Preston Trail Farms
15102 TX-289 b, 75058
Preston Trail Farms is ranked #1 on this list, located at 15102 TX-289 b, Gunter, TX, 75058. It carries a 4.6-out-of-5 rating on Google from 437 reviews, which puts it among the more established pumpkin patches in our data.
Beyond the pumpkin field itself, it's tagged for petting zoo and farm store, so there's usually more to a visit than just picking a pumpkin and heading home.
Google hasn't surfaced a set of recurring review themes for Preston Trail Farms yet, so there isn't a themed summary of what visitors say to pass along here — the star rating and review count above remain the clearest public signal until more detail comes in.
In the farm's own words: "Farm, petting zoo, and pumpkin patch, as well as a cafe and a store."
Preston Trail Farms is one of the farms we track with a petting zoo, which typically means for families with toddlers and preschoolers, an animal barn is often worth more than every other attraction on the farm combined. most are included with admission; feed cups usually cost a dollar or two..
Based on its public listing, Preston Trail Farms is typically open Monday 8AM-6PM, Tuesday 8AM-6PM, Wednesday 8AM-6PM, Thursday 8AM-6PM, Friday 8AM-6PM, Saturday 8AM-6PM, Sunday 11AM-5PM. Pumpkin patch hours shift often during the season — expect longer hours the two or three weekends around mid-October and shorter, sometimes weekend-only hours toward either end of the season — so treat this as a strong starting point rather than a guarantee.
Admission pricing isn't listed for Preston Trail Farms either — pumpkin patches generally charge one of three ways (free entry with pumpkins priced individually or by weight, a flat gate admission bundling attractions, or a per-attraction wristband system), so it's worth asking which applies here before you go.
It accepts credit cards, debit cards and nfc mobile payments, though it's still smart to carry some cash — field admission and wagon rides at farms like this are sometimes handled separately from the main store.
Like most working farms, the exact open and close dates for Preston Trail Farms can shift year to year with weather and how the pumpkin crop comes in, even though the general window is fairly predictable.
If you're planning a special trip, a weekday morning is consistently the quietest time to go, with shorter waits for wagon rides and easier parking than a weekend afternoon.
Wear shoes you don't mind getting muddy — pumpkin fields are working farmland rather than paved lots, and they get soft fast after rain — and call ahead if it's rained heavily in the last day or two, since field access and hayrides are usually the first things a farm closes when the ground is saturated.
Layers help too: fall mornings can start cold and warm up quickly once the sun is over an open field.
Preston Trail Farms sits, near Gunter, TX, with parking typically in a grass field rather than a paved lot — allow a few extra minutes on busy weekends for staff or volunteers to direct traffic, and if you're navigating by GPS rather than the link on this page, search the farm name directly rather than just the street address, since rural addresses sometimes route to the wrong gate.
See the full profile — hours table, rating breakdown, review themes, FAQ and a map you can route from — on Preston Trail Farms's listing page, or tap Directions below to head straight there.
