It's an adventure millions of years in the making. Valley of the Dinosaurs is a brand-new walk-through adventure in the woods, with prehistoric surprises waiting around every bend. Follow the half-mile wooded trail and take part in a guided mission to find a missing baby triceratops for your chance to become an official Dino Detective.
Mapleside Farms has always been a place where fall feels bigger — the views, the pumpkins, the hayrides, the apples, and the traditions families come back for year after year. This season, the valley gets a new surprise.
Valley of the Dinosaurs is a brand-new walk-through attraction set along a wooded trail, with prehistoric surprises waiting around every bend. Come face to face with life-size dinosaurs, then take part in The Search for Scout, a guided mission to find a missing baby triceratops and earn your Dino Detective badge.
A Valley of the Dinosaurs Adventure
Scout, our curious baby triceratops, has gone missing, and Dr. Rex needs a few sharp-eyed recruits for his Dino Detective Agency.
The Search for Scout transforms the Valley of the Dinosaurs into a 12-zone, audio-guided family adventure filled with clues, challenges and prehistoric suspects. Follow the trail, solve the case, find Scout and earn your official Dino Detective badge. He's small, sneaky and almost certainly getting into something he shouldn't.
Valley of the Dinosaurs winds deep through the woods, and there's no trail lighting back there, so the attraction closes at sunset each day and there is no nighttime activity. Plan your visit for daylight hours to give yourself plenty of time to walk the whole trail and finish the Search for Scout adventure.
Buy the Pumpkin Village and Valley of the Dinosaurs Combo Ticket, online or at the gate.
One ticket covers all-day Pumpkin Village admission and the Valley of the Dinosaurs trail.
Follow the signs to the valley, scan the code at the trailhead, and begin the Search for Scout.
Valley of the Dinosaurs is one more chapter in the full Mapleside fall day — come for the Pumpkin Village festivals, stay for everything else.
Valley of the Dinosaurs is available with the Pumpkin Village and Valley of the Dinosaurs Combo Ticket: Fun Friday $20, 55 and older $20, Festival Weekend $23. Buy online or at the gate.
Get Combo TicketsValley of the Dinosaurs runs September 11 – November 1, 2026 during Fall Festival Season at Mapleside Farms.
Valley of the Dinosaurs comes with the Pumpkin Village and Valley of the Dinosaurs Combo Ticket, which includes admission to both.
The Search for Scout is a guided, audio-led adventure inside Valley of the Dinosaurs. Scan the code at the trailhead, follow the clues through 12 zones to find Scout the missing baby triceratops, and earn your Dino Detective badge. It is included with your visit.
Valley of the Dinosaurs is included in the Pumpkin Village and Valley of the Dinosaurs Combo Ticket: $20 on Fun Fridays, $20 for guests 55 and older, and $23 on Festival weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
Not at all. Valley of the Dinosaurs is exciting and adventurous — never haunted or scary. It's designed for families with kids of all ages.
Everyone! Curious kids, playful parents, and grandparents alike — the wooded path is a walk-through experience made for the whole family.
Yes. It's an outdoor farm attraction, so dress for fall weather and check Mapleside updates for weather-related changes.
No. The trail runs through heavy woods with no lighting, so the attraction closes at sunset each day and there's no nighttime activity. Plan to arrive with enough daylight to walk the full trail and finish the Search for Scout adventure.
Add Valley of the Dinosaurs to your Mapleside visit, follow the trail, and join the Search for Scout for your chance to become an official Dino Detective.
Get Combo TicketsA fall adventure millions of years in the making.