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East Tennessee corn mazes and pumpkin patches bring Fall fun
By Jeaneane Payne
Image courtesy of Granddaddy's Farm |
Think Fall is just for leaf watchers? Think again! East Tennessee farms serve up some great entertainment for people of all ages. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hayrides, petting zoos, and farm markets offer fun for everyone. Check out these fun farms in the East Tennessee area.
Ballinger Farm - opens Friday, September 18, 2020
2738 Renfro Rd, Jefferson City, TN 37760
This maze isn’t for the faint of heart and is certainly fun to navigate. It’s no fun unless you get lost! Use your smartphone to help find your way out! You can even scan QR codes and play trivia to get you on the right path! www.ballingerfarm.com
Beck Mountain Corn Maze - opens Friday, October 5, 2020
110 Corn Maze Lane, Elizabethton, TN 37643
General admission includes the regular daytime maze, the petting zoo, the playground area, the fire pit area, and the hay bale bull roping area. A general store serves up homemade BBQ and hot dogs.
www.beckmountaincornmaze.com
Birchland Ocoee Farms - Opens September 26, 2020
1371 Hwy 64, Ocoee, TN 37361
Birchland Ocoee Farms is "Home of the River Maze". Let Freedom Ring! America, the Beautiful, the 2020 corn maze, features an outline of the United States. Inside are paths for 10 major rivers in the USA. You can also see one of the historical icons of America, the Liberty Bell, in the design. Also included are educational signs about beautiful landmarks in the United States at the passport posts in the maze. There are 10 spots where you see numbered posts. Guests carry a trivia passport on a topic of their choice and a correct answer gives a clue about which way to turn. But this year, you can play on your smartphone or create your own trivia card. www.therivermaze.com
Cleek Farms -
2233 Cleek Road, Kingsport, TN 37660
Explore, solve, and learn about agriculture as you navigate your way through 5+ acres of corn pathways.
www.cleekfarms.com
Deep Well Farm - Opens September 26, 2020
9567 U.S. 11 E, Lenoir City, TN
Acres and acres for safe distancing with plenty of fun and entertainment. take our social distancing wagon rides, or a walking path to the Pumpkin Patch. There is new playground equipment for the kids as well as plenty of pumpkins and a great corn maze.
www.deepwellfarm.com
Echo Valley Corn Maze - Opens September 14, 2020
915 Bethel Church Rd, Jefferson City, TN 37760
Echo Valley Corn Maze features 3 large corn mazes, a kid maze, hayrides, zip line, pumpkin picking, and corn shucking. A Discovery Barn has a petting zoo, two 60 ft tunnel slides, and a loft hay play area. A picnic area has grills available, and an evening bonfire tops off the evening. Refreshments are available.
www.echovalleycornmaze.com
Granddaddy's Farm - Opens September 19, 2020
454 Highland Ridge Rd, Estill Springs, TN 37330
From a corn maze to a one hundred fifty foot long Landslide, Grandaddy’s Farm is an all day adventure. Grandaddy’s Farm is all day fun for the whole family. Find the perfect pumpkin in the pumpkin patch, catch a hayride, and find your way through the corn maze. Or enjoy our animal corral, pig races, and many more fun fall attractions. If you’re looking to make some delicious food from farm to table, you’re in luck! They sell lots of their favorite food in surplus in the fall market! Take home a big bag of kettle corn, a jug of apple cider (or apple cider slushies), a whole pumpkin pie, a dozen apple cider donuts, plus much more. You can also enjoy food on the premises. All of your fall decorating needs are right here on the farm. With over 30 varieties of mums, 50 varieties of pumpkins, winter squash and gourds, the farm has what you need to get your home or business looking great for the season. There is also an assortment of dried gourds for sale along with cornstalk bundles and straw bales to add to any colorful fall arrangement.
grandaddysfarm.com
Hartman's Corn Maze - Opens September 11, 2020
7941 Blue Springs Parkway, Mosheim TN
The Hartman’s Corn Maze will have a strong Tusculum University theme this fall. The corn maze, located in nearby Mosheim, has been designed utilizing the Tusculum Athletics logo with the Pioneer Head and “Tusculum” at the center of the unique outdoor experience located in Western Greene County. The corn maze and hayride will run weekly, Thursday through Sunday from September 11 until October 31. The haunted maze and haunted hayride, along with zombie paintball hunting.
www.HartmansCornMaze.com
Kyker Farms Corn Maze - starts Saturday, September 26, 2020
938 Alder Branch Rd, Sevierville Tn 37876
Image by Kyker Farms |
Kyker Farms Corn Maze has 5 mazes to keep you Kornfused, but that's not all. Kyker Farms is stock full of family fun for all ages including: Hayrides, pumpkin patch, tunnel slides, straw crawl, corn tub, swings, corn cob swing, corn hole, Kyker's Kritter and Educational Barn, Kyker's Korn Hopper (bouncing pillow), Bee Line (zip line), trike track, farm facts maze, haunted trail, zombie blasterz (zombie paintball adventure), bonfire sites, concessions.
www.kykerfarmscornmaze.com
Maple Lane Maze - opens October 2, 2020
126 Maple Ln, Greenback, TN 37742
In 1999 Maple Lane Farms began the first mega corn maze in Tennessee and is the oldest in the Southeast. You will be provided a corn compass so you don’t weather the maze in vane! It will help you navigate your way around so have NO fear in the Ear!
www.tnmaplelanefarms.com
Mayfield Farm Park - opens October 2, 2020
257 Hwy 307 East, Athens, TN 37303
The Mayfield Farm Park offers 40 acres of fun. A corn maze, pumpkin patch, ziplines, life size Jenga, and kid-friendly haunt are just a few of the many things to keep both you and your family busy while at this farm. You can also experience hands on pumpkin picking in the farm grown patch!. Grown right on the farm, you and your family can pick the perfect pumpkin, straight off the vine.
www.mayfieldfarmpark.com
McDonald Farm - (The farm has decided to close for the 2020 fall season; check back in 2021)
16705 Coulterville Road, Sale Creek, TN 37373
Image by McDonald Farm |
Ride along on a bale of hay through acres of corn and soybean fields, over the river, and through the woods. Find your way through our 4-acre corn maze, with images of a tractor, barnyard animals, and the big barn visible from above. Find the perfect pumpkin in our pumpkin patch to take home with you. Have fun running through the acre-sized hay bale maze! Perfect for younger navigators. Let your little one take a tour of the farm grounds on a train of kiddy-sized saddles! Learn more about how farms work to get food on your table by helping with an interactive farm and barnyard experience. Climb up into the hayloft and slide down into the hay bales. Try the Old McDonald Farm’s take on cornhole, horseshoes, and pumpkin checkers. Enjoy BBQ sandwiches, hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, ice cream, fried pies, and refreshments in our shaded picnic table area. Also, take a ride on Old McDonald’s Farm very own “roller-coaster”! www.oldmcdonaldsfarm.net
Myers Farm - Opens September 19
3415 Gap Creek Rd, Bulls Gap, TN 37711
Myers Farm features a corn maze, pumpkin patch, greenhouses, hayrides, and a farm market. Thousands of pumpkins, gourds, and squash decorate the Pumpkin Patch. East Tennessee's largest, most interactive corn maze. The market sells homemade pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread and other tasty items, including fudge. In the evening, roast hot dogs and marshmallows and s'mores over an open fire.
www.myerspumpkinpatch.com
Oakes Farm - opens October 1, 2020
8240 Corryton Road, Corryton, TN 37721
The way this maze is designed, you can spend as much, or as little, time as you like in the maze. If you’re up for finding all the checkpoints, and solving the Farm Scene Investigation, allow 1 to 1 1/2 hours. But if you’ve got little kids, with a shorter attention span, for instance…find as many checkpoints as you can, then when they get tired, you can leave the maze, and come back later if you like.
oakesfarm.com
Stickley Farm - Opens October 2, 2020
531 Timbermill Private Drive, Bluff City, TN 37618
The corn maze at Stickley Farm this year will feature the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
www.thestickleyfarm.com
Published September 14, 2020
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