"Corn Acoustics!" Corn Maze
Located just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, Between Milepost 178 and 177
The corn maze was planted on May 24 and our Grand Opening of the Meadows of Dan Corn Maze will be featured at our September Chinquapin Festival.
The corn maze field ready for planting
Planting the Corn: Loading the hopper with seed
Planting the Corn: Heading to the field
Planting the Corn: The planter drills the seed into the ground
Planted May 24, by May 31 the corn is already 3 inches tall
June 2006: Growing fast, almost 2 feet tall!
Corn enjoying a rainy day
The beauty of a rain storm over the cornfield
John Arnold of the Lonesome Highway bluegrass band came down to help Sammy lay out the new corn maze. John operates a farm in Romney, West Virginia, and has several years' experience with corn mazes. Visit John's farm page and see his new maze!
John and Sammy laying out the Crooked Road design
John starting to cut the paths.
Sammy cutting paths; between the two of them it took 30 hours to cut the design. Maintenance of the maze paths requires eight hours a week.
Trails around the banjo "pot."
Another trail through the maze.
Sammy Shelor, a Crooked Road musician.
A job well done, boys!
Corn Maze Facts
Did you know...
Corn mazes are a new type of fall fun that has appeared in America.
The folk at Amazing Maize Maze claim to have created the first corn maze in 1993.
Corn mazes are seasonal, with prime-time in September and October in our area.
Visiting a corn maze is a great outing for families:
the cost of visiting a maze is modest
expect additional fun, such as pumpkin patches & corn pits,
check for night-time "moonlight maze" hours
special spooky events at Halloween
Tips on Getting Through the
Maze
There are certain myths about solving a maze that aren't necessarily helpful. Following the right hand wall won't always lead you to the exit. But a few simple tips taken from Tremaux's algorithm, may help you solve the maze! Even if you don't follow these tips, you'll have a great time being lost in the field for a little while!
Tip Number 1: No path should be used more than twice.
Tip Number 2: If you arrive at a choice of ways you have never visited before, it doesn't matter which one you take.
Tip Number 3: When a new path leads you to a junction of ways you have visited before, or into a blind alley, retrace your steps to where you entered it.
Tip Number 4: When an old path leads you to a junction of ways you have visited before, take a new path if possible. If not, take any of the others.
Fun Corn
Facts
Corn is America's Number one field crop.
An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.
A pound of corn consists of approximately 1,300 kernels.
100 bushels of corn produces approximately 7,280,000 kernels.
Each year, a single US farmer provide food and fiber for 129 people, 97 in the US and 32 overseas.
This page was last updated February 07, 2008.