Best Corn Mazes Near DC for Kids and Families

Corn mazes are a popular fall activity for many families. Navigating twisty paths cut through giant stalks of corn—often while solving clues and finding hidden surprises—is a great way to bond while enjoying the crisp autumn air. The best corn mazes near DC have fun themes, multiple challenge levels, or even flashlight nights, when visitors can tackle the mazes in the dark with only flashlights to guide them.

Here are 16 of the most ah-maize-ing (sorry, couldn't resist) corn mazes near DC for kids and families, including three haunted corn maze options for only the bravest teens. Many of these corn mazes in Maryland and Northern Virginia are part of larger harvest and pumpkin festivals that offer fun activities like hayrides, giant slides, petting zoos, and more.

Looking for even more fun things to do near DC with kids this fall? Be sure to visit our Fall Fun Guide for DC Families and our Halloween Events and Activities Guide for Kids in DC.

Kids love the interactivity of the Montpelier Farms corn maze.

Best Corn Mazes For Kids and Families Near DC in Maryland

1. Montpelier Farms Corn Mazes — Upper Marlboro

Montpelier Farms features two great corn mazes during its fall festival. The first is a seven-acre interactive corn maze with a different annual theme. At dark, it becomes a flashlight maze that's full of fun without the spookiness. The second, smaller maze is called the Spookley the Square Pumpkin Corn Maze, where younger kids can search for Spookley storyboards throughout the maze.

2. Summers Farm Famous Corn Maze — Middletown

Summers Farm is known for its interactive corn maze, which has a new theme every year. The maze offers over five acres of space to explore, including 2.5 miles of trails and a hidden scenic bridge. It's divided into difficulty phases so the whole family can be appropriately challenged, and there are passports and clues available to help.

Families looking for even more of a challenge can play one of two games while navigating the maze—the Farm Monster Mystery Game, in which they can search the maze for hidden treasure, or Spookley, a farm-friendly adaptation of Spookley the Square Pumpkin. The corn maze is open every day except Tuesday during the Summers Farm Fall Festival.

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Tackle the 14-acre corn maze at Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch.

3. Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch Corn Maze — Middletown

Jumbo's also offers many fun activities during its fall festival on Saturdays and Sundays, including hayrides to the pumpkin patch, play areas, a petting zoo, and more. There's also a If 14-acre corn maze for families to explore.

4. Maryland Corn Maze — Gambrills

Visitors are encouraged to bring their phones to this eight-acre corn maze to receive clues and other fun along the way. Plus, guests are timed and can see where they place on the season's leaderboard. The maze has a different theme each year. On three Saturday nights in October, bring flashlights to tackle it in the dark. Admission includes a slew of other fall activities, including hayrides, a zip line, a petting zoo, and more.

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Celebrate Frederick County at Gaver Farm's corn maze.

5. Gaver Farm Corn Maze — Mount Airy

Gaver Farm's intricate corn maze, which has a different annual theme, is open every day during the Gaver Farm Fall Fun Fest. The festival features over 60 family attractions, including a hayride to a pick-your-own pumpkin patch, playgrounds, giant slides, a petting zoo, and many more.

6. Cornfusion Corn Maze — Manchester

The Cornfusion Corn Maze is located at Showvaker's Quality Evergreens, about a two-hour drive from DC. Families can search for hidden items throughout the maze, which is open on weekends and has a different theme each year. On many Friday and Saturday nights, it becomes a Flashlight Maze. Loads of other fall activities include a barnyard zoo, a corn crib, pedal cars, a wagon train, a pumpkin patch, and more.

7. Magnolia Meadow Farms Corn Maze — Thurmont

With over five miles of trails, the maze at Magnolia Meadow Farms claims to be Maryland's largest corn maze. Families can visit it during the farm's fall festival, which includes over 20 activities, such as hayrides, slides, and mini zip lines. Magnolia is well known for its Moonlit Maze nights on two Saturdays. Bring a flashlight to tackle the maze and enjoy live music and food along with all of the other fall activities.

8. Rock Hill Orchard — Mount Airy

This orchard and creamery boasts a 15-acre corn maze that has a new design each year. It's open on Saturdays and Sundays during the fall season. Families can also go pumpkin and apple picking, pet calves, watch cows being milked with a robotic milker, and launch pumpkins from a pumpkin blaster.

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Have fun navigating the 1.5-acre corn maze at Great Country Farms.

Best Corn Mazes for Kids and Families Near DC in Virginia

9. Great Country Farms Corn Maze — Bluemont

Families can tackle Great Country Farms' 1.5-acre corn maze daily in September in October as part of the Corn Maze and Apple Harvest or the Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival. Admission includes tons of other farm activities like playgrounds, jumping pillows, an obstacle course, and more. On three weekends, the farm hosts Family Flashlight Corn Maze Nights, when guests can bring flashlights to navigate the maze, then roast marshmallows.

10. Cox Farms Corn Maze — Centreville

Cox Farms' Cornundrum is not your average corn maze. Kids will delight at the numerous hidden surprises throughout the winding maze, including pirates, caves, jungles, and more. Cornundrum is just one of the myriad activities included in the Cox Farms Fall Festival, open on Thursdays through Mondays in the fall. Families can slide down giant slides, take a hayride, feed goats, and so much more.

11. Belvedere Plantation's Great Adventure Maize Maze — Fredericksburg

Visit Belvedere Plantation's Great Adventure Maize Maze during its Fall Harvest Festival on Thursdays through Sundays (plus one Monday) in the fall. The festival also includes giant slides, a zip line, a kids' fun barn, pedal carts, and other fun activities.

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The corn maze is only one of several fun fall activities at Wayside Farm.

12. Wayside Farm Corn Maze — Berryville

Wayside Farm's 10-acre corn maze has a fun new theme each year. Visitors can use their sleuthing skills to navigate their way through the maze, then enjoy many other fall activities such as a pumpkin patch and several play areas. Wayside Farm is open Thursdays through Sundays in the fall.

13. Liberty Mills Farm Corn Maze — Somerset

This farm about two hours from DC has a 34-acre corn maze! Four separate trails through the maze offer various difficulty levels. The first, Story Maze, is a 30-minute search for various story stations. The 45- to 60-minute Trivia Maze offers a medium challenge and provides trivia. The longest path, the Hole Punch Maze, takes two to three hours and requires visitors to find 21 stations (and eventually get ice cream). And the Mystery Maze requires guests to find their way out with no maps or clues.

The Liberty Mills Farm Corn Maze is open on various dates, with a flashlight maze available on several Saturday nights. On weekends, families can also enjoy a hayride, a play area, and a visit to the farm's pick-your-own pumpkin patch.

Haunted Corn Maze Options Near DC for Teens

14. CornStalker's Trail of Terror — Waldorf, MD

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Stadium transforms into one of Maryland's top-rated haunted attractions, including a truly terrifying haunted corn maze. It's open Friday and Saturday nights from October 6 through November 4, 2023, plus two Sunday (October 22 and 29) and Halloween. November 4 is a blackout night, so don't forget your flashlights.

15. Legends of the Fog — Aberdeen, MD

Only the bravest of teens should attend this hair-rising event, which includes a haunted corn maze, hotel, hayride, and slaughterhouse. It is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights from September 27 through November 2, 2024, plus several Thursdays. October 31 through November 2 are blackout nights, so bring flashlights.

16. Cornightmare — Centreville, VA

On Friday and Saturday nights, Cox Farms transforms into Fields of Fear. Recommended for ages 12 and over, Fields of Fear includes over 20 acres of spooky attractions, including a haunted forest and hayride. The corn maze becomes Cornightmare, a haunted corn maze only for the bravest guests.

All photos courtesy of the farms unless otherwise indicated