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Apple gadgetsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Big Sandy. Another 3 are within 25 miles. From Clarksville, TN, Big Sandy lies roughly 45 miles to the southwest.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: blueberries from early June.
Based on the typical seasons for Tennessee, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 8). Crops ripen with the weather, not the calendar, so confirm with the farm the day before.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Big Sandy and you get 4 U-pick farms in 4 towns, including 2 with blueberries and 1 corn maze. For 2 of them we have a website or Facebook page, which is the best place to check what's ripe.
The one farm inside Big Sandy is Mt Zion Corn Maze, with corn maze. It sits on Paffords Branch Road. If it's closed or picked out, the table below shows the next-closest farm for each crop.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | Ulderich Blueberry Farm Buena Vista | 20 mi | 2 |
| Corn maze | Mt Zion Corn Maze Big Sandy | in town | 1 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Tennessee; each farm sets its own dates.
The median last frost near Big Sandy is April 8; the first fall frost arrives around October 29. That leaves about 202 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Tennessee | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn maze | September to October | 72–82 °F | 5 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Big Sandy, 6 miles away. The actual dates in Big Sandy can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals (average daily high; days with at least 0.1 inch of rain) at the station nearest Big Sandy, 6 mi away.
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Apple gadgetsWe know of one farm in Big Sandy: Mt Zion Corn Maze. Within 25 miles there are 3 more.
The farms here list corn maze most often. Crops ripen at different times each year, so it pays to check ahead.
Around April 8 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 29. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Big Sandy, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Ulderich Blueberry Farm in Buena Vista, about 20 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 2 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Tennessee is June to July.
Right in Big Sandy: Mt Zion Corn Maze. It's the only one we list within 25 miles. The usual season in Tennessee is September to October.
Did a farm close, or is one missing? Tell us and we'll add it.