Plan Your Visit

To plan a Drumlin Farm visit: come Tuesday to Sunday (or a Monday holiday) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., pay $9 per adult or $6 per child or senior at the window, and leave the dog at home. Allow 30 minutes for the Farmyard Loop and the animals, or a half-day if you add the play area, the drumlin and a picnic. Spring brings the baby animals; fall brings the harvest and the once-a-year hayride.

Before You Go

• Check the day. The farm is closed on ordinary Mondays. Hours.
• Check the price. $9 adults, $6 seniors and children 2–12, under 2 free, Mass Audubon members free. Tickets and membership.
• Set your GPS carefully. Mass Audubon's headquarters across Route 117 shares the address. Parking and directions.
• No pets. Only service animals. Dogs.
• Check for events. Special events such as Fall-oween use event pricing for everyone. Events.

What to Bring

• Closed shoes: beyond the Farmyard Loop, trails have roots and rocks.
• A picnic. Mass Audubon lists picnic tables, and there is a picnic area along the Farmyard Loop.
• Weather layers. The drumlin's top is open and exposed.
• Binoculars for birding, or borrow hands-free binoculars at the Nature Center.
• A stroller for the Farmyard Loop, the Ice Pond Trail and the crop-field loops; a carrier for the woodland trails.

Facilities

Mass Audubon lists:

• parking, including accessible spaces, and an electric vehicle charging station;
• a universally accessible Nature Center and restrooms;
• picnic tables;
• the Mass Audubon Shop (Thursday to Sunday and Monday holidays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.);
• the Drumlin Farm Stand (Saturdays and Sundays, June–October). CSA and farm stand.

A Sample Half-Day

1. Pay at the window by the Nature Center and walk the Ice Pond Trail past the pond.
2. Head down the Farmyard Loop: wildlife exhibits, Bird Hill and the barns.
3. Stop at the Nature Play Area and the Forest Discovery Trail. Kids and families.
4. Older kids and adults: take the Beeline Trail to the top of the drumlin.
5. Picnic, then shop the farm stand on a summer or fall weekend.

Seasons

• Spring: lambs and goat kids, usually born in March; naturalists at the barns on weekends.
• Summer: crops in the fields; camp on site; the farm stand opens in June.
• Fall: harvest, the drumlin in autumn colour, and the Fall-oween hayride.
• Winter: quiet trails; maple sugaring season usually in February and March.

Round Out the Day in Lincoln

• deCordova Sculpture Park: outdoor sculpture on 30 acres, free for children 12 and under.
• Gropius House: guided tours of Walter Gropius's 1938 home.
• Codman Estate: grounds free, dawn to dusk.
• Minute Man National Historical Park: free, with the five-mile Battle Road Trail.

Accessibility

Two All Persons Trails, a loaner wheelchair and an audio tour. Accessibility.