A flat $12 buys the largest corn maze in the central Shenandoah Valley at 37 acres, but the farm has published only Opening October 2026 with no dates, days or hours, so confirm before driving US-11.
$12 per person; children under 2 free. Children 6 and under receive a free small pumpkin. Friday Community Fundraiser Nights in October donate $1 per ticket to a partner nonprofit, and partner groups may run food booths and keep the proceeds.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $48.00 in admission alone at the posted starting rate, before pumpkins, food, parking or any add-on listed above. Most families end up well north of that once they are through the gate.
Thirty-seven acres. That is the number that decides whether this farm is worth the drive up US-11, because everything else about the offer is straightforward and modest.
Most Virginia corn mazes run five to ten acres. A few of the big Richmond and Northern Virginia operations push past that. Thirty-seven acres is a different category of thing — a walk long enough that you should treat it as an activity with a duration rather than a stop between other attractions. Bring water. Bring a phone with charge in it. If you are taking children who tire, know that being deep in a maze that size is not a situation you can exit quickly, and pick your moment in the visit accordingly rather than saving it for last when everyone is already flagging.
Around it sit pumpkin picking, a hayride, a petting zoo with exotic animals, children’s activities and a pedal kart track. That is a reasonable supporting cast but it is not why anyone drives to New Market. Judge the value on the maze.
Twelve dollars a person, flat. No weekday tier, no weekend surcharge, no peak-date pricing of the sort that Northern Virginia farms use. Under-2s are free. Children 6 and under get a free small pumpkin.
A family of two adults and two children over 2 pays $48 and leaves with a pumpkin for each young child. Against a Northern Virginia farm at $25 to $30 a head on a peak weekend, that is less than half. Against a $10-a-head Richmond-area farm plus $0.89-a-pound pumpkins, it is roughly a wash. The honest summary: this is priced fairly for what it is, and the appeal is the maze rather than a bargain.
The farm runs Community Fundraiser Nights on October Fridays: $1 of every ticket goes to a partner nonprofit, and partner groups can run food booths and keep the takings. It costs you nothing extra. If a particular cause matters to you, it is worth asking which group hosts which Friday. And if you dislike crowds, know that a fundraiser night can bring a partner organisation’s supporters out together, so it is not automatically the quiet option.
The farm has published no calendar. Its site says Opening October 2026. A third-party directory says September 15 to October 31. Those cannot both be right, and the directory is not the farm speaking. There is also no online ticketing at all, so there is nothing to buy in advance that would confirm a date for you.
The practical consequence is that a mid-September trip is a gamble and even an October one deserves a phone call. New Market is not a five-minute detour for most people; it sits on the US-11 corridor with Interstate 81 alongside, and visitors come from Harrisonburg, the northern Valley and, on weekends, from Northern Virginia. That is a long way to drive to a closed gate.
This is central Shenandoah Valley country: cooler and earlier into autumn than the Piedmont, with mornings that bite by mid-October and evening light that goes sooner than the temperature suggests. Late-season hurricane remnants reach the Valley most years, and standing corn plus wet field ground makes for a heavy walk. If a fundraiser Friday means being in the maze after dark, a real flashlight is worth more than a phone torch.
Unconfirmed. The farm's own site says only Opening October 2026 and publishes no specific dates, days or hours. A third-party 2026 directory listing gives a September 15 to October 31 season, which conflicts with the farm's own October framing — that gap is exactly why you should call 540-271-0850 before travelling. What is confirmed is that October Fridays run as Community Fundraiser Nights, so a Friday visit has a charitable angle and, being an evening event, probably a different atmosphere from a daytime one.
Two to three hours, and more if you take the 37-acre maze seriously. A maze that size is not a fifteen-minute walk-through; it is the main event and it can absorb an hour on its own.
Unknown for 2026 without a published calendar. New Market sits on the US-11 corridor between Harrisonburg and the northern Valley, within reach of both Valley towns and Northern Virginia day-trippers, so October Saturdays should be assumed busy. October Friday fundraiser nights may draw the partner nonprofit's own supporters in a block.
Not published. Assume farm field parking on grass, and soft ground after the rain that reaches the Valley through the back half of hurricane season.
Not published. A 37-acre corn maze, a hayride and a pedal kart track all involve field surfaces and physical use. Call ahead if this matters.
You need to book online or lock in a date. There is no online ticketing, and the farm has not published a calendar. Skip it too if a giant corn maze is not the draw — the rest of the attraction list is modest by Virginia standards, and the maze is what you are paying for.
$12 per person, with children under 2 free. Children 6 and under receive a free small pumpkin. No separate weekday and weekend prices are published.
The farm's own site says only Opening October 2026 with no specific dates, days or hours. A third-party directory lists a September 15 to October 31 season. Those do not agree, so call 540-271-0850 to confirm before you travel.
37 acres, which makes it by far the largest in the central Shenandoah Valley and the main reason most visitors make the trip.
On October Fridays the farm donates $1 per ticket to a partner nonprofit, and partner groups may run food booths and keep the proceeds. Admission is the same $12.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission starts at $12 per person. $12 per person; children under 2 free. Children 6 and under receive a free small pumpkin. Friday Community Fundraiser Nights in October donate $1 per ticket to a partner nonprofit, and partner groups may run food booths and keep the proceeds.
13789 N Valley Pike, New Market, VA 22844, in Rockingham County. It is one of 3 patches we track in Shenandoah Valley.
We track 3 patches in Shenandoah Valley, 1 of which are free to walk into. At $12 a head this one sits right on the regional median of $12.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 3 patches we track in Shenandoah Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 4 other patches we track in Rockingham County. All Shenandoah Valley patches →
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Checked August 2026.