Forty minutes from St. Joseph
A Pumpkin Patch Worth the Drive From St. Joseph
Forty minutes south of St. Joseph is a 50-acre orchard that USA Today put in the top ten in America. Pumpkins off the vine, apples across 17,000 trees, a two-acre corn maze, and sixteen activities on one ticket.
Open daily 9am to 5pm · 18545 County Road H, Weston, MO
The honest pitch
Why Families From St. Joseph Make the Drive
St. Joseph has pumpkins closer than us. We know. Here is what you get for the extra half hour: a corn maze big enough to get properly lost in, a hayrack ride out to a patch where the pumpkins are still on the vine, sixteen play zones your kids will not have run out of by the time you are ready to leave, and a Cider Barn with wine and hard cider for whoever is not driving.
One ticket covers all of it. No tokens, no wristbands, no upsell at every corner.
Mid-September through October
Pumpkins Off the Vine, Not Off a Pallet
The hayrack runs out to the patch on weekends. Walk the rows, pick what you want, carry it back. Carving pumpkins, pie pumpkins, gourds and the odd specialty variety, priced by weight after you pick.
Pair it with the two-acre corn maze next door while the zinnias are still going, and catch the candy cannon at 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Eleven varieties
Apple Picking Near St. Joseph
Apples run mid-August through October 31 across 17,000 trees, so every pumpkin weekend is also an apple weekend. Jonathan, Fuji, Pink Lady, Evercrisp and seven more, ripening in waves through the fall.
The bakery fries apple cider donuts from cider pressed off these same trees. Get a half dozen and eat the first one in the parking lot like everybody does.
One ticket covers everything
Sixteen Activities on One Ticket
Admission covers every play zone, the hayrack ride, parking and your picking bag. You pay for what you pick and what you eat, nothing else.
All season
Jumping pillowZiplinesTreehouse villageGiant slideLow-ropes courseSpider webRat racersBarnyard sports villageGrain bin basketballFarm ski ballSpinny chairsCarousel (weekends)
Fall only
Two-acre corn mazeHay mountainCorn cribZinnia gardenApple cannonsHayrack rides (weekends)Apple Express (weekends)Candy cannon, 1pm Sat & SunPedal karts, newTire mountain, new
Two ways down
Getting Here From St. Joseph
Forty minutes either way. Take I-29 south to the Platte City exit and follow Highway 273 through downtown Weston, or take the pretty way, Highway 59 south through Atchison and across the river. In October the second one is worth the extra few minutes. Free parking when you arrive.
40 MINSt. Joseph30 MINAtchison15 MINPlatte City12 MINLeavenworth35 MINKansas City
18545 County Road H, Weston, MO 64098
Get driving directions · (816) 640-4013 · Open daily 9am to 5pm
No surprises at the gate
Fall 2026 Admission
Admission includes all 16 activities, the hayrack ride, parking and a picking bag. Fruit is priced by weight after you pick. Military and Weston resident rates apply at the weekend gate with ID.
Before you drive down
Questions From St. Joseph
About 40 minutes. I-29 south to the Platte City exit, or Highway 59 south through Atchison and across the river.
Yes. Historic Weston Orchard is 40 minutes south, with u-pick pumpkins off the vine from mid-September through October, a two-acre corn maze, hayrack rides and sixteen activities on one ticket.
Yes. Apples run through October 31, so every pumpkin weekend is also an apple weekend. Both are priced by weight after you pick.
USA Today put the orchard in the top ten in America, admission covers all sixteen activities, and the Cider Barn pours for the grown-ups. Plan on half a day.
$9.99 weekdays, $17.99 weekends, ages 3 and up. Children 2 and under are free. Military $14.99 with ID at the weekend gate. Covers everything except the fruit you pick and what you eat.
No. Come any day 9am to 5pm. Buying online skips the gate line on fall weekends.
Forty minutes, well spent
Make the Drive From St. Joseph
Open every day 9am to 5pm through October. Pumpkins, apples, the corn maze, the donuts, and a drive home with a trunk full of both.