Barton Hill Farms

Overpriced for what it is, probably an ok place to take kids for a day. Went with my sister so she could take pumpkin photos with her baby. Sure, they had some good spots for photos and overall the place is cute. For the money it wasn’t what I expected and didn’t live up to their claims as the great pumpkin patch or the most scenic pumpkin patch or even really as a fall festival. Wasn’t a complete waste but probably wouldn’t go again.

The prices were surprisingly acceptable! There was a ton of stuff to do and the place was well kept and well staffed. The corn maze was fun with clues that made it easier to get out, (which I really appreciated as I need to use the restroom, which there were also plenty available). It’s located next to the Colorado river in a beautiful spot. They have a selection of beer and wine, a live band that played very well. Plenty of covered tables and shaded areas, playscapes, food. All of the activities are covered by general admission and parking is free. The pumpkin patch was big and plenty to choose from.

This place was ridiculous.
–Too expensive only to find out if you want to do the «fun, cool» stuff, you have to pay extra!
–Large empty field with «homemade» activities.
–Pirate ship sand box with few toys, some that were broken.
–Employees were «grouchy».
–Pumpkins were rotten in the sun.
–No water stations. $ 10.00 water you could be purchased (free refills).
+Nice hand-​washing station near the row of port-​a-​potties.
Save your money, not worth the trip.

We had a fun afternoon here but I’m glad I read the reviews before I went. Had I not, I wouldn’t have brought a giant water bottle for everyone and we would have had to spend a lot more on the already steep ticket prices. We got the adventure pass for our 5 year old because I think he would have been bored with just the «free» stuff. They don’t charge for under 3s but it was $ 12 for that pass and $ 10 for all the adults. Kind of pricey for what they offer. My son did love the trampoline pillow and the barrel roll. It was a really hot afternoon but I’m sure we will go back next year, hopefully we can find a coupon code or something.

Let me start with what I liked about the farm — The drive is nice. The music was good
The entry fee for two grandparents, two parent and two kids was $ 65.00. Spending $ 65.00 to go the pumpkin patch you would think that the price would include a pumpkin per person or one large carving pumpkin per family. Pumpkins were extra. Sugar pumpkins were $ 5.00 and large carving pumpkins were $ 10.00. (65.00 included the discount from purchasing tickets on line.)
The kid activities were ok — you can see them on the website. Adult activities included the maze and corn hole. For $ 65.00 am I am going to make this a family tradition? Probably not. What I would have liked to have seen is a:
* hayride for families
* face painting
* A fort made with bales of hay stacked with pumpkins with tunnels that the kids can climb over and search for their prime pumpkin (The pumpkin patch was lame)
* A gift shop that include food (pumpkin and pecan pies, apples, nuts and fall plantings)
* A beer and barbecue tent (we left the patch and went to find a barbecue) and finally more activities.

I’m giving two stars instead of one mainly out of guilt. Is the space pretty? Sure. I mean, it’s a wide open field next to a river and there are some giant old trees. Did my son have an okay time? Sure. Did he have a great time that justified spending $ 50 for my husband and me to drive 40 minutes and spend two hours there? Not even close.
First off, we got the Adventure Pass. You pretty much have to do this, otherwise you can’t ride on the Cow Train or Grain Train, or do the bounce pillow. Kids will definitely want to do those things. However, you have to wait in line — in the blazing sun — for 5 – 10 minutes for each of these activities, which then last just a few minutes. As my husband said, we should have just paid $ 6 to take our kiddo to the bounce house in Austin and he would have had much more fun. Also, as he duly noted, many of the rides and structures didn’t seem particularly safe. Those giant rolly tubes the kids play in? A friend broke her arm in high school on one. The Cow Train? Any child could easily wiggle out of the seatbelt, which only goes around the waist. And no one would be watching. The pirate ship? Why were looped ends of rope hanging down from the flagpole? I don’t usually worry about these types of things, but I found the lack of attention to basic safety concerning. And seriously, I’m not a parent who usually harps on that kind of stuff.
Second, no water stations? Are you serious? I find this incredibly offensive. This is Texas, folks. This is a family-​oriented event during a time of year when it can easily be over 90 degrees, yet the only water option is to purchase bottled water for $ 2 (or «homemade» lemonade for a whopping $ 4). Absurd. Absurd! I can’t remember the last time I went to any type of outdoor event here without free water. After paying $ 40 just to get three of us in the door there’s no water?! Dangerous, irresponsible, and greedy.
Finally, the pumpkins. There aren’t many of them. The ones there are just okay. And, really, why should I pay $ 5 for a small pie pumpkin or $ 10 for a slightly larger one that is still smaller than the one I got for $ 4 at the HEB?
I’m sad to say that this was a total waste of time and money. I wish I’d just packed a cooler and taken my son to the park. It would have been a better, safer, and more hydrated day for all.

Lots of fun for families with kids.
Our 3 & 4 year old grand kids loved it last year and this.
Not crowded, beautiful shade tree & other shade, next to Colorado River, open & breezy even on hot days, nice folks running it & attending, beer for dad, water & soft drinks for kids & mom, good barbecue & turkey legs, good music, nice pumpkin patch, & I totally disagree with reviewer who felt ripped off since I feel it’s good family entertainment outdoors for a fair price. You can let the kids run free and watch them safely from a distance. A rare find!

I took my daughter to their pumpkin patch this year, and we had a great time! You pay a general entry fee and most activities are covered with your ticket to get in. They have a great selection of things for kids to do: pumpkin painting, bounce pad, cow train, pony rides, face painting, two corn mazes, and more.
We purchased the tickets online, so I believe paid $ 14/​person. My 2-​year-​old got in for free. For this price, she got pretty much unlimited trips on the bounce pad, tricycle races, slides, and cow train. We paid extra for the pony rides ($ 4/​ride), but it was well worth it since that was hands down her favorite part.
Everything was really well organized. The people running each of the activities made sure that things moved along smoothly so all kids got a turn. There were a few lines, but they weren’t incredibly long, and they moved fast.
They also had real food, including burgers, and a beer shack with a decent selection. No lines for food.
We all had a really good time, and we plan to go back again next year.

We went on a Saturday in late October and surprisingly, it wasn’t overly crowded. My kids had a blast. There was so much for my 5 and 2 year old to do. The beer was cold, kettle corn was tasty, but the pumpkin pie and bbq sliders were just alright. It was quite a relaxing afternoon. Bring your blanket, or borrow one of theirs, sit under a shady oak tree and watch the kids play. We’ll be back next fall!

I took my family here today, 4 adults and 3 kids, and while we did have fun at some parts of the farm, I left feeling ripped off and taken advantage of. I posted comments about my dissatisfaction to their Facebook page, and they deleted them.
First of all, I feel the pricing structure is manipulative and intentionally designed to gauge the customer. We paid $ 68 for 3 kids and 4 adults to get in, which covered walking through the maze, playing in the sandbox, and a few other things like playing with hula hoops (if your kids are into that-​mine aren’t). While the maze was cool and well done, I do not feel it was worth the money. If we would have paid an additional $ 5 each for the kids, they could have done things like a cow barrel train, jumping pillow, trike track… and of course all of these things were placed front and center so that we had to keep telling the kids every few minutes, ««no, sorry, that costs extra.» I spent $ 68 for my family to get into a farm in the middle of nowhere with no running water and port-​a-​pots, yet I still feel like a cheap-​ass.
Second of all, they need to bring in some more drinkable water. Right now, there is no place to fill up a water bottle. They do have a handy (for them) policy where if you buy their $ 10 branded reusable water bottle, they will fill it up for you for free. This is what I mean by feeling manipulated and ripped off. I was thirsty, had just gone through their corn maze on a hot sunny day with my 3 kids (ages 4,4, and 6), who were all complaining of thirst… I had already spent $ 2 on a bottle of water at their food truck an hour or so earlier, so I asked if they could fill it up. They refused. There was a container of cold, drinkable water staring me and my kids in the face and the staff refused to give it to us.
There is no where else to fill up a water bottle. They don’t even have a place to wash your hands– just some hand sanitizer (which, granted, you are on a farm out in the country and you’re peeing in port-​a-​pots but still… I’ve seen other places that have water stations set up outside port-​a-​pots. It’s not unlimited water, but it’s SOMEthing).
To top it off, like I said earlier, I made a post and comment on their Facebook page about the lack of water, and a few hours later, the staff deleted my post and comment. It looks like they did reply before changing their minds and deciding to delete it, though, because I got a copy of their reply in my email, which I’ll share here: ««Hi Laura — I’m so sorry… we’ve never had a complaint about it before. We don’t have city/​county water. All that we have at the farm is well water for irrigation & watering livestock which most people don’t want to drink.»
The thing is… they do have the water. They truck some drinkable water in. But you only get it if you pay an EXTRA $ 10 on top of the already-​too-​high admission prices.
Needless to say, unless they decide to reply to me again with some type of reasonable answer, I will not be back again, and I will be telling all who will listen about my experience today.

Beautiful property to visit for a corn maze and fall festival. There were so many fun and cute activities for all ages. There is a smaller corn maze for the little ones, a john deer tricycle track, giant jumping pillow, fort, sand box, cow train rides, petting zoo, food and drinks. The list goes on. We had the best day at this beautiful farm. Although there were lots of people, it never felt crowded since the space is so large. Turn the kids loose and enjoy!

Great place to enjoy the harvest season with the kids. Just know that all activities are not included in the price of admission, even with the higher priced ‘Adventure Pass’. The face painting ranges from $ 5 — $ 10 depending on type of design you choose and the short pony ride is $ 4. Don’t stand in line for this unless you’re willing to pay extra; the price is not posted and I thought it was included. A few of us got out of line when the ride operator told us of the extra charge. Also, get a map if you decide to go through the corn field maze. My grandkids and I were getting tired and a bit anxious when we kept going around in circles trying to make our way out. Even those with maps had a difficult time. We were told there’d be helpers inside to guide us but we only saw one. By all means, don’t let your kids loose in their alone unless you want to leave without them. ;) Aside from these shortcomings, we spent about 4 hours there today and had a wonderful time at a cost of about $ 22 per person including two painted pumpkins and some refreshments. Take plenty of cash!

Perfect for kiddos! A ton for them to do along with the pumpkins– slides, train ride, bouncing, pumpkin painting, sand box pirate ship, and more. There was also live music and beer for the parents. Great pumpkin patch destination for a half day of fun for kids 10 & under especially.

This place.
First of all, they made a KILLING off of the Halloween season. Had to! Me & my 3 kids walked IN for $ 45, not including food or anything else. BUT, we truly had a great time!
We loved everything about Barton Hill Farms. Truly.
It was worth the drive, and was worth the money. We had a blast in the corn maze, and could have had so much fun if we tried it at night. But, loved all of the things to do there from the pillow to the play areas. The train was terrible, unfortunately. I’ve never felt like my spine was in danger, but that thing was TOO bumpy. You can go in and on things endlessly, so it adds up. We didn’t eat or drink, but grabbed a bag of kettle corn and was ready to go home after 2 hours there.
Scenery is to die for. Seriously a gorgeous property! Tons of colors and photo opportunities for photographers of all levels.
We WILL be back!

I’ve had a year to think about it and, seeing that all they’ve added in the last year is kids’ activities, I’mma hafta take away a star.
Look, I didn’t expect to walk into Bourbon Street sort of fun, but for a ten dollar admission price, I expected more than a half-​hour jog through a corn maize (yep, still spelling it that way). Once I was done with that, I sat down, drank my $ 4 Independence beer and wondered why the hell I was still there.
Pumpkin patch? There wasn’t one. Maybe some face painting would’ve been nice, or a petting zoo, or pumpkin carving, but no. There was nothing else for an adult to do.
So for ten bucks and a half tank of gas, I got a short tour of their corn maize, and then sat on a hay bale. That’s it. That’s all I did.
I thought all of this last year, but it didn’t seem to make it into my original review. And now I fully realize why. The only reason they got four stars from me last year is because I got drunk right before I wrote my review. And I paid less to do so.

This place is so nice n relaxing I loved it, hope to go next year.
They have a sand out in a pirate ship, they have what they call a pillow for the kids to junk around, each group has 5 min then the next n on, they have someone that will let the other kids know to stay away from the smaller kids and what not to do.
They have goats and you can feed them. For a small fee.
They have a cow ride, it’s like a small train by dresses up like cows very cute they take the kids and also adults around the field.
They have food and drinks, kinda pricy 2 bucks for a small bottle soda is much I think. They also have popcorn candy ect.
They main reason we wanted to go was for the corn maze! It’s pretty big and fun the kids loved it and they give you a way to have more fun with the flyers they hand out.
They also have a pumpkin patch they go from 10 bucks…
The view is spectacular!
They have a live band and plenty of tables to sit under the shade.
Only thing that I never like is that they have porta potties.
But all in all I loved it.

Drove there today from SW Austin looking for a «pumpkin patch» experience and some fun activities for the kids. Found out about it from a pumpkin patch listing online. It’s absolutely beautiful there, but it is way way overpriced. There were 4 adults and 2 kids and we got the «all access» passes. I don’t understand what we paid for, especially for the adults. All we did was watch the kids do activities. I completely understand paying for the kids, but the higher price for adults doesn’t make any sense.
There really isn’t much of a pumpkin patch, but I appreciated the pumpkin/​hay set-​up since it provided some good photo opportunities of the kids. Our kids rode the train and they had fun doing that. The corn maze is really awesome, and very well done. The kids weren’t interested in the jumpy thing because it was too crowded when we were there. The pirate ship/​sandbox was cool.
Anyway, we left feeling ripped off because we drove 45 minutes from our house, spent so much on admission and got very little out of it. I think they need to add more things for the kids (like a playscape), and change the admission pricing.

A beautiful and serene piece of country nestled along the Colorado River.
We paid $ 45 for three adults. Kids were free. The $ 15 each gave us an all access pass which included the cow train ride and pillow jumper. Without the all access pass, you are left with the sandpit in the ship, corn maze, bean bag toss, tether ball, goat feeding, pumpkin painting (with the purchase of a pumpkin) and the small pumpkin patch.
The inflatable pillow was a big hit with all of us. Imagine a huge bouncy house in the ground with no walls. Lots of fun to be had on that thing and made for some awesome photos and videos.
The goat feeding was fun. You put $.25 in the coin operated box and out comes a small handful of treats. The goats were so cute and friendly. They also looked extremely well cared for. Beautiful coats, bright eyed and clean. Big plus.
The pumpkin patch was on the small side but provided a great sensory activity for the kiddos and we got some good photos. The small pumpkins are about the size of a large cantaloupe. There were no tiny pumpkins which would have been so cute for the little kids.
Hubs went on the cow train with Kiddo and said it was not very comfortable for a grown man.
Bathrooms consisted of icky potra potties but there’s just no getting around that out in a field. The good news is they had makeshift sinks that you foot pumped water through that included soap. No paper towels.
They had a food stand (with beer) set up. We observed lot of people standing around but not a single person was eating. Maybe they were running behind at noon? Not sure what was going on there? Good thing they were selling pre-​bagged popcorn at another stand which was a good snack.
In hindsight, we should have just bought one all access pass, saving a few bucks, since one all access pass could be transferred between adults.
I would call Barton Hill Farms a beautiful work in progress. They seem a little incomplete just yet considering the cost of entry per activity ratio. Had we not bought the all access pass, we would have been limited in activities.
If they added a playscape, small hay maze for the little kids, tiny pumpkins, more animals to the petting zoo and a couple more activities, this place would be perfect.
Great outing for us. Looking forward to what they put together next year.

Barton Hill Farms is a magical wonderland.
It is fantastic to take a beautiful drive through the last frontier of the Austin area and find such a gem hidden in the pasture! We had the best time. We played all kinds of games, laughed, danced to live music, rolled in the grass, enjoyed movies and loved the Maze!
Photo ops are off the charts.
The owners had a spectacular idea and really did an amazing job on the whole thing!
I completely disagree with one fellow Unilocaler… The price of admission is well worth the experience. The first weekend we went was one of the BEST Day Trips of the year and we went back repeatedly to share the wonder with friends and family.
It never lost its magic!
I can’t wait to see whats new this year and I just can’t say enough good things about Barton Hill Farms:)

We really wanted to like Barton Hill Farm and had high hopes for what they might offer up in the fall festival/​outing/​activity category. especially after dropping $ 27 for two adult and one 5 year old — thank God the 2 year old was free. I mean it had to be something great for that kind of money, right?
Nicely designed website, banner ads, FB presence, we figured the highway-​robbery prices of admission had to be worth it once we actually were there but, decidedly, no… not even close.
Maze — good. Nice maze, that part was fun but my cash outlay for the activity trumps any fun had in the maze and herein lies the lesson.
The rest of it boiled down to a meadow, maybe three dozen $ 10 pumpkins ($ 4 for the tiny ones), a large sandbox, music which was nice but not even remotely close to be worth the price either, candy, beer, popcorn and water which you could buy because you just paid $ 10 to get in. And a row of port a potties.
Why on earth are you charging $ 10 for adults and $ 7 for kids? Why is there even a difference in price between the two? Do adults have more fun? They are the ones with access to pay for your beer but why would you charge that much more those over 13? I am stumped.
Pricing Strategies 101 always teaches you there is nearly always a gray area in pricing a product or activity, one that most customers are really willing to be flexible around but if you land squarely out of it, you will shoot yourself in the foot.
If you think you might be able to get away with the price then you’ve got to put forth a better product. Truck in more than a few dozen overpriced pumpkins, get a petting zoo, have a magician. Just because Sweet Berry is far away and chaotic doesn’t mean you can charge this much and offer substantially less and expect patrons to sing your praises. And you know, Sweet Berry is FREE.
Coupons for a $ 1 off. Still embarrassingly overpriced. You can go to the San Antonio Zoo as a family for the SAME PRICE, people.
It’s not just me who feels this way and I am in no way cheap… Barton Hill Farms has come up repeatedly at our preschool and on one of the larger Austin moms’ online communities as a major, expensive disappointment.
It’s unfortunate some business owners fail to realize that price will dicate brand and customer experience despite decent marketing.
Example being: if BHF charged $ 5 admission I would have no reason to write this review.