Load up the kiddos, grab your pumpkin spice lattes, and head over to Thornton's Maize in the City, one of Colorado's most-anticipated events of the season!
Maize in the City on McKay Road just north of 104th is open on select dates from September 19 through October 31.
Built into a 40-acre cornfield, Maize in the City is a convenient, fun, rural fall event the whole family can enjoy right in our area.
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Maize in the City offers free admission with both free and paid attractions, so you can visit multiple times and decide what to experience on each visit.
FREE ATTRACTIONS
- 🌽 Corn Kernel Boxes
- 🎃 Pumpkin Field (pumpkin prices vary by size)
- 🏀 Games — Basketball, cornhole and giant Jenga
- 📷 Fun Photo Opps
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Macaroni KID Tip: To avoid crowds, visit during the week. Maize in the City offers the perfect setup for playground meetups on select weekdays throughout the season!
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PAID ATTRACTIONS
Once you've had some free fun you can decide which additional attractions to do with the kids:
- 🌽 Crazed Corn Field Maze - $15/adult, $10/child; kids 4 and under are free
- 🌽 Mini Maze - $6; kids 1 and under are free
- 🎃 Bouncers - $14 all-day bounce pass; $7 for kids 4 and under
- 🎨 Sand Art - $6–$10 per craft
- 🌽 Corn Launcher - $6 for 7 ears
- 🚂 Barrel Train - $6/child
- 🐐 Petting Zoo - $6/adult, $6/child; children 2 and under are free with purchase of adult admission
- 🐴 Pony Rides - $10–$15
- 🚜 Wagon Ride to the Pumpkin Patch — $10/adult, $5/child; kids 4 and under are free
- 🦆 Duck Races — Racing is free with purchase of a $2.99 rubber duck
- 🎨 Face Paint — $15–$22; ages 2+
- 🎟️ Escape Rooms — $8 single / $14 double
- 🍔 Food Vendors & Drinks — Multiple vendors are available onsite during weekend festivities
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Corn Field Mazes
Bring your family to navigate your way through the 20-acre Crazed Corn Field Maze with the help of the customizable smartphone trivia game.
Kiddos not ready for the big maze? Let the little ones take the lead as you make your way through the Mini Maze – a maze cut into a shorter corn stalk field.
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Farmer-owned, Maize in the City also offers locally grown pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, and fall décor for purchase. Choose from 15 varieties of pumpkins and gourds set in the easy-pick field.
👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻 Maize in the City’s partner organization, Haunted Field of Screams, is Colorado’s largest haunted attraction located at 10451 McKay Road in Thornton. Frights begin on Sept 25. For more information, visit hauntedfieldofscreams.com. 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻 |
Visit maizeinthecity.com for exact dates, times, available attractions, and site details. Follow all the fun on Facebook & Instagram too!





