Request Your Visit
We’d love to welcome you to Acres of Joy Ranch.
Because this is both our home and a working ranch, visits are scheduled thoughtfully to ensure a peaceful and personal experience for both our guests and our animals.
Please submit your request below, and we’ll personally confirm your visit.
Choosing Your Experience at Acres of Joy
Each visit offers a different way to experience the animals and the peaceful rhythm of the ranch.
Peaceful Animal Viewing ($12 per person)
A peaceful, self-guided visit enjoying the animals from outside their enclosures at your own pace.
Up-Close Animal Experience ($25 per person)
Step inside the enclosures and connect with the animals face-to-face during a relaxed, guided visit.
Up-Close Animal Experience
Give This Experience as a Gift
Looking for a meaningful and memorable gift?
A visit to Acres of Joy Ranch is a unique way to share something peaceful, personal, and truly special.
We offer gift experiences for both viewing visits and up-close animal experiences.
Simply let us know in your request if this visit is a gift, and we’ll help you create something beautiful to give.
It’s a gift that creates a memory — not just a moment.
Peaceful Animal Viewing
What to Expect When You Arrive
From the moment you arrive, we want you to feel welcomed and comfortable.
We’ll greet you, help you get oriented, and make sure you know exactly where to go — then you’re free to settle in and enjoy your visit.
If you’ve chosen a peaceful viewing visit, you can take your time, walk around, and enjoy the animals from outside the pastures at your own pace.
If you’ve chosen an up-close experience, we’ll guide you into the pastures where you’ll meet the animals, interact with them, and be part of the experience in a more hands-on way.
Some moments are quiet, some are playful, and some just make you smile — and that’s exactly how it should be.
Whether you're here for something fun, meaningful, or a little bit of both, we hope you leave feeling refreshed, happy, and glad you came.
A Few Helpful Notes:
• Comfortable shoes are a good idea — this is a working ranch 😊
• Closed-toe shoes or boots are required for entering the pastures with the animals
• Visits are spaced out to keep things enjoyable for both guests and animals
• Children are always welcome with supervision
• We’ll guide you along the way — no experience needed
NOTICE: A person who observes or participates in an agricultural tourism activity on this property assumes the risks inherent in the agricultural tourism activity. Risks inherent in the agricultural tourism activity may include conditions on the land, the unpredictable behavior of farm animals, the ordinary dangers associated with equipment used in farming operations, and the potential that a participant in the agricultural tourism activity may act in a negligent way that may contribute to injury or death. The agricultural tourism provider is not liable for the injury or death of a person involved in an agricultural tourism activity resulting from those inherent risks.