Maize Quest Delivers Safe, Fright-Free Halloween Fun:

Pumpkin Pickin’, Cider Sippin’ and Flashlight Nites in the Cornfield Maze
 

Located at Maple Lawn Farms, New Park, PA, in Southern York County, Maize Quest is open Friday and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. through November 4, 2001. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children 4 to 12 and cover a variety of on-site amusement options including five mazes and Maze Mountain. Call 717.382.4878, x 4 for information, reservations and discounts to groups or 20 or more.

Still the main attraction, the 10-acre corn maze themed Deep Sea Adventure continues to make a splash with visitors who wander its 10,000 feet of pathways cut through more than 300,000 cornstalks now turned golden brown for Halloween. At night, the cornstalks rustle in the wind as their angular shapes create eerie shadows for brave Maize Questers on “Flashlight Nights.”

“At Maize Quest, visitors love our good old-fashioned Halloween Happenings geared for fun and plenty of thrills,” said Maze Master Hugh McPherson. “We don’t need the contrived fright or artificial scare. It’s exciting to prowl the pathways of the maze at night with only a flashlight!”

New this season, the four-acre pumpkin patch is loaded with more than 1,000 bright orange jack-o-lantern wannabes ready for pickin’. The Pumpkin Express, a tractor-pulled wagon with built-in seats, makes hourly excursions from the Maze Command Center to the patch from 3:00 p.m. until closing so that discriminating shoppers can pluck their own. Plenty of pumpkins in all shapes and sizes are also available in the Gift Shop and at the nearby Maple Lawn Farms Market. Both locations stock plenty of fresh cider for sippin’ and ripe apples for pickin’ – straight from the trees or in take-home baskets.

Topping the list of must-do activities is a climb up followed by an 80-foot slide down Maze Mountain, created from 40,000 cubic feet of solid Pennsylvania farmland. Would-be sliders can reach the mountain’s peak and observation deck by hiking the pathway up its backside.

New in 2001, The Rope Maze features over 1600’ of nautical rope in paths that form a British tall ship. The Ever-Changing Fence Maze, made of wooden gates that change patterns each week, and The Bamboozle, the world’s first maze of living bamboo, continue to intrigue visitors. For younger Maize Questers, nothing beats the ever-popular Giant Straw Bale Maze as a place of delight to expend their boundless energy. Positioned nearby, The Picnic Pavilion serves as a place to host birthday parties, meetings and family gatherings. The Maize Quest Command Center offers concessions and a gift shop for guest convenience.

Maize Quest holds challenges for all types of school groups, scout troops and youth groups who may schedule special events and times to visit Maize Quest. Call the Maize Quest hotline at 717.382.4878, x 4 for pricing and booking.

Maize Quest at Maple Lawn Farms is a 10-acre cornfield maze adventure. Themed “Deep Sea Adventure” it includes the shapes of a giant octopus, a boat and a variety of sea creatures carved in over 300,000 living cornstalks. Maple Lawn Farms is located 13 miles east of Interstate 83, PA Exit 1. Take Route 851 East for 10 miles through Stewartstown to New Park. Turn left on New Park Rd. Follow the signs 4 miles to Maize Quest on the right. For more information, call the Maize Quest hotline at 717.382.4878, x4. Visit www.cornmaze.com.

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