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The Market at Rutland Farms

📍 5641 Union Road, Tifton, GA 31794🗓 Season dates not yet published for 2026🏷 From $8/person

A farm market off I-75 in Tifton that runs a cheap weekday corn maze and a pricier Saturday festival, with free parking and no 2026 dates published yet — the $8 weekday maze is the quiet bargain here.

The Market at Rutland Farms in Tifton, GA

What you get for the price

Included with admission

15-acre corn mazeMini maze for young childrenFlashlight nights in the mazePumpkin patchHay ridesPetting zooFace paintingBounce houseFall festivalFarm market

Last published rates: corn maze $8, free under age 2; Fall Festival $14 per person, $11 seniors 65+; Flashlight Nights and Halloween night $10. Pumpkins from the patch are sold separately, quoted from about $3 to $20 each. Parking is free.

Rough cost for a family of four: about $32.00 in admission alone at the posted starting rate, before pumpkins, food, parking or any add-on listed above. Most families end up well north of that once they are through the gate.

Our take

Rutland Farms is a market first and a fall attraction second, and its schedule shows it. The market runs Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, the corn maze is open alongside it on weekdays, and the actual festival — hayrides, petting zoo, face painting, bounce house — is compressed into October Saturdays plus a closing day on Nov 1. The farm is closed Sundays, which is unusual enough to catch out anyone assuming a normal weekend operation.

Two different visits at two different prices

On a weekday you pay for the maze. That has been $8, with under-2s free, and it buys you a large maze, a mini maze for small children, the pumpkin patch and the market. On a Saturday you pay $14 — $11 for seniors 65 and over — and get the full festival. Flashlight Nights and Halloween night have been $10.

The gap matters. A family of four doing a weekday maze walk is $32; the same family on a festival Saturday is $56 before pumpkins. If your children are old enough to enjoy a maze and too old to care about a bounce house, the weekday visit is the better buy by a wide margin, and it will be far quieter.

What we could not confirm

No source we could read states a 2026 season. The farm’s own page publishes a Sept 29 to Nov 6 pumpkin window but does not name the year; a separate directory gives Oct 1 to Nov 6. Both are consistent with the farm’s usual pattern, and neither is a 2026 commitment. Pricing has the same problem — the rates above come from a directory listing rather than from the farm, and the farm’s own site does not publish maze pricing at all.

There is also a straightforward factual conflict we could not settle: most descriptions call the corn maze 15 acres, and at least one calls it 5. That is a big difference in how long you will be walking, and it is the sort of thing worth asking on the phone if the maze is the whole reason for the trip.

South Georgia timing

Tifton sits in the coastal plain on I-75, and a late-September or early-October afternoon here is still hot with no shade in a corn maze. The back half of October is materially more comfortable. The Flashlight Nights on October Saturdays are the flip side — after sunset the temperature drops faster than the afternoon suggests, and a 10pm finish in late October wants a jacket, particularly for children who have been running.

The one small, genuinely good detail: parking is free. Several comparable Georgia farms charge for it, and on a $14 festival ticket a $5 parking fee is a meaningful percentage.

Planning your visit

Best time to go

No source states a 2026 season, so the dates below are pattern rather than promise: the farm's own page gives a pumpkin patch window of Sept 29 to Nov 6 without naming a year, and a directory listing independently gives Oct 1 to Nov 6. The structure is what matters. The corn maze runs weekdays Monday to Friday 9am-6pm at the cheapest rate; Fall Festivals are October Saturdays plus Nov 1, 10am-6pm; Flashlight Nights are four October Saturdays from sunset to 10pm, with Halloween night finishing at 9pm. The farm is closed Sundays. South Georgia in late September is still hot, so a weekday maze walk is better in mid-October than in the opening week.

How long to budget

An hour to ninety minutes for the weekday maze on its own. Three hours or so for a Saturday Fall Festival, which is the only day the hayrides, petting zoo, face painting and bounce house are running.

Crowds

The October Saturdays carry everything, since they are the only festival days and the only Flashlight Nights. Weekday maze visits should be quiet by comparison.

Parking

Parking is free, which is worth noting because several Georgia festival farms charge for it. No detail is published on the surface; assume a field rather than pavement.

What to bring

  • A flashlight for the Flashlight Nights
  • Sun protection for a daytime maze walk; a 15-acre maze in south Georgia sun in early October is a serious walk
  • A jacket for the late-October night sessions, which run past sunset into genuinely cool evenings
  • Money for pumpkins, which are sold separately at roughly $3 to $20 each

How to spend less here

  • The weekday maze at $8 versus the Saturday festival at $14 is the biggest single lever here — if the maze is what you came for, go Monday to Friday
  • Seniors 65 and over have paid $11 rather than $14 at the Fall Festival; ask at the gate
  • Children under 2 have been free for the corn maze
  • Parking is free, so unlike some comparable farms there is no extra $5 to $10 on arrival
  • Pumpkins are priced separately from about $3 to $20 — pick before the kids do, not after

Who it suits

Good for

  • Anyone who wants a big maze cheaply — the weekday corn maze has been $8, which is about half what a Georgia festival day costs
  • Families passing through on I-75; Tifton is right on the interstate and this doubles as a produce and market stop
  • Younger children, thanks to a separate mini maze
  • Older kids and teens on Flashlight Nights, when the maze is walked after dark

Skip it if

You can only go on a Sunday — the farm is closed. Also skip a weekday visit if you were expecting the full festival; on Monday to Friday you are buying the maze and the market, not the hayrides, petting zoo and bounce house, which run on Saturdays.

Common questions

What are Rutland Farms' 2026 dates?

They have not been published. The farm's own page gives a Sept 29 to Nov 6 pumpkin window without stating a year, and a directory listing gives Oct 1 to Nov 6, Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays. Call 229-386-5111 to confirm before you drive.

How much does the corn maze cost?

Last published rates were $8 for the corn maze on weekdays, $14 for a Saturday Fall Festival, $11 for seniors 65 and over, and $10 for Flashlight Nights and Halloween night. Children under 2 have been free. The farm does not currently publish maze pricing on its own site.

How big is the corn maze?

Sources disagree. The farm's listings mostly describe 15 acres, but at least one description elsewhere calls it 5 acres. We have not been able to resolve that, so treat 15 acres as the likely but unconfirmed figure.

When is The Market at Rutland Farms open in 2026?

2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Corn maze weekdays Monday-Friday; Fall Festivals on October Saturdays plus Nov 1; Flashlight Nights on four October Saturdays. Closed Sundays.. Check with the farm before driving out.

How much does The Market at Rutland Farms cost?

Admission starts at $8 per person. Last published rates: corn maze $8, free under age 2; Fall Festival $14 per person, $11 seniors 65+; Flashlight Nights and Halloween night $10. Pumpkins from the patch are sold separately, quoted from about $3 to $20 each. Parking is free.

Where is The Market at Rutland Farms?

5641 Union Road, Tifton, GA 31794, in Tift County. It is one of 4 patches we track in Coastal Georgia.

How The Market at Rutland Farms compares in Coastal Georgia

We track 4 patches in Coastal Georgia. At $8 a head this one sits below the regional median of $12.15, undercutting 2 of the 3 paid patches we track here.

What sets it apart locally: it has a market, bakery or taproom, which most Coastal Georgia patches on our list do not.

One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 4 patches we track in Coastal Georgia had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.

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Quick facts

SeasonSeason dates not yet published for 2026
Days openCorn maze weekdays Monday-Friday; Fall Festivals on October Saturdays plus Nov 1; Flashlight Nights on four October Saturdays. Closed Sundays.
HoursCorn maze Mon-Fri 9am-6pm; Fall Festival Saturdays 10am-6pm; Flashlight Nights sunset-10pm; Halloween night sunset-9pm. Market Mon-Sat 9am-6pm.
AdmissionFrom $8
CountyTift County
RegionCoastal Georgia

Sources

rutlandfarms.com · georgiahauntedhouses.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org

Checked August 2026.