Blue Ridge Mountain Maze
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Blue Ridge Mountain Maze has been bringing families and friends together for fall adventures in Virginia for more than two decades. Here are some of the stories and features that have shared our corn maze fall festival through the years.
Fishy Feat of Engineering Awaits Visitors at Blue Ridge Mountain Maze
A feature on the 2026 Blue Ridge Mountain Maze, the Knott family, this year's brook trout design and the story behind the long-running Virginia fall tradition.
Read the article →Twists, Turns and Tons of Corn Puns: Blue Ridge Mountain Maze Opens Saturday
29News visits the Nelson County maze ahead of opening weekend, highlighting five acres of corn, miles of pathways, family activities and Saturday night music.
Watch & read the story →Blue Ridge Mountain Maze Opening Sept. 23
29News highlights the maze's season at Blue Toad Hard Cider, including the five-acre corn maze, pumpkins, mountain slides, corn cannons and night maze.
Watch & read the story →Blue Ridge Mountain Maze Opening Sept. 25
WVIR talks with co-owner Kate Knott about the maze's second season in Nelson County and a fall festival tradition that began more than 20 years earlier.
Watch & read the story →Blue Ridge Mountain Maze Opens in Nelson County
Coverage of Blue Ridge Mountain Maze's first season in Nelson County, featuring co-owner Kate Knott and the maze's family-friendly fall activities.
Watch & read the story →From Our Roots in The Plains
Before Blue Ridge Mountain Maze came to Nelson County, Kate and Hub Knott operated The Corn Maze in The Plains in Northern Virginia. Their corn maze tradition began in 2000 and received regional press coverage for many years before the move to Nelson County.
These archival stories offer a look back at the history behind today's Blue Ridge Mountain Maze.
At Corn Mazes, Getting Lost Is Part of the Fun
The Post featured Corn Maze in The Plains and its “Pirates of the Corn-ibbean” maze, along with the slides, hayrides, pumpkin slingshots and other fall activities.
Read the article →Get Lost: The Perfect Fall Weekend Calls for a Corn Maze
The Corn Maze in The Plains was featured among the Washington area's fall maze destinations, with a five-acre shark design and the Knotts' signature maze clues and family activities.
Read the article →Get Lost in D.C. Area Corn Mazes
A feature on Kate and Hub Knott's five-acre Corn Maze in The Plains, including that year's owl design and the family's annual tradition of creating a new maze.
Read the article →Path Finders
The Post spoke with Kate Knott about the art and challenge of corn maze design and featured Kate and Hub's Corn Maze in The Plains during its fifth season.
Read the article →Video of 2016 Corn Maze by Drew Schmidt
