Check out one of these 7 corn mazes in or around the Rockford area this fall
It's one thing to solve a maze on a piece of paper. It's another to walk into one and find your way out.
If you are looking for a way to spend an afternoon outdoors with the family, there are several corn and straw mazes in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin to choose from.
Some of the mazes are found on pumpkin patches, which offer additional family activities such as wagon rides, petting zoos, and pumpkin picking.
So, pack up the kids and head to a maze near you.
All Seasons Orchard
What: All Seasons, a family-owned farm since 1989, has over 15,000 apple trees including Honeycrisp and Asian Pears. The barnyard has over 30 different activities including a pumpkin patch and a 10-acre corn maze. Visitors can snack on apple cider donuts, caramel made from scratch, kettle corn and apple cider slushies. You can also observe your cider being pressed in All Seasons' Farm Market.
Address: 14510 Illinois 176, Woodstock
Open: Aug. 26 to Oct. 29
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends
Admission: Weekdays: $9 per person; weekends: $17 per person; kids two and under are free
Phone: 815-338-5637
More: Fall favorites: A guide to Rockford area pumpkin patches, apple orchards
Curran's Orchard
What: Curran's Orchard offers a straw maze and corn tunnel. Visitors can meet Porky the Pig and Bill E. Goat and feed and pet the pigs, goats, chickens, and turkeys. Currans also offers a store and bakery where apples, apple donuts, apple cider, freshly baked apple pie, and caramel apples made with juicy honey crisp apples are for sale. Other items for sale include pumpkins, honey, maple syrup, jams, salsas, and salad dressings.
Address: 6385 Kilburn Ave., Rockford
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Phone: 815-963-7848
Goebbert’s Farm
What: Goebbert’s Pumpkin Patch is loaded with attractions to fill out the day including a corn maze, petting zoo, pony rides, camel rides, train rides, pig racing, wagon rides, haunted house, pumpkin eating dinosaur, pumpkin cannons, a jumping pillow and more.
Address: 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove
Open: Aug. 25 to Oct. 31
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Admission: Weekdays $18, children two and under are free; weekends $22, children two and under are free
Phone: 847-464-5952
Jonamac Orchard
What: Jonamac Orchard offers a maze and a haunted corn maze on Friday and Saturday nights. The orchard also has a bakery, cider house, barnyard animals, and a play area. Admission includes a barnyard play area, jumping pillow, animal barn petting zoo, wagon rides, pumpkin house, corn crib, and weekend food trucks.
Address: 19412 Shabbona Road, Malta
Open: Aug. 26 to Oct. 30
Hours: 2 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Admission: $8 for children and adults on weekends, $5 per person on weekdays, children under two are free
Phone: 815-825-2158
Lindberg Pumpkin Patch
What: The seven-acre corn maze changes each year, so if you made it through last year, try it again this year. When you are done, you can grab a bite at the Pumpkin Cafe, or at the Goblin Grill (fired up on the weekends only), and you can shop in the harvest barn, loft and candy store.
Address: 3178 Illinois 173, Caledonia
Open: Sept. 14 to Oct. 31
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Phone: 815-990-7034
Richardson Farm
What: Richardson Farm bills itself as having the "World’s Largest Most Intricate corn maze." This year’s maze celebrates Jurassic Park and is 9 to 10 miles long winding through 28 acres of corn. The maze is actually created out of four smaller mazes. Each one has its own dedicated in and out path. There are multiple checkpoints throughout the maze as well as three bridges that will help you find your bearings while looking at the map. There’s also a pumpkin patch, games, an observation tower, train rides, wagon rides, a carousel, a petting zoo, a bunny farm, play area and more.
Address: 909 English Prairie Road, Spring Grove
Open: Sept. 9 to Oct. 29
Hours: Closed Monday through Wednesday; 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Admission: $20 for ages 3 through 12 on weekdays, $24 on weekends; $24 for ages 13 and up on weekdays, $30 on weekends. Ages two and under are always free.
Phone: 815-675-9729
Skelly’s Farm Market
What: Skelly’s Farm Market offers two mazes: The Adventure maze, which covers six acres with two miles of paths, and the Impossible Maze, which covers nine acres with three-and-a-half miles of paths. Once you have worked up an appetite, there’s apple cider, donuts and other treats.
Address: 2713 South Hayner Road, Janesville, Wisconsin
Open: Sept. 4 to Oct. 31
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Admission: $10 for admission to both mazes, kids ages three and under are free
Phone: 608-757-1200
Chris Green: 815-987-1241; cgreen@rrstar.com; @chrisfgreen
This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: Check out one of these 7 corn mazes in or near Rockford, Illinois area
