One of the better-value paid farms in the Panhandle at $12 a head for nine attractions — but tickets are sold at the gate only, and the $16 slide upgrade is wasted on any child under 42 inches.
$12.00 general admission; $16.00 with unlimited slides; children 3 and under free. Tickets sold at the maze only - no online tickets. 42-inch height requirement for the Super Mega Ride-N-Slide.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $48.00 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.
Nixon Farm’s Corn Maze sits in Baker, in rural northern Okaloosa County, and packs an unusual amount into a $12 ticket: a corn maze, pumpkin tent, sunflower field, petting zoo, hayride, corn cannon, corn pit, a climbing spider and slides. Against Florida farms charging $19 and up for a comparable list, that is genuinely good value, and it is the main reason to make the drive.
There are two tickets: $12.00 general admission and $16.00 with unlimited slides. The slides carry a 42-inch height requirement for the Super Mega Ride-N-Slide. That single number decides which ticket you buy, and it is not something you want to discover at the front of the queue with a disappointed five-year-old. Measure at home. For a family of four, choosing wrong costs $16 for access nobody in the party can use.
The second structural thing to know is that tickets are sold at the maze only. No online ticketing, no advance booking, no timed entry. Combine that with the fact that the farm had not posted 2026 season dates when we last checked in August, and the sensible order of operations is: call first, then drive.
The maze is the real crop here — Florida’s climate cannot support a commercial fall pumpkin harvest, so the pumpkins in the pumpkin tent were trucked in and arranged, as they are at essentially every patch in the state. The corn and the sunflowers, on the other hand, grew where they stand, and a Panhandle sunflower field in early fall is a better photo than most Central Florida patches can offer.
Weather is the other planning variable. Okaloosa County in late September and October is still hot, and corn rows hold heat with no breeze in them. Saturday’s 10am opening is the comfortable slot; Sunday does not open until noon, which is close to the worst hour of the day to start walking a maze. If rain has come through in the preceding days, assume the parking is soft ground rather than pavement.
Families with primary-school-age children in the Crestview, Baker, Milton and Navarre catchment are the obvious fit, and the price point makes it a low-stakes outing — if a toddler melts down after 45 minutes, you are out $12, not $19. Anyone driving more than an hour should weigh that against farms with longer seasons and confirmed dates, simply because the risk of arriving at a closed gate is real until the farm posts its 2026 calendar.
Saturday morning. The farm runs weekends only, Saturday 10am to 6pm and Sunday noon to 6pm, so Saturday is the longer day by two hours and the morning avoids both the crowd and the Panhandle afternoon heat. Sunday's noon opening puts you on site during the hottest and stormiest part of the day, which is a poor trade for a farm built around an outdoor maze.
Two to three hours. Nine attractions is a lot for a $12 ticket, but they are single-pass activities rather than an all-day park — the corn cannon, hayride, petting zoo and corn pit go quickly once the queue moves.
Weekend-only operation in a rural corner of Okaloosa County means demand is concentrated but the catchment is small. Expect it to feel busy rather than overwhelming, with the corn cannon and slides taking the longest queues.
Not documented. Rural Panhandle farms of this kind almost always park on grass or graded dirt, and Okaloosa County can take heavy rain into October — treat mud as a live possibility and dress feet accordingly.
Your children are all under 42 inches, in which case the $16 unlimited-slide ticket is money burned and you should buy standard admission. Also skip if you cannot pay at the gate — there is no online ticketing at all, so this is not a farm you can lock in from home.
$12.00 general admission, or $16.00 with unlimited slides. Children 3 and under are free. Tickets are sold at the maze only — there is no online option.
Only if your child is at least 42 inches tall, which is the height requirement for the Super Mega Ride-N-Slide. Below that, buy standard admission.
Unknown. When we checked in August 2026, the farm's own site said the previous season had ended and had not yet posted new dates. Call 850-902-2623 before driving out.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Weekends (Sat-Sun). Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission starts at $12 per person. $12.00 general admission; $16.00 with unlimited slides; children 3 and under free. Tickets sold at the maze only - no online tickets. 42-inch height requirement for the Super Mega Ride-N-Slide.
486 Martin Mill Road, Baker, FL 32531, in Okaloosa County. It is one of 14 patches we track in Panhandle.
We track 14 patches in Panhandle, 9 of which are free to walk into. At $12 a head this one sits right on the regional median of $12, undercutting 2 of the 5 paid patches we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has a corn or crop maze, u-pick fields, farm animals, which most Panhandle patches on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 14 patches we track in Panhandle had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
nixonfarms22.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Checked August 2026.