California<\/a> corn maze once crowned the world\u2019s largest wants visitors to remember that there is fun in getting lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIt is confusing. It\u2019s exciting, and in a world of GPS and constant signage, you always know where you are, where you\u2019re going,\u201d said Taylor Cooley, owner of Cool Patch Pumpkins. \u201cWhen you\u2019re in the corn, everything looks the same until you pop up on a bridge and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh wait, I\u2019m all the way over here. I thought I was over there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cooley\u2019s pumpkin patch and corn maze along Interstate 80 between Sacramento and San Francisco are open once again for the fall season through Halloween. Back in 2007 and again in 2014, Cool Patch Pumpkins earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world\u2019s largest corn maze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The maze \u2013 spread out over 40 acres (16.2 hectares) \u2013 typically takes at least 45 minutes to complete and features five different bridges that allow maze-goers to rise above the stalks. It is also known for the elaborate designs Cooley and his team create in the corn that can be seen from overhead. This year\u2019s maze celebrates farmers. Previous seasons honored veterans and first responders with giant murals included in the maze design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEverything is done by hand,\u201d Cooley said. \u201cWe want to communicate something fun and exciting, and then we build our pathways around that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a recent afternoon, visitors from near and far wound their way through the maze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have no sense of direction, and we could spend all day here. That\u2019s fine. We have water. We\u2019ll survive, three days,\u201d said Ryan Moore, who was visiting from Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Likewise, Shelly Tang from Redwood City, California, joked there is always corn to eat if they get lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy children have a better sense of direction than me, so I\u2019ll be following them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A corn maze in Quebec, Canada, as well as those in Minnesota and Illinois, also boast record-breaking mazes, either by acreage or mileage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond the maze, Cool Patch features a corn bath for toddlers full of 150,000lbs (68,000kg) of dried corn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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