The pumpkin patch at Apple Annie's is officially open 🎃

Hello, fall! Oh, how we have missed you so. We are more than ready for the crisp cool weather, warm cardigans and all things pumpkin spice (if that’s your thing). 🍂

Fall in Southern Arizona can mean only one thing: taking a day trip to Apple Annie’s in Willcox, about 80 miles east of Tucson, to pick out a fresh pumpkin to carve into a jack-o'-lantern or bake into a delicious pumpkin pie.

Apple Annie’s fall celebrations officially kicked off this month with the opening of the orchard’s corn maze on Sept. 17. The family-friendly maze is 12½ acres with 600,000 stalks of corn, featuring a new design each year. 

This year’s design pays homage to the orchard’s home of Willcox and includes “Everything we love about Willcox! Agriculture, birding, hiking, ranching and wine are some of the things that make us proud to call this community home,” Apple Annie’s wrote on Instagram in August.

The corn maze is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Monday, Oct. 31. Admission is $9 for ages 12 and older, or $7 for kids ages 3-11, according to the Apple Annie’s website. 

There's also a Fall Pumpkin Celebration, which kicked off Sept. 24-25 and runs every weekend through October. At the celebration, you can explore the 40-acre pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin to take home, snag a seat on the hayride, check out the tall sunflowers, and munch on barbecue food and kettle corn. If you prefer weekdays, you're able to pick a pumpkin any day of the week, but the hayrides to the patch (and BBQ and kettle corn) are only on weekends.

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Pumpkin prices range from $3 to $25 depending on the size and type of pumpkin, according to the Apple Annie's website. Specialty pumpkins start at 69 cents per pound.

Don’t forget to pick up an apple cider doughnut while you’re there. 🍩

If you go

What: Apple Annie’s corn maze and fall pumpkin celebrations.

When: Fall Pumpkin Celebration is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 30. The corn maze is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. If weekdays are more your thing, you can pick pumpkins 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily — but the hayrides to the patch, barbecue food and kettle corn are only open weekends. 

Where: Apple Annie’s, 6405 Williams Road, in Willcox.

More info: Visit the Apple Annie's website for more information.