$12 covers everything — an eight-acre maze, the pumpkin cannon, human foosball and the train — which makes it the best all-inclusive value in the Dayton area, provided you can live with a farm that never opens before noon.
$12 per person general farm admission. Children ages 4 and under free with a paying adult. Admission covers the 8-acre maze, Punkin' Chunkin' Cannon demonstrations, farm animal display, labyrinth, No Left Turn Maze, Human Foosball and pumpkin train rides.
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.
The pricing here is the headline and it deserves to be. Twelve dollars a head, ages four and under free, and that one payment covers the eight-acre corn maze, the Punkin’ Chunkin’ Cannon demonstrations, the labyrinth, the No Left Turn Maze, human foosball, pumpkin train rides and the animal display. There is no wristband tier, no ride tickets and no gem-mining stand.
A family of four is $48 and done. At most farms with this many attractions, $48 is the entry fee and the attractions start charging afterward. If you have been burned by the pattern where a $15 gate price becomes a $130 afternoon, this is the structural opposite of that.
Nothing opens before noon. Not Thursday, not Saturday, not any day. If your family’s good hours are between nine and one, this farm does not fit and no amount of planning will make it fit.
And last admission is an hour before closing. That collapses the usable window more than the posted hours suggest: Thursday’s gate shuts at 5pm despite a 6pm close, and Sunday’s at 5:30pm. Turning up at 5:15 on a Thursday means a locked gate and an argument in the car park.
Friday and Saturday run to 10pm, which makes this one of the few farms in the region where a proper after-dark maze is on offer. Eight acres of standing corn at night is genuinely disorienting, in the way that is fun at fourteen and distressing at five.
Two practical points. Bring a real torch rather than relying on a phone, because you will want the phone charged when you are the group that has been in the middle for forty minutes. And dress for the temperature at the time you leave, not the time you arrive — a late-October evening in southwest Ohio drops sharply once the sun is down, and you will be standing still more than walking.
There is also the seasonal reality behind the maze. This is real corn in a real field, and the season ends November 1 because that is roughly where the crop and the weather end it, not because of a marketing decision.
The farm’s own page gives the September 11 to November 1 season, the four-day hours and the $12 admission, and that is first-party 2026 information. But parts of the site look as though they have not been fully refreshed in some years, and a local roundup carried an older $10 price and a different end date. The farm’s own figures are the ones to trust — just do not be surprised if the gate is a dollar or two different from what you read.
The 2026 season runs September 11 to November 1, Thursday through Sunday. Every day opens at noon; Thursday closes at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at 10pm, Sunday at 6:30pm. Last admission is an hour before closing, so the real cut-offs are 5pm Thursday, 9pm Friday and Saturday, and 5:30pm Sunday. Thursday afternoon is the quietest slot of the week. Friday and Saturday evenings are the only chance to do the maze in the dark, which is a different and better experience for teenagers and a considerably worse one for a five-year-old.
Three hours to use the ticket properly. The eight-acre maze alone can absorb an hour, and the admission also covers the labyrinth, the No Left Turn Maze, human foosball, the pumpkin train and the cannon demonstrations.
Four open days across seven weeks in the Dayton catchment. October weekends carry the load, and the Friday and Saturday night slots are the most popular of them. A Thursday afternoon is the reliable escape.
Not published. Assume a Montgomery County farm field, soft after autumn rain, and dark by the time you walk back to it on a Friday or Saturday night.
Your day runs on a morning schedule. Nothing here opens before noon on any day of the week, which rules out the classic early-start farm visit. Skip the Friday and Saturday night sessions if you have small children — an eight-acre corn maze in the dark in late October is cold, disorienting and long.
$12 per person for general farm admission, with ages 4 and under free when accompanied by a paying adult. That covers the eight-acre maze, the Punkin' Chunkin' Cannon demonstrations, the labyrinth, the No Left Turn Maze, human foosball, pumpkin train rides and the farm animal display.
One hour before closing. That means 5pm on Thursday, 9pm on Friday and Saturday, and 5:30pm on Sunday.
Friday and Saturday are the only nights the farm is open past 6pm, running to 10pm. Bring a torch and warm clothes — an eight-acre maze after dark in October is a serious undertaking for younger children.
September 11 – November 1, 2026. Thursday-Sunday. Hours: Thu 12pm-6pm; Fri 12pm-10pm; Sat 12pm-10pm; Sun 12pm-6:30pm. Last admission one hour before closing.
Admission starts at $12 per person. $12 per person general farm admission. Children ages 4 and under free with a paying adult. Admission covers the 8-acre maze, Punkin' Chunkin' Cannon demonstrations, farm animal display, labyrinth, No Left Turn Maze, Human Foosball and pumpkin train rides.
4881 Germantown-Liberty Rd, Germantown, OH 45327, in Montgomery County. It is one of 9 patches we track in Southwest Ohio.
We track 9 patches in Southwest Ohio, 2 of which are free to walk into. At $12 a head this one sits right on the regional median of $12, undercutting 1 of the 3 paid patches we track here.
Its season runs about 52 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has rides and play structures, which most Southwest Ohio patches on our list do not.
There are 6 other patches we track in Montgomery County. All Southwest Ohio patches →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
tomsmaze.com
Checked August 2026.