The Corn Maze in the Plains

My SO and I actually got lost in this maze for a good hour because we went at dusk and it got dark 20 minutes into our maze. I appreciate the fact that they have little stations for you to «color in your map», which proved to be of little use in pitch darkness. The first 20 minutes was very fun when it was still light out and we got through the first 3 sections NP, but the 4^th quadrant we were just wandering in circles and wandering back between sections 3 and 4 back and forth. We did not anticipate the muddiness of the corn maze which soured mood quickly (I didn’t mind too much despite wearing expensive boots, my SO was not having it…)
I did not anticipate the cute little farm animals around which was a pleasant surprise because it allowed you to preoccupy yourself for the 20 minute wait before the next group of maze-​goers get in.
Needless to say, my adult SO and I copped out 80 minutes into our maze and called the corn cop so we could make dinner reservations and not have to step all over mud for an additional 40 minutes. So advice for couples, do not have dinner reservations after the corn maze and if you think it’s too easy, go in the dark.

I had a great time with my kids here, but the quality of the park was just so so. For starters, as many people have commented, the maze was not actually all that hard or that long (I have distinct memories of being completely lost for hours in corn mazes in the midwest) and didn’t have much in the way of dead ends. There were some twisting routes, but more or less they would all get you to the end. I think it might have been more fun if there had been fewer people going through at a time. But I had fun taking my toddlers through.
They hayride had no hay, so it was really a tractor ride (which again, was OK with my toddler). The pumpkin sling shot seemed like it should be lots of fun, but we were all unable to successfully launch it. There were some friendly animals, and my son loooooved the big and fast slides. The place was a *bit* overrun with children, so some of the activities were a little hard to get on.
Finally, we got apple cide and kettle corn, which were pretty good, albeit expensive, but I don’t think I would want to pay the prices for burgers and meals.

The maze is cute and fun, but like someone else said, it only took about 20 minutes to get through. Granted, we’re adults, so it’s a little easier for us to use intuition to navigate in the right direction, but when they were touting «an hour» and «five acres» we were really hoping it’d be a little more challenging. But maybe the kids find it challenging.
Our two biggest disappointments did not involve the maze:
— The concession area consist of a large grill where they are making cooked-​to-​order burgers, dogs, and pulled pork. This is great, except when a group of almost 30 marched in after us to place an order of almost 30 meals. The staff immediately granted them precedence and every meal coming off the grill was going directly to this group, and it took about 20 minutes for us to get our two burgers. Given the prices ($ 8 per meal), 20 minutes was a bit ridiculous to be standing around while I was de-​prioritized for the large group to get their food first, even though they were behind me in line. I realize that I’m only $ 16 in revenue while they were paying hundreds, but on principle it’s just not right.
— The same happened when we went to go for a hayride. They have two hayrides running concurrently, but a completely different group of 30 showed up to get on the ride — bypassing us in line! We were waiting by the corral that serves as the hayride entrance and this group just takes precedence and walks around the open side and loads up. There was room left on the second hayride, so we went to get on and the driver actually refused us, saying that both rides were for one group that preferred to travel just with themselves. Who cares? I can’t complain about price here because this is a free perk after you pay for entry, but that’s pretty rude that you let these people dictate that they don’t want to share the remaining seats with us peasants who aren’t worthy of being part of their group.
I’m pretty P.O.ed about those, but I’m going to attribute them to untrained staff. Neither group of workers who allowed these groups to dominate the amenities seemed to be intentionally shafting everyone else, but just seemed purely not trained to know how to cope with the sudden demand of a large group. The owners could do a better job of training their employees how to respond when that happens, because this place has received a lot of large groups every year for a decade, so it’s time to get a game plan in motion so that you aren’t screwing over other guests. We all pay the same price for entry, we expect to be treated fairly.
As an aside, both groups appeared to be from area churches. Some church, not wanting to share with others. I’ll stay away from that congregation.
We’ll probably be back, but if I see a church bus in the parking lot next time, I’ll just spin back around and head back to the city. Not dealing with those shenanigans again.

We’ve gone every year for the past 3 years, but this year, we went a little late. They let us through and we got out quickly. We went to get hot food & they told us they were out of pretty much everything, except soda. We went in to buy stuff (pumpkin butter, etc) to take home and were informed they were closed… again. We were a big group of 25 people. Would’ve been a very big sale. I’m in sales & this was terrible customer service. A sale is money. You guys blew it.
I added a couple stars after the owner complained to me directly about my review. I hope the customer service on site improves.

This Corn Maze is a yearly tradition for my boyfriend and I. This was our 5^th year in a row and it did not disappoint. This maze is a genuine challenge and going in the dark really adds a fun flare! It usually takes us about an hour to make it through this huge maze! This place also has the BEST pumpkins for the best price. We always find beautiful big pumpkins and look forward to this event every year. I highly recommend it for people of all ages.

Went here for the first time this past weekend and the kids loved it. The farm is much smaller than I expected and the corn maize is a little confusing if you try to follow the station instructions and «helpful» tips. Simply walking through it and following the crowd will get you out of the maze without any trouble. Funny how entertaining it is for a 2 year old to repeatedly jump in a pit of hay and feed goats grass — such simple pleasures in life!

I am from the mid-​west area and coming here to this corn maze was a little bit of joke. My husband and I got through the maze in about 20 minutes. We did buy our pumpkin here, pumpkin butter and apple butter. I did enjoy the apple butter so far and soon will devour the pumpkin butter in the future.

Coming here as an adult, I may be a little biased. However, anyone with younger kids, this is an excellent place to take your kids for some fall fun! They have everything from the main attraction of the Corn Maze, to Pumpkin Slingshot, large slides, educational information about cows and other farm animals, a small obstacle course, tire swings, etc. They also have pumpkins for you to purchase (not a patch), ranging in various sizes and types. They were reasonably priced. They also have a refreshments available for purchase (hot dogs, chips, burgers, cider, kettle corn) alongside their country store which mainly consisted of jams and apple butter.
The maze was very fun. There are several stations throughout the maze where you have to answer educational questions to help you on clues of which direction to you. You also do a rubbing at each station to help you create the map of the maze as you go to help. We did it in less than the 45 – 60 minutes that was estimated to take and we wished we hadn’t looked at the map or used the clues. Although this was my first time, they said they change the theme of the corn maze each year.
My favorite part was the pumpkin slingshot where you sling a mini pumpkin using a large slingshot trying to hit targets…3 pumpkins are free!

My Family and I have been out to visit for the last three years running, and will continue to run out there for the years to come!!!
It’s a family run business; expect to meet and greet with the owner Kate and her two beautiful children. The place is very well run and very economical. Kids 3 and under are free, and adults only ten bucks. My kids are 3 and 1 so the whole family had a day of fun for $ 20.
Included is a hay ride, the maze, and a giant farm themed playground. There are some animals you can pet through the fence, and pony rides were available this last weekend. The setup is perfect for small kids; you can sit on a bench while your kids run around; there’s nowhere for them to run off to, as theres really only one way in and out the way they have it set up. Its set up to be very educational, and my kids loved the goats and the hay ride.
A must do!

I really liked this place! I went with my husband and my 13 mons old daughter. Did the corn maze carrying her on an Ergo carrier, so I am happy it was not that long. Today was their opening weekend and they had cash prizes hidden in the maze. I thought it wasn’t true, so I really didn’t look but two families found the prizes while we were at the farms… oh, well! I should have looked :-) They have plenty of activities for the kids and I got some butters and honey — not really cheap, but that’s to be expected. I didn’t try the food inside, but glad I didn’t ! On the way out, you must exit passing through a farmer’s market (open during weekends only, maybe) and there is a stand called ‘Mike’s Magic BBQ’ (I think) and their food is pretty good. There is also brick oven pizza, produce and desserts. Overall, this was a great outing and the farm has great things for small kids. Will definitely return next year!

My friends and I went to the Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, 4501 Old Tavern Rd. The Plains, VA yesterday and what a great place it is! Open Sept. 28 — Nov. 10 yealy. This non-​commercial fall festival is where people can buy healthy foods, buy great farm products, view farm animals, buy tshirts and small gifts. A memorable family experience. It’s only $ 10 for adults, $ 8 for kids, and kids 3 years old and under get in free! General admission includes barnyard of fun, 5 acre corn maze, picnic area daily, and hayrides (on weekends only).
We set out to go in the maze as real troopers… we made it through! While walking you carry a special color coded flag, laugh, joke around, and walk, oh boy do you walk! If you think you’re lost or too tired to finish… someone will come for you. Raise up the flag in the maze and someone from the bridge inside of the maze will come right away. You have a map and fun clues (that’s all I’ll give away).
Put on your boots, sneakers, coat, jacket, or sweatshirt and make it a fun afternoon!
It’s aMAZE’ing!

My kids (3 and 10 year old) loved this place! We did not do the corn maze, but other kids around us said it was great. Really neat slides, creative tire swings, pumpkin sling shots, and a few friendly farm animals. The hayride was not too long or short and gave us a great view. We spent about 2 hours here and price is reasonable. Kettle corn is best I’ve had. Would definitely recommend!

The whole setup at the corn maze in the plains is interesting: a serious bent toward organic farming, as evidenced in the exhibits throughout the «farm». There are farm animals to watch and feed, many games (such as the pumpkin sling), unusual playthings (corrugated piping big enough for kids to roll down the hill inside). And don’t miss the wall of corny (ha ha) farm jokes which will provoke laughter in the under-​10 crowd. Do bring your own food (the concession was lame and expensive, but site appropriate) and do bring flashlights at night. The corn maze itself is an impressive attraction and took us over an hour to complete. There is a lot to do so come with some energy.

This is fun, wholesome entertainment for ALL ages. I visited the corn maze during Halloween season for a friend’s birthday. It was everything I expected and more. It takes about 35 – 45 mins to get through the maze depending on how good your ceww is with solving random Halloween trivia. They have a huge play area for kids and there is a barbeque pit with hot doggs and burgers for sale. Of course, you can buy pumpkins and corn. Inside the barn, they have apple butters for sale as well. They are quite yummy if I might add!
If I had one compliant, it would be about the silly maps they provide guests to aid with navigating through the maze. They are totally worthless and not functional esp for a nighttime experience.
Tip: Definitely use the restroom before arrival. They only have portable toliets.

Always a bunch of fun. Scarier and better at night (with adults) but it will take longer! Very family friendly.
This year we went during the late afternoon so it was still bright out. Made for a warmer and slightly more intelligible experience – as we could actually see our maps and «clues» along the way. I will say that I thought the map was easier this year than last year… finding the last three stations was almost way too easy. Running around the maze is fun and I also think playing a game of sardines would be awesome – although might take forever… it is quite easy to run around in circles without realizing it (especially in the dark).
But, what I really do love about the place is the atmosphere. It is super family friendly and there are always fun things to keep yourself occupied with while waiting for the next «orientation» or to wait for your «slower» friends to finally be recovered from the maze (or «maize” – hahaha, get it?).
Highlights of the other free activities available:
— PUMPKIN SLINGSHOT. Oh my goodness. I did not see this last year… maybe because it was pitch black and somehow using a giant slingshot to fly pumpkins into the air probably isn’t too safe. Anyway, the first three are free and you literally use this gigantic slingshot to try to aim and hit targets. It’s like the pumpkin version of real-​life Angry Birds or finally an example of when we would use high-​school physics in our daily lives. My physics teacher would be proud.
— BOUNCY BALL RACE. Maybe it’s only for kids… but that didn’t keep us adults away from trying a few races (and falling flat on our behinds).
— GIANT SLIDE for kids
— BONFIRE

As far as corn mazes go, this one is great. I went after dark so flashlights are essential (they sell cheap ones if you forget). They do an orientation about every 15 minutes before you can start which makes things a little crowded in the beginning. While you wait there are tons of fun and free activities like crazy slides, beanbag toss, pumpkin slingshot, campfire, etc. In the maze you search for 6 stations that give you a section of the maze map and provide a trivia question. If you answer correctly you will head off in the right direction. There are friendly «corn cops» who will help you out if you get stuck. We got through in under an hour despite quite a few wrong turns. I highly recommend visiting and will be back next year.

Came here with a groupon. Good experience. Though I probably won’t come back for the maze– the place was definitely geared towards children. There were several play grounds as well as games for small kids, but no worries, all people of different age groups were there trekking through the maze with us college students.
Four stars for the effort and amazing staff. Not to mention, they also sold locally made goods and grass fed beef burgers that were AAAMMAAZING.
AND they accept credit cards!
I’d recommend coming on a Sunday and not before rain. Right next to the maze, there’s a farmer’s market with limited fruit and vegetables, but the highlights are the locally crafted and baked goods. DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT. BEST BBQ AND CHEESECAKE… but that’s for another review.

Warning — do not drink heavily before coming to the corn maze. If you get lost, you can definitely be stuck in the maze for over an hour. Also keep in mind that this is a «family oriented» so you’ll have to walk pretty far in the corn for adequate… cover.
We came here at night because as a group of adults with no kids, it seemed like the only way to make it more interesting. Definitely in the middle of nowhere with little external lighting. Make sure to bring your flashlights.
Prior to entering the maze, the farm sells pumpkins, kettle corn, burgers, assorted jams and cake mixes. A very farm-​like feel to it.
And don’t forget the «cornientation» filled with an assorted corn-​filled jokes.
Definitely would like to come back next year since they always make a new maze with their rotating fields.

This is one of those activities that is way more fun in your imagination and the planning phases than actually doing it. You have a long email chain with your friends about visiting the Corn Maze, the «perfect activity for the fall weather!» You exchange groan-​worthy puns about Corn, being Corn-​y, Mazes, Maize, and being A-​maized. You tell all your friends and co-​workers who want a full report upon your return, and make lots of jokes about you getting lost in the maze.
But then you arrive and… ugh. It’s a trap for local families and well,…dumb people like you. The maze is weak, withering and wilting. You can basically see through, over and around it. But they have the actual course roped off, so there is no cheating. It doesn’t stop kids from running through the corn anyway, which is probably how it got in such condition in the first place. The maze isn’t terrible, and not un-​challenging, but the novelty of being in a corn maze wears off in about,…oh, two minutes.
The rest of the activities are for kids, or perhaps people who adore cuteness. Petting zoos for barnyard animals, a local Magician (by-​the-​hour I’m sure), a sandpit, an «obstacle course» (which is really more of a playground), and a Hay Ride. There had been lots of exclamation points used in the email exchange when discussing the Hay Ride in particular. But when we got there, you could actually see the exclamation points bending into question marks in the thought bubbles above our heads: «That’s the hay ride?» It was just a tractor towing a trailer with only a few bushels of hay in it. You don’t actually sit on the hay (I think it would be too dangerous) and the tractor does one painfully slow loop around the farm in full view of the entire proceedings.
There is some food being grilled for the visitors, all of which was very mediocre and overpriced. The best part of the whole trip is getting the opportunity to purchase Pumpkins from a huge selection of every size and shape imaginable. There’s also a barn full of delicious farm-​made treats like pumpkin butter. mmmmm.
That’s all I really have to say about the Corn Maze in the Plains. I can think of so many better things to do with my time and money, but I did this over a year ago, and I still have a perfect memory of the whole day, and I can’t say that about a lot of things. As the weather gets cooler and crisper, the hoodies and jackets come out, and the leaves change color,…I begin to view my trip more and more fondly. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll go back this year. Ehh, probably not.

Pros: Nearby, easy to get to, great activities for kids
Cons: Expensive!!! (If you plan on eating, drinking, purchasing pumpkins, hay, etc, eating, or drinking)
The corn maze itself was very simple and rather pitiful looking. The corn-​stalk density was low (very easy to see through everything) and the stalks themselves are all yellow and dying. I took some kids I mentored and they managed to get through the maze in 2m32s.
The activities around the maze are plentiful though. This is where they scored points. There are tubes the kids can get rolled in, an obstacle course, a mini-​straw maze for the tikes, a hay pit, and huge tractor tires filled with corn to roll around in! There are also bean bag tosses, a hayride, very few farm animals. However, you can tell they put a lot of work in all these homemade games and interesting facts to read at every activity. Also — they hired a juggler the day I went… which happened to my kids’ high school guidance counselor! lolol
However, the part that ticks me off a bit is the co$t of everything! They are an organic farm and ask for help in supporting the local organic farmers, but they make it really hard with their price gouging. If you come here, bring your own food and drinks unless you want to pay $ 1.50 for a can of generic soda (which is really like .25c unit price), or $ 4.00/hot dog and $ 5.00 for an «Organic Burger». Honestly, I’m pretty sure they got those burger patties from Costco.
The pumpkins and decorative fixtures they have are far more expensive than other places I’ve been to as well. All in all, it’s a very fun time for the kids. Just eat before hand or bring some snacks and eat thereafter. There are plenty of food places a few miles up the road on 66 East. I’m SURE the lady must have been lying to some guy when she said she had no idea what other food places were around. Seriously???