A working dairy outside Augusta where the cow-milking demonstration is the actual draw — $14 a head for eleven attractions is fair, but the no-outside-food rule and weekend-only schedule are the two things that catch people out.
$14 per person ages 3 and up; $11 for seniors and military age 13+ with ID; free for age 2 and under. Concessions sold on site - outside food and drink are not permitted.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $56.00 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.
The distinguishing fact about Steed’s Dairy is in the name. This is a working dairy that runs a corn maze in the fall, not a festival operation that keeps a few animals for photographs, and the live cow-milking demonstration is the piece of the ticket you cannot buy anywhere else within an hour of Augusta. If you are choosing between fall outings on that basis alone, this one wins.
Eleven listed attractions: the 5-acre corn maze, the milking demonstration, a hayride, a petting zoo, the pumpkin patch, a jumping pillow, a giant tube slide, a corn kernel pit, rubber duckie races, a kids’ zip line and pony cart rides. That is a coherent package rather than a padded list, and it skews young — the kernel pit, duckie races and pony carts are all firmly preschool territory, while the zip line and the maze give a seven-year-old something to work at.
At $14 a head for ages 3 and up, a family of four with two school-age kids is $56 at the gate. Seniors and military 13 and over pay $11 with ID. Children 2 and under are free, which meaningfully changes the maths for families with a baby. There is no published add-on pricing, which is a relief after several Georgia farms where the extras are where the day gets expensive — but there is one substitution.
Outside food and drink are not permitted. That is unusual enough among farm operations to deserve calling out, because a lot of families default to packing a cooler for a farm day and would only discover this at the gate. Whatever you would have spent on a picnic, you will be spending at the concession stand instead. Factor it in when you compare the $14 gate price against patches that let you bring your own.
Saturday is the long day, 10am to 9pm, and Sunday is short, 1pm to 7pm. The catch is that the last ticket sells an hour before closing at both. A family that plans to swing by after a Saturday afternoon commitment needs to be through the gate by 8pm, not merely arriving at 8pm.
The other useful thing about this farm is the length of the season. Seven weekends from late September into mid-November is longer than most, and it gives you a real choice on weather. Late September in the Augusta area is still hot; by the first weekend of November it is proper fall, the Halloween crowds have gone, and the same $14 buys a much more comfortable afternoon. If you are not tied to Halloween atmosphere, the back end of the season is underrated here.
Teenagers. There is no night maze, no haunted element and no thrill attraction on the list, and a fourteen-year-old is going to be finished in 45 minutes having paid the same $14 as everyone else. The same goes for adults arriving without children — a milking demonstration is interesting, but it is not a $14-and-an-afternoon proposition on its own. This farm knows what it is: a well-run, moderately priced outing for families with children roughly two to ten, on a property that actually milks cows. Judged on that, it is one of the better options in the Augusta area.
The season runs Sept 26 to Nov 15, 2026, Saturdays 10am-9pm and Sundays 1pm-7pm, with the last ticket sold an hour before close. Saturday morning at 10am is the strongest slot: coolest part of the day, shortest lines at the jumping pillow and slide, and enough runway to catch a milking demonstration without racing it. The season is long enough that you can skip the Halloween-weekend crush entirely and still go in November, when Augusta-area weather is genuinely pleasant.
Three hours or so. The 5-acre maze alone will eat 40 minutes with kids, and the milking demonstration runs on the farm's schedule rather than yours, so leave slack rather than trying to compress this into a lunch break.
Saturday afternoons are the peak; the 10am Saturday open and the 1pm Sunday open are both quieter. Sunday closes at 7pm and Saturday at 9pm, and the last ticket goes an hour before each, which quietly removes the late-arrival option that families often rely on.
Not documented. A working dairy on Wrightsboro Road will almost certainly park you on grass or packed dirt rather than pavement, so wear shoes you do not mind and expect a muddier walk in the week after rain.
Nothing published. Farm terrain, a corn maze and a kernel pit are not naturally stroller-friendly surfaces; a large-wheeled stroller or a carrier will serve you better than an umbrella stroller. Worth calling 706-829-5334 if anyone in your group has specific needs.
You wanted a Friday night or a weekday. The farm is weekends only and reserves Friday nights for private events, so a school-holiday Monday will not work here. Also skip it if you were planning to bring a picnic — outside food and drink are not permitted, full stop.
Grovetown sits directly on the Augusta side of Columbia County, so this pairs naturally with an Augusta afternoon rather than with another farm — there is no second patch close enough to make a two-farm day sensible.
$14 per person aged 3 and up, $11 for seniors and military aged 13 and up with ID, and free for children 2 and under. Older review sites still quote $13, which is out of date.
No. Outside food and drink are not permitted; the farm sells concessions on site. This is the single rule most likely to trip up a family that packed a cooler.
Saturdays 10am-9pm and Sundays 1pm-7pm only, from Sept 26 to Nov 15, 2026. Weekdays are closed and Friday nights are reserved for private events. The last ticket is sold one hour before closing.
September 26 – November 15, 2026. Saturdays and Sundays only; closed weekdays and Friday nights, which are reserved for private events. Hours: Saturday 10am-9pm; Sunday 1pm-7pm. Last ticket sold one hour before closing..
Admission starts at $14 per person. $14 per person ages 3 and up; $11 for seniors and military age 13+ with ID; free for age 2 and under. Concessions sold on site - outside food and drink are not permitted.
4634 Wrightsboro Road, Grovetown, GA 30813, in Columbia County. It is one of 8 patches we track in Middle Georgia.
We track 8 patches in Middle Georgia. At $14 a head this one sits above the regional median of $13.95, undercutting 1 of the 6 paid patches we track here.
Its season runs about 51 days against a regional average of 38, so it is a notably longer window than most of its neighbours, which takes the pressure off picking a weekend.
There are 3 other patches we track in Columbia County. All Middle Georgia patches →
steedsdairy.com
Checked August 2026.