Fall means the changing colors of the leaves, football, breaking out the blankets at night. It means comfy cozy sweaters and the return of pumpkin spice lattes. Fall is pick your own apples, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and losing yourself in corn mazes.
We love everything about fall. Here are 13 Delaware corn mazes (or reasonably close) to visit and experience the best fall has to offer this year.
Delaware Corn Mazes
Updated for 2024. Keep in mind most outdoor activities are weather permitting, check before you go.
Fifer Orchards
Fifer Orchard’s Fall Fest in Camden-Wyoming includes a ton of activities: a new mega slide, Pumpkin-Palooza Photo Ops, pedal tractors, zip swings, rubber ducky races and more. On Saturdays, there’s farm animals; hayrides and tractor rides; apple cannons and face painting, for a small à la carte fee. The theme for this year’s six acre corn maze is May the Farm Be with You.
Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4:30pm (out by 5pm), September 21st through November 9th.
Friday and Saturday wristbands are $16.95 online or $199.95 at the gate (includes access to maze, 25+ U-Play Activities, pumpkin patch access with Pumpkin-Palooza Photo Op access, tractor train rides on Saturdays, U-Pick apple orchard access with tractor and wagon ride on Fridays and Saturdays, Apple Cannons access on Saturdays), children under 2 are admitted free. Weekday entry is $13.95 online, $16.95 at the gate.
Mr. Pepper’s Pumpkin Patch
Mr. Pepper’s Pumpkin Patch in Laurel opens for the 2024 season on September 21st.
Open from noon until dark on Sundays through Fridays, Saturdays 10am until dark.
Current prices are not posted online but last year they were $4 for hayrides, $6 for the maze. Pumpkin prices varied by size.
Ramsey’s Farm
The Pumpkin Patch All Activity Pass at Ramsey’s Farm in North Wilmington includes hayrides, barn yard animals, a 10 acre corn maze (and a Spookley Trail for younger maze adventurers), pumpkin painting, and the farm yard playground. There’s also cow train rides at an additional charge. No fee to enter the pick your own pumpkin patch, you pay for your pumpkin by the pound.
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights from 6-9 in September and October, Ramsey’s offers a bonfire in the picnic grove, the corn maze by flashlight, and an extended hayride through the Brandywine Valley for $15 per person, ages 4 and up.
Open weekends 10am to 5pm through November 3rd, Fridays from 1 to 5pm.
Admission is $17 for the Pumpkin Patch All Activity Daytime Pass, $25 also includes the Bonfire Night Event.
Wicked R Western
In addition to the Wicked Woods at night (a “one mile stretch of sheer terror”), Wicked R Western in Camden-Wyoming has daytime events for the kids. There’s pony and wagon rides, a peddle car track and Bull Train Express, a cowboy challenge course and Hillbilly Ball Center, farm games, moon bounce, petting zoo and of course a corn maze.
Open every Saturday and Sunday in October, 10am to 3pm.
Admission $15 per child, no charge for adults. One price includes unlimited use of activities. No preticket sales, pay for entry onsite.
Southern Pennsylvania Corn Mazes
Linvilla Orchards
Pumpkinland at Linvilla Orchards features a 2-acre cornfield maze plus a straw bale maze. There’s also hayrides, train rides, pony rides, face painting, apple blasters, fishing, a big wooden playground and pick your own apples, along with other entertainment. Admission to Pumpkinland is free and activities are à la carte.
The mazes are open weekends 10am to 4:30pm through November 9th.
Admission for each maze is $6, combo for $11.
Lytle’s Farm
This family-owned farm is off 896 in Pennsylvania, about 10 minutes from the state line. Lytle’s Farm has a scavenger hunt corn maze, free wagon rides out to the pumpkin patch, and a wide selection of specialty pumpkins and gourds, corn stalks, straw bales and more.
Open weekends 10 to 5, Thursdays and Fridays 3 to 6.
No entrance fee.
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm
Plan to make a day of it if you head out to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm! Located in Paradise PA in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, the farm has the longest running corn maze in the US. It’s a bit of a hike from Delaware but well worth the drive. There are over 60 activities: hold a baby chick, feed the goats and llamas, jump on the giant jumping pillow, try out the slingshots, race pedal karts or down the giant slide, hoist some hay bales, pull a tractor, take a wagon ride, wave to the Strasburg Railroad locomotive as it goes by, navigate the Battle Zone, ride a “bucking bronco” and more. There’s also a straw bale tunnel, and it’s really important you try the roasted sweet corn.
(We visited years back; you can read about our trip to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm here.) This year’s 5 acre maze theme is Cattle on the Farm, in celebration of these gentle giants and their impact on farming and agriculture all over the world. Expect it to take you about 20 minutes to take the “easy” way out; the difficult route can take two hours or more!
Open Thursdays (and October 14th) 10am to 5pm; Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 10pm, September 19th to November 2nd.
Admission is $23.95 on weekdays, $28.95 on September Saturdays, $31.95 October Saturdays and November 2nd when purchased online (tack on an extra $4 for tickets onsite). Other admission packages bundling paid activities (apple blasters, battle zone, paintball range) are available. Kids ages 2 and under are always free.
Highland Orchards
Located in West Chester, Highland Orchards offers a 5 acre corn maze with a Philadelphia theme in 2024, along with a wine and beer garden, artisan craft vendors, food trucks, face painting, dog rescues and adoption, and other kid friendly activities. Apple picking, apple cannons, and hayrides are also available at an additional cost.
Open Saturdays and Sundays 11am to 4pm through November 2nd.
Admission is $12 and includes a scenic ride through the orchard, free for kids under age 5 accompanied by a paying adult.
Arasapha Farm/Bates Motel
Not strictly speaking a corn maze, but there’s a Trilogy of terror at the Bates Motel and the third element is the Revenge of the Scarecrows Haunted Corn Trail. If it’s anything like the other attractions (the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride are regularly listed as the scariest in the region, if not the country), it’s way too scary for me.
If you’re really an adrenaline junkie, make a day of it and add on some double edged axe throwing, laser tag and escape rooms.
Open weekends September 20th, then daily from October 4th through November 3rd. Sundays through Thursdays run from 6:30-9:30pm, Friday and Saturday until 10:30pm.
Admission for the Haunted Hayride, Revenge of the Scarecrows haunted trail, and the Bates Motel haunted house is $40 Sunday through Thursday nights, $45 Fridays, and $50 Saturdays. VIP front of the line passes and group pricing are also available.
Merrymead Farm
There’s 5 acres of fun in the Maze at Merrymead Farm in Lansdale PA. There’s a daylight option and a moonlight maze (bring your own flashlight), along with hayrides, a jump pad, barrel train, cornstalk tunnel, farm animals, photo ops, gem mining, paintball, apple blasters and more!
Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (plus October 14th) through November 1st.
Admission for Friday Fall Farm Fun, 10am to 5pm, is $14; Saturdays and Sundays are $22 11 to 5. The Moonlight Maze, 5-9pm Fridays and Saturdays, is $18. Children 23 months and under are free.
Maryland Corn Mazes
Milburn Orchards
Milburn Orchards includes a corn maze and straw maze, hayrides, not scary “Boo Barn,” hayrides through the orchard, barnyard buddies, grain cart basketball, King Kong Ping Pong, Milburn 500 racetracks, a giant spiderweb to climb, Johnny Appleseed’s chicken coop and more in their Fall Festival. They also have some of the best apple picking around!
Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Labor Day weekend through November 3rd. 10am to 4pm in September and 10am to 5pm in October and November.
Admission is $11.50 until September 8; $17 the rest of September and in November; $20 in October. Visitors over 60 receive a discount and kids two and under are admitted free.
Lockbriar Farms
Details are sparse on their website, but Lockbriar Farms in Chestertown has “u-pick pumpkins, pumpkin stacks, corn stalk maze, fall fruits, flowers, herbs… and more” at their Harvest Festival. Their ice cream barn is also open for scooping.
Open 9-5 Monday to Saturday, 10-4 on Sundays.
Admission is free.
Just Over the Bridge: New Jersey Corn Mazes
Dalton Farms
Dalton Farms in Swedesboro has a corn maze, new this year! It’s Snoopy-themed, in honor of the 75th anniversary of Peanuts. Admission to their Pumpkin Fest includes the corn maze, a pumpkin patch, flower picking (sunflowers and zinnias), photo ops (if anything like their tulip festival, photo ops GALORE), giant slide, trike track, and low ropes course.
On weekends, you can add a farmers market, wagon rides, live music (1 to 4pm), food vendors and a beer garden (11am to 5pm) to the list of activities on tap. Pedal boats are also available Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 5 at an additional cost.
Open Wednesdays to Mondays (closed Tuesdays), 10am to 6pm until October 27th.
Admission is $14 weekdays and $16 weekends when purchased online, $20 at the gate.
Read about our trip to Dalton Farms’ Tulip Festival here.
Coombs Barnyard
The Barnyard Bash at Coombs Barnyard in Elmer, about half an hour from the Delaware Memorial, boasts a hayride, pumpkin picking, barrel train rides, visit with barnyard animals and a corn maze.
Coombs’ corn maze after dark is flashlight fun for the whole family (not scary). Food and pumpkins are also available for sale at this time.
Open Saturdays in October for the Barnyard Bash from 1 to 4pm, Fridays and Saturdays until October 26 (and Sunday October 13th), with the nighttime maze opening at 6:30pm and last entrance at 8:30. Don’t forget your flashlight!
Admission is $10 for ages 2 and up for the maze. Barnyard Bash is $20 per child and includes all activities (wagon ride, animal visits, corn maze. barrel train rides) AND pumpkin with decorating kit. Adults are $10 which includes the wagon ride, animal visits and corn maze.
Mood’s Farm Market
Mood’s Farm Market in Mullica Hill is also about 30 minutes from the bridge. They offer a farm market, apple and pumpkin picking, and Friday-Saturday hayrides to the pumpkin patch in addition to the corn maze.
The family friendly pumpkin hayrides include the ride to the pumpkin patch (with many fun, silly, and scary (but not too scary) things along the way), picking a small pumpkin, a drink of apple cider, and an apple cider donut for $9.
Open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm for the maze. Hayrides are at 1, 2, 3, and 4pm on Fridays, every 20 minutes from 11am to 4pm on Saturdays.
Admission to the maze is $3.50.
