Corn Maze

 

The Great Prairie Corn Maze - 'Cornelot'

What is a corn maze? It's an interactive outdoor game. It's a challenge for the whole family to conquer together. It's teambuilding opportunity. It's REALLY HUGE fun!   'Cornelot' is 7 acres huge with 4 km of maze-ways and puzzels to solve.  Come join the fun!  Aerial Photo courtesy of Don Klein Photography - July 28, 2009 You Tube: Rob and Sue's Thanksgiving Race at the Great Prairie Corn Maze - October 2009

 

Open August 1 to November 1, 2009  The Maze is now closed for the season. See you next summer! 11-5 pm Weekends in October for the Haunted Pumpkin Festival (the corn maze is included as part of the fun). 10am-6pm Weekdays Open Late for Group Reservations for Flashlight Adventures on weeknights only in October until 10 pm  Join us for the Haunted Pumpkin Festival where getting lost in the Cornelot Maze is just part of the fun!

Plan Your Visit

Whether you just want a daytrip into Edmonton’s countryside, a quick get-a-way with your family, or a children’s birthday party package, this Alberta corn maze is cleverly designed with ‘Easy Out’ exits as an easy, intermediate or challenging maze, taking 20 minutes to 2 hours to complete. Come pit your wits to solve the largest 3-D puzzle in Canada!  There are also 3 kid's mazes, a petting farm, wagon rides, Dig Your Own Spuds, and a whole day of farm fun.   What to Wear:  October is cool and wet this year - please wear winter boots to our working farm, which has plenty of #1 Alberta topsoil and can get a little muddy in places! Cornelot is tall, tricky and designed to challenge your skills. Your mission: Find the 13 secret letters before dark!  Great fun for families of all ages. Time to Complete:  45 minutes to 2 hours.  All day for directionally challenged! More Farm Fun: 2 - 6 hours On-Site Concession for BBQ Hot Dogs, Kebabs, Roasted Potatoes,  Ice Creams, and Cold Drinks Flashlight Mazes after Dark Maze solving is even more fun for teens after dark! Bring your flashlights and a warm jacket Make reservations for a campfire site (Extra fees apply - see below).  A big thank you to our community partner for support for our educational programs - Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines.

Unlimited Summer Admission Season’s Pass (from August 1 through October 28, 2009) Individual Seasons Pass: $17 per person Unlimited Play August 1-Nov 1, 2009 Family Season Pass: Unlimited Play $79 (for 4 people) Prices are subjected to GST 5% Enter to Win a Family Fun Seasons Pass!

Corn Maze Coupon

Print off a $5 off Coupon for Family Admission for the Corn Maze

Food Service on the Farm

Enjoy an Ice Cream, Strawberry Shortcake, Strawberry Sundae, or a BBQ Hot Dog, Kebab, or in season BBQ veggies kebabs at the Strawberry Patio Cafe. Feel like a hot dog roast?  No problem!  You can reserve a dayuse Campfire Site for your family or group - cost $25.  Groups of 15 or more - $1/person.  Deposit Required - $25.  Call today to book your site - 780.921.2272. Hungry for a Cookout?  Order our Hot Dog Picnic Pack delivered to your site. It comes with everything you need for a campfire cookout or birthday party.     Food: Uncooked Hot Dogs (1/person), Buns, Chips, Marshmallows, Drinks: (Pop or Water). Roasting Forks, Napkins, and Condiments.Cost $5 / person.   For 2 Hotdogs/person package, the cost is $7/person.  Food orders must be ordered and paid for in advance.  The minimum size of a group is 4.

  

Grand Opening of the 2008 Great Prairie Corn Maze with CTV's camera crew and Graham Neil -entertainment reporter.

How to Conquer the Maze Tips

People have been trying to conquer mazes for centuries, dating back to 2400 BC. Now it’s your turn!    Initial Challenge: Here’s your map to the maze—easy, right?  Your mission is to find the five clues in the maze with the secret codes to find your way out. Requires map reading, teamwork, and persistence. Time required: approximately 45 minutes to one hour (could be more if you are navigationally-challenged...)   Secret Locations: Try to find the thirteen more secret locations in the maze—they are not shown on the map, and finding them requires strategy and stamina. Only about 2% of maze visitors can find all—are you up to the challenge? Complete the passport map for a piece of candy and Enter to Win Great Prizes at the Garden Centre!! Time required: 1 - 2 hours, some take several days...   The super secret complete map (folded shut) and not to be opened except in case or dire emergency.    Alternate ways to enjoy the maze: Got younger children or adults who aren't up to the challenge? Take the Pumpkin Maze route (15 minute maze), visit the bridge, or stroll around ! Bail out when you get tired of looking at corn or when the whining starts...   A whole lot of myths are out there about how to solve a maze. Lend an EAR… (Sorry, corny joke...) Here are a few tips.   Tip # 1. No path should be used more than twice. Except the main corridor between phases.   Tip # 2. If you arrive at a choice of ways you have never visited before, it does not matter which one you take.   Tip #3.When a new path leads you to a junction of ways you HAVE visited before, or into a dead end, retrace your steps to where you entered it.   Tip # 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. Tip # 5. There are 5 phases in the maze.  #1= Red #2= Green #3= Blue #4= Purple #5= Pink  Tip #6 There's a special prize for those persistent enough to find ALL the secret locations in the maze.   Now GET LOST!  Don't worry, we find all visitors on November 2, when we bale up the maze!   Maze Rules: Do not touch the corn. Not the stalks, not the cobs, not the leaves…it’s bad karma, and the corn leaves are SHARP- the corn will get’cha! No referring to the map-reader as "a senseless moron who couldn't find his way out of a paper bag." Persons under sixteen must be with a parent in the maze. Irresponsible adults must also be with a mature person, or may be left in the ticket area for monitoring by our staff. NO CUTTING THROUGH THE CORN--VIOLATORS WILL BE BANISHED FROM THE MAZE (seriously!) The ‘Dark Knights of the Corn’ are poised to respond to a corn emergency post haste and to banish the perpetrators from the field.  ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING

Visit to A Corn Maze Helpful Hints

The cornfield is flat and the trails are hard packed dirt.  The walking surfaces can be slightly uneven and can get slippery after a rain.  Take water into the maze with you, especially on hot days.  Use the bathroom before you go - there are no "facilities" in the maze.  Groups of three to six people work well in the maze - that way, everyone can have a chance to participate.  If you have a larger group, consider splitting into smaller groups and see who can find their way out first. Time your group through the maze—let us know your time and we'll tell you how you rank. Each group gets a super secret complete map folded shut and not to be opened except in case or dire emergency.  All terrain strollers work well in the maze.  Bring your own or we have a few for visitors to use.  You can bring a wagon to pull younger children in if you like.

Aerial Photos of Past Mazes

The Great Prairie Corn Maze has over 4 km of trails, and covers seven acres (2.5 Ha) of farm fields. Here are photos of the 2008 Dragon Maze and the 2007 Santa Maria Galleon of West Edmonton Mall.