Hillcrest Orchards Fall Festival

Hillcrest Orchards is a fifth-generation family farm near Cleveland that calls itself an apple-picking destination, and its fall festival weekends pile on the fun. Admission opens up more than 20 attractions, including a corn maze, giant spider webs, bubble stations and a barnyard of goats, chickens and ducks. The apple cannons are the showpiece: grab a bucket of ammo and test your aim. The farm market stocks donuts made fresh daily, kettle corn, cider and both old favorite and newer apple varieties.

Our take: Families of four should look at the family fun pack, which bundles four admissions with a punch card good for bags of apples or buckets of cannon ammo.