‘When you’re within the corn, the whole lot seems to be the identical’: it’s enjoyable to get misplaced in California’s large corn maze | California

The proprietor of a large northern California corn maze as soon as topped the world’s largest desires guests to recollect that there’s enjoyable in getting misplaced.

“It is confusing. It’s exciting, and in a world of GPS and constant signage, you always know where you are, where you’re going,” mentioned Taylor Cooley, proprietor of Cool Patch Pumpkins. “When you’re in the corn, everything looks the same until you pop up on a bridge and you’re like, ‘Oh wait, I’m all the way over here. I thought I was over there.’”

Cooley’s pumpkin patch and corn maze alongside Interstate 80 between Sacramento and San Francisco are open as soon as once more for the autumn season via Halloween. Back in 2007 and once more in 2014, Cool Patch Pumpkins earned a spot within the Guinness Book of World Records because the world’s largest corn maze.

The maze – unfold out over 40 acres (16.2 hectares) – usually takes no less than 45 minutes to finish and options 5 totally different bridges that enable maze-goers to rise above the stalks. It can also be recognized for the frilly designs Cooley and his workforce create within the corn that may be seen from overhead. This 12 months’s maze celebrates farmers. Previous seasons honored veterans and first responders with large murals included within the maze design.

“Everything is done by hand,” Cooley mentioned. “We want to communicate something fun and exciting, and then we build our pathways around that.”

On a latest afternoon, guests from close to and much wound their approach via the maze.

“I have no sense of direction, and we could spend all day here. That’s fine. We have water. We’ll survive, three days,” mentioned Ryan Moore, who was visiting from Hawaii.

Likewise, Shelly Tang from Redwood City, California, joked there’s all the time corn to eat in the event that they get misplaced.

“My children have a better sense of direction than me, so I’ll be following them,” she mentioned.

A corn maze in Quebec, Canada, in addition to these in Minnesota and Illinois, additionally boast record-breaking mazes, both by acreage or mileage.

Beyond the maze, Cool Patch includes a corn tub for toddlers filled with 150,000lbs (68,000kg) of dried corn.