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Wild Kid Acres, LLC

Wild Kid Acres, LLC

731 Central Ave E, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA

Overview

Category:Petting Zoos
Location:Baltimore, MD

Expert Summary

Detailed Insights

Wild Kid Acres, LLC is a highly interactive, family-owned, and bilingual petting zoo focusing on hands-on animal encounters and educational insights into farming. It doubles as a community center offering diverse events like birthday parties and horseback riding lessons, providing a unique blend of fun and learning.

Key Highlights

  • Allows petting of almost all animals for an interactive experience.
  • Staff are sociable, personable, accommodating, and genuinely care for the animals.
  • Offers a wide variety of different animals to see.
  • Staff is bilingual, enhancing communication for a wider audience.
  • Provides unique event opportunities including birthday parties, pig roasts, and horseback riding lessons.
  • Sometimes offers boots to wear to keep visitors' shoes clean.

Standout Features

  • Highly interactive animal petting opportunities.
  • Educational focus on farming and community importance.
  • Variety of animals for observation and interaction.
  • Bilingual staff for diverse family support.
  • Hosts special events like birthday parties and horseback riding lessons.
  • Offers boots on some visits to prevent shoes from getting dirty.

Perfect For

Young Children (e.g., toddlers to early elementary): May find certain visits 'too guided and too structured' if their primary interest is free animal interaction over detailed explanations.
All Kids/Families: Consistently reported that 'the kids loved it' and 'benefited tremendously' from the farm experience, suggesting broad appeal, especially for those interested in interactive animals and learning about farming.

Ideal For

Families seeking a hands-on, interactive animal experience where children can pet almost all animals.
Parents looking for an educational outing that teaches kids about farming and community.
Birthday parties or special family events, given their offerings of pig roasts and horseback riding lessons.
Families who appreciate a personable, accommodating, and bilingual staff.
Kids who enjoy learning specific details about farm animals (on structured tours).
Kids who prefer free exploration of farm animals (on less structured visits).

💡Pro Tips from Reviews

  • If your children prefer free exploration over structured learning, consider inquiring about the day's visit format beforehand to manage expectations.
  • Bring your own boots, as it's a farm environment, even though boots have been offered on some occasions.
  • Ideal for repeat visits, with potential for different experiences and animal activity during various seasons (e.g., excited to return in the spring).

Things to Consider

  • Experiences can be inconsistent; some visits are very relaxed and allow free exploration, while others are perceived as 'too guided and too structured' for young children who prefer simply seeing animals without lengthy explanations.

Price & Value

No specific pricing details are mentioned in the reviews. The overwhelmingly positive sentiment across multiple experiences (including parties and lessons) suggests high perceived value for money, despite the lack of explicit cost information.

Accessibility & Special Needs

  • No specific accessibility accommodations (e.g., wheelchair access, sensory-friendly hours) are mentioned in the reviews. As a farm, natural terrain might present challenges.

🍎Food & Drink Policy

  • No information regarding outside food, snacks, or on-site food sales is provided in the reviews.

🚗Parking Info

  • No information regarding parking availability or cost is provided in the reviews.

👥Crowd Levels

  • No information regarding typical crowd levels or peak times is mentioned in the reviews.

🛡️Safety Features

  • Staff explicitly 'seem to really care about the animals,' which implies good animal welfare and potentially safer interactions for visitors. However, no specific human safety features (e.g., first aid, trained personnel, entry/exit monitoring) are detailed.

When to Avoid

  • If your young children have a low tolerance for structured tours with detailed explanations and prefer immediate, unguided interaction with animals.

Pricing/Package/Events

Pricing & Packages

PONY RIDE

$20

ALL DAY GUIDED TRAIL RIDE WITH PICNIC

$500

GUIDED TRAIL RIDE

$150

FIELD TRIPS

$400

Farm-based educational experience.

ON FARM PARTY

$400

Duration: 2 hours

Private party for up to 40 guests. Includes one hour of entertainment with up-close animal encounters (horses, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, donkeys, alpaca) and one hour for party activities (lunch, cake cutting).

Includes:
  • horses
  • goats
  • sheep
  • pigs
  • chickens
  • donkeys
  • alpaca
  • multi-purpose room of the barn
  • 10 tables with tablecloths
  • fridge
  • coolers
  • restrooms
  • chairs
  • fire pit
  • speaker and microphone system

ON FARM PARTY - Pony Rides Add-on

+$250

Add a horse for pony rides to your On Farm Party.

Includes:
  • pony rides

ON FARM PARTY - Additional Guests

+$100

Add 5 additional guests to your On Farm Party.

MOBILE PETTING ZOO

$600

Bringing the petting zoo to your location.

WEDDINGS/QUINCEANERAS

Contact for pricing

Special event bookings for weddings and quinceañeras.

PRIVATE HORSE LESSONS (WESTERN)

Contact for pricing

Western-style private horse lessons.

WILD WEST CLUB

Contact for pricing

Club activities with a Wild West theme.

Events & Schedule

🍎Food Policy

  • For On Farm Parties: Guests may bring their own food, decorations, piñatas, bouncy houses, and games.
  • For On Farm Parties: Confetti, outside animals, and pets are not permitted.
  • For On Farm Parties: Alcohol is permitted for adults but cannot be sold.

🛡️Safety Policy

  • Closed-Toe Shoes are required for all participants.
  • Waiver must be filled out by all participants.

📅Booking Policy

  • For On Farm Parties: Booking requires selecting a date and time. If listed times do not work, guests are advised to email to check availability for preferred times.
Information extracted from official website • Last updated: Oct 14, 2025

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What People Say

What's Great

  • Great for birthday parties (mentioned in 2 reviews)

Recent Reviews

ava Dunham

ava Dunham

7 months ago

This place is awesome! My friend and I were looking for a good interactive farm and we definitely found it here. They offered us boots to wear so our shoes wouldn’t get dirty, the woman giving us a tour was super sociable, the animals were very cute and you’re able to pet almost all of them. The workers seem to really care about the animals too which is really nice to see. I definitely recommend coming here!

Juan Dávila

Juan Dávila

a year ago

Amazing farm, lots of different animals, and the staff are very personable and accommodating. Hands down best one I’ve been too. It’s family owned and bilingual as well. Make sure you bring your boots haha

Jessica Cameron Wakefield

Jessica Cameron Wakefield

2 months ago

This is a very special place! We have been going to Wild Kid Acres since its inception including birthday parties, pig roasts, horse back riding lessons and other events. It’s true to its vision of being a community center! My kids both benefited tremendously from their experience on the farm and I recommend giving your kids the same opportunity to understand and explore the importance of farming for our communities!

Patricia pereira

Patricia pereira

a year ago

Great experience! The kids loved it! Excited to come back and visit in the spring!!

B Barbehenn

B Barbehenn

7 months ago

We have been here twice for farm visits but with two different experiences. The first visit I think was the first time they decided to open up for farm visits and they were figuring things out. It was relaxed and the kids were able to explore their farm interests. The second visit was a little too guided and too structured for young kids who just want to see the animals and not listen to all the details regarding how they got to the farm.

Contact Information

731 Central Ave E, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA

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Opening Hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: Closed
Friday: Closed
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Quick Stats

Overall Rating
4.8
Total Reviews43
Recent Reviews5