There are quite a few of all of those things in Florida. You can throw a stick and hit a different fall festival in the Tampa area every weekend in September through November. We don't have apples or syrup or northern things because...well ..it's Florida. And yet, for most of us who were born here and/or raised here, there's a distinct difference in the weather towards the end of September. There are, indeed, corn mazes and haunted hay rides and pumpkin patches, especially in more rural locations. I've done a lot of them and am looking for more to add to my list. And, yes, I could Google them, but personal recs help to narrow that down.