Petting zoos
in Michigan
Public animal farms, seasonal petting areas, and mobile petting zoos—organized in one statewide directory.
27places
listed
Statewide directory
Find an animal visit
Open a listing for a description, the type of petting-zoo experience, visit information, address, and official website.
Confirm the current schedule. Hours, admission, animal interactions, and event dates can change throughout the year.
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Amber Elk Ranch has a small petting zoo in addition to its guided wagon tours through the elk range. The petting area gives younger visitors a place to meet smaller animals before or after seeing and feeding elk from the tour wagon.
The ranch operates seasonally, and tours may be canceled because of weather or ground conditions. Visitors should call ahead or check the current schedule before driving to the ranch.
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Anderson & Girls Orchards operates a free petting zoo with more than 140 animals. Its collection extends beyond familiar barnyard animals and may include camels, reindeer, wallabies, lemurs, tortoises, birds, and other species.
Visitors can walk through the zoo area without paying admission, and animal feed is available for purchase. The orchard also has a bakery, market, cafe, ice cream counter, and gift shop.
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Blake’s Funland includes an animal petting farm as one of its family attractions. The animal area is part of a larger orchard destination that also offers a corn maze, train rides, play structures, jumping pillows, and seasonal picking.
The petting farm is tied to Funland admission and operates during Blake’s public attraction season. Visitors should check the current Funland calendar and ticket details before traveling.
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Blue Shamrock Farm offers both a mobile petting zoo and seasonal petting-zoo dates at its Oxford farm. Its animal programs feature sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, and other socialized farm animals.
The mobile zoo can be booked for private and community events. On-farm admission is only available on announced dates, so the farm’s schedule should be checked before visiting.
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Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park includes a hands-on petting-zoo area within its larger wildlife park. Guests may be able to brush and feed goats, hold rabbits, and meet young hoofed animals, depending on the animals present during the visit.
The petting zoo is included within the seasonal animal park rather than operated as a separate attraction. The park also has an aviary, reptile house, wildlife exhibits, and guided safari experiences.
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Carousel Acres operates a mobile petting farm and also welcomes visitors at its South Lyon farm. Its petting-farm animals can include a miniature horse, miniature donkey, goats, sheep, a calf, rabbits, and ducks.
The family-run business has operated since 1993 and advertises USDA licensing and liability insurance. Walk-in farm hours, farm events, private parties, and mobile packages are listed separately on its website.
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Chamberlin brings staffed petting zoos to birthdays, schools, company events, festivals, and other gatherings around Michigan. Packages can include a mix of large and small farm animals, animal feed, enclosures, attendants, and hand-sanitizing equipment.
The company has operated since 2000 and advertises year-round service, liability insurance, and USDA licensing. It is a traveling service and does not advertise regular walk-in zoo hours.
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Deep Roots Produce has a free petting zoo with alpacas, sheep, miniature pigs, goats, miniature donkeys, cattle, chickens, peahens, and miniature horses. Feed cups are sold in the market barn for animals that may be fed.
The petting zoo operates during the farm’s public season, generally from late May through early November. There is no general admission charge to visit the market barn or petting zoo, although other farm activities may require tickets.
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Duke Petting Farm offers walk-in animal visits, on-farm parties, and mobile petting-zoo packages. Its programs can include rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, equines, and supervised pony or unicorn rides.
Regular walk-in hours are seasonal, while parties, field trips, lessons, and off-site events can be booked beyond the summer season. Visitors should confirm the current schedule before arriving.
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Grandpa Tiny’s is a historical petting farm where visitors can meet animals while learning about agricultural life and the property’s Frankenmuth history. Animals commonly associated with the farm include goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, rabbits, chickens, peafowl, horses, and reindeer.
Public access follows the farm’s seasonal calendar and special-event schedule. Admission details and tickets are posted online for daily farm visits, flower events, fall activities, and the Christmas season.
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Heritage Park Petting Farm is a city-operated attraction with more than 90 animals. Visitors can see and interact with familiar farm animals, and the facility also schedules birthday parties, field trips, and themed animal events.
The heated farm is open year-round on a schedule that changes between its warm-weather and winter seasons. Daily admission is inexpensive, and children age one and younger are admitted free.
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Kiwidinok is a working Tibetan-yak farm that offers guided petting-farm visits. Along with its yaks, the farm may introduce guests to alpacas, goats, sheep, poultry, ponies, and other resident animals.
Farm visits are structured as reserved tours rather than open-ended walk-in admission. Advance booking is required, and the website lists separate seasonal hours and special events.
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Leaman’s Green Applebarn operates a seasonal petting barnyard as part of its family activity area. The barnyard features approachable farm animals such as goats, sheep, a small cow, and a donkey.
Petting-barnyard admission is packaged with selected seasonal attractions, and its hours can differ between weekdays and weekends. The orchard also brings the animals back for some holiday events.
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Lewis Adventure Farm & Zoo combines a large walk-through petting zoo with animal encounters and seasonal farm activities. Its animal collection includes traditional farm animals as well as camels, capybaras, kangaroos, lemurs, sloths, and birds.
General admission covers the main farm-and-zoo experience, while some close animal encounters cost extra or require reservations. The attraction has separate summer and fall schedules.
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Long Family Orchard’s Fun Farm includes a petting farm with goats, a donkey, and alpacas. Visitors can meet the animals during the same fall sessions that include the corn maze, hayrides, play areas, and other farm activities.
The petting farm is seasonal and requires a Fun Farm ticket. Feed apples are offered separately when available, and the public schedule is concentrated on fall weekends and selected Fridays.
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MOO-ville Creamery’s Nashville location has a free petting farm with more than 40 animals. The accessible animal area includes a sidewalk, shade pavilion, playground, and sandbox, and feed cones are available for purchase.
The petting farm is generally open from spring through fall when weather allows. MOO-ville’s other retail locations do not have petting farms, so visitors need to use the Nashville address.
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Party Animals Michigan provides mobile petting farms for birthdays, schools, churches, daycares, festivals, company events, assisted-living communities, and live nativities. Its standard and deluxe packages draw from goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, and miniature donkeys.
Ponies and horses can be added to some bookings. The business travels to the event location and does not advertise a regularly open public petting farm.
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Porter’s Orchard Farm Market & Cider Mill maintains a petting farm alongside its picnic and play area. The petting farm is part of a family-oriented orchard that also schedules tours, events, hayrides, a corn maze, and other fall activities.
Public availability can change with the season and individual activities may follow different schedules. Visitors should confirm that the petting farm is open before making a special trip.
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Pregitzer Farm Market opens a petting zoo during its fall season. The animal area accompanies the market’s pumpkin patch, corn maze, straw-crawl barn, hayrides, children’s play areas, and other October activities.
The petting zoo is not advertised as a year-round attraction. Visitors should use the farm’s website or social updates to confirm the current fall dates before traveling.
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Rochester Cider Mill has a seasonal petting farm with chickens, a turkey, lambs, piglets, and other friendly farm animals. Guests are permitted to pet and feed designated animals during the mill’s public season.
The petting farm is offered alongside the cider mill rather than as a separate ticketed zoo. Hours follow the mill’s seasonal calendar, and animal availability may change.
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Roscommon Zoo describes itself as a family-owned zoo and petting zoo. Its 20-acre grounds hold domestic farm animals and native and non-native exotic animals, with several socialized species available for supervised interaction and feeding.
The zoo sells approved animal feed on site and does not allow outside feed. It operates on limited, weather-dependent seasonal hours, so checking the current schedule before driving is important.
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Scidmore Park Petting Zoo is a small city-run zoo within an 18-acre riverfront park. The petting zoo houses a changing collection of small and large animals and presents weekly educational zoo programs during its operating season.
The zoo is normally open on selected days from mid-May through the end of August. Some outdoor animals remain visible from outside the fenced area during the off-season.
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Shenanigans is a West Michigan mobile petting zoo serving birthdays, block parties, corporate events, weddings, live nativities, reunions, and showers. Packages range from a small group of rabbits and chickens to larger setups with goats, sheep, and a miniature donkey.
Pony rides can be booked separately or combined with the larger petting zoo. The animals travel to the customer’s event; no regular public walk-in location is advertised.
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Stephenson Farms operates a mobile petting zoo from Owosso and serves mid-Michigan and surrounding areas. Packages may include goats, sheep, KuneKune pigs, rabbits, miniature donkeys, calves, and other baby farm animals.
The staffed setups include an enclosure, hand sanitizer, educational animal signs, and cleanup. Packages are customized for schools, churches, festivals, parties, senior communities, and other booked events.
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The Petting Farm has connected visitors with agriculture since 1984. Its animal residents include cattle, horses, donkeys, llamas, alpacas, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, peafowl, cats, and other traditional and nontraditional farm animals.
Visitors can book general admission, field trips, birthday parties, and scheduled children’s programs. Because days and hours vary through the year, tickets and the current calendar should be checked before visiting.
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The Wild Pumpkin advertises an animal petting farm with more than 100 animals. Depending on the season, visitors may meet calves, goats, sheep, ponies, rabbits, chicks, ducks, turkeys, peafowl, and other farm birds and mammals.
The petting farm opens during scheduled spring and fall seasons and is included with farm admission. Dates change annually, so visitors should choose the current season on the website before planning a trip.
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Wiard’s Orchards includes an animal petting farm among the attractions in its Country Fair. The animal area is designed for close contact with familiar farm animals and is included alongside the corn maze, miniature golf, wagon rides, play areas, and other activities.
The Country Fair and petting farm are seasonal and use ticketed admission. Some attractions only run on weekends, so the current calendar should be reviewed before choosing a date.
Planning a visit
Know what kind of stop you’re choosing
A walk-in petting farm usually has posted public hours and admission details. Seasonal animal areas may operate only when an orchard, farm market, or fall attraction is open. Mobile petting zoos generally travel to booked parties, schools, festivals, and community events rather than maintaining daily visitor hours.
- Ask about contact.Feeding, holding, or brushing animals may depend on staffing and the animals present.
- Dress for the setting.Closed-toe shoes work well around pens, grass, gravel, and working farm areas.
- Wash hands afterward.Use the handwashing facilities after animal contact and before eating or drinking.
About the listings
Petting zoos, animal farms, and traveling programs
Michigan’s animal-visit options include small barnyards, nonprofit educational farms, municipal petting farms, orchard attractions, wildlife parks, and businesses that bring animals to an event. The directory includes places where direct animal contact is a stated part of the experience—not general farms that only happen to keep animals.
Because animal care and seasonal conditions come first, the animals available on a particular day may differ from those described online. Review the provider’s current visitor information before making a long drive.
This directory is part of our guide to Michigan farms. Visitors can also read about alpacas, explore different farm experiences, and browse directories across the United States.