The Corn Maze in the Plains

Picked as one of the top corn maze attractions in the Mid-Atlantic, The Corn Maze in The Plains returns for its ninth Year this weekend, and is open through the first week of November. 

Not only is the maze organic, the large interactive maze design changes every year, and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the area.  Over the last nine years the maze has become a family fall tradition of the greater D.C. area for fall fun, pumpkin picking, and agritainment.

New this year is a giant 5-acre maze called “Our Amaizing Earth."  Since 2000 the maze operators have run their event as Green as possible, and this year they decided to honor this way of life, by featuring “Our Amazing Earth” as the maze theme. 

Why do thousands of people flock to corn mazes?  A visit to the one in The Plains might provide an answer. It is one of the premier, homegrown corn mazes in the country, a fun fall event, full of adventure and it is a natural choice away from hectic city life.

 The corn field comes alive when it is filled with maze goers who enter the 2.5 miles of “cornfusing” pathways. They soon find themselves facing countless choices, while attempting to answer the trivia clues en route to the elusive victory bridge. Whether it is during the night or day, each maze wanderer is armed with a survival guide and flag, on a mission to collect puzzle pieces of the maze design and test their trivia skills to help them find their way out.  If one gets “udderly cornfused”, they can always wave their teams flag frantically, to signal the “corn cop” to come to their rescue. 

The maze is the work of husband-wife team Kate and Hub Knott, who have seen their maze grow from a small event to one of the region's most popular.  “Dedication, hard work, and vision are what make this possible," said Kate Knott, a local farmer. "We listen to our customers, and every year  we just keep getting better because of it.  We are praised for our colorful, hand-made, non-commercial farm event filled with farm animals, educational displays, kid’s activities and great organic burgers from local farms. We have always been 'green' because that is the lifestyle that makes sense, and therefore there was no question of doing business any other way.   The maze is the main feature, and will easily challenge a group for an hour.  The rest of the farm activities can fill several hours of fun”.   

Due to popular demand are more night time maze dates because wandering through the corn at night with a flash light is just too fun to pass up.  Imagine walking through the rustling corn in the dark, hearing laughter all around, kids, adults, cool fall breeze, moon glowing over head, and no idea of where to go next, while a bonfire awaits your exit.  For about the same price as a movie, you can spend hours with family and friends making the best of your fall while supporting Virginia farms.

 In addition to the corn maze, there is an entire Barnyard of fun for kids of all ages (and adults too!), including farm animals, giant slides, mini-mazes, rope mazes, giant hay bale obstacle course, and more.  The barnyard is filled with farm education to add learning to the fun.  Hear the rooster crow…..throw some hay…..pick a pumpkin!

Set in Virginia’s beautiful rolling hunt country, our farm is the perfect place to take a hayride with distant views of Shenandoah National park and the changing fall colors.  There is food, so feast your taste buds on locally-raised organic beef burgers, our famous Roasted Sweet Corn, apple cider and kettle corn.  Visit the country store to choose from thousands upon thousands of local pumpkins, apples, Virginia honey, our famous and best-seller Pumpkin Pie Fudge, apple butter and preserves, old-time Appalachian crafts and more.  "We are told we have the best pumpkins in Virginia," said Kate Knott.     

In addition to the thousands of weekend visitors, The Corn Maze in The Plains is a perfect place for birthdays and private parties, company picnics and school field trips with group discounts available. 

The Corn Maze in The Plains will open September 20 and run through November 2 from 10am to 6 pm, and some select nights. Open Saturdays and Sundays, plus Fridays in October and Columbus Day.  The event is located in the heart of Virginia’s horse country in the town of The Plains, Virginia.  The maze is located at the intersection of I-66 and Route 245

(Exit 31), midway to Shenandoah National Park.  For more information call (540) 456-7339 or check the website at www.CornMazeinthePlains.com