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The Oil Ranch… Super-sized Houston Fun

by Jill Jarvis 1 Comment

The Oil Ranch has super-sized outdoor Houston fun.

 

The Oil Ranch Windmill

 

The local farms are open! To celebrate, this week’s park review is actually a farm review!

Oil Ranch is located just outside of Houston, in Hockley. For one admission fee, kids get to run wild on 50 acres and access all activities (except mining and paint ball). And there is  A LOT to do!

 

Ranch Train

 

The Oil Ranch has train rides, pony rides, animal barn, maze, hay rides, petting zoo, swimming pool, fishing, softball fields, volleyball courts, soccer field, horseshoes, basketball court and miniature golf!

I visited Oil Ranch last week with 88 of my favorite 5 year olds. The kindergarten class had a field trip (which got us $8.50 admission) and I was a chaperon. We arrived at about 10:00am, ate picnic lunches and played until 1:00pm.

 

Ranch Tires

 

The Oil Ranch is pretty cool because you don’t have to buy tickets for each activity. You pay once and have fun all day. With so much to do, you could visit every day and find something new each time.

The pool is open during the summer. In October, scarecrows stand guard around the park and kids get to pick a small pumpkin before they go home.

 

Oil Ranch Hay Pile

 

In the three hours we had at Oil Ranch, we climbed through the barn, jumped in the hay stack, milked a cow, rode the train and took a hayride. On the hayride, we stopped to feed the cows… and when the wagons stopped, cows rushed over to get their food!

The only issue we had on our day at Oil Ranch was that the number of schools on field trips. I went a year ago and the kids could ride the ponies or jump on the train with just a 2 minute wait. This year there were tons of kids, all over the farm. I noticed that many groups left at 1:00pm, so that might be a good time for you to take the kids.

Still, we had fun running around Oil Ranch and enjoying the cooler Houston weather. Check for open days and hours and take the kids for an outdoor adventure!

 

 

Oil Ranch Tractor

 

 

 

Cows at Ranch

 

 

 

Big Pumpkins

 

 

 

Oil Ranch Swimming Pool

 

 

 

Oil Ranch Lake and Barn

 

 

 

Milking Cow

 

 

 

Oil Ranch Basketball Court

 

 

 

The Oil Ranch Playground

 

 

 

Kids at Lake

 

The Oil Ranch:

Address:  23501 Macedonia Road : Hockley, TX 77447

 

 

 

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Filed Under: All, Farms and Zoos, Things to do October 24, 2014

About Jill Jarvis

Jill Jarvis is the owner of JillBJarvis.com, a BigKidSmallCity.com and Things to Do in Houston, with Kids, blog!

She is the mom of 4 and started the website years ago... when she was tired of constantly cleaning up the same mess in the family room.

Another mom showed her that you could just go do fun things in Houston, without hours of planning.

This inspired the blog and changed everything about how she enjoyed life in Houston, with kids!

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  1. Oil Ranch says

    March 31, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    We are still out here at the Oil Ranch and hope you will come see us again soon! Our regular admission is now $19.95. Call us for group rates! Every year we have something new so come join the fun.

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