Dallas-Fort Worth pumpkin patches

What to expect in Dallas-Fort Worth

6 of the 24 Texas patches we track are in Dallas-Fort Worth, spread across Collin County, Grayson County, Johnson County, Parker County, Tarrant County, Van Zandt County. 4 of them run a corn or crop maze, and 4 have farm animals your kids can get close to. 5 have their 2026 dates confirmed on the farm's own site.

Admission runs from $5 a head at Clark Gardens Botanical Park Pumpkin Patch up to $19.95 at Mainstay Farm Park — a real spread, and one worth checking against how long you actually plan to stay. A paid festival only pays for itself if you use it for half a day.

Texas splits two ways, and it is worth knowing which half you are visiting. Most metro-area patches truck their pumpkins in and arrange them; what you are paying for is the festival, the backdrop and the activities, not a field someone harvested. West Texas is the exception — Floydada has called itself the Pumpkin Capital of the USA for good reason. Either way, heat is the planning problem rather than cold: go at opening or in the evening, which is why so many Texas farms run their mazes after dark.