Staheli Family Farm opened its gates for the season on September 18, and by the time most people read this, half of Greater St. George will already have a Saturday planned around it. That part is not news. What is worth knowing before you buy tickets is that the farm sells two almost unrelated experiences under one admission gate, and a lot of families end up paying for the wrong one.
A Tuesday afternoon at Staheli's looks nothing like a Friday night there. Same corn stalks, same 40 acres of farmland off Washington Fields Road, same pumpkin patch. But the crowd, the price, and what you're actually walking into change depending on which day you show up and which ticket you buy. The season runs through October 31, which gives you six weekends to get this right.
The Farm Behind the Fall Festival
Before it was a fall destination, it was just a farm. Staheli Family Farm traces back to 1892, when Swiss immigrants helped settle the Washington Fields area and started working this land. It's now run by the seventh generation of that same family, and the fall attraction sits on a working farm rather than a lot leased out for the season.
That distinction shows up in small ways once you're there. The animals in the petting area aren't props. The cow train and pig races are built around livestock the farm actually raises. The corn maze is cut into a field that's growing corn for a reason beyond the maze itself. If you've been to a big-box seasonal pop-up in a parking lot somewhere and found it a little hollow, this is the reason Staheli's feels different to the people who've been going for years.
Same Gate, Different Price Depending on the Night
General admission covers the Corn Maze, Farmland, and Pumpkin Patch, and the price moves with the calendar:
| Night | General Admission (per person) |
|---|---|
| Monday (Family Night) | $11.99 |
| Tuesday–Thursday | $14.99 |
| Friday–Saturday | $17.99 |
Kids two and under get in free every night. The gap between Monday and the weekend isn't small. At $11.99, a Monday visit costs about a third less per person than the $17.99 Friday or Saturday rate, and that's before you factor in that Monday nights are also the lightest crowd of the week. If your household has any flexibility on which evening you go, that's the math that matters more than anything a coupon site will tell you.
What that ticket does not include is the part most people actually came for.
The Two Nights You're Actually Choosing Between
The Field of Screams haunted attraction is ticketed separately from general admission, and it is not the same product as the daytime corn maze. It's built around live actors, jump scares, and a maze designed to unsettle you, and it runs on select nights through the end of October.
If that's not what your family wants, the farm also runs something almost nobody mentions in the usual roundups: a Scream-Free Lights On Tour. It's the same haunted set walked through in daylight conditions with the lights on, no actors, no animatronics, tours starting promptly at 4 p.m. on select dates. It exists specifically for families with younger kids or anyone who wants the atmosphere without the fright.
Knowing this before you show up changes which ticket you buy:
- Teenagers who want to be scared: Field of Screams, on a Friday or Saturday night, budget separately for the haunted-attraction ticket.
- Younger kids or first-timers who just want the photos and the corn slide: general admission only, any day of the week works.
- Families who want the haunted set without the jump scares: the Lights On Tour, starting at 4 p.m. on its scheduled dates.
Buying the wrong one is the single most common mistake first-time visitors make here, and it's an easy one to avoid once you know the split exists.
If the Crowds Aren't Your Thing
Staheli's isn't the only pumpkin patch in the valley, and it's not the right fit for every household. For a quieter, more picture-oriented visit without the haunted-attraction energy running through the parking lot, locals point toward the Judd Pumpkin Patch on the other side of town. It's smaller, calmer, and built more around the walk-through-the-patch-and-take-photos experience than the full farm-day itinerary. If a toddler's nap schedule matters more to your Saturday than a corn maze does, that's usually the one that gets recommended.
What Locals Eat After
The farm visit rarely stands alone. Two stops show up again and again once families are already out for the day. Croshaw's Gourmet Pies carries more than 30 flavors, from straightforward pumpkin and apple to German chocolate and sour cream blueberry, and pairs well with a bowl of soup if the farm outing ran through dinner. Kneaders Bakery & Café leans into the season with pumpkin cheesecake and apple cobbler pie, plus the warm rolls the chain is known for statewide. Neither is a secret exactly, but both are the kind of stop that turns a farm trip into the actual fall evening people remember.
The Point of Knowing All This
None of this changes what Greater St. George is. It changes how you spend a Saturday in it, which is a different and honestly more useful thing to know if you already live here. The town's fall calendar isn't a mystery, it's a set of choices, and most of the friction people run into (the wrong ticket, the wrong night, a maze meant for teenagers with a toddler in tow) comes from not knowing the choices existed before they showed up at the gate.
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