Although students may be upset that flip-flop season has ended, autumn includes many outdoor activities to participate in before temperatures drop and snow hits the ground. You may be too old for trick-or-treating, but these activities can help you get into the Halloween spirit.

1. Grab some apples

Fiato’s Orchard in Binghamton offers apple picking throughout the fall. Although it’s near the end of pick-your-own apple season, students can collect the remaining apples priced at only 0.29 per pound. Apple Hills is another local farm that provides various types of apples, including Red Delicious, Gold Delicious, Ida Red, Crispin and Northern Spy. North Windsor Berries is located only 20 minutes away and has a pumpkin patch where students can chose pumpkins to carve and decorate their houses with.

2. Go to a haunted house

The Roberson Museum and Science Center is hosting its Fourth Annual Halloween Spook-Tacular tonight from 6 to 8:30 p.m. giving Haunted Mansion tours along with Halloween treats. The event is located at 30 Front Street, and is free with general admission.

If you’re willing to travel, the Haunted Empire at Bradley Farms in Elmira gives a thrill of fun and fright. In only two years, Haunted Empire became one of the largest and top-ranked haunted houses in all of New York. The house consists of 12,000 square feet, and continues to grow every year. Within the month of October, 10,000 people visited Haunted Empire and walked along the self-guided tour through its haunted house, haunted cornfield and Trail of Terror hayride. Tickets for this ultimate combination of Halloween fun are sold for $8. The haunted house is open every Friday and Saturday in October, though Bradley Farms is open year-round.

3. Go through a corn maze

A popular location for fall festivities includes the Stoughton Farm in Newark Valley, located 30 minutes outside of Binghamton and was recently visited by Binghamton University students through Outdoor Pursuits. It includes an eight-acre corn maze that challenges those who attempt it, especially people brave enough not to bring a flashlight.

The maze contains 80 clues, though a wrong answer will lead you to one of the many dead ends. Each year the maze is designed differently, and this season it’s shaped as Dracula surrounded by bats and spider webs. Those who make their way out will come across donuts and apple cider at the maze’s exit.