against a late-October one before choosing.
Two figures we do have are worth knowing. Seniors 55 and over pay $5, year-round, whatever the date tier. That is a very low threshold — most farms start senior pricing at 65 — and a very low price. If grandparents are part of the group, this is one of the cheapest days out in central Ohio for them. Children under 3 are free.
The Big Zip costs $5 on top of admission and requires riders to be at least 52 inches tall and under 250 pounds. Fifty-two inches is roughly the height of an average eight-year-old, which means a large share of the farm’s core audience will watch it rather than ride it.
Handle that in the car, not at the platform.
The farm closes at 5pm across the whole season. In mid-September that is a warm afternoon with light to spare. On the closing weekend of October it is the edge of dusk, and central Ohio has cooled considerably by then. The activities here are all outdoors and all involve standing around between turns. Bring more layers than the forecast suggests, particularly for children who will be sitting still on a hayride after running around.
The season runs September 19 to October 25, 2026, Saturdays and Sundays only, plus a single extra Friday on October 16. That is roughly eleven operating days for the whole autumn, and it is why the farm sells timed-arrival tickets online. Friday October 16 is the obvious pick if your schedule allows it: it is the only non-weekend date of the season and should be the quietest. Otherwise a September weekend beats an October one, and 10am at the opening beats the middle of the day. General admission is tiered by date, so which weekend you choose also changes what you pay.
Three to four hours. With seventeen activities included — hayrides, mountain slides, racer slides, pedal carts, mini zip lines, the pumpkin jump, tube time, the straw barn, the tree house, a low ropes challenge course and corn boxes — a family that leaves after ninety minutes has bought a very expensive hayride.
Eleven operating days is the tightest season in this batch. Every family in Delaware County and northern Columbus who wants Leeds Farm has those eleven days to do it in. Timed entry manages the gate; it does nothing for the queue at the mountain slide. Book the earliest slot you can and go straight to whichever attraction your children care about most.
Not described by the farm. A weekends-only operation of this size will use a field, and Delaware County grass after October rain is mud. Boots, and not the good ones.
You have a toddler and a pushchair. The marquee attractions here are climbing, sliding and pedalling, and the Big Zip has a 52-inch height minimum that will exclude most children under about eight. Skip it too if you need a flexible date — with eleven operating days and timed entry, the popular slots go.
Lehner's Pumpkin Farm at Radnor is only about eight miles away and is the softer, younger alternative — two indoor play barns, jump pillows and a play village rather than zip lines and a ropes course. If you have both a nine-year-old and a two-year-old, that is a genuine reason to consider splitting the weekend between the two.
Seniors 55 and over are $5 year-round and children under 3 are free. General admission for ages 3 to 54 is tiered by date, and the farm publishes that tier chart as an image we could not read, so we cannot quote you a figure. Check the ticketing page for the specific date you want before you commit — the price genuinely changes depending on when you go.
The farm lists seventeen included activities, among them hayrides, farm animals, mountain slides, racer slides, pedal carts, mini zip lines, the pumpkin jump, tube time, the straw barn, the tree house, a low ropes challenge course and corn boxes. The Big Zip is a $5 extra and animal feed cups are $1.
Yes — riders must be at least 52 inches tall and under 250 pounds. That excludes most children under about eight, which is worth knowing before your six-year-old sees it and forms a plan.
September 19 to October 25, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 5pm, plus one extra Friday on October 16. Tickets are sold online with timed arrival slots.
September 19 – October 25, 2026. Saturdays and Sundays, plus Friday October 16. Hours: 10am-5pm.
Admission starts at $5 per person. Tiered general admission by date for ages 3-54. Seniors 55+ $5 year-round; children under 3 free. Big Zip $5 extra (52 inch minimum height, under 250 lbs); animal feed cups $1.
8738 Marysville Road, Ostrander, OH 43061, in Delaware County. It is one of 6 patches we track in Central Ohio.
We track 6 patches in Central Ohio. At $5 a head this one sits below the regional median of $12, undercutting 3 of the 4 paid patches we track here.
Its season runs about 37 days against a regional average of 45, so it is a shorter window than most of its neighbours — miss it and the nearest alternatives will still be open.
What sets it apart locally: it has farm animals, which most Central Ohio patches on our list do not.
There are 2 other patches we track in Delaware County. All Central Ohio patches →
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Checked August 2026.