Three more a-maze-ing places to harvest fun

photo Mayfield Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Athens, Tenn., celebrates the 10th anniversary of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library reading program.
photo Rock City's Enchanted Maize at Blowing Springs Farm at the foot of Lookout Mountain in Flintstone, Ga., has crop circles as its 2014 theme.
photo A trip to the pumpkin patch yields a wheelbarrow full of the fall fruits for a family at Guthrie Corn Maze and Pumpkin Farm in Riceville, Tenn.

Conditions must be ripe for corn mazes. Would you believe the crop has doubled since last week?

If you've already popped in at Old McDonald's Farm in Sale Creek, The River Maze in Ocoee, Tenn., and Autumn Acres in Crossville, Tenn., you now have three more places where fall fun is heating up. Debuting this weekend are Rock City's Enchanted Maize at Blowing Springs Farm in Flintstone, Ga., Mayfield Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Athens, Tenn., and Guthrie Corn Maze and Pumpkin Farm in Riceville, Tenn.

Keep your ears tuned for more details next week; most locations start haunted tours through the corn in October.

MAYFIELD CORN MAZE

• Location: 257 Tennessee Highway 307, Athens, Tenn.

• Theme: Tribute to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

• Calendar: Opening weekend, Sept. 27-28; then Wednesday-Sunday through Nov. 2.

• Admission: $10 corn maze, $10 pumpkin patch, $15 combo; free for children 2 and younger.

• Other things to do: Kiddie ziplines, giant slides, pedal cars, hay rides, hillbilly pig races, hay jump, tractor tire playground, cow train rides,

• Website: www.mayfieldfarmandnursery.com.

ENCHANTED MAIZE

• Location: Blowing Springs Farm, 271 Chattanooga Valley Road, Flintstone, Ga.

• Theme: Crop circles; clues to a hidden code on Rock City's social-media pages.

• Calendar: Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 25-Nov. 2 (times vary by day).

• Admission: $10 per guest; free to children under 4.

• Other things to do: Critter Corral (Friday-Sunday), pumpkin maze, hayride, cow train, playground, corn slingshots, inflatables.

• Website: www.enchantedmaze.com.

GUTHRIE PUMPKIN FARM AND CORN MAZE

• Location: 490 County Road 67, Riceville, Tenn.

• Calendar: Opening weekend, Sept. 27-28; then Friday-Sunday through Oct. 31.

• Admission: $9 ages 13 and up, $7 children 5-12.

• Other things to do: Hayride to pumpkin field, animal petting barn, hill climb, "hay calf" roping, giant slide, obstacle course, hippity hop track.

• Website: www.tnpumpkinfarm.com.

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