An east Orange County ranch running an unusually long, five-day-a-week pumpkin season — but it publishes no admission price anywhere, so you are asked to text for a figure before you can budget the trip.
No admission price is published on the ranch's own sites. The affiliated Painted Oaks Academy pumpkin-patch page advertises discounted admissions and a UCF student discount but lists no figures, and directs visitors to text (407) 929-0970.
The interesting thing about Tanner Pioneer Ranch is the schedule. Wednesday to Sunday, from early September through Halloween, is a wildly more generous season than the Florida norm of four October weekends — and it is the main reason to consider it over a bigger, better-documented farm. If your household cannot do Saturdays, this is one of very few options in Central Florida that solves that problem outright.
The frustrating thing is that we cannot tell you what it costs. Neither the ranch’s own site nor its affiliated pages carry an admission figure. The affiliated Painted Oaks Academy pumpkin patch page advertises discounted admissions and a UCF student discount, but attaches no numbers to either, and points visitors at a text line instead. That is a real friction point, and it is the single thing to resolve before you plan around this farm: send the text, get the number, then decide.
The published activity list is broad for a ranch this size: a pumpkin patch, pony rides, hayrides, petting-zoo animals, farm tours, a corn maze, a sunflower maze, bounce houses, carnival games, live music or a DJ, smoked ribs and food service, and additional food trucks and vendors. Dog Day Thursdays appears too, which is unusual enough to be worth confirming if you would bring a dog.
The tags on this listing point at toddlers and young children, and the mix supports that — ponies, animals and bounce houses rather than large-scale rides or a serious maze. The hayrides run at noon, 2pm and 4pm rather than continuously, which is the practical scheduling detail most likely to trip up a family who arrives at ten past the hour.
A September 6 opening is the earliest start of any farm in this batch by three weeks, and that deserves a plain warning. Early September in Orange County is peak heat and peak afternoon storms, and an 11am opening puts your visit squarely inside the worst of the day rather than ahead of it. There is no morning escape hatch here.
If the date is yours to choose, choose October. And whichever month, treat the reported dates and hours as indicative rather than certain — they come from a local family guide, not from the ranch, which is the same reason we would rather you texted for a price than trusted an aggregator for one.
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm, with a season reported to run from September 6 all the way to Halloween — one of the longest and most flexible on our Florida list. Use that flexibility: a weekday visit avoids the weekend load entirely, and October is far more comfortable than the September dates, which fall in the hottest and wettest stretch of the Florida year. If hayrides matter to you, they run at set times — noon, 2pm and 4pm — so arrive on a schedule rather than turning up at 12:15 and waiting two hours.
Two to three hours, timed around a hayride slot. With a pumpkin patch, pony rides, petting animals, a corn maze, a sunflower maze, bounce houses and carnival games, there is enough to fill an afternoon, but the 11am-to-5pm window keeps this from being a full-day proposition.
No crowd data available. Structurally, a five-day-a-week season running from early September to Halloween spreads demand far more thinly than the four-weekend farms most of Florida runs — weekday afternoons should be the quietest part of that.
Not documented. A ranch site off Lake Pickett Road will be parking on grass or dirt, which becomes a mud problem after the afternoon storms that are routine in September and early October.
No accessibility information is published. Hayrides involve a step up into a wagon, and a ranch running a corn maze and a sunflower maze is uneven ground throughout. Ask when you text about pricing — it is the same phone number.
You need to know what something costs before you leave the house. No admission price is published on the ranch's own site or its affiliated pages; you are directed to text (407) 929-0970 to find out. If a fixed, published price is a condition of your Saturday, several nearby farms post theirs plainly.
The ranch sits on the east side of Orange County, out toward the UCF and Lake Pickett area rather than in the theme-park corridor, so it pairs with an east-Orlando day rather than with another farm. Most of the other Central Florida patches we cover are a substantial drive north or west of here.
We could not find a published price. Neither the ranch's own site nor its affiliated pages list admission figures; the affiliated Painted Oaks Academy pumpkin patch page advertises discounted admission and a UCF student discount but gives no numbers, and directs visitors to text (407) 929-0970. Get a figure by text before you drive out.
Reported dates are September 6 through October 31, Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm. Those dates come from a local family-events guide rather than the ranch's own site, so treat them as indicative and confirm before travelling — especially for the early September dates.
At noon, 2pm and 4pm. They are not continuous, so plan your arrival around a slot rather than expecting to walk on.
September 6 – October 31, 2026. Wednesday-Sunday. Hours: 11am-5pm, with hayrides at 12, 2 and 4pm.
Admission pricing was not published when we last checked. No admission price is published on the ranch's own sites. The affiliated Painted Oaks Academy pumpkin-patch page advertises discounted admissions and a UCF student discount but lists no figures, and directs visitors to text (407) 929-0970.
15239 Lake Pickett Rd, Orlando, FL 32820, in Orange County. It is one of 14 patches we track in Central Florida.
We track 14 patches in Central Florida, 2 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 56 days against a regional average of 41, so it is a notably longer window than most of its neighbours, which takes the pressure off picking a weekend.
What sets it apart locally: it has u-pick fields, which most Central Florida patches on our list do not.
There are 10 other patches we track in Orange County. All Central Florida patches →
tannerpioneerranch.com · paintedoaksacademy.com · cornmazeorlando.com
Checked August 2026.