MazeScoutYour guide to outdoor fun
Corn mazes, pumpkin patches, orchards, hayrides, and fall festivals in New Jersey.
Secor Farms in Mahwah offers a weekend corn maze, hayrides to the pumpkin patch, and a petting zoo that opens mid-September. The farm market also sells fresh produce, baked pies, and apple cider donuts daily. Online ticketing for fall field trips opens August 1.
Lentini Farms in Newton hosts a 10-acre corn maze with a new design each year, a sunflower field, and pumpkin patch during its Harvest and Fall Festivals, plus separate Friday/Saturday night haunted hayrides in October. The farm also offers food trucks and live music on event weekends.
Coombs Barnyard in Elmer hosts seasonal happenings including a pumpkin patch and a flashlight-lit, family-friendly corn maze after dark, alongside farm-animal encounters and farm camp programs. Specific 2026 dates, hours, and pricing were not published on the operator's site at time of research.
Emery's Farm in New Egypt offers a 2-acre Treasure Hunt corn maze with a gold/silver/bronze scavenger element, a straw-bale maze for younger kids, and weekend hayrides. The farm market and bakery sell home-baked goods daily. Pets are not permitted on the property.
Ort Farms is a Long Valley farm market offering fall activities including pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, and kids' attractions like monster truck rides. The farm market is open daily. Specific 2026 fall festival dates and pricing were not published on the site at time of research.
R and J Farm in Galloway Township offers a corn maze with in-maze 'corn cop' helpers, a hayride that includes a pumpkin, a rope maze, and a hay pit. The operator's own website could not be reached during research, so details here come from local press coverage and should be re-confirmed before publishing.
Snyder's Farm, an 80-acre preserved farm in Somerset, hosts an annual October Fall Festival with hayrides, a corn maze, a sunflower trail, and kids' activities like a pumpkin slingshot. The operator's dedicated fall-festival page could not be directly loaded during research (returned a 404), so dates should be re-verified before publishing.
A. Casola Farms in Holmdel runs a weekends-only fall festival with a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, and a petting zoo, plus a separate evening haunted hayride and haunted sunflower maze. The farm has been run by the Casola family in Holmdel for generations.
Doyle's Farm, a sixth-generation family farm in Flemington, offers guided farm tours, animal encounters, and a country store, with fall activities reported to include a corn maze, a smaller 'kinder maze,' and pumpkin picking. Corn-maze specifics were not directly confirmed on the operator's own pages during research and should be re-verified before publishing.
Heaven Hill Farm in Vernon runs an annual Great Pumpkin Festival with 35-plus fall attractions, food, and games. The 2026 season is confirmed by the operator to run September 12 through November 8, open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It has operated in Sussex County for over 40 years.
Argos Farm Fall Festival is a seasonal attraction in Forked River, New Jersey featuring corn maze, pumpkin picking, and pumpkin photo ops.
Happy Day Farm in Manalapan operates a 10-plus-acre corn maze with two route options, an in-maze Maize-O-Poly game, and a lookout bridge. It has been recognized as one of America's top corn mazes. The 2026 opening date and maze theme had not yet been announced by the operator at time of research.