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rides, picnics on the river, walking trails for hikers, and musical entertainment the whole family will enjoy. Just south of Chattanooga, Rock City enchants visitors with its rock formations year-round. And in the fall, this world-renowned attraction also operates a giant corn maze at the foot of Lookout Mountain. This year, Rock City wants visitors to get lost in its Enchanted Maze which resembles Chattanooga's new waterfront. A little bit further up I-75 in Niota is the Mason Maze and Dairy Farm, where families can enjoy hayrides, a petting zoo filled with adorable critters, picnic areas, and farm fishing. They can also visit the 130-year-old log cabin located on the property before or after they pick their own pumpkin from the patch. In Dunlap, the Cookie Jar Café serves up delicious home-cooked meals all year long. But during the fall season, families can enjoy hayrides and a corn maze, followed by an exploration of "Farmland," a delightful play area occupied by a variety of farm animals. Groups can also arrange a tour of this working dairy farm throughout the year. Jewell Farms in Dayton is well-known among the locals as the place to go for harvest decorations, fresh-picked vegetables, beautiful flowers, and during the fall, hayrides out to the pumpkin patch. The long drive leading to the market stand is lined with unique creatures made entirely from hay stalks. It's not unusual to find a straw-made horse pulling a wagon being driven by a scarecrow, at least not in this neck of the woods. Finding that perfect pumpkin is hard work, and after all that searching, visitors are likely to have worked up an appetite for some homemade pie. That craving is easily remedied by a visit to one of several stops on the Southeast Tennessee Farm Trail. Wooden's Apple House, located in Pikeville, is known for their fried, baked and sugar-free pies, but they also have apple and pumpkin cakes, vegetables, delicious cider, apple souvenirs and crafts. Visitors to the Apple Valley Orchard in Cleveland can enjoy a glass of apple cider or a fried apple pie, apple fritter or one of the many delicious homemade products in the bakery. For delicious apple cider, visitors can stop by Fairmount Orchard on Signal Mountain. And Courtney Apple Orchard in Sale Creek offers an assortment of apple delights, including apple cider, apple butter, dried apples, apple jelly, and apples sold by ½ peck or bushel. In Dunlap, the Wheeler family has been operating their apple orchard for 14 years, and visitors to the market can find all kinds of jellies, jams, pickles, relishes, and a variety of "butters." Located in Athens on beautiful Starr Mountain, Shultz Farm Foods is a 5th generation farm which grows and sells 12 varieties of apples, along with homemade apple delicacies. During the fall, they sell many decorations and offer hayrides around the property. This is cache, read story here
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