> September 2008 > Get Lost in the Witkop Corn MazeGet Lost in the Witkop Corn Maze
More than 10 acres in size and incorporating over 4.5 miles of bewildering twists and turns, Jacob's Corn Maze in Traverse City, is one of a new generation of computer-generated labyrinths spreading over America's rural landscape.
Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau
Mike Witkop is a banker, not a farmer. But he’s determined to preserve his family’s century-old farm on the high plateau west of Traverse City—and he knows enough economics to realize that he can’t do it just by farming. His solution? A corn maze.
Ten acres of corn on the Witkop farm—an area as large as 10 football fields—have been carved into a massive labyrinth with three distinct trail systems. Once inside, visitors are free to lose themselves on 4.5 miles of winding, twisting paths whose green cornstalk walls are 6 to 10 feet high. Witkop has named the place Jacob’s Corn Maze in honor of his great grandfather, a Dutch sea captain who settled here in 1892, and he thinks it has the makings of a major tourist attraction.
Jacob’s Corn Maze is open on weekends from Aug. 23 to Nov. 1 Hours 5-9 p.m. Friday, 1-9 p.m. Saturday and 1-7 p.m. Sunday. The farm is at 7100 E. Traverse Highway (M-72 west) 3.5 miles west of Traverse City. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children 3-11 and free to children under 3. For more information, jacobs-corn-maze.com.
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