Grant’s Farm
Grant’s Farm
4.5
Friday
5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • Mackenzie M
    22 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Charming and fun way to spend an afternoon!
    I visited Grant's farm with my husband and 11-year-old daughter. I wasn't sure if it would be interesting enough for her but we had a great time. The Fall Festival area was more directed toward younger kids, but the tram ride was relaxing and it was fun seeing the deer up close as we went through the Deer Park. The village area with the farm animals is really charming, with beautiful German-style buildings. The food was good and not too expensive. We really enjoyed our visit!
    Visited October 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written October 23, 2023
  • Kevin B
    Mount Juliet, Tennessee3,939 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    So nice!
    Grant's Farm is a really interesting place! It is a petting zoo that houses the Budweiser Clydesdales, which are just beautiful horses. We got the package where we would be able to brush them and that was such a fun experience! They were so docile and sweet and you really don't understand how large they are until you stand next to one. There is also a National Park site nearby (Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site) and that's really interesting to tour as well. They do events throughout the year too including Christmas lights and it's a really nice place to visit overall!
    Visited September 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written November 30, 2023
  • alafans
    Bridgeport, Alabama1,784 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great tour!
    Made reservations for the Clydesdale tour and parking. We were supposed to be there at nine am but got there late. No problem said Steve our tour director. Before the tour he told us a lot of information and off we went. The Clydesdale’s are amazing! I couldn’t recommend this tour more! Afterwords we went across the street and did the tram through the wild animals area. The Grant Farm ensemble was outstanding! Everyone we met was really nice and seemed to love their job! Don’t skip this place if you visit St. Louis!
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 26, 2024
  • Kimberly C
    Branson, Missouri36 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fun day!
    Very nice place to spend with the family. We have teens and they enjoyed it as well. Bottle feeding goats and feeding the parakeets were the highlight of the visit. The goats were so friendly and social that even when the bottles were dry they came up for pets. Very cute! Parakeet feeding so do adorable. They would preen you and they landed all over you. The employees were all so friendly and helpful. It was an awesome tram ride with history information and seeing animals. It was a great day.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written June 5, 2024
  • Brandon H
    Fishers, Indiana259 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    A nice place to spend a couple hours
    This place is nice but we didn't spend more than about an hour and a half here. You start off with a tram tour through the grounds. You get a drive by of Ulysses S Grant's cabin and get to see some free roaming animals. After that, you're dropped off at a village area with a bunch of animal enclosures. You can pay for some extra things such as food for goats $3 or camel rides $10. You don't get to see any of the Busch Estate unless you pay for a private behind-the-scenes tour which is $400, and even then you only see the exterior. Everyone we encountered that worked here, from the lady helping you cross the street from the parking to the the tram guides to the girl working one of the souvenir stands, was extremely friendly and outgoing. Make sure to buy parking in advance between it save you some money versus paying when you get there. Also if you approach the parking lot from the north/northwest, you will need to drive past and find a place to turn around as left turns aren't allowed into the parking lot.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written June 10, 2024
  • Amusementparkguy
    Pataskala, Ohio1,472 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A Great Experience, combining history and animals
    For those who love animals and a bit of history, this is a place you should visit. The tram ride around the property allows visitors to see lots of the land. A tour guide narrates throughout the trip. Food is available for purchase. There is also a gift shop. Camels rides, a petting zoo, and other animal encounters are parts of the experience. It is a must-do while in the area.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written June 26, 2024
  • HuskerFAN05
    Filley, Nebraska221 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Drone show
    We went on a Friday evening for the drone show. We enjoyed the tram ride. The animals were very active and we saw lots up close to the tram. My kids favorites were feeding the goats and birds. The drone show was a first for us and was loved by all of us! It was easy getting out after the show as well.
    Visited July 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written July 28, 2024
  • moretravelpleasenyc
    64 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Worhtwhile stop. Just pay for parking ($17) and a $10 fun pass
    Good short visit. Ride the tram with a brief lookout for animals - water buffalo, deer, turkey, ostrich. Buy the fun pass and ride the carasel feed the baby goats and get a bomb pop. We saw all the animals then had some beers and bomb pops at the beer garden. Then on the tram back to the car to visit some clydesdale horses in the stalls. Afterward we went to the Fitz for lunch and roadtripped back home in time for dinner.
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written August 5, 2024
  • Shawn L
    Savannah, Georgia169 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Overall, it's a inexpensive fun day to spend with family.
    Make sure to have enough money for parking. Entry into the Farm is free, but there is a upfront cost for the parking. There are additional fees if you want to do some activities while at the farm Once in the Farm, you are taken on a trolley ride through the farm to see the wildlife that resides at the farm. I saw elk, deer, and steers. Once through the farm, you are dropped off at the amusement park area. It's not really an amusement park, but that's the best I can describe it. We watched the cute little animal show they had. We had a free beer. When we were ready to go, you take a tram back to the front gate near the parking area. There is a gift shop there. On the other side of the parking lot, are the Clydesdales. You can visit a few that are in the barn. They also had one out for you pet and take a photo with. There is a gift shop there as well.
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written August 8, 2024
  • CrazySpiti
    Saint Paul, Minnesota165 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Free farm with $20 parking
    This was a fun little leg stretch on our quick visit to St Louis. Be sure to stop by the Ulysses Grant Historic Home located across the street, which is free/no parking fee. After parking, guests take a short tram ride to the petting zoo. During the ride, a guide points out the elks, geese, water buffalo, deer and a few other animals roaming in the forested-area. The baby goats were the first animals we encountered after leaving the tram. Kids could bottle feed the goats and it was a fun attraction! There were beautiful peacocks walking around the petting zoo (the property has approximately 25 peacocks! At the far end of the zoo, there is a large German food courtyard. The Busch family owns the property and has a deep love for animals. On our way out, we stopped by the stables next to the parking lot to see the beautiful Clydesdales horses. The stables closed at 5 pm on Fridays but we had a nice view of the horses from the fence. This is a family-friendly experience for youngsters!
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written August 17, 2024
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Monica V
Joplin, MO3 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021
My husband and I visited on Oct 10, during Fall Fest. We bought the parking for 11am, got there early, went in and saw a 3 Clydesdales in the barn, a few small animals in small pens in the field and walked out by the pumpkin patch. There were no animals in the stables and no signage to tell how to get to other areas, most paths were blocked by gates. There was a childrens play area (for pay) and a food vendor truck where I got some popcorn. We got our picture taken with a Clydesdale in a small building. Thinking that was all there was to see, we left before our actual reservation time even arrived. My husband kept saying "there was more than this on the map"- but we could not find any way to access it. Maybe this was because of Fall Fest and the large amount of children present but now reading the reviews and hearing friends ask if we "saw the donkey that goes with the horses" we realize we missed so much. Whether those areas were closed for the fest or we just couldn't find our way to them, I felt disappointed that we had paid the raised parking fees for the festival and hardly saw anything. We live 5 hours away and were on our way East for a wedding, and since they are only open on weekends we will not be able to stop back by. Bummer. Maybe should have people or signs directing to other attractions. (If they were even open)
Written October 12, 2021
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So_Cal_Illini_81
Pasadena, CA294 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Couples
The park itself has two parts. The first part is the tram ride. There are lots of deer related animals there but I thought the tram moved much too quickly. The guide was pointing at things in rapid fire style as they slipped buy. It seemed like the point of the tram was to get us to the tier garden which is essentially a bid petting zoo fir kids, where everything to do is a separate charge.

Also there are some Clydesdale horses. We were a little spoiled because we had visited Warm Springs Ranch a couple of months ago and it really puts the grants farm operation to shame. Here you can walk through the barn where if you are lucky a house or two may be in a stall. Then you can walk a very short distance (just a few yards) outside the barn on a path adjacent to a couple of the paddocks. There was a horse in one paddock in a shed too far away to really see it well. The staff here are just staff and didn’t seem nearly as professional as those at Warm Springs.

I’d wanted to visit here for years and was pretty disappointed in the experience.
Written July 19, 2022
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luvt0teach
Tulsa, OK96 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2021 • Family
The Clydesdales are amazing, the tram ride is fun - seeing many unusual animal roaming the grounds, the animals at the village are like a small zoo with beautiful birds and goats that can be bottle fed. Be sure to get a parking pass ahead of time. You must pay for parking and any extras, but the farm itself has no additional cost.
Written September 8, 2021
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Bill S
Belleville, IL48 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2019
As their website says: "Grant’s Farm celebrates America’s past with a commitment to the future. Honoring both the 18th president of the United States and the Busch family legacy, the Farm is a refuge for more than 900 animals, representing more than 100 different species." But, to tourists from around the world and beloved St Louisans, Grant's Farm is so much more. As you enter the property, you can visit "Hardscrabble," Gen Grant's 1885 home or continue to the main parking area. On one end of the parking lot, there is the entrance to Grant's Farm and Clydesdale Stable at the other end. We recommend hitting up the Clydesdale Stable, first. Here you will come to marvel over the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales at their official “prep” school. Cross back over to the main entrance to Grant's Farm, thereafter. First, you line up to ride the tram through the wildlife sanctuary. Have the cameras ready! Then, you roll into the Tier Garten. Feed the goats and parakeets, ride a camel or the carousel, see an animal show, or just hang out with a variety of animals including tortoises, wallabies, lemurs, elephants, etc. Bringing the kiddies? It's optimal to buy a Fun pass 1 carousel ride, 1 snow cone and 2 goat feeding bottles for $7. As an Anheuser-Busch property, if you guessed they'd have some product to sample, you guessed right! Slide over to the Bauernhof (Farmstead) for some 19th century themed Farm House fun that has a Brat House for some tastes of the Vaterland (Germany). Authentic German bratwurst and pretzels, plus pizza and chicken strips for you Amerikanisch.
Written April 14, 2020
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Aswathi Warrier
Bowling Green, KY70 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Family
a must see for St. Louis experience. 280 acres of farm with activities for kids involving interacting with animals.. I mean talk about getting close to nature. Some history of the farm which is narrated during the tram ride, which is how they take us around the place: built by Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who settled on the land in 1855 to farm and raise cattle. In 1903, August A. Busch Sr. bought the land, and ever since it has belonged to the Busch family. The entry is free, only have to pay the parking fee of 16 $. Take a fun pass of 10 $ so you can get two feeds (milk bottle for feeding the goats, and feed for the deer), a carousel ride and a popsicle. The experience starts with a tram ride showing all their cool animals, deers, bison, cows, buffaloes, peacock etc. Feeding the goats looks cute, but damn they are greedy. They will bite on to your shoes, bag, they fight with each other to get their mouth on that bottle. I actually took my 4 year old outside the fence and fed them from there. You have to pay extra for the Camel ride if interested and feed stick for the parakeets. It’s really fun to do. We paid $12 for the summer night festival which is essentially music night while chilling with the free drinks. The drinks are free for everyone (two free drinks per head). We got lucky to see their 120th anniversary specials that happened this Labor Day weekend: a drone show from 9 to 9.30 pm, it’s truly an engineering marvel, to see the drones arrange and light ups as the US flag, Missouri state, Grant’s Farm etc.
Written September 3, 2023
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DeniseandEd
Granite City, IL16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020
Grants Farm is part of our family traditions. We were able to enjoy the Halloween lights and displays in a safe manner from the car with us being at risk it was such a blessing. Growing up we climbed on the wagon (allowed back then) threw coins in the fountain, Grandpa and I danced polkas around the beer garden, enjoyed German sausages, tried to see every single animal on the tram ride, Even saw Mr. Busch on a wagon once (always wished we could see the house) , enjoyed Muir lake wish the swan paddleboats were there, enjoyed the animal shows I beieive it was Gus? that led the bird show, the camels, My family growing up all enjoyed sampling the free beer and it was the only time the older ladies in the family would drink and we especially enjoyed the new ones to try , The majesty of the Clysdale horses and grant museum are worth stopping to see as well across the street. It is a must see and can't wait until it is safe so we can visit again seeing all of the animals up close.
Written October 17, 2020
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callahanstravel
Saint Louis, MO6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021
This is another FREE great attraction in St Louis. You only have to pay for the parking with your reservation of $15 for a car load of guest. We love Grants Farm with the tram ride through the park seeing the different animals - buffalos, deer of all types, ostriches, cattle and more. Purchase the Fun pass for the kids of $9.00 - they will receive a merry go round ride, 2 bottles or cones of food for the goats and a giant snow cone. It was a hot day and they had the sprinkler bridge on to cool you down.
Don't miss eating there = amazing bratwurst and french fries while the adults can have 2 free beers to enjoy while eating.
Written June 22, 2021
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Lana B
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
My favorite part was learning all the interesting facts about the horses. In the summer months, I would recommend going in the morning due to the heat. We did the 10:30 time slot. We were not uncomfortable, but I could see it getting that way later in the day. This is a very unique experience for a family. Our son is 17 and he still enjoyed it.
Written July 20, 2021
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StLBoricua
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020 • Family
This was Grant’s Farms first Halloween Drive-Thru. I was very impressed by how extensive and well done the decorations were. The themed areas were very cool. It is family friendly, but honestly a little scarier than some families might like for kids under 10. Scary doesn’t bother my kids and they ( 9 and 11 ) loved it tho. We saw horses and camels in one area! Took about 45 minutes to drive through, so we were glad the admission fee at least covered an attraction that was longer than most Christmas lights drive throughs. Each admission included a bag of candy for kids , and a coloring book and souvenir cardinals hand towel this year. Bring snacks and maybe even a car movie as it took an hour waiting in a car line to reach the entrance ,which we didn’t expect, but we still enjoyed it. Hope they hold onto this tradition!
Written October 12, 2020
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thejman22
Saint Louis, MO1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022
It's just a stale experience. The price is okay. It's a little pricey - especially the food which continues to be low quality. But general admission (parking ticket) is a fine price. But the experience hasn't really kept up with the times. It doesn't necessarily need to be a thrill-park but it's just kind of repetitive and is a lesser version of the zoo. The Busch family has taken over and the Christmas experience was borderline awful and the new management failed miserably at executing but it may have just been a learning experience. We went to one of the first "summer" experiences this year and it just wasn't anything special but I'll give it another chance. They just need to improve across the board. Better food, better food/drink execution, more to do, kind of dirty, staff was kind of unfriendly. And the whole experience kind of got ruined when one of the owners ran for Senate. Now they are mixing politics into the experience and drawing light to it being a former slave plantation. Big big big mistake by the owners in my opinion.
Written May 12, 2022
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