Farms and orchardsBucks and Montgomery counties

Merrymead Farm

Lansdale, PA · 1 hour 4 minutes from Reading · $20 to $50 a person

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Plan the day

Drive1 hour 4 minutes from Reading, 38 miles40 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 9 minutes from Hamburg · 56 minutes from Morgantown

Where2222 S. Valley Forge Road, Lansdale, PAOpen in maps →

OpenDairy store year-round; Harvest Days weekends September 26 to October 25, 2026; closed Easter, July 4, Thanksgiving, December 25 and 26 and New Year's DayDairy store Monday to Thursday 9 am to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 9 pm, Sunday 10:30 am to 8 pm; Harvest Days Saturdays and Sundays 11 am to 5 pm, arrive by 4 pm

AdmissionHarvest Days $22 online, $25 at the gate, ages 24 months and up; Moonlight Maze evenings $16 online, $19 at the gate (fall 2026); the dairy store and market are free to visit

Good forlittle kids, big kids, teens, adults, a group of friends

Merrymead Farm is a family dairy farm and ice cream store in Lansdale, PA, with milk from its own Holsteins processed on site and fall Harvest Days with a corn maze and hayrides.

The Rothenberger family has farmed here for over 100 years, and the milk in the ice cream comes from their own Holsteins and is processed on the farm. On fall weekends through October 25 one admission covers a 5-acre corn maze, hayrides, the jump pad, barrel train, cornstalk tunnel and farm animals, and Thursday to Saturday evenings add a Moonlight Maze with the last hayride at 8:45 pm. The ice cream store stays open year-round.

Before you go

Buy Harvest Days tickets online to save $3 and arrive by 4 pm. Everything is outdoors and weather permitting; after heavy rain check the homepage before driving, and a rained-out ticket can be used another day through October 30. Anyone under 16 needs a parent or adult chaperone. No pets.

Coming up

Harvest Days run Saturdays and Sundays through October 25, 2026, with Moonlight Maze evenings Thursday to Saturday; fall tickets are good through October 30.

Official site →Tickets →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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