FARMS AND FRIGHTS- Halloween Fun

Get lost in a corn maze, pick the perfect pumpkin, gather around a bonfire, or get your adrenaline pumping with a spooky Halloween fright. East Tennessee farms go all out for fall, offering plenty of ways to enjoy the season from family-friendly farm activities and pumpkin patches to haunted attractions and after-dark adventures.

With so many fall activities in the 9 Lakes region, choosing what to do may be harder than deciding which piece of Halloween candy to eat first!

We’ve rounded up some of the best fall farm fun, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, bonfires and spooky experiences in East Tennessee. Explore the options, gather your family and friends, and make the most of this colorful—and sometimes spooky—season in the 9 Lakes region of East Tennessee.

Please remember some attractions are only open certain days throughout the season and some only take cash or checks or may charge extra for using credit or debit cards.

Corn Mazes and Family Fun on the Farm

• Echo Valley in Jefferson City: This farm features 3 large corn mazes, evening bonfires and the Discovery Barn. 
•  Ballinger Farm in Jefferson City: This farm features a Jumping Pillow, Farm Scene Investigation and a Pumpkin Patch. *cash or check only
•  Oakes Farm in Corryton: For more than 20 years, Oakes Farm has offered a corn maze and pumpkin patch.   
• Maple Lane Farms in Greenback: Come enjoy a corn maze, hayrides and campfires down on the farm. 
• Narramore Farms in Kingston, TN: Pumpkins and corn maze fun. Open through October 27th
• Kyker Farms in Sevierville: There are four corn mazes to keep you “Kornfused” as well as a pumpkin patch and tunnel slides. 
• Deep Well Farm in Lenoir City: Enjoy a trip through a corn maze, take a hayride or pick a prized pumpkin.  
• Blackburn Farm in Lenoir City: Spin around on the Racetrack, tackle the corn maze or visit the pumpkin patch.

Frightful Attractions

•  Dead Man’s Farm in Philadelphia: Face your fear in a Haunted House, dare to walk the Haunted Trail, try your hand at Escape Games & enjoy some Side Shows. Now-Nov 1
• Frightmare Manor in Talbott Open through November 13
• Screamville: Cursed Acres in Knoxville Open through November 1.
• The 13th Hour Haunted Trail in Corryton-Through November 1.
• AMS Haunted Attractions in Greenback-Open through November 1.
• Avondale Haunted Barn in Rutledge Open through November 1.
• Haunted House– Rutledge, TN Sensory Friendly, wheelchair accessible. Oct 31.

Halloween “Spooky” Events and Tours-

• Paranormal Tours at Historic Brushy Mountain Prison in Petros
• Guided Ghost Hunts and Paranormal Investigations Historic Scott County Jail in Huntsville
• Ghostly Gathering in Historic Rugby-October 24.
• Haunted Knoxville Ghost Tours– Knoxville
• Hauntings of Harriman (Cornstalk Heights Neighborhood) October 16 & 17
• Boo at the Zoo in Knoxville October 30.
•  Freaky Friday Fright Nite in Farragut October 30.
• Trick or Treat in the Cave Cherokee Caverns in Knoxville, October 16 & 17, and 23 & 24