With spooky season creeping up on us, what better way to celebrate trickery than solving your way out of a corn maze?! Bring family and friends for a day of trial and error as you navigate your way through corn as far as the eye can see at these corn mazes near New York City.
1. Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
The Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm is back again this year, and it’s is open now through October 26. Along your way through this 3-acre maze you must solve puzzles, uncover clues, and find your way out of the maze. This year’s maze design is a butterfly in the cornfield, in honor of the farm’s designation as a Certified Monarch Waystation.
For more adventurous-goers, try the nighttime special called Maze By Moonlight where you have your chance of escaping the maze once it gets dark out (only happening twice this year).
The maze is open Fridays (2 – 5:30 pm), Saturdays – Sundays (11 am – 4:30 pm) and tickets are $14 for adults, $10 for kids, and free for ages under 3. Learn more about The Amazing Maize Maize here!
📍 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Queens
🗓️ September 15 – October 28
2. Stony Hill Farms, NJ
You’re sure to get lost in this 10-acre corn maze packed with misleading walkways and bridges throughout. In addition, there are games positioned throughout the maze as you try and discover its annual theme. Don’t worry if you get completely lost because you can always call or locate a Maze Master! This maze is now open for the season.
📍 15 North Rd, Chester, NJ
🗓️ September 3 – November 3
3. Argos Farm, NJ
This farm is sure to offer you a fun-filled day with the family! Explore the 2-acre maze and celebrate making it out the other side with a delicious fresh donut. Their fall festival fun is open for the season through November 3. This year’s maze design is Peanuts-themed, and features Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang to celebrate its 75th anniversary! Tickets are $17.95 and you can reserve them via Argos Farm’s website here.
📍 1250 Lacey Rd, Forked River, NJ
🗓️ September 14 – November 3
4. Harbes Family Farm, Long Island
With three locations and three different mazes, Harbes Orchard will offer a variety of mazes to entertain you this fall. You can choose between the Wizard Of Oz Maze in Mattituck, or the Robin Hood Corn Maze in both Jamesport and Riverhead, both which are open now. And, for an extra scare, experience the orchard when it transforms into a Spooky Night Maze on Saturdays in October and one special Sunday night!
Tickets start at just $5 on weekdays, and night maze experiences go for $24. You can view all the ticket option and maze bundles via the Harbes Farms website.
📍 715 Sound Ave, Mattituck (Wizard of Oz maze)
📍 1223 Main Road, Jamesport (Robin Hood maze)
📍 5698 Sound Ave, Riverhead (Robin Hood maze)
🗓️ September – October
5. Kelder’s Farm, NY
Think you have what it takes to make it through the windy, twisty dead ends of the Kelder’s Farm maze? This year is the time to try! Though we’re not yet sure what their corn maze theme will be this year, last year they made it into a tribute for Ukraine and those that have suffered in the midst of this crisis. When you make it through the maze there are 30+ other fun farm attractions to check out. Learn more about Kelder’s Farm’s fall activity and book your tickets here.
📍5755 US-209, Kerhonkson, NY
🗓️ September 21 – October 31
6. F&W Schmitt’s Family Farm, Long Island
At F&W Schmitt’s Family Farm’s 7-acre corn maze you’ll be sure to find dead ends, mis-steps, and a whole lot of joy for every age. Beyond the corn maze, which this year is circus-themed complete with a clown and acrobats, they offer a playground, hayrides, pumpkins and veggies, a petting zoo, pony rides, and more. Learn more about F&W Schmitt’s Family Farm’s fall festivities and how you can grab tickets here!
📍 26 Pinelawn Rd, Melville, NY
🗓️ September 21 – October 27
7. Outhouse Orchards, NY
Enjoy the fall weather and race your friends and family at Outhouse Orchards in North Salem! Find secret clues about monsters and amazing feats of farming as you travel through winding paths on a mission to find your way out. There’s plenty of other fun full activities happening too, like apple picking, pumpkin patches, hayrides through the farm, a bounce house, seasonal treats, and so much more. It’s happening now through Halloween and tickets are just $15.95 online ($20 at farm). Learn more and grab your tickets here!
📍 139 Hardscrabble Rd, North Salem, NY
🗓️ August 31 – October 31
8. Ort Farms, NJ
For over six generations, Ort Farms has brought joy and festivities to the fall months. Beyond the corn maze, the farm even offers a 5-acre sunflower trail, hayrides, cow train rides, pick your own veggies, food trucks, and apple canons! It’s open daily right now, with hours being 9:30 am – 5:30 pm! Learn more about Ort Farms’ fall festivities and how to book tickets here!
📍 25 Bartley Rd, Long Valley, NJ
🗓️ Open through October October
9. Alstede Farms, NJ
Included with your admission ticket to the farm, advance your way through the corn maze and discover interesting facts about the yearly theme. This year’s maze is apple cider-themed…which means you should definitely get some to drink after. If you’re looking for an extra thrill, try traveling through the maze by flashlight during their Harvest Moon Hayride that begins past dark! Learn more about Alstede Farms’ corn maze and all the other farm activities via their website.
📍 1 Alstede Farms Ln, Chester Township, NJ
🗓️ Open through October
10. Hank’s Pumpkintown, Long Island
Hank’s Pumpkintown is back this year and their 2024 maze design is to honor the Peanuts! Visitors can partake in various maze-themed activities, like playing a “finger funnies game,” earn an exit to the maze by solving Peanuts trivia, and casually strolling while hearing the story of Spookley the Square Pumpkin.
Beyond the mazes, admission includes unlimited wagon rides, unlimited tractor rides, calf roping, cow milking, pedal cart race tracks, duck races, wooden play structures, and more. Learn more about all Hank’s Pumpkin and how to grab tickets (starting at $20) here!
📍 240 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill, NY
🗓️ Open now through October
Bonus: Luke Bryan-Themed Corn Maze
New Jersey’s Happy Day Farm just announced their 2024 corn mazes and let’s just say, we love them! That’s right, Happy Days actually has 2 corn mazes this year, including one Luke Bryan-themed maze and one Peanuts-themed maze to celebrate 75 years! The former is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, while the later is open Saturday and Sundays (plus Fridays in October)! It’s officially open for the year you can learn more here.
📍 135 Iron Ore Road, Manalapan, NJ
🗓️ September 14 – November 3