Looking for a place to pick your own produce and experience a taste of fall? Head out to one of four corn mazes and farm festivals near Tucson for an unforgettable day of fun with your family & friends.
Agua Linda Farm
LOCATION: 2643 E. Frontage Rd., Amado (approximately 45 minutes from Tucson)
DATES: Every Weekend in October – Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Agua Linda Farm celebrates the harvest every October with an annual Fall Festival.
Admission is $5/person (ages 2 and under are free) and includes:
- unlimited hayrides
- unlimited petting zoo visits
- unlimited access to kid-friendly maze
- unlimited haystack climbing
- bounce house
- Tyke Track (John Deere Tricycles for kids!)
- Tire swings
- use of picnic area/tables (outside food not permitted)
- movie on Friday and Saturday nights (kid-friendly animated movie on 14′ big screen)
For additional fees, you can ride ponies, pick pumpkins, shop in the farm store, and/or purchase a freshly baked pumpkin pie.
Apple Annie’s Produce & Pumpkins
LOCATION: 6405 W Williams Rd., Wilcox (approximately 1.5 hours from Tucson)
DATES: Every Saturday and Sunday in October, 8:30am-5:00pm
Admission to the Apple Annie’s Pumpkin Celebration is free. Pick pumpkins, fall vegetables, and apples to purchase. An “all-you-can-eat” pancake breakfast is served from 8:30am-10:30am. An apple smoked burger lunch is served from 11:30am-4:00pm.
The CORN MAZE is “Arizona’s newest and largest” with 3 levels of difficulty and over 6 miles of pathways. The 2013 design is carved into 15 acres and is a tribute to the March of Dimes’ 75th Anniversary.
Rates for the corn maze are as follows –
CORN MAZE
Adult – $7
Children
(3-11 years) – $5
2 and under – Free
COMBINATION CORN MAZE AND HAYRIDE
Adult – $9
Children
(3-11 years) – $7
2 and under – Free
Buckelew Farm
LOCATION: 17000 W. Ajo Way, Tucson (approximately 40 minutes from Tucson)
DATES: The Buckelew Farm Pumpkin Festival and Corn Maze are open the last four weekends in October, 10:00am-5:00pm. Saturdays & Sundays only.
Admission to the Pumpkin Festival is $4/person (little ones in diapers are free) and includes:
- Tractor-drawn wagon ride to and from the pumpkin patch
- Pumpkins are $.50/pound
Additional festivities (for a fee) include feeding the animals at the 4-H petting zoo, Zombie Paintball Shootout, jumping castle, inflatable slide/obstacle course, pedal cart race track, and the Budweiser Beer Garden.
Rates for the 12-acre CORN MAZE are as follows –
Price (after Pumpkin Festival Admission):
Adults – $8.00
Children 6 to 12 yrs – $6.00
Children 5 yrs & under (must be accompanied by an adult) – free
A wide variety of food items will be for sale: hamburgers, corn on-the-cob, Indian Fry Bread, carmel apples, and pumpkin pie.
Marana Pumpkin Patch & Farm Festival
LOCATION: 14901 N. Wentz Road, Marana (approximately 36 minutes from Tucson)
DATES: Open Monday through Friday, 3:00pm-7:00pm; Saturday & Sunday, 9:00am-7:00pm
Admission to the Marana Pumpkin Patch & Farm Festival is $10/person on weekdays or $12/person on Saturdays & Sundays. Kids 30″ and under get in free as long as they purchase a pumpkin.
Admission price includes:
- Entry to the Farm Festival
- A Wagon Ride to the Pumpkin Patch
- 1 free orange pumpkin with paid admission
- Free access to both corn mazes (approximately 5 acres and 3 acres)
- Access to the Straw Mountain and Kids Zone
- Petting Zoo
- Pig Races
- Jumping Pillow * NEW (Unlimited, included with admission!)
Additional festivities (for a fee) include tractor rides ($2), train rides ($2), corn cannon ($3), pumpkin cannon ($1), zipline ($5), and pony rides ($4).
A wide variety of food items will be for sale: hamburgers, pizza, nachos, pretzels, spaghetti, and BBQ sandwiches. A children’s menu features 5 different entree choices plus fries and a drink for $5. Note that no outside food or drinks are permitted.
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