Corn maze

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Millets' Maize Maze 2007, Millets Farm Centre, Oxfordshire, UK
Millets' Maize Maze 2007, Millets Farm Centre, Oxfordshire, UK

A corn maze or maize maze is a maze cut out of a corn field. They have become popular tourist attractions in North America, and a way for farms to create tourist income. Many are based on artistic designs such as characters from movies. In the United Kingdom, they are known as maize mazes ("corn" in British English is generally taken to refer to wheat, and "maize maze" has an attractive ring to it when spoken), and are especially popular with farms in the east of England. These mazes are normally combined with other farm attractions of interest to families and day trippers. Each year a few of the mazes are featured in national newspapers and TV. In the U.S., corn mazes typically are cut down circa the first week of November.

The largest corn maze in the world is located in Dixon, California, and is 40 acres in area. The Guinness Book of World Records gave this designation in September, 2007.[1]

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