Barnyard Kingdom at Country Barn
Lancaster, PA · 51 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person
Fall season on weekends in September and October, plus Fridays in October; Pumpkin Demolition Day is November 7; Christmas in Barnyard Kingdom runs six days from November 28 to December 13.
Plan the day
Barnyard Kingdom is the fall play area at Country Barn, a farm and farm market on South Donerville Road in Lancaster, PA, near Mountville, open weekends in September and October.
Admission covers the corn maze, duck and pig races, wagon and train rides, the Tater Sack Slide and other slides, a giant bouncy pumpkin, gem mining, a hedge maze and the barnyard animals. On October Fridays and Saturdays the maze reopens after dark for flashlight nights with campfires, 5 to 10 pm. The Country Kitchen stand does fresh-cut fries, pulled pork and apple cider donuts, and the farm market sells the farm's own potatoes and eggs.
Before you go
Buy admission online; all sales are final with no refunds. Bring a flashlight for the October night mazes; last admission is one hour before closing. If a Christmas event day is cancelled, tickets are honored on another day of the event.
Coming up
Flashlight maze and campfire nights run Fridays and Saturdays in October, 5 to 10 pm; Pumpkin Demolition Day is Saturday, November 7; Christmas in Barnyard Kingdom runs November 28 and 29 and December 5, 6, 12 and 13 with train rides, slides, animals, an elf scavenger hunt and cut-your-own trees priced by height.
Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.
