One of the very few central Indiana fall farms open seven days a week, with a play-park activity list to match - but the farm's own 2026 page says pumpkin picking is off-site this season, which is the one thing to check before you drive out.
The farm sells admission through an external ticketing site (pineyacresfarm.ticketspice.com) and does not print a price on its own Fall Fun page. Gem and fossil mining and some attractions are add-ons.
Piney Acres reads less like an orchard and more like a play park that happens to be on a farm, and that is meant as a description rather than a criticism. The activity list runs to a dual 150-foot tube slide, a ninja course, a rock wall, a spider climb net, an inflatable jump pad, pedal karts, train rides and pig and duck races. Add two corn mazes and gem and fossil mining and you have something closer to an outdoor adventure centre than a u-pick field.
Almost every notable fall farm in central Indiana is weekends-only, or weekends plus a fall-break block. Piney Acres opens every day from September 19 to October 25. For anyone with weekday flexibility - shift workers, parents of pre-schoolers, anyone taking a day of leave in October - that is the single most useful fact on this page. The same farm, the same attractions, and a fraction of the Saturday crowd.
The catch is the clock. Monday to Friday do not open until 1pm. Sunday opens at noon. Only Saturday gives you a morning, at 10am. So a weekday visit is a six-hour window from one to seven, and with an activity list this long, arriving at four is not enough.
The farm’s own Fall Fun page carries the dates, the hours, the address and the full attraction list, but no admission figure - ticket sales route out to an external platform. We could have estimated from neighbouring farms, which cluster around $13 to $16 a head in this region, but an estimate presented as a fact is worse than an admitted gap. Open the booking link, check your date, and you will know in a minute.
What the record does tell us is that some attractions are extras. Gem and fossil mining is named specifically. That is a common structure at play-park farms: a broad admission plus a handful of paid experiences positioned where children will see them. Decide in the car park, not at the counter.
This is the thing most likely to spoil a trip. The farm’s own 2026 page notes that pumpkin picking is off-site this season. Pumpkin picking still appears on the activity list, which is precisely why it is confusing: a family that comes for the pumpkin field specifically could arrive to find that the picking happens somewhere other than the main grounds, or in some other arrangement the page does not fully explain.
If a pumpkin in a field is the point of your visit, phone 317-326-1700 first and ask exactly what off-site means this year. If the point is three hours of slides and mazes with a pumpkin bought at the end, it changes very little.
Tree tagging opens on the first day of the fall season and runs through December. That is a small logistical gift for anyone who buys a real tree: one drive in October instead of an extra one in late November, and you get first pick of the field while the weather is still tolerable. The record does not say what tagging costs or whether it needs booking, so treat it as something to ask about rather than plan around.
A 7pm close is generous for this region, but its meaning changes across the season. In the third week of September the last hour is still daylight. By the final weekend of October, northeast-of-Indianapolis sunsets fall well before seven, so the last stretch is a dark visit - fine for the mazes if that appeals, cold for everyone if only one jacket per person came along. Layers, not coats.
The 2026 season runs September 19 to October 25, daily. Saturday is the only morning opening at 10am; Monday to Friday do not start until 1pm and Sunday until noon, all running to 7pm. A weekday afternoon is the quietest window of the week by a wide margin, and because the farm is open every weekday - unusual in this region - that window actually exists here. If you want a full day rather than an afternoon, Saturday is the only option.
Three hours or more. The activity list is long - two corn mazes, a dual 150-foot tube slide, a ninja course, rock wall, spider climb, jump pad, train rides, pedal karts, pig and duck races and animal encounters - and a weekday visit only gives you six hours to start with.
Daily opening spreads the load better than the weekend-only farms nearby, which is this place's quiet advantage. Saturday is still the busiest by some distance, being the only nine-hour day and the only morning. A Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon in early October is about as calm as a well-known fall farm gets in this region.
Not published. A Hancock County farm on a county road will have grass or gravel parking; October in central Indiana is the wet month, so plan for soft ground after rain.
The pumpkin field is the whole point of the trip. The farm's own 2026 page notes pumpkin picking is off-site this season, so do not assume you will walk a patch on the main grounds. Skip it too if you need a weekday morning - nothing opens before 1pm Monday to Friday.
The farm does not print an admission price on its own Fall Fun page - tickets are sold through an external platform at pineyacresfarm.ticketspice.com. We have not guessed a figure. Gem and fossil mining and some other attractions are add-ons on top of admission.
The farm's own 2026 page notes that pumpkin picking is off-site this season. Pumpkin picking is still on its activity list, but do not assume there is a patch to walk on the main grounds - confirm with the farm before you go if that is the reason for your visit.
September 19 to October 25, open daily. Monday to Friday 1pm-7pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, Sunday noon-7pm.
Yes. Tree tagging opens on the first day of the fall season and runs through December, so an October trip can double as a Christmas errand.
September 19 – October 25, 2026. Daily, Monday through Sunday. Hours: Monday-Friday 1pm-7pm; Saturday 10am-7pm; Sunday noon-7pm.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. The farm sells admission through an external ticketing site (pineyacresfarm.ticketspice.com) and does not print a price on its own Fall Fun page. Gem and fossil mining and some attractions are add-ons.
1115 E 1000 N, Fortville, IN 46040, in Hancock County. It is one of 8 patches we track in Indianapolis Region.
We track 8 patches in Indianapolis Region, 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 37 days against a regional average of 36, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There are 5 other patches we track in Hancock County. All Indianapolis Region patches →
pineyacresfarm.com · pineyacresfarm.ticketspice.com
Checked August 2026.