Spooky Trails

Pumpkin farm offers 130 acres of family fun with pumpkins, hayrides, a haunted house & a corn maze.

Rating breakdown

Spooky Trails is rated 4.1 out of 5 based on 194 Google reviews. Here is how those reviews break down by star rating:

What to expect at Spooky Trails

Based on its listing, Spooky Trails offers corn maze, hayride and haunted attraction. Here is what each of those typically involves, and what to plan for:

Corn Mazes

A corn maze is cut into a standing field in late summer and stays open until the stalks are harvested, which is why most mazes open a week or two after the pumpkin patch itself and close hard at the end of the season. Size varies enormously — a small farm may cut a half-acre loop for children, while a destination farm cuts eight to twelve acres with checkpoints, a printed map and a punch card.

Hayrides

Hayrides run on a loop from the barn out to the pumpkin field, typically ten to twenty minutes, and at many farms they are the only way to reach the picking field at all. Some are free with admission, some are a few dollars a head, and at busy farms the wait can run half an hour on an October Saturday.

Haunted Attractions

Farm haunts run in the evening, usually Friday and Saturday from late September, and they are ticketed separately from daytime admission almost everywhere. Intensity varies far more than at a commercial haunted house: some are mild walk-throughs suitable for ten-year-olds, others involve chainsaws, actors who follow you, and a minimum age.

Visiting Spooky Trails

Like almost every pumpkin patch in the country, Spooky Trails runs on a compressed seasonal schedule — typically open from mid-to-late September through the first days of November, with the exact opening and closing dates shifting slightly year to year based on weather and how the pumpkin crop comes in. Hours are also prone to change week to week during the season: many farms extend their hours on the two or three weekends around mid-October, when demand peaks, and cut back to weekend-only or reduced hours toward either end of the season.

Because of that variability, the hours listed on this page — sourced from Spooky Trails's public business listing — are a strong starting point but not a guarantee. A farm can close early for a private event, shut the field after heavy rain, or sell out of pumpkins before the posted closing time. If the trip to Swartz Creek, MI is more than a few minutes for you, it is worth a quick call to confirm the farm is open and the field is accessible before you leave.

Payment practices are another area where it pays to check ahead. A meaningful share of pumpkin patches — especially smaller, family-run operations — are cash-only or limit card payments to the main farm store while wagon rides and field admission are collected in cash. Carrying some cash covers you even if Spooky Trails does take cards, and avoids an awkward trip back to the car at the gate.

If you are planning around young children, it is worth thinking about nap schedules and stamina rather than just the drive time — a two- or three-hour outing that includes a wagon ride, a walk through the field and a stop at a play area or animal pen tends to hold a toddler's attention better than a rushed visit squeezed between other errands. Groups with a wider age range often do best splitting up once on site, since older kids and adults can tackle a corn maze or longer walk while younger children stay closer to the main picking area.

Tips for a good visit

• Go on a weekday morning if you can. It is consistently the quietest time at almost any pumpkin patch, with shorter waits for wagon rides and easier parking.
• Wear shoes you don't mind getting muddy. Pumpkin fields are working farmland, not paved lots, and they get soft fast after rain.
• Bring cash. Even farms that accept cards at the store sometimes run field admission and wagon rides as cash-only.
• Call ahead after wet weather. Field access and hayrides are the first things a farm closes when the ground is saturated.
• Check what's actually running that day. Corn mazes and haunted attractions in particular often open later in the season than the pumpkin patch itself, or run on a more limited schedule.
• Pack layers. Fall mornings can start cold and warm up fast once the sun is out over an open field, especially if you're there for a few hours.

Hours

Hours are not listed for Spooky Trails in our data. Contact the farm directly to confirm before visiting — see the phone number and website in the panel to the right, if listed.

Getting to Spooky Trails

Spooky Trails is located at 8266 Baldwin Rd, Swartz Creek, MI, 48473. Use the Get directions button on this page to route from your current location in Google Maps, or the map below to see exactly where the farm sits relative to nearby towns.

As with most pumpkin patches, parking is typically in a grass field rather than a paved lot, so allow a few extra minutes on busy weekends for staff or volunteers to direct traffic. If you are relying on a GPS app rather than the link on this page, search the farm name directly rather than just the street address — rural addresses sometimes route to the wrong gate or an adjacent property.

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