The Best Fall Festivals & Corn Mazes Near Oklahoma City: An Honest Comparison

Picking a fall festival near Oklahoma City is harder than it sounds. Farms of every size are within an hour of the city, and each one wants your family's Saturday. Nobody wants to drive forty-five minutes only to find out the corn maze is smaller than the parking lot, or that the petting zoo is two goats behind a fence.

We're Old Route 66 Farm in Hydro, and we've been part of this decision for a quarter century, even though our name is new. This land has hosted a corn maze since 2001, first as P Bar Farms Corn Maze, and the Lank family took over as owners in 2026. Twenty-five years of watching families come through, and watching the other farms in the area grow and change too, means we know this landscape well enough to talk about it honestly, including the parts where somebody else might be the better fit.

We would love to tell you we are the right choice for every family that asks, but that is not true, and pretending otherwise would waste your time and ours. If you are weighing us against Orr Family Farm, Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch, Chester's Party Barn & Farm, Sunshine Shelly's, or Oh My Gourd Pumpkin Patch, this guide is our honest answer to the question every one of these farms gets asked eventually: if not you, then who. It is not a ranking. It is a real look at what each place actually offers, including us.

What are the top fall festival companies near Oklahoma City?

If you only have a minute, here is the direct answer. Six fall festivals within about an hour and a quarter of Oklahoma City stand out for genuinely different reasons, and no single one wins on every count.

Old Route 66 Farm, in Hydro, about 60 minutes west of Oklahoma City, is the only one on this list with an after-dark haunted maze built into a budget-friendly ticket, at $9 to $21. Orr Family Farm, inside Oklahoma City itself, is the largest by far, rated 4.3 stars across 1,760 Google reviews, with a premium ticket around $49.95 that includes overnight glamping. Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch, in Arcadia about 25 minutes away, has the highest rating in the group at 4.5 stars across 347 reviews. Chester's Party Barn & Farm, in Piedmont, also about 25 minutes out, has a 4.4-star rating across 747 reviews and is known locally for its petting zoo, home to the world's smallest horse. Sunshine Shelly's, about 40 minutes away in Shawnee, is rated 3.9 stars across 137 reviews and stands out as the pet-friendly option, welcoming the family dog. Oh My Gourd Pumpkin Patch, about 75 minutes north in Glencoe, is the smallest and most personal of the group, rated 5.0 stars across just 27 reviews.

Every rating and review count above comes from each company's own Google Business Profile. Old Route 66 Farm's profile is brand new following the 2026 ownership change and does not yet have reviews to report, which we would rather tell you plainly than leave you to find out on your own. Again, this list is not ranked. It is simply the honest set of options within reach of Oklahoma City.

What makes a good fall festival pick?

A good fall festival pick comes down to a short list of things that actually affect your day, not the marketing on the website. The corn maze itself matters most for families making the trip specifically for that experience: how large it is, how intricate the paths are, and whether the design changes from year to year or stays the same every season. What is included with admission matters just as much, since a hayride or train ride and a barnyard or petting zoo can turn a maze visit into a half-day out rather than a thirty-minute stop.

Families looking for something more intense should ask whether a night or haunted maze option exists, since that is a genuinely different experience from a daytime family outing and is not offered everywhere. And because these are discretionary weekend trips, pricing matters in both directions: what you pay for, and what that price actually buys you at each farm. None of these on their own make a farm good or bad. They just determine which farm actually fits what your family is looking for this fall.

What criteria did we consider, and why it matters to you

We picked seven criteria before we started researching, and we applied each one to every farm on this list, including ourselves.

•     Corn maze size and design: what most people mean when they say corn maze, and it is worth checking because mazes range from a three-acre pallet maze you can finish in fifteen minutes to an eight-acre, 3.5-mile layout that takes the better part of an hour and changes its design every year. It matters because it determines whether the maze is the main event of your visit or a quick stop along the way.

•     Hayride or train ride: often the easiest, most toddler-friendly attraction at any of these farms. Nearly every farm on this list includes one, so its absence, or a standout version of it like a themed train, is worth knowing.

•     Barnyard or petting zoo: changes who the visit is really for. Farms with animals tend to work better for younger children who may not be ready for a long maze walk, and a genuinely distinctive one, like a petting zoo with the world's smallest horse, can be a reason to choose a farm on its own.

•     Night or haunted maze option: a different audience entirely: generally older kids, teenagers, and adults looking for a scare, not a young family outing, and only some of these farms offer it.

•     Pricing tier: matters because these are trips families take more than once a season if the price allows it, and the six farms compared here span roughly $5 to just under $50 depending on scale and what is included.

•     Distance from Oklahoma City: simple math. A farm 25 minutes away versus one 75 minutes away changes whether this is an afternoon trip or a day trip, and that matters before you commit to a Saturday.

•     Google rating and review count: give you a read on other families' actual experiences, with the caveat that a brand new listing, like ours, simply has not had time to accumulate either yet.

The fall festivals, compared

Orr Family Farm

Founded in 2003, Orr Family Farm sits inside Oklahoma City, making it the most convenient stop on this list for city residents. It is also the largest by scope. Alongside its corn maze, described by the farm as a walk-through maze, though no published acreage is available, it offers a pumpkin patch, hayride, zip line, a barnyard experience it calls the Discovery Barn for animal feeding, and even overnight glamping for families who want to turn the visit into a weekend. Admission runs at a premium tier, around $49.95, and the farm does not publish a haunted or night maze offering. It carries a 4.3-star rating across 1,760 Google reviews, the largest review base of any farm on this list.

Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch

Parkhurst, in Arcadia about 25 minutes from Oklahoma City, keeps things closer to the classic pumpkin patch experience: a corn maze, a separate hay bale maze, a hayride, and pony rides, at a mid-range price of $12 to $13. Its founding year is not published. Parkhurst does not offer a night or haunted maze. Of the six farms compared here, it has the highest Google rating: 4.5 stars across 347 reviews.

Old Route 66 Farm

Old Route 66 Farm sits on historic Route 66 in Hydro, about 60 minutes west of Oklahoma City, which makes it more of a drive than some of the closer options and also gives it a built-in road trip character the closer farms do not have, especially in 2026, the Route 66 centennial year. The land has run a fall corn maze since 2001, first as P Bar Farms Corn Maze, and the Lank family took over as owners in 2026. The 2026 season features a newly designed 8-acre, 3.5-mile corn maze (this year's theme honors local astronaut Thomas P. Stafford), the Old Route 66 Express hayride and barrel train, a barnyard with donkeys, llamas, goats, and rabbits, and the farm's signature after-dark attraction, the Spooky Acres Creepy Corn Maze. Tickets run $9 to $21, among the most budget-friendly of the farms compared here. We will say plainly what we would want to know if we were the visitor: our Google Business Profile is brand new following the ownership change and does not have reviews yet. The farm's tradition is not new. Our listing is.

Chester's Party Barn & Farm

Chester's, in Piedmont about 25 minutes from Oklahoma City, has operated since 2000 and built a following around its petting zoo, home to what it advertises as the world's smallest horse, plus a 3-acre pallet-and-mystery-style corn maze, a hayride, and pony rides. Pricing runs budget-friendly, $7 to $13. There is no published night or haunted maze offering. Chester's has a 4.4-star Google rating across 747 reviews.

Sunshine Shelly's

Sunshine Shelly's, about 40 minutes away in Shawnee, is the pet-friendly standout of this group, one of the only farms on this list that welcomes the family dog. It offers a 5-acre corn maze, a hayride, and u-pick pumpkins at a budget price of $7. It also runs a separately operated haunted attraction, Nightmare Harvest, for visitors looking for an after-dark option. Published sources do not confirm a barnyard or petting zoo at Sunshine Shelly's, and its founding year is not published either. It carries a 3.9-star Google rating across 137 reviews, the lowest of the group, though still a positive average.

Oh My Gourd Pumpkin Patch

Oh My Gourd, about 75 minutes north in Glencoe, is the farthest drive and the smallest, most personal stop on this list. It centers on a pumpkin patch rather than a corn maze (it doesn't offer one), with a hayride, a corn box, and a slide, for $5 to $10. Its founding year isn't published, and available sources don't confirm a barnyard or petting zoo. It carries the highest rating of any farm compared here, 5.0 stars, though across a small base of 27 reviews.

Comparing the top Oklahoma City fall festivals at a glance

Criteria as rows, farms as columns so that you can scan every option against every criterion at once. The Old Route 66 Farm column is highlighted below for reference only; it is not a ranking.

Criteria	Old Route 66 Farm	Orr Family Farm	Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch	Chester's Party Barn & Farm	Sunshine Shelly's	Oh My Gourd Pumpkin Patch
Corn maze size/design	8 acres / 3.5 miles, new design each year	Walk-through maze (size not published)	Corn maze + hay bale maze	3-acre pallet/mystery maze	5-acre corn maze	No corn maze (pumpkin patch only)
Hayride or train ride	Yes, Old Route 66 Express hayride + barrel train	Yes, Jupiter Train + hayride	Yes	Yes	Yes, hayride + kiddie barrel train	Yes
Barnyard/petting zoo	Yes, donkeys, llamas, goats, rabbits	Yes, Discovery Barn animal feeding	Yes	Yes, incl. world's smallest horse	Not confirmed in available sources	Not confirmed in available sources
Night / haunted maze option	Yes, Spooky Acres Creepy Corn Maze	Not published	No	Not published	Yes, Nightmare Harvest (separately run)	No
Pricing tier	Budget, $9 to $21	Premium, $49.95	Mid, $12 to $13	Budget, $7 to $13	Budget, $7	Budget, $5 to $10
Distance from OKC	About 60 minutes (Hydro)	In Oklahoma City	About 25 minutes (Arcadia)	About 25 minutes (Piedmont)	About 40 minutes (Shawnee)	About 75 minutes (Glencoe)
Google rating/reviews	New listing, no reviews yet	4.3 / 1,760	4.5 / 347	4.4 / 747	3.9 / 137	5.0 / 27

Who each option is best for

There is no wrong choice among these six, only a better fit for your particular family this fall.

Choose Orr Family Farm if you want the biggest, most all-in-one day, with the widest range of attractions and the option to stay overnight. Choose Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch if you have younger kids and want a smaller, easier-to-manage visit close to the city. Choose Chester's Party Barn & Farm if you are planning a school field trip or group event and want a genuinely unique animal draw. Choose Sunshine Shelly's if the family dog is coming with you, or if budget is the deciding factor. Choose Oh My Gourd Pumpkin Patch if you are making a day trip farther north and want the smallest, most personal version of this experience. Choose Old Route 66 Farm if you are road tripping Route 66, keeping the day budget-friendly, bringing a homeschool or school group, or want an after-dark maze the kids will talk about afterward.

What does a fall festival near Oklahoma City cost?

Admission across these six farms ranges from about $5 to just under $50, depending mostly on scale and what is bundled into the ticket. Glamping and zip lines push a farm toward the top of that range, while a straightforward maze-and-hayride combo sits closer to the bottom. Old Route 66 Farm's tickets run $9 to $21, placing us at the budget end of the group. Full pricing and ticket types are on our activities page.

Frequently asked questions

What's the best time to visit to avoid crowds?

Weekday afternoons are generally quieter than weekend peak hours at most Oklahoma fall farms, including ours. Check each farm's website for its current hours before you go.

How long does the corn maze take to complete?

Most Oklahoma corn mazes take 30 to 60 minutes depending on their size and design. Old Route 66 Farm's maze covers 3.5 miles of paths across 8 acres.

Can I bring outside food and drinks?

Most farms, including Old Route 66 Farm, restrict outside food in favor of on-site concessions. Check each farm's policy before you visit.

Is it pet friendly?

Most Oklahoma fall farms do not allow pets. Sunshine Shelly's in Shawnee is a notable exception.

What happens if it rains?

Outdoor farm attractions are weather-dependent and may delay opening or close during storms. Check each farm's Facebook page or website the day of your visit.

Is the haunted or night maze appropriate for young kids?

Generally, no. Night mazes like Old Route 66 Farm's Spooky Acres Creepy Corn Maze or Sunshine Shelly's Nightmare Harvest are built for older kids and adults, not toddlers.

Choosing the right fall festival for you

There is genuinely no single best choice here. If what you want is the biggest possible day with the most attractions, Orr Family Farm earns that reputation honestly. If a truly distinctive petting zoo experience is the draw, Chester's Party Barn & Farm has that covered with an animal you will not find anywhere else nearby.

But ask yourself this: do you want an after-dark maze that is actually built into the ticket, not run as a separate event, on a stretch of Route 66 that is part of the trip itself, during the road's own centennial year? And are you working with a family budget where $9 to $21 goes further than $49.95?

Here is the insight worth sitting with. The fall festival you pick isn't just about the maze itself; it is about which experience matches the day you are actually trying to have: thrill-seeking or gentle, budget or premium, quick stop or day trip. That answer is different for every family, which is why this list isn't ranked.

We put this guide together to answer honestly the question every farm on it eventually gets asked: if not you, then who. If Old Route 66 Farm turns out to be your family's answer this fall, we would love to have you out on the farm the Lank family has called home since taking over in 2026, continuing twenty-five years of tradition on this land.