Haunted Corn Maze Near Kentucky & Southern Indiana

Field of Screams haunted attraction, Brandenburg Kentucky, near Louisville

Field of Screams has cut a new design into six acres of Kentucky corn every year since 2002. After dark, the aerial art becomes a maze you have to survive from the ground.

A corn maze looks clean from the air. Lines become shapes. Turns become part of a design. The whole field can fit inside one photograph.

In this guide

A new Kentucky corn-maze design every year
Six acres change your sense of direction
Why the rural setting cannot be copied indoors
A haunted corn maze near Louisville and Southern Indiana
Is the corn maze a separate ticket?
How to prepare for the maze
Is the maze the same as a daytime fall corn maze?
See the design, then enter it

That is not how it feels from the ground after dark.

At Field of Screams in Brandenburg, Kentucky, the haunted corn maze covers six acres and receives a new aerial design every year. The tradition began in 2002, and the archive now reaches through the 2026 maze. Visitors come from Louisville, Elizabethtown, Fort Knox, Radcliff and across Southern Indiana to see what the field has become – and then try to find their way through it.

The design is the invitation. The darkness is the problem.

A new Kentucky corn-maze design every year

The Field of Screams maze is not cut once and reused as a permanent layout. Every season brings a different shape to the field.

Our annual maze archive shows the designs from 2002 through 2026, newest to oldest. Some seasons carry bold characters. Others use messages or tributes, including “Support Our Troops” and “United We Stand.” Together, the images form a visual history of the attraction.

That history gives returning visitors a reason to look again. The farm is familiar, but the field is not the same puzzle it was the last time.

Six acres change your sense of direction

The phrase “six-acre corn maze” is easy to read on a screen. Inside the field, scale becomes physical.

Rows block the long view. A turn that felt obvious behind you looks different when you face it again. The sound of another group may be close, far away or on the other side of a wall made entirely of corn. Darkness removes the aerial perspective that made the design understandable.

That is what separates a real haunted corn maze from a decorated path. The field is not scenery beside the experience. It is the experience.

Why the rural setting cannot be copied indoors

Field of Screams is on a real farm outside Brandenburg. The corn grows in the same landscape as the barn, woods and hayride route. When night reaches the property, the maze inherits the weather, ground and sounds around it.

An indoor attraction can build a convincing corn scene, but it cannot give you six acres of actual field. There is no ceiling above the rows and no building wall waiting just beyond the set. The landscape continues after the path turns.

Visitors should dress for that reality. Wear comfortable shoes with grip and choose a pair you do not mind getting dirty. Check the weather before leaving, and read what to expect on the farm.

A haunted corn maze near Louisville and Southern Indiana

Field of Screams is about 45 minutes southwest of Louisville at 132 Darnall Ave, Brandenburg, KY 40108. It is also close to the Southern Indiana side of the Ohio River, with the Matthew E. Welsh Bridge connecting Brandenburg and Mauckport in Harrison County.

That makes the maze a regional fall destination for visitors from Corydon and Harrison County, as well as groups from New Albany, Floyds Knobs, Jeffersonville, Clarksville, Crawford County, Washington County and Perry County.

Use the live Directions page from your actual starting point. Do not rely on a generic drive time. Set the route before leaving because mobile signal can get thin near the farm. Continue one mile past the Otter Creek Park entrance; do not turn into the park.

Is the corn maze a separate ticket?

The six-acre corn maze is part of the Main Event along with the massive two-story haunted barn and forbidden woods. The Combo Ticket adds Hayride 2 Hell. Review the current season’s amounts and options on the Tickets and Pricing page.

For visitors coming specifically for the corn, the Main Event still gives you more than the maze. You move through three environments, allowing the field to be one chapter in a larger night.

How to prepare for the maze

You do not need special equipment, but a few decisions help:

Wear shoes built for walking on farm ground.
Keep your group together before entering, not after someone disappears around a turn.
Put away the expectation that a maze should feel orderly because its aerial photo does.
Save the official directions before reaching the rural roads.
Bring cash or plan to use an onsite ATM.
Leave infants and toddlers at home; they are not permitted inside the attraction.

Most importantly, do not appoint the loudest person as the leader automatically. Confidence and direction are not the same skill.

Is the maze the same as a daytime fall corn maze?

No. The Field of Screams maze is part of a haunted attraction operating after dark. The atmosphere, characters and surrounding Main Event are built to scare. Visitors looking for a quiet daytime maze should not treat this as an interchangeable experience.

Infants and toddlers are not permitted inside the attraction. Parents and guardians should decide whether an older child will enjoy the darkness, noise and frightening environment based on that individual child.

See the design, then enter it

The 2026 maze is the newest image in more than two decades of Field of Screams designs. Look at it from above on the Corn Maze page. Find the lines, the shape and the apparent route through the field.

Then come out after dusk and discover how little the aerial view helps when the corn is taller than your certainty.

Field of Screams is open Fridays and Saturdays from September 18 through October 31, 2026, dusk until 1:00 AM. Choose your ticket, save your directions and come meet the 2026 field from the inside.

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