Lawyers Moonlight Maze

This place is fun and has great energy, had alot of fun. Like the kind of fun you had at summer cAmp as a kid …

Whatever you do don’t go on a rainy day or soon after a rainy day because the mud was just awful. I found the maze difficult to do, especially since the format they used to make their map wasn’t the easiest to read. Bring s’mores for the campfire. They sell burgers, hotdogs, french fries, and apple cider. There’s also pumpkin cannon and they show a movie at night.

I love fall and everything that comes with it. So a corn maze sounded like the perfect way to spend a sunny fall afternoon. The Moonlight Maze was anything BUT a corn maze. Have you visited their website? There is 6 MILES of corn maze fun, the largest in Maryland! We didn’t even finish the entire 6 miles, only got through half. For an extra bonus they give you a map in order to «check off» several spots in the maze. A scavenger hunt in a corn maze?!? Score!
If the expansive corn mazes weren’t enough they have 2 cannons that you can launch pumpkins aimed at gigantic transformer like targets. Let me repeat that, you can launch PUMPKINS up to 75 mph at targets. Never have I seen that before. One word: AWESOME time.
This is a new fall must and I would be willingly to go back (especially to finish the other 3 miles of the corn maze). As an extra bonus, dogs are welcome! For the first time, Misha dog was able to participate in my fall frolic fun.

LOVE this place. We have gone here for the past 4 – 5 years… it now is an annual fall /​Halloween tradition for us.
The corn mazes are super fun and provides a great deal of entertainment (AND exercise). For one low price you get 4 different corn mazes (of varying lengths) and a covered straw maze. Lots of activities for children and adults alike: Pumpkin cannons, playground, tractor train rides, etc.
Two recommendations:
1. Wear boots as the corn mazes can be muddy (this year wasn’t bad — last year was a mud swamp).
2. Bring water with you into the mazes as some of them are rather lengthy (7+ miles)
By far, the BEST CORN MAZE in the area!

Thurmont, Maryland is the best place in the DC area for fall-​themed kitschy fun. Lawyers fits that bill perfectly. Five-​dollar admission buys you access to their 9.1-MILE corn maze, which this year is hilariously shaped like a robot looking self-​satisfied in front of the U.S. Capitol. (I guess you can only appreciate this from the air.)
There is also a pumpkin cannon. I repeat: a pumpkin cannon. A giant cannon that you can use to fire pumpkins across a huge field at a series of 50′ robots welded out of old junker cars and oil barrels.
Date and I totally cheated on the corn maze (our motto: when in doubt, blunder through the corn toward the sound of the pumpkin cannon). Parts of it made us feel like we were doomed extras in Battlestar Galactica, as we emerged into a clearing only to see those enormous robots looming in the distance (see pics). We had to wait in line for two hours to take aim at those cylon bastards, but eventually we did, and I totally hit one.
Only docking a star because of the wait for the pumpkin cannon. Two hours is not an exaggeration. But it was awfully satisfying in the end.

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the poor pumpkins that don’t get picked to be turned into jack-​o-​lanterns? How do farmers deal with the surplus? Pumpkin pickles? Pumpkin butter?
Nope. All I have to say is a compressed air pumpkin cannon. It’s big, it’s powerful enough to launch your pumpkin 100 yards, it’s pretty damn cool. Even its little brother, the double barrel apple cannon is fun. Make sure you go after Halloween for optimal pumpkin ammunition.
The farm does a good job providing cool targets to aim for, hot apple cider to keep you warm, grub to keep the stomach grumbles away, and even projected a movie after dark. To make the trip worth it, there’s a corn maze as well since well, you can only shoot pumpkins for so long before you feel bad for the little kid waiting behind you.

If you like corn mazes, be sure to check this place out! The theme for the maze changes every year – this year they have a 7.5-mile Iron Man theme maze! Also, lots of huge metal Iron Man targets for the 75-m.p.h. pumpkin cannon. I often drive through Thurmont and always admire the magnificent roadside oddities on display in their field. If you like quirky roadside attractions, it is worth checking this place out for that alone.
Here are the hours, from their Web site:
Fridays– 5pm to 10pm
Saturdays– 12pm-​10pm
Sundays– 12pm-​5pm
I think it would be awesome to check this out after dark on a nice fall night. I am definitely going to check out this year’s maze.

Checked out the Moonlight Corn Maze on Halloween weekend with a bunch of friends. Overall, a very positive experience.
+ Almost 8 MILES of very creepy, muddy and challenging corn mazes, complete with giant pyramid (of hay bales) entrance. ($ 5 for all-​you-​can-​maze)
+ Giant Pumpkin cannon! Literally a huge orange cannon that uses massive amounts of compressed air to fire pumpkins at paintball-​like speeds at big «Transformers» targets @ $ ¹⁰⁄₄ shots. A more kid-​friendly Corn Cannon is also available @ $ ¹⁰⁄₆ shots.
+ S’mores over a roaring campfire (bring your own or purchase very reasonably priced «S’mores Kits» for $ 1.50)
+ Surprisingly good chicken nuggets ($ ²⁄₅) and sloppy-​joe-​like beef and cheddar sandwiches ($ 2.50).
+ Locally crafted apple cider, available piping hot or cold ($ 1.50/small, $ 2.50/large)
+ Giant movie screen made of hay bales playing the two Transformers movies
+ Friendly and hospitable staff
— Port-​a-​potties. The girls were not happy.
— Unless you want to ruin a perfectly good pair of kicks, you really need boots if you go when the maze is wet. On that same note…
— …playing in the mud is fun. Driving home in mud-​soaked shoes and socks and washing out your mud-​caked jeans by hand is not.
— Sadly you can’t eat the corn. I found out the hard way as I was happily roasting a freshly-​picked ear over the fire and was chastised by a local: «That’s not ‘fer eatin’! That’s horse corn, not people corn, ya dummy!»
To conclude: I won’t lie, a part of me got a little excited when we drove up and I saw a sign that said $ ¹⁰⁄₆ shots («mmmm…spiked apple cider!») …which sadly ended up being for the corn cannon. Was part of me a little disappointed that I couldn’t order a cold beer to sip on with my chicken nuggets? Yeah.
But I realized the whole point is that this is a great alternative to the typical weekend activities of sitting on the couch drinking brewskis, watching football or buying expensive rounds at some bar in DC. It’s strange that as we get older, we forget how nice it is to simply be outside running around with your friends.
Great place to go for some good, clean (mud notwithstanding) fun.

Pros: Overall value, cost, multiple (moonlight) mazes, PUMPKIN CANNON!
Cons: No pumpkins for purchase
This is definitely an awesome place to go to for the older crowd that’s not worried about entertaining kids with slides and juggling acts. Also, they may not sell pumpkins, but this place has a PUMPKIN CANNON that shoots pumpkins over 100 yards!!! How badass is that?! (They also have a double barrell corn/​apple cannon for the younger ones) The pumpkin cannon costs $ 10.00 for 3 shots.
The mazes are plentiful, and difficult. It’s about 15 acres of mazes! Going at night is very fun. We spent almost two hours there last night and didn’t even make it to the last maze because we didn’t think we’d get through it in time. (This is the maze my gf went to years ago and got lost in and locked in past closing time. They had to break through the corn maze until they found the highway so they could walk back to their car haha)
The maze itself is nice, the stalks are still green and the maze is pretty dense with stalks. The moonlight maze was very fun! This place (if you can get over the stink near the 15,000 Hen Turkeys) can be a cute date too. If you get cold at night, you can take a break from the 4 mazes and head to the TeePee where a large fire inside will get you warm very quick. If that’s not cozy enough for you, pick up a hot chocolate for $ 1.00 or a warm apple cider for $ 1.50. And if you’re hungry, a burger, dog, or a slice of pizza is no more than $ 1.50. AMAZING value when compared to The Maze in the Plains! (Another example, decorative hay at The Plains cost $ 3.50, you can get 20x as much hay for the same price at Winterbrook Farms)
And this farm is a real fun family affair. I met the boys that were helping their dad out with the cannon and they’ve got real pride in it and the props they set up for you to destroy. I might even go back here before the season is over, but I want to check out another one with a haunted hayride!