We Visit the Pleasant Valley Farms Pumpkin Patch

It doesn’t feel like fall without a trip to the pumpkin patch, and we like to try to visit a new-to-us one each year. This year, it was time to drive out to Pleasant Valley Farms out in Sand Springs! I’d seen several positive comments about this patch on social media so was looking forward to trying it out. And despite getting lost in a corn maze when the temperature was about 85 degrees, we had a great time!

Activities and Pricing

Admission is free, and according to their website, there are 20 free activities to do during your visit. Some activities – the cow train, corn maze, hay ride, mini golf and jumping pad – do cost a few dollars each. For Joss, we opted for the Kids Pass, which was $17. This included all of the activities. I just bought a Cornmaze/Hayride combo ($8 total) and Mini Golf pass ($5). You purchase tickets in their cute gift shop, which is full of delicious treats and cold drinks. Because so far October is feeling nice and hot, I definitely recommend buying some water or gatorade before you start walking around, if you haven’t brought your own. Especially before heading to the corn maze!

Here are some photos of the paid activities:

The corn maze is 15 acres, which does present a challenge. I think we were maybe in it for an hour, and we’d given up on finding the exit. At one point, we were just trying to find the entrance again, but somehow ended up finding one of the two alternate exits. So we didn’t make it through the whole thing, but we felt by that point that we’d had the full corn maze experience.

I think I may skip corn mazes in the future if the temperature is above 70 degrees because both last year and this one the overall impression was just being hot and sweaty. Again, it’s a large maze, and we didn’t have a map, so if you do tackle it in the heat, please bring plenty of water! The maze is a fair way away from the rest of the activities, so you do need to take the hayride to get out there. However, there is a Kiddie Maze closer to the mini golf course.

Free activities:

Again, there are about 20 free activities, so I can’t provide photos of all of them, but here are a few highlights. Starting with something I’d never seen before but was both difficult and fun. Joss particularly liked these – there’s a golf ball that sit inside of a cut-out, and you move strings on the left and right to try to get the ball up to the top. The challenge is that most of the board is covered in holes, so it’s easy to get the ball into the wrong hole!

There are also duck races, pumpkin tic tac toe, slides, and many photo ops.

Pumpkins

I loved the pumpkin display! It’s so fun to see them all. The majority were jack-o-lantern pumpkins, but they also had a selection of specialty varieties as well. The jack-o-lanterns at least were priced at about 56 or 59 cents per pound, if I recall correctly. I got four pretty large ones along with some drinks and popcorn, and the total was around $50. So I felt pretty good about that because I was afraid it was going to be like $100, heh.

Hours and location

Pleasant Valley Farms is located at 22350 W. 71st S., Sand Springs. We basically went out Avery Drive for awhile, then turned south and eventually went a little further west. It wasn’t a bad drive, and a lot of it is out in the countryside, so it’s very pretty. 

The farm is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m., 7 days a week in October. They will also be hosting their annual Winter Squash and Pumpkin Festival Oct. 11-12. This event features all the usual fun, plus vendors, bluegrass music and demonstrations.

In addition to the pumpkin patch, Pleasant Valley Farms also is a Christmas tree farm! So they will be open during the Christmas season as well: pleasantvalleyfarmsok.com/christmas-tree

All in all, we had a great time and would definitely go back!