Carlton Farms Corn Maze

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Rockmart is a small, rural community near Cartersville, Georgia. Nestled within this community is a farm that has been run by the Carlton family since 1919.  In 1946 the family decided to diversify into dairy cows and has been bottling their own milk ever since. To continue to help subsidize the income brought in from dairy, in 2011 the Carltons started a corn maze during the month of October to help celebrate Halloween. Over the years the maze has grown. This year the maze is around five acres with 12 different checkpoints inside a United States themed pattern. The Carltons cut the changing pattern within the maze themselves every year.  After navigating through the maze families can take a hay ride to visit with some of the cows. There are also games, pumpkins, and a petting zoo. I photographed the corn maze for a Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Ellie Flynn (left) leads Viginia Morris and her father Tyler through the corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

The five acre corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Taylor Bebout (left), her mother Jessica and her brother Grayson try to navigate their way through the corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Jackson Seabolt (right) looks at the map as Will Statham goofs around with ears of corn inside the corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Oliver Flynn (left) and his father Max try to navigate their way through the corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Ryan Bebout looks at the map as he leads his family up the steps to the overlook bridge inside the corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Maggie Marfilius punches a hole in her map at one of the 12 checkpoints inside the corn maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Ears of corn lay on the ground inside the maze at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Baby pumpkins sit in a wagon at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Brooklyn Smith (left), Anslea Langford, Jared Langford and Chase Kemp watch Carlton Farms pass by during the hay ride at the farm in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Briley Buchanan (left) and her sister Skylar fees hay to the cows at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Claudia Vann feeds hay to the cows at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

 

Cooper DuPree feeds hay to the cows at Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Saturday, October 13, 2012.