How much daylight is left on a Tuesday at Staheli Family Farm once October is half over? Monday through Thursday, the gate at 3400 S Washington Fields Rd opens at 5 p.m. When the season opened on Sept. 18, sunset came around 7:20 p.m. By Halloween it comes around 6:30 p.m. That leaves about an hour and a half of light for a weeknight corn maze run in late October, and almost every other part of the season is arranged around that window.
The farm runs two operations through the same six weeks. One is the daytime farm the Staheli family has run in some form since 1892. The other is a nighttime haunt that begins after the farm loses its light. Figuring out which one you're buying a ticket for, and on which night, is most of the planning. And the season's two-shift setup is the business model that has kept the last Staheli acreage in the Washington Fields farmed at all.
The Daylight Clock
Staheli Family Farm's fall page lists "Farmland," the corn maze and the pumpkin patch on one shared schedule.
| Attraction | Mon–Thu | Fri–Sat |
|---|---|---|
| Farmland, Corn Maize, Pumpkin Patch | 5–9 p.m. | Noon–10 p.m. |
| Fire Pit Rentals | 5–8 p.m. | 5–9 p.m. |
| Field of Screams Lights On Tour | Closed | 4–6 p.m. |
| Field of Screams | Thursday only, 7–10 p.m. | 7–11 p.m. |
| Pony Rides | Monday only, 5–8 p.m. | Fri 4–8 p.m., Sat 1–8 p.m. |
According to the STG Newsletter's 2026 guide, the farm is closed on Sundays. That leaves Friday and Saturday as the only days the farm opens before 5 p.m. The same guide calls Friday and Saturday afternoons, starting at noon, the quietest time to walk the maze.
General admission covers the whole daytime side. That includes the hayride, the jumping pillow, the Bee Line zip line, the cow train, pig races and duck races, the Dirt Mountain Slide, the Barnyard Ball Zone, the Bubble Barn, the rat maze, the petting zoo and the corn maze. Pumpkins cost extra, and the farm does not post per-pumpkin prices online. Axe throwing, gemstone mining, the paintball gallery, animal feed and pony rides are separate paid add-ons. Face painting runs Friday and Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. and is closed Oct. 10, 30 and 31.
The weeknight evenings make room for activities that don't need daylight. Fire pits can be reserved Monday through Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. The STG Newsletter lists them at $50.99 per one-hour block, plus $3 per person for s'mores kits, and admission is still required. Concessions include Grit + Grind Coffee, the Burger Stop Grill, a bakery, a pizza stand and the Get Fried Truck. The farm also makes caramel apples, apple cider, hot donuts and kettle corn daily.
The Dark Clock
The Field of Screams starts at 7 p.m. on 20 select nights between Sept. 18 and Oct. 31. The STG Newsletter lists tickets at $26.99 for general admission and $40.99 for VIP, which gets expedited entry. It also reports that costume masks are not allowed and that the farm considers the attraction too intense for children under 12. Every guest needs a signed waiver before arriving.
For families with younger kids, the Lights On Tour connects the two schedules. It runs the same haunt route on Fridays and Saturdays from 4 to 6 p.m. with the scare actors gone and the effects turned off. The farm describes it as a look at "the detailed props, hidden animatronics, and complex set designs that make the night layout so popular." It costs $5.99 on top of general admission, a Field of Screams ticket or a season pass, according to the STG Newsletter guide. The 4 p.m. start means a family can do the Lights On walk in daylight, spend dusk in the maze and leave before the 7 p.m. haunt crowd arrives, all on one ticket day.
What Is Still Ahead This Month
As of Oct. 6, the Giant Pumpkin Drop on Oct. 3 has already happened. Here is what remains on the farm's calendar:
- Field of Screams nights: Oct. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and 31.
- Lights On Tour afternoons: Oct. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31.
- Witches Night Out, Thursday, Oct. 15, 7 to 9 p.m. The farm describes an evening of food, contests, raffles, a Clue-inspired mystery played across the farm, and a dance party. It encourages costumes.
- Waffles & Witches: Breakfast with a Witch, Oct. 16, 17 and 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast, stories and on-stage spell-casting with the Staheli Witches.
- Witches Light Parade, Monday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m. Lineup is behind the Pavilion stage at 5:45 p.m., and the first 100 kids in line get a foam glowstick.
- Trick or Treating, Saturday, Oct. 31, 3 to 5 p.m.
The five Staheli Witches are Candy Corn, Twitch Witch, Luna Leota, Winona Windsong and Autumn Crisp. They also walk the farm from 6 to 9 p.m. on select nights through Oct. 30. The October dates still left are Oct. 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 30. Several of those are Mondays, the only weeknight with pony rides.
Passes, and the Blackout Dates in the Middle Tier
The farm sells most of its tickets through SimpleTix, and every ticket requires the liability waiver at checkout. The STG Newsletter lists general admission at $12.99 to $18.99. Season passes come in three tiers priced from $50.99 to $100.99.
- Farm Adventure Pass: unlimited Farmland, corn maze and pumpkin patch visits, with no Field of Screams.
- Blast Pass: adds three Field of Screams admissions, blacked out on Oct. 16, 17 and 24.
- Total Blast Pass: five Field of Screams admissions with no blackout dates, plus one entry to the farm's 2026 Christmas Lights Display Drive Through.
The Blast Pass blackout dates fall on the same Friday and Saturday as two of the three Breakfast with a Witch mornings, plus the following Saturday. A Blast Pass holder who wants a haunt night that weekend needs a separate ticket. All three tiers include a coupon book that is new for 2026. The farm values it at more than $75 in buddy passes, free food items and activity tokens. All sales are final.
Why the Farm Runs Two Shifts at All
The two halves of the season are what keep this land operating as a farm. In a 2025 St. George News report on the Washington Fields, writer Loren Webb said the Staheli operation was down to 32 acres. When he interviewed Ralph and Katherine Staheli in 2001, it covered 215. The farm's current fall page says "over 40 acres of scenic farmland," so the two sources may be measuring different things.
The 2001 interview came the same year the maze began. According to the farm's history, Ralph's oldest son, Burke, came up with the idea, and the first "Go For the Gold" maze opened in autumn 2001. The silo Woodrow Staheli built in the 1960s, when the family ran cattle and alfalfa, is now the farm store. Ralph's youngest daughter, Sherrie Lou, runs the farm today with her husband, Mike, and their family.
Sherrie Staheli Tate described the shift to St. George News:
"We are doing it differently than my father and my grandfather and great grandfather. We do agri-tourism. Our farm is open year round now. We have a silo that we have renovated into a farm store where we sell our beef that we raise, and eggs that we raise, and local honey, cheese, and other locally grown products."
Zoning sets the limits of that model. Washington City created an agritourism overlay zone in 2012, with Tate's help. Washington City Attorney Thad Seegmiller told the paper the overlay has protected only one landowner, Staheli Farm, since the farm asked for it on March 26, 2025. Seegmiller said it is a zone landowners can ask the city to apply. It is not a protection the city would assert on its own against a farmer who wants to sell for development. Tate said the city's master plan designates her farm's future as commercial.
The roads around the farm put pressure on the working side too. "No one wants to slow down for a farmer on a tractor," Tate told St. George News. She called the traffic from nearby homes and shopping districts a growing obstacle to farming. Her neighbor still grows alfalfa nearby and trucks it to California. The paper reported 50 beef cattle on the Staheli farm, and the Silo Store sells beef raised there.
That's why a 5 p.m. weeknight opening and a 7 p.m. haunt schedule matter beyond planning a single visit. The daytime ticket, the night ticket and the Christmas drive-through included in the Total Blast Pass are all part of the agritourism model Tate described. In October 2026, Farmland is open Monday through Saturday through the 31st, and Field of Screams runs on its remaining select nights, on 3400 S Washington Fields Rd.
Washington Fields land is a mix of farm parcels, overlay zones and master-plan designations, and those details don't show up on a listing sheet. If you have questions about land in the Fields, Nikole Andersen Real Estate can walk you through how zoning and planning shape what a parcel can become. Contact Nikole for a complimentary market consultation.
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