Thomas Dairy Farm and Market Fall Festival

Thomas Dairy Farm and Market in Cecilia runs a fall festival whose general admission covers a corn pit, mega slides, two corn mazes, an animal farm, a hayride to the pumpkin patch, a fun zone, barnyard games, and unlimited time on the jump pad. The patch holds more than 75 pumpkin varieties, with mums of every color, straw bales, and corn fodder sold alongside. Concessions are a Saturday and Sunday affair, and picnics are welcome in the pavilion. Weekend daytime tickets can add paintball or gem mining. After dark, Horseman Haunt Productions presents The Woods, and a nighttime apple cannon and paintball range runs too.

Our take: Pack a picnic for the pavilion if you are there on a weekday, since concessions are only open Saturday and Sunday.