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OCTOBER 13�20, 2021
BEHIND THE SCENES
FROM THE
COVER
Find your way in the Echo Corn Maze
Go! staff
E
CHO — Try your navigation
skills this fall at the Echo
Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch,
which is open throughout the
month.
“Our mission at Echo Corn
Maze has always been to pro-
vide a fun, family-friendly, safe
environment,” said owner Gina
Tyhuis.
The maze is located at 300 N.
Dupont St., 1.5 miles off Inter-
state-84.
She said the maze started
after she and her husband, Bob,
adopted their son in October
2016. The project was a way to
create a community activity and
teach visitors about agriculture.
Every year brings new addi-
tions — this version includes a
sunfl ower fi eld, cornhole, and
glass corn stalks and specialty
gourds for sale.
The main corn maze itself is
8 acres of twists and turns. It
takes about an hour to com-
plete.
Younger visitors can go
through the mini corn maze or
the straw bale maze.
“Kids can spend hours digging
though the kernels in the corn
crib or fi nding the perfect pump-
kin in the patch,” Tyhuis said.
Ages 6 and younger can tour
the farm in kiddie carts. There is
also a zip line and tunnel maze,
and in the evening families can
rent cozy fi re pits.
The maze is open 11 a.m.-
6 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturdays, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sundays. The attraction is re-
served for school fi eld trips and
group visits Tuesday through
Thursday.
Admission is $10 and includ-
eds the 8-acre corn maze, corn
crib, mini corn maze, straw bale
maze and tunnels. An all-day
pass plus the Field of Screams is
$12. The zip line and kiddie carts
are $1 per ride. Fridays feature
reduced admission of $5 from
2-6 p.m.
is open Oct. 16, 23, 29 and 30
from 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $12
and include all general admis-
sion features.
For more information, visit the
Echo Corn Maze on Facebook.
Also, admission tickets and fi re
pit rentals can be purchased on-
line at www.echocornmaze.com.
Masks and social distanc-
ing will be required under state
guidelines.
FIELD OF SCREAMS
For the bravehearted, the
Field of Screams haunted maze
Tammy Malgesini/East Oregonian
Hermiston residents Hope Smith and Angelica White, both 13, walk through the path at the Echo Corn Maze and
Pumpkin Patch.