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The Longhorn Hayride: Feed the Herd From a Covered Wagon
No other hayride in DFW does this. Roll out into the pasture, come nose-to-nose with the herd, and hand-feed the most Texas animal there is — for three bucks a rider.
Fri · Sat · Sun
under 2 free
Fort Worth’s animal, up close
The Most Texas Thing
Your Kids Will Do All Fall
Fort Worth put the longhorn on its city seal. We put your family in a covered hayride and drive you out to meet ours. Big-name patches do a loop past some cows — at Ruby Creek, the herd comes to you, close enough to count the freckles on their noses. It’s the ride families talk about the whole drive home.
How it works
The Ride, Stop by Stop
Board the Hayride. Grab your hayride time when you arrive at the gate, rides run first come, first served, then climb aboard one of our fully covered trailers. Shade included, hay optional but likely.
Roll Out to the Pasture. A genuine farm tractor pulls you out into open Texas rangeland, the same acres this family has worked since the 1930s.
Meet the Herd. The longhorns know the sound of the tractor, and they come to say hello. Horns, freckled noses, and all, closer than you’ll ever get at the Stockyards.
Feed Them Yourself. This is the moment the photos are made of: little hands, a gentle giant, and a memory your family will bring up every fall from now on.
Know Before You Ride
$3 per rider, on top of farm admission. Kids 24 months and under ride free.
Fully covered wagons keep the sun off — ride comfortable in that Texas October heat.
First come, first served. Ride times are assigned when you arrive — come early on Saturdays.
Buy at the gate or online. Hayride tickets are available both ways; cash and credit accepted.
“We loved the hayrides — and feeding the longhorns was really fun. My 4-year-old did not want to leave.”
— Google review • 4.9 stars
Birthdays at the farm
Parties Get Their
Own Hayride
Book a birthday at Ruby Creek and your whole crew rides out to the herd together — a private wagon just for the party. Tables by the pond, farm fun all day, and one very memorable candle-blowing story.
Three Bucks.
One Core Memory.
Open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 2 through November 8. Start in the pumpkin patch, end in the pasture.