The Farm at Walnut Creek

About The Farm at Walnut Creek

The Farm at Walnut Creek is a working farm and animal park at 4147 County Road 114 in Sugarcreek, Ohio, near the heart of Ohio's Amish Country. The farm's website describes it as home to over 500 animals from species on six of the seven continents, while the regional tourism site Visit Amish Country describes over 600 domestic and exotic animals, including giraffes. Visitors can see and hand-feed the animals either from their own vehicle on a drive-through route or from a horse-drawn wagon. The farm is not AZA accredited.

The farm describes itself as a working Amish farm with daily farming activities; depending on the season, visitors may see plowing, planting, harvesting or threshing. Visitors can tour the non-electric farmhouses, where canning, quilting or baking may be under way, and buy produce at the farm stand. Playgrounds and picnic areas are also on site.

History

The farm's History and Experience page says The Farm at Walnut Creek has welcomed visitors for more than 15 years and names its owner as Henry Hampton. It describes the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, North Carolina, as a sister facility that has served the public for more than 30 years. The page states that the farm is a USDA-licensed facility and that licensed veterinarians assist with animal care.

Exhibits and habitats

The farm's animals page organizes the collection into groups: birds, camels and llamas, cattle, deer and elk, ducks and swans, equines, giraffes, kangaroos, pigs, porcupines and tortoises, quail and pheasants, sheep and goats, and a category of other exotic animals. The homepage also names zebras, horses, llamas, buffaloes and deer, and the History and Experience page adds elk and lemurs. The animals page features the East African crowned crane. The animals page describes the crowned crane as about three feet tall when mature, with a wingspan of 6.5 to 7 feet.

Visit Amish Country says guests can ride in a horse-drawn wagon or take a drive-through tour to observe and feed the animals. The farm's admission page lists the drive-through, the petting zoo, playgrounds, picnic areas and farmhouse tours as part of general admission, with feed buckets sold separately. The horse-drawn wagon ride is ticketed separately, and the farm states that one 64-ounce feed bucket is included for every two people on the wagon.

Conservation and programs

Visit Amish Country, the Holmes County tourism bureau's site, reports that staff at the non-electric farmhouse demonstrate baking, canning and sewing. The farm also lists birthday parties, school field trips and company picnics, with a dedicated page for school groups and field trips.

The farm runs an annual Fall Festival in October. Dates listed on the events page for 2026 include Friday and Saturday, October 2 and 3; October 9 and 10; October 16 and 17; and October 23 and 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the festival also extended to Columbus Day. The events page describes a pumpkin slingshot, a giant corn box for children, and on Columbus Day Percheron draft horses pressing sorghum.

Planning your visit

As listed on the farm's website, The Farm at Walnut Creek is open April through October, Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and closed on Sundays. It is closed from November through March. Ticket details are on the farm's website.

The admission page states that the farm does not accept credit or debit cards and that visitors should bring cash. The website has a separate service animal policy page and lists a phone number of 330-893-4200.